Daniela Ruah revealed to TV Insider that she was approached to appear on the 1,000th episode of “NCIS” while working as a director on the set of “NCIS: Hawai’i.” She said, “We actually shot that while I was in Hawai’i, beginning our shoot for my episode. I got the call, and they were like, ‘Would you mind shooting this? Can we just quickly shoot this while you’re there?’ And of course, I would never say no to being in the 1,000th episode of NCIS.” The shoot preceded the search for another important Kensi-related item — her car. Ruah helped the director match the vehicles at their disposal to Kensi’s original vehicle from “NCIS: Los Angeles.”
“We just sort of shot it as simply as we could because [it was] a Zoom call, obviously, but I was just happy to be a part of it. To be able to be in the episode was fantastic. I love those guys,” the actor concluded. The car also kept things simple for both Ruah and the show’s writers — it didn’t leave fans much room to wonder what happened to the baby Kensi was pregnant with when we last saw her on “NCIS: L.A.” — an announcement that made fans cry. Ruah joked that the baby is with Kensi’s husband’s (Eric Christian Olsen) mother.
Well, since Ruah has explained that the best part of playing Kensi is her flaws and she’s always wished Kensi had a better relationship with her own mom, perhaps the next time we see her in the “NCIS” world, parenthood will have given her a few more quirks.