After 14 seasons of “NCIS: Los Angeles,” there is no denying that Daniela Ruah did a stellar job as Kensi Blye. She overcame several challenges that came with portraying the complex relationship her character shared with Eric Christian Olsen’s Marty Deeks. But there was one “Densi” moment Ruah wasn’t ready for. While she has stated in the past that kissing her brother-in-law for years was no big deal, she couldn’t help but get emotional when her fellow cast member improvised a line during a touching scene in Season 14.
Ruah discussed a scene where Deeks surprised Kensi with flowers and tickets to a concert, responding to her plea to have the two carve out time to focus on their relationship in the midst of persistent concerns with work and family. But she didn’t expect her co-star to throw in a surprising piece of dialogue that would cause her to cry for a very heartwarming reason. “So Eric improvises the line, ‘This feels like 10 years ago,’ and they left it in the cut because it worked really well but what they didn’t leave was my actual breaking down into tears when he said those words that I didn’t know he was going to say,” Ruah said in an interview with Hello Magazine. “It was the weight of the history of our friendship, the history of our partnership, the history of having met my husband and having my children on the show. Eric and those words brought all of those feelings of nostalgia to a tipping point for me at that moment.”
That was one example of why Season 14 was a bittersweet affair, and Ruah hasn’t been shy about revealing how she feels about how things played out for her “NCIS: Los Angeles” counterpart.
Daniela Ruah and Kensi Blye both had happy endings
When it comes to any of the “NCIS” shows, it’s no secret that not every case ends with a victory, and not every couple that appears in the franchise survives the challenges that are inevitably associated with the never-ending fight against naval injustice. But as far as Kensi Blye is concerned, the actor that plays the persona is very fond of how things turned out for her “NCIS: Los Angeles” character in the end and the addition to her family with Marty Deeks. “I love that now what was a family of three will eventually be a family of four. And they obviously don’t love Rosa any less,” Daniela Ruah told TV Insider. “They’re just happy to have a bigger family that I think they both never had and always wished they had.” But Blye isn’t the only one that had things conclude on a high note.
The actor herself was very satisfied with how the show decided to bid farewell to the couple and the memory the “Densi” legacy leaves behind with fans. “I was elated, because I think that these characters deserve everything and more,” Ruah said in an interview with TV Line. “They’re good people, they fight for good, they fight for the betterment of the world, they’re selfless, and they’ve grown and matured so much in these last 14 years.”
Watching the couple’s relationship take off and family grow has arguably been a highlight of the series, and even though “NCIS: Los Angeles” has ended, fans can always go back and relive all of their favorite “Densi” moments.
