‘NCIS’: Why the Producers Ended Bishop’s Marriage – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

NCIS agent Ellie Bishop (Emily Wickersham) went through a tough time after her marriage to Jake Malloy (Jamie Bamber) disintegrated (he cheated on her). However, one silver lining is that Bishop can now date and explore new relationships. Heres why the producers decided to end Bishops relationship.

In an interview with CBS, PauleyPerrette said relationships tend to fall apart on NCIS. Perrette saidDiNozzos relationships were a disaster, Abby was all over the place, and Gibbshas failed at every relationship hes ever been in. She says Vance had thebest relationship, but that all ended when the writers decided to kill hiswife. The show finally had a stable couple, Jake Malloy and Ellie Bishop, butthat ended in divorce.

Late NCIS executive producer Gary Glassberg told CBS hehad been toying with the idea of splitting up Bishop and her husband for awhile. Glassberg said it can be hard for agents to maintain a healthyrelationship in this line of work, so he wanted to demonstrate this reality inthe show:

In the real world of federal agents, divorce happens all the time. Its a very stressful situation, careers go in different directions. We were intrigued by the idea when we originally introduced her that when youre with an agency like the NSA, unless youre married to another NSA agent, you cant talk about what you did at work. If you put her as an NCIS agent and he remains at the NSA, if their careers are all they have in common, then its going to start to deteriorate. And thats something we talked about going all the way back to the creation of this character. [We thought] wouldnt it be interesting to split them apart and see what happens?

NCIS producer Frank Cardea agrees that the writers andproducers try their best to keep the show as real as possible. I think we tryto mirror real life. These things happen. While theyre out getting the bad guys,they have lives to deal with, Cardea told CBS.

Wickersham said she liked Bishops storyline because it gaveher something fun to work with. She also said it was fun to act out therelationship and to work with co-star Jamie Bamber. When I first came in andstarted with Bishop, we saw a lot of her working, and we saw one side. But Ithink, especially [in season 13], we had a chance to see a more vulnerable sideof Bishop and kind of dive into her personal life, and her relationships fallingapart, Wickersham told CBS.

Bishopand Torres have been flirting for what seems like forever. However, therehasnt been any movement toward a romantic relationship. At this point, itsanyones guess where their relationship is headed. It seems like the writersand producers are also figuring out Bishop and Torres status as they go along.NCIS producer Steven D. Binder said if they decide to have the characterscouple up, itsgoing to be horrible.

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