<P> Around the same time, a "major serial killer plot" was launched that would center on "a murdering psychopath" called the Port to Port killer . TVLine reported, "this menace will prove to be extremely formidable--so much so that Gibbs will be forced to expand his team ." </P> <P> At the end of EJ's first episode, she begins a sexual relationship with Tony . She is a team leader, having accepted the assignment in Rota, Spain that Tony had turned down several years prior . Ray, a CIA agent, first appears in "Two - Faced" after having evidently dated Ziva for several months . Ziva abruptly ends their relationship after learning that he had lied to her directly about his reasoning for being in Washington, D.C. and by omission about his role in the Port to Port killer case . </P> <P> In the episode "Swan Song", former NCIS agent Mike Franks is killed by the Port to Port killer, who is identified as Lieutenant Jonas Cobb, and Ziva turns to Tony for comfort while the team is grieving over his death . She is kidnapped by Cobb in the following episode, the Season 8 finale, and Tony shows great concern . When EJ assures him that they will find Ziva, he replies that "it's just different for some of us". </P> <P> EJ takes an extended leave of absence with the conclusion of the season, ending her affair with Tony . Ziva and Ray repair their relationship somewhat, and he gives her an empty ring box as a "promise" before leaving for a long - term assignment . Glasberg commented, "Ziva and Ray are a little open - ended at the moment . There isn't any closure to it . We'll have to see where it leads, but I think he was pretty clear that he has a job to do at the moment, and that's gonna be the primary focus for him ." The use of the ring box was criticized by viewers as an "empty gesture". </P>

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