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"But she is NOT a redhead".

A comment was left in my blog last Wednesday by Dawn regarding redheads. Of course, if you follow my blog and perhaps are a fan of the television crime drama, NCIS, you'll know just what the comment meant. If not, let me explain a bit with my edition of "Monday Morsels"...


MONDAY MORSELS

Other than baseball and football and movies, I watch little other programing on TV. But I do watch TV on Monday night 830PM [The Big Bang Theory] !AND! Tuesday evening 7PM. Last Tuesday evening the finale of this season's NCIS hour long program, the last of a three parter, was aired. Of course it ended as a cliffhanger!! I expected that. But, unlike the season finale of the year before, this one was a doozie; left me more confused than ever. It left more unanswered questions that are difficult to decipher. A flashing of a thought for a fleeting moment, when Gibbs was looking through photos...I was worried he'd try and commit suicide; temporary insanity can come to anyone with just one thought. Several times throughout the program's history he has been known to break down. [His character's history is that of a USMC sniper, deployed, while back at home in America, his wife and daughter were killed...he took the law into his own hands and did away with the one who killed his loved ones]....hence this last season's finale---a Mexican Cold Case re-opened by Abby, the Forensic's expert and co-worker of Gibbs. She knows Leroy Gibbs killed in cold blood. And the mystery of it all was not fully revealed. Dawn also mentioned the 'redhead'. Again, if you've even a remote inkling of the series you'll know that Gibbs is fond of redheads. Married several times...all redheads; divorced 'em all. For a few years, Special Agent Gibbs [part played by Mark Harmon] had an unknown female friend...who drove a silver Mercedes, surprise!!!---a red headed woman...and perhaps a lover of his. But her identity was never revealed. EXCEPT if you ever read the ending credits. She was "The mysterious redhead"...her stage name is Vivienne Bellisario!! Ummmm, people? The Bellisario brothers are producers of the show.


So, delving into the gossip columns [actually Google for me] I researched more. I too wanted to know, just like the program's cast guessed who she was in the written plots and summaries for a couple of shows....Who WAS this mysterious lady?

One of the Bellisario brothers, Donald, was her husband. She was written into the script with a promise that one day her identity would be revealed which would be to the delight of Dinozo and other agents. But it ended up being a 'no-go'. She has since been written out. Still, doing more research on my own, I found that there was an interview with the brother, and he stated it was his brother's wife...but then, with more conversation we also find out that Sean Murrary [Special Agent McGee] is actually a Stepson!!! The plot thickens! There is another episode where special agent McGee's sister is accused of murdering a military personnel of which she can't remember doing it...she seeks help with McGee....McGee, sister, mystery woman, producer....in real life, they are ALL related. Wife, Husband, exes, stepson, son, sister and stepdaughter. Yes indeedy. Hollywood can't get much richer in gossip.




Timothy McGee's sister, Sarah
In real life step-siblings

[Agent McGee's real mother is the redhead pictured above, Vivienne...while McGee's sister, Sarah --Troian's father is Donald Bellisario [see sidebar for list of his spouses]...Vivienne's husband. Phew!! Like a soap opera, isn't it?]


The mysterious redhead driving the silver Mercedes will always remain a mystery to DiNozo and NCIS staff for now. But the mysteries of life have been revealed. And it's all relative!!!



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Some added notes:

Palmer...played by Dietzen, was born in Colorado and went to school in Niwot, Colorado
Ziva David [dah VEED] is not really Israeli! She was born in Chile and raised Catholic!
Abby in real life graduated in criminology with honors!
Mark Harmon was NEVER in the military
DiNozo actually recorded a song...Bitter and Blue...for the NCIS soundtrack.]
Listen to it here by clicking on the arrow to the left
Ducky [Dr. Mallard] really IS from Scotland!
Leon [Rocky Carroll] and Gibbs [Mark Harmon] both co-starred in Chicago Hope.
NCIS photos courtesy of Google site listings All Trademarks are owned by their respected owners. Copyright of all Images by their respected creators. Note: Tony's singing courtesy of You Tube





POSTED: May 31, 2010
12:50 A.M.