That was what was being established in the shistorm Tv Line stuff yesterday, from what I could tell.

The episode worked for me--pretty much every mix you could imagine was there. Lovely moments that could be read as McGibbs and Gibbs/Palmer, Palmer/Ducky, Abby/Ziva, Ducky/Gibbs, etc.

I know what you mean about the Ziva touching. A lot of folks seem to feel the same way.