knew his mother when she was a CIA agent and Hetty was her handler. During an operation in Romania, Clara Callen disappeared and reappeared six years later with two children; at that time, she contacted Hetty, stating that she had to get out of Romania. Although the CIA told Hetty not to bother, she decided to assist Clara Callen anyway, but Clara was killed by the Comescus before Hetty arrived. G. Callen and his sister somehow arrived in the U.S. and Hetty found them, arranging for G. Callen to get out of foster care; however, she was too late for Amy, who was already dead. In the season three finale, Hetty resigns from the Operations Manager positions after Callen is arrested and Lauren Hunter and Mike Renko are both murdered. However, it is later revealed that the crime for which Callen was arrested had been staged, and Hetty eventually returns to her original position as Operations Manager. Hetty is also shown to be aware of the growing romantic relationship between Kensi and Deeks since towards the end of the third season when they went undercover as a married couple. Since realizing their true feelings for each other, both Hetty and Granger begin heavily discussing their relationship in season five, questioning whether it was right for Kensi and Deeks to continue their partnership with their mutual feelings growing stronger and their relationship evolving romantically. Hetty expresses concerns for their relationship at times, but she is shown to happily approve of Kensi and Deeks being together and shows supports of the relationship developing between them and sometimes even helps to bring them further together. In season nine, sometime following the events of the Season 8 finale, Hetty has mysteriously disappeared, apparently having retired from NCIS for good and sold most of her properties and taken her boat. Following Hetty's departure, Executive Assistant Director Shay Mosley appears to take her place and to oversee the team. Throughout the season, Callen and the team are greatly concerned regarding Hetty's disappearance and begin to try and locate her. Eventually, it is revealed Hetty has traveled to Vietnam to rescue Keane, a former teammate after the Vietnam War who Hetty thought was dead and later finds herself captured. Eventually, the team manages to find and locate Hetty along with her former associates and successfully rescue her and Keane, returning them to Los Angeles. Hetty resumes her