Mossad liaison officer Ziva David is not the lady you’d want to mess with. Although she is short and looks innocent, she is a deadly killer. Officer David was trained to suppress her emotions and was taught that expressing any emotion, good or bad, was a sign of weakness. When she was faced with conflicting beliefs at NCIS, she began to feel small emotions, but she still doesn’t particularly enjoy expressing them. Ziva keeps her work and personal lives completely separate, much more so than Agent Todd. She is an extremely skilled interrogator, nearly impossible to bend, and protects those she loves. You don’t want to get on her bad side.

Ziva suffered great loss as a child, including the death of loved ones. She has a rock-hard exterior, which is not easy to break. Only DiNozzo was close to her, from his altercation with Rivkin. With everything Ziva has seen and everything she’s been through, it’s no wonder how strong she is. As the old saying goes “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”. Look to Officer David for inspiration, because there is always a way to get through a crisis.

While Ziva is a stone-cold warrior, she does have a playful side that NCIS has allowed her to express. She was raised to be an emotional killer, but that is not the natural psychology of any human being. On NCIS, DiNozzo is a big-hearted goofball and helped Ziva become less stony. A little humor works wonders every day, because laughter is a human need. Does not matter who you are.

In life, it is necessary to have variety. Sometimes you have to be strong and contain your emotions. At other times, you have to express them, however painful it may be. Ziva is learning to express her emotions and become a nicer person, even though she was raised to be the opposite. It’s not where you’re from, it’s where you’re going.

Now that we know who she is, let’s take a basic quiz about what Officer David would do in certain situations:

Q1. Your best friend just lost a loved one, how do you deal with it?

A. Ziva has the most experience with the loss of a loved one. She knows exactly how it feels to lose a loved one and would sympathize with her best friend in person.

Q2. You just won $1,000,000 on a lottery ticket you purchased. How do you react?

A. With her new attitude since joining NCIS, Ziva would be a little buoyed by her earnings. She would love to joke with McGee and DiNozzo about her earnings. She would have no particular use for the money, so Ziva would probably give it to charity.

Q3. Your best friend has just achieved his dream goal. How do you show your support?

A. Ziva is not particularly one for celebration. She knows that when you achieve a goal, another challenge is lurking around the corner. However, she would be very happy for her friend and would congratulate him in person or on the phone.

Q4. On your deathbed, how well did you live your life? Is there anything you would have done differently if you had been given a second chance?

A. As a Mossad agent, Ziva knows that she is sacrificing many characteristics that human beings should have. She is suppressing her fun, her emotions, and her overall enjoyment of life. She has a purpose in life, and that is to stop terrorists and criminals. We’re all curious, and Ziva would probably be curious about what her life would have been like if she hadn’t become a Mossad agent. She may regret not expressing joy more often while she’s in the company of NCIS.