"Ha Ha don't worry i take no offense, but thank you dear rosecake and fishergirl.
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"I love these different ideas. My original idea was: Tony's dad blasts in as a witness/suspect in a seemingly straight-forward case. If he IS a suspect, Gibbs would love to get him in the box, but he waits to see if Tony wants to. Tony's big decision builds through the episode-- Is he free of Dad's manipulation or will he revert to little boy once more? Can he put aside his personal agenda to do the job? Can he break his Dad without breaking the relationship forever? And whoa -- what if his dad IS the bad guy? Would Tony put him away in prison? Will Dad ever see Tony as successful? As a grown-up?
The writers will do a terrific job, as always, with surprises and angles we never would think of. I also like the idea of Dad needing something from Tony, and Tony's dilemma whether to help him? I don't like too mushy and smarmy sweet, like a perfect reconciliation, or some dragged on soap opera either. But as Tony matures, he may see his Dad from a more adult perspective, at least to understand what was going on in Dad's life when Tony was young. Not to ignore or minimize his own hurt or not to rationalize his dad's neglect. Just to see Dad as a man. Maybe Gibbs helps him see Dad as a man doing the best he can, but with his own weaknesses. How many wives did Dad have? How many did Gibbs have?
Gack -- getting to serious and psycho-logical here. Sorry. back to the case.There has to be lots of humor in it too. Picture Tony looking up from his desk,to see the same shoes and classy clothes he has on, camera going up to the same tie, same smile... It's his Dad, for the first time in 10 (?)yrs , asking for Gibbs, not even realizing this is where Tony works. RJW cuold pull it off!!! lol
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"I don't think it really matters who plays his father but I would like to see the father present Tony with the Astronaut suit he made out of the ski suit and inform him that he still holds a grudge about it. I would also like to see the reason behind the breakdown of the relationship being something like Tony's father stealing Tony's girlfriend and marrying her and is still married to the same girl which is the reason behind Tony's Peter Pan behaviour."

"Oh, that is great! I think his problems go back farther than that, but Dad stealing your first love would certainly sour things more. Another possiblity is that Tony is dating one woman, amaybe around his age, and her 20 year-old daughter won't tell her who she's dating, so Mom asks Tony to find out. Tony starts investigating, and finds out its his own DAD. OUCH. It's so much fun to get crazy about poor Tony. lol"

"I think that it would be awesome to see Tony and his father. The only thing is would you want tony's dad to be like tony. I mean most of the things that Tony knows probably comes from his dad. I would rather just here about his dad then see him because the way that Tony describes his dad it would be hard to find someone like that but that is why they are acting ( are that is what they tell us)"

"Now for my far fetched theory on why daddy DiNozzo is back.
Maybe he is sick and needs something from his son, liver, kidney, bonemarrow, somehing! And Tony has to decide weather to help or not, putting aside the neglect and things his dad did to him as a kid- enter he personal crisis that has been mentioned for Tony this season. Maybe the team find out and question why it's a hard decision for him to even make, Tony flips out and maybe tells Gibbs or Ziva (hope it's Gibbs love the father/son dynamic between them) what happened in his childhood and why it's hard him to help his dad now. At the end of the season Tony decides to help, talks to his dad about how what he did when Tony was younger the neglect wasn't ok. But says yes to the liver, kindney whatever. Shows he is growing, changing, moving on maturing.

That's my theory far fetched but could explain how the Tony changes happen and why. "

"Yeah, good point about not really abusive. He might have had Tony before he was ready to have kids, wanted to get ahead in his career, and didn't think much about fathering. Has he matured any in these last 30+ years? Or will Tony become more mature than Dad because of Gibbs, and the whole NCIS family? Tony is an only child, right? Makes a difference having brothers and sisters around.
But Dad will have a charming style, and be like Tony in more ways than Tony is comfortable. I just hope he is as funny as Tony, and they can play off each other with quick one-liners! lol"

"Sorry, but while I agree that it should not be all touchy feely, I also do not want to see it play out as all-out comic relief. They did great with the storyline and relationship between Gibbs and his father--a nice combination of humor and seriousness--and I would like to see the same in this situation. After all the hints dropped about Tonys' early life and his family and after waiting 7 seasons to find out more about his past, I do not want to see farcical."