We've talked at length about last season's finale and teased the NCIS Season 8 spoilers we've come across so far, but we've heard little from the cast members themselves.

Until now. Michael Weatherly tells Fancast that the new season begins with “a huge bang” and "Right off the bat we deal with every aspect of the season finale head-on."

"So, no one will be on the edge of their seat wondering, ‘Is somebody alive? Is somebody dead?’ The producers and writers felt it was essential to be extremely clear that things were being dealt with,” says Michael of the unanswered questions lingering this summer.

Maybe Gibbs' dad has something up his sleeve.

It would be music to our ears if the elder Gibbs dealt with Paloma Reynosa himself. Speaking of music, will we ever hear Michael Weatherly’s song "Bitter & Blue" on the show?

“I can’t say if it will ever happen or never happen, but I’m not against it, in the right scenario,” Weatherly says. His ideal scenario for it? Ziva follows Tony to some “smoky little jazz club."

"He’s playing this heartfelt music, expressing himself.”

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