The BEST episodes of NCIS: New Orleans
Every episode of NCIS: New Orleans ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of NCIS: New Orleans!
The NCIS's New Orleans field office investigates criminal cases affecting military personnel in The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment and decadence. Leading the team is Special Agent Dwayne 'King' Pride, a native of New Orleans who is driven by his need to do what is right. Working with him is Special Agent Christopher LaSalle, who plays hard but works harder; and Special Agent Meredith 'Merri' Brody, a charismatic and tough interrogator who transferred from the Great Lakes office in search of a fresh start. Supporting them is coroner, Dr. Loretta Wade, who is as eccentric as she is smart. This colorful city that harbors a dark side is a magnet for service personnel on leave, and when overindulgence is followed by trouble, Pride's team is at its best.
#1 - Checkmate (2)
Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/15/2018
Pride’s newly formed off-the-books team and NCIS team uncover a sinister plot during the New Orleans Tricentennial Fleet Week celebration.
#2 - Checkmate (1)
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/2018
Pride assembles an off-the-books team with hacker Elvis Bertrand, retired Green Beret Sydney Halliday journalist Oliver Crane and attorney Elliott Newman, to search for a loophole when he faces a grand jury indictment for abuse of power.
#3 - Poetic Justice
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/16/2017
Unable to trust anyone in New Orleans, the NCIS team calls in FBI Assistant Director Isler to help expose and stop the sinister scheme Mayor Hamilton has planned for the residents of Clearwater.
#4 - Sleeping with the Enemy
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/17/2016
The NCIS team uncovers a mole in the ranks while working with the Department of Homeland Security to locate 900 missing pounds of explosives that pose an imminent threat to New Orleans.
#5 - Down the Rabbit Hole
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/9/2017
After Pride is spotted tracking one of Mayor Hamilton’s accomplices, the suspect opens fire on a crowded street before disappearing.
#6 - Sister City (2)
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/2016
While Special Agent Pride and the New Orleans team investigate a Russian sleeper agent who was involved with Abby’s brother, Luca, Sebastian flies to D.C. to partner with Abby on the forensics in the case. Also, Bishop drives through the night to deliver a package and work the case with the New Orleans team. The crossover started on NCIS S13E12.
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#7 - Quid Pro Quo
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/28/2017
While investigating a deadly accident at a naval base, NCIS discovers a unit of Seabees was poisoned with a contagious super virus leaving the rest of the base and the entire city of New Orleans at risk for a catastrophic outbreak. Also, during the autopsy, Wade is infected with the virus and given hours to live if an antidote can’t be found.
#8 - Chaos Theory
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/30/2019
The NCIS team investigates a deadly bombing at a military museum event with over 1,000 people in attendance.
#9 - Let it Ride
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/17/2017
Sebastian is sent undercover and Patton exercises his former gambling skills, as Pride and the team attempt a dangerous operation to trap Garcia.
#10 - Escape Plan
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/2016
The NCIS team must rescue one of their own after Sebastian is kidnapped while at a restaurant with his mother, Sylvia Lund, and forced to use his gaming skills in a prison break.
#11 - The River Styx (2)
Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/2019
After tracking Apollyon, a deadly underground spy network, to war-torn South Ossetia, Pride is separated from the team and faces grave danger. Also, in order to save Pride, the NCIS team must locate a mole who continues to feed information to Apollyon.
#12 - If It Bleeds, It Leads
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/15/2016
Brody believes that a sailor hit by a party bus in the French Quarter is connected to her sister’s death after the NCIS team discovers similarities between the two. The team prepares for St. Patrick’s Day festivities in New Orleans.
#13 - I Do
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2015
The NCIS team must determine why a murdered Navy drone pilot was using a black market drone to obtain military surveillance, and whether the drone’s footage is linked to his death.
#14 - Powder Keg
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/17/2018
Pride and his bar patrons, including Sydney Halliday who is visiting Pride after leaving the Army, are held hostage by a group of volatile thieves.
#15 - Inside Out
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2018
As the team searches for a former IRA bomb-maker who was smuggled into the city, they are joined by Special Agent Hannah Khoury, Pride’s replacement during his medical leave. Also, Pride considers a new position with the agency.
#16 - Slay the Dragon
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/14/2017
Tammy is reunited with her ex-husband, Ethan McKinley, who disappeared after embezzling $80 million in Katrina relief funds, after he is linked to the murder of a crime boss’ son.
#17 - Knockout
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/2/2017
After the Belle Chase Navy Chaplain and pastor at Clearwater Baptist is murdered, Pride believes he found a connection between Mayor Hamilton and the illegal activity taking place in the city of Clearwater. Also, Percy continues to face repercussions of her choices on a previous case.
#18 - Broken Hearted
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/2015
The life of a genius Navy coder employed by Brody’s mother, Olivia Brody, hangs in the balance after the heart intended for his transplant is stolen. Olivia joins the NCIS team as they race to locate the missing organ.
#19 - Billy and the Kid
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/2015
The murder of a Marine provides new clues in the first case Pride and Lasalle ever worked together, just before Hurricane Katrina struck the city and washed away any evidence. Also, the team celebrates Thanksgiving together in Pride’s bar.
#20 - Means to an End
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/22/2016
The NCIS team discovers a surveillance van filled with photos documenting Special Agent Pride’s every move after his daughter Laurel is attacked on campus and placed in protective custody.
#21 - Mind Games
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/2018
Gregorio calls on Claire McGrady, her former behavioral science professor, when the team’s latest case matches one she studied during FBI training.
#22 - Blue Christmas
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2015
A string of Christmas burglaries turns deadly and the evidence leads the NCIS team to Wade’s adopted son, Danny. Also, Lasalle and Brody tease Sonja about the high stakes of drawing Pride in the team’s Secret Santa holiday exchange.
#23 - Hell on the High Water
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/24/2017
After Pride travels to a deep sea oil rig for a murder investigation, the team uncovers a gas leak that's on the verge of causing a catastrophic explosion. Also, Sebastian starts his NCIS special agent training at FLETEC.
#24 - Stolen Valor
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/16/2014
The NCIS team investigates the murder of a retired SEAL who tracked down individuals impersonating military personnel. But the case takes a mysterious turn when the lead suspect is found with the Navy-issued jacket of an officer believed to have been killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan. Also, Brody discovers the normally holiday-obsessed Lasalle is inexplicably unenthusiastic about Christmas.
#25 - Follow the Money
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/3/2017
Pride must protect a beloved family friend who is engaged to the number one suspect in the ongoing NCIS and FBI cartel case.
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