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NCIS: New Orleans
Genre
Created byGary Glasberg
Starring
Theme music composerJohn Lee Hooker
Opening theme"Boom Boom" performed by Big Head Todd and the Monsters
ComposerBrian Kirk
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes24 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • David Appelbaum
  • Joshua Rexon
CinematographyGordon C. Lonsdale
Running time40–42 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 23, 2014 (2014-09-23) –
present (present)
Related

NCIS: New Orleans is an American television series combining elements of the military drama and police procedural genres that premiered on Tuesday, September 23, 2014, following its parent series NCIS.[5][6][7][8] The pilot was written by Gary Glasberg. The series' executive producers are Glasberg, Mark Harmon, Jeffrey Lieber, and James Hayman. The series is set and filmed in New Orleans. It is the third member of the NCIS franchise.

On January 12, 2015, NCIS: New Orleans was renewed for a second season, that premiered on September 22, 2015.[9][10]

On June 19, 2015, Daryl Mitchell and Shalita Grant, who had been recurring cast members, were promoted to series regulars.[11]

Premise

Led by Special Agent in Charge Dwayne Cassius Pride, a former sheriff's deputy and member of the Fed. Five[clarification needed], the New Orleans NCIS office handles cases from the Mississippi River to the Texas Panhandle. Living and working out of his office, Pride heads a small team consisting of Special Agent Christopher LaSalle and his partner Special Agent Meredith Brody. LaSalle, who was recruited by Pride from the sheriff's office, is a ladies' man who lives and breathes law enforcement; Brody, a recent transfer from the Great Lakes field office, has worked as a Special Agent Afloat and is keen to leave her past behind as she moves to the Crescent City. The team are assisted by Dr. Loretta Wade and Sebastian Lund, forensic investigators assigned to the Jefferson Parish Medical Examiners Office, and Patton Plame, an NCIS computer specialist and freelance agent.

Cast and characters

Main

  • Dwayne Cassius "King" Pride (portrayed by Scott Bakula), a New Orleans native and former Jefferson Parish deputy sheriff, is an NCIS Special Agent in Charge attached to the New Orleans resident agency. He is also a long-time friend of Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a main character of NCIS. He and his now-estranged wife Linda used to live in the Lower Garden District. His daughter, Laurel, is a music major at Louisiana State University. In "Chasing Ghosts" and "Le Carnivale de la Mort", it is revealed that Pride's father, Cassius (Stacy Keach), is incarcerated in the Gretna Correctional Facility. As of the beginning of Season 2 Dwayne and Linda officially divorced. With the money Dwayne got from selling their home he paid for Dr. Wade's assistant Danny's college, Laurel's college, a place for his father (if he makes parole), as well as buying a fixer-upper bar.[12][13]
  • Christopher LaSalle (portrayed by Lucas Black) is an NCIS Special Agent and Senior Field Agent of the New Orleans field office. A native of Alabama, LaSalle has worked one time as a deputy sheriff on a vice squad. He attended the University of Alabama, graduating magna cum laude with a 3.7 GPA. While in college he played the school mascot Big Al. He lives in the French Quarter.[13] He has an older brother Cade[14] who has bipolar disorder[15] and an unnamed sister.
  • Meredith "Merri" Brody (portrayed by Zoe McLellan) is an NCIS Special Agent who recently transferred from the Great Lakes field office. She has a background in interrogation and claims to have a black belt in aikido. She is a graduate of Michigan State University and had a twin sister, Emily Ann Brody.[16][17]
  • Sebastian Lund (portrayed by Rob Kerkovich) is Dr. Wade's lab assistant and a forensic scientist.[18][19]
  • Dr. Loretta Wade (portrayed by C. C. H. Pounder) is the Medical Examiner of Jefferson Parish whose office is contracted by NCIS for autopsies and forensics. She is a graduate of Harvard University and moved down to New Orleans after completing medical school.[17][20]
  • Patton Plame (portrayed by Daryl Mitchell) is the wheelchair bound computer specialist who was promoted to series regular for season 2.[11]
  • Sonja Percy (portrayed by Shalita Grant) is an ex-Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agent who helped Pride and the team on their pursuit for Baitfish. At the end of the season 1 finale "My City", she longed to join Pride's team. She was promoted to series regular for season 2.[11]

Recurring

  • Paul Jenks aka Baitfish (portrayed by John Livingston) A former member of the Broussard Syndicate and Confidential Informant for Dwayne Pride. Teams up with Sasha Broussard to take over the criminal underground of New Orleans left by the downfall of the Syndicate. Responsible for multiple murders including Savannah Kelly and the attempted murder of Dwayne Pride.
  • Special Agent Abigail Borin (portrayed by Diane Neal) is a Special Agent-in-Charge with the Coast Guard Investigative Service, currently stationed out of Washington and seconded to sea-duty.
  • Jim Messier (portrayed by Dylan Walsh) is a Captain with the New Orleans Police Department. In "My City", it is revealed that he was seduced by Sasha Broussard into becoming a mole, which led to him assassinating Baitfish once he was captured by Special Agent Pride and his team.
  • Savannah Kelly (portrayed by Gillian Alexy) is a long-time love interest of LaSalle, and his brother's therapist. She was murdered by Baitfish in "How Much Pain Can You Take".
  • Cade LaSalle (portrayed by Clayne Crawford) is LaSalle's brother. He suffers from bi-polar disorder.
  • Laurel Pride (portrayed by Shanley Caswell) is Pride's daughter who is currently a music major at Louisiana State University.
  • Douglas Hamilton (portrayed by Steven Weber) is a New Orleans city councilman of District C who shares a mutual dislike of SSA Dwayne Pride.
  • Tom Hamilton[21] (portrayed by Scott Bakula's Quantum Leap co-star Dean Stockwell) is a retired NOPD officer described by his son, Douglas, as a "violent, drunk, racist, son of a bitch".
  • Leon Vance (portrayed by Rocky Carroll) is the Director of NCIS.
  • Sasha Broussard (portrayed by Callie Thorne) is a relative of the former New Orleans Broussard crime syndicate who claims she is trying to disassociate herself from her family, but is revealed to be assisting Pride's enemy "Baitfish" to take control of the city's criminal enterprises.
  • Cassius Pride (portrayed by Stacy Keach) is Pride's incarcerated father.

Guests

  • Linda Pride (portrayed by Paige Turco), née Walters,[14] is Pride's estranged wife who officially moved out in "Watch Over Me". The two have a daughter together. As of the beginning of Season 2 Dwayne and Linda are officially divorced.
  • Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard (portrayed by David McCallum) is NCIS's Chief Medical Examiner, assigned to NCIS Headquarters at the Washington Navy Yard, and an acquaintance of Dr. Wade. (episode 1)
  • Abby Sciuto (portrayed by Pauley Perrette) is NCIS's Forensic Specialist, also assigned to NCIS Headquarters at the Washington Navy Yard, and a friend of Pride. (episode 2)
  • Anthony DiNozzo (portrayed by Michael Weatherly) is a Senior Special Agent assigned to the D.C. Headquarters Major Case Response Team who came to New Orleans to assist in an investigation involving the plague because of his previous exposure in the NCIS episode "SWAK". (episode 2)
  • Leroy Jethro Gibbs (portrayed by Mark Harmon) is the D.C. Major Case Response Team Special Agent in Charge and a friend of Pride. (episode 3; uncredited)
  • Tobias C. Fornell (portrayed by Joe Spano), is a senior FBI Special Agent based in Washington, D.C. and a friend of both Gibbs and Pride. He came to New Orleans to assist in investigating the kidnapping of a murdered Marine's wife. (episode 5)
  • James Lathom (portrayed by Luke Mably), is a photojournalist and the ex-fiance of Meredith Brody. He comes to New Orleans and briefly reunites with Brody. (episode 18)

Series overview

Main article: List of NCIS: New Orleans episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
Intro2March 25, 2014 (2014-03-25)April 1, 2014 (2014-04-01)
123September 23, 2014 (2014-09-23)May 12, 2015 (2015-05-12)
224September 22, 2015 (2015-09-22)May 17, 2016 (2016-05-17)
324September 20, 2016 (2016-09-20)May 16, 2017 (2017-05-16)
424September 26, 2017 (2017-09-26)May 15, 2018 (2018-05-15)
524September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25)May 14, 2019 (2019-05-14)
620September 24, 2019 (2019-09-24)April 19, 2020 (2020-04-19)
716November 8, 2020 (2020-11-08)May 23, 2021 (2021-05-23)

Crossover with NCIS

A crossover with NCIS is set to air in January 2016.[22]

International broadcast

NCIS: New Orleans airs simultaneously on Global in Canada.[23][24][25] In Australia, the series premiered on Network Ten on October 7, 2014.[12] The series has been sold to Channel 5 in the United Kingdom,[26] which premiered it on February 13, 2015.[27] The series has also been sold to Prime in New Zealand and Fox International Channels in Asia.[28] On April 2, 2015, the series began airing on South Africa's M-Net cable TV service and is broadcast to several other sub-Saharan African nations via DStv.[29]

Reception

Seasonal Ratings

Season Timeslot (ET) No. of
episodes 		Premiered Ended TV season Rank Viewers
(in millions)
Date Premiere viewers
(in millions) 		Date Finale viewers
(in millions)
1 Tuesday 9:00 pm/8c 23 September 23, 2014 17.22[30] May 12, 2015 13.61[31] 2014–15 4 17.42[32]
2 TBA September 22, 2015 12.62[33] TBA TBA 2015–16 TBA TBA

Critical Reception

In late September 2014, The Wrap's journalist Jason Hughes reviews the pilot episode of the series praising the music, the use of the city New Orleans, and on CBS' decision to cast Scott Bakula as "one of the most likable leading men in television, so they're set there." [34]

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the first season of the show a rating of 65%, based on 26 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The site's consensus reads, "With a solid cast in a beautiful locale, NCIS: New Orleans makes extending this well-worn franchise look like the Big Easy."[35] Metacritic gives the show a score of 55 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[36]

David Hinckley of the New York Daily News gives a mixed but critical review of the pilot episode in where there is a "Crescent City flavor here. But in the larger picture, not much on this menu is unfamiliar."[37] Liz Shannon Miller and Ben Travers of Indiewire said that NCIS is like "the obelisk in 2001: A Space Odyssey, it's an awe-inspiring, inescapable presence in the broadcast line-up. NCIS on CBS: It is here. It has always been here. It forever will be."[38]

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2015 People's Choice Awards Favorite New TV Drama NCIS: New Orleans Nominated [39]
Favorite Actor in a New TV Series Scott Bakula Nominated [39]

Notes

  1. ^ a b episode end credits

References

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  15. ^ "Stolen Valor", Season 1 Episode 10
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  30. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (September 24, 2014). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.', 'Forever', 'The Voice', and 'Dancing With the Stars' Adjusted Up; 'Chicago Fire' & 'Person of Interest' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
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  38. ^ Liz Shannon Miller and Ben Travers (August 12, 2014). "Fall 2014 TV Preview: Tuesday Gambles on 'Forever,' While 'The Flash' Looks Ready to Sprint". IndieWire. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
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General references
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