planted on it in an attempt to kill DiNozzo's significant other, Dr. Jeanne Benoit. The character is initially portrayed as a "technophobe" who, like his superior, has limited patience with the scientific method and technical terms. However, he can be seen to develop an aptitude for technology in later episodes, and has been depicted hacking into computer systems. Tony is also very skilled in going undercover, which is shown in several episodes. In "Split Decision" he poses as a rogue weapons-dealer, and in "Chained" he befriends an escaped convict while disguised as a prisoner. In "Dead Man Talking", he is able to improvise a cover identity to get close to a suspect when he feels the investigation is going nowhere. Relationships Women During the run of NCIS, Tony consistently speaks at great length about women. He pursues women on a regular basis, typically indiscriminately. Most of these relationships fail to progress past a certain point and have occasionally ended with humorously disastrous results. He has admitted to having commitment issues. One of the women he was attracted to turned out to be a terrorist working with Ari Haswari; another to whom he was attracted, and kissed, turned out to be a pre-operative transsexual who had murdered one of Tony's co-workers. His co-worker Caitlin Todd gave him endless grief for that lapse of judgement in the episode "Dead Man Talking". He once dated a social worker named Michelle, who, after he ended their relationship, broke into his apartment and filled his closet with dog feces. He had a short relationship with NCIS Special Agent Paula Cassidy. He also broke up with a Navy lieutenant who had left her then-fiancé for him, and shortly after Tony broke up with her, she posted his personal information on a herpes-alert website. The show's writers make reference to one of Weatherly's real-life relationships in the episode "Hiatus (Part 1)" when he states, "I've got a better chance of hooking up with Jessica Alba...". Weatherly's real-life relationship with Alba occurred while both were performing on the television series Dark Angel. In a flashback in the episode "Baltimore" Tony mentions proposing to his high-school music teacher and long-term girlfriend Wendy. Wendy is introduced in the season nine episode "Secrets". Abby Sciuto Tony has a friendly platonic relationship with Abby Sciuto. Abby describes this as progressive: "You're like a piercing, Tony. Takes a while for the throbbing to