It seems to me that sometime between Season 3 to Season 6, NCIS got clued in that Ziva and Ari are siblings. As in BEFORE the big reveal from Vance about Ziva and the two birds with one stone move of Eli:
Season 4: In "Shalom," Abby mentions something about people thinking Ziva wasn't different from Ari.
Season 6: In "Cloak" Agent Lee brought up Ziva's brother (of which Ziva corrects "half-brother") and no one but Ziva batted a eye at the reference.
HOWEVER, in season 3 episode "Silver War," it was agreed between Gibbs and Ziva that NO ONE would ever know that Ziva was the one who killed Ari and they likely forged documents to make it seem like Gibbs did the killing. The fact that they went into a private conversation about it gives a clue that Gibbs didn't even tell his team about it.
So was the rest of NCIS clued in on the fact that Ari was related to Ziva on-screen or off-screen? If on-screen, what episode was this? And by the end of Season 7 does anyone in NCIS other than Gibbs and Ziva know that she was the one who pulled the trigger on Ari?
Season 4: In "Shalom," Abby mentions something about people thinking Ziva wasn't different from Ari.
Season 6: In "Cloak" Agent Lee brought up Ziva's brother (of which Ziva corrects "half-brother") and no one but Ziva batted a eye at the reference.
HOWEVER, in season 3 episode "Silver War," it was agreed between Gibbs and Ziva that NO ONE would ever know that Ziva was the one who killed Ari and they likely forged documents to make it seem like Gibbs did the killing. The fact that they went into a private conversation about it gives a clue that Gibbs didn't even tell his team about it.
So was the rest of NCIS clued in on the fact that Ari was related to Ziva on-screen or off-screen? If on-screen, what episode was this? And by the end of Season 7 does anyone in NCIS other than Gibbs and Ziva know that she was the one who pulled the trigger on Ari?