Season 11 of NCIS is already set up to be extremely dramatic with the departure of Ziva (Cote de Pablo). Executive Producer Gary Glasberg told Entertainment Weekly earlier this summer that the first two episodes are going to be extremely important since they focus on Ms David’s exit. But about the other characters? There’s been a little information on them, but not much. So, here’s my wish list for the characters in Season 11 of NCIS:

No. 1—Get better soon Tony

It’s pretty likely that Tony (Michael Weatherly) will be reeling after the departure of Ziva. But there’s some good news here. He can finally move on. A bunch of meaningless one night stands isn’t the way to go. It would be nice to see him in a good relationship again like he had with Jeanne (Scottie Thompson) when he was undercover. Hopefully it’s not Bishop—Ziva’s replacement—because I don’t think we as fans could take several more seasons of teasing between two NCIS agents.

No. 2—An explanation for the end of Season 10

At the end of Season 10 Gibbs (Mark Harmon)—for some unknown reason—was pointing a sniper rifle at Fornell’s (Joe Spano) head. I know the “NCIS” team had to do a ton of rewriting because of Cote de Pablo’s departure. However, that doesn’t change the fact that we’re all wondering what happened. Don’t leave us hanging please, that wouldn’t be cool.

No. 3—Palmer/Ducky Kicking Butt

Last season we got to see our favorite autopsy duo take on a band of thugs.  I don’t think it should happen every episode, but it would be nice to see Palmer (Brian Dietzen) and Ducky (David MacCullum) fighting crime outside the lab once again. After we’ve got our episode fill of the Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy-esque (don’t Ducky and Palmer remind you of them?) then they can go back to talking to dead bodies and aiding Gibbs’ team.

This is the first of the Fall and Winter TV wish lists, check out others at HNGN.com