NCIS: New Orleans: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of NCIS: New Orleans Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Aftershocks
Sep 20, 2016
The NCIS team partners with several federal agencies to track a sniper who is targeting crowded events in the city. FBI Special Agent Tammy Gregorio arrives to investigate Pride an
Suspicious Minds
Sep 27, 2016
Pride faces further backlash from the FBI when he helps former Navy Intelligence Analyst Elvis Bertrand, who is the lead suspect in a multiple homicide case.
Man on Fire
Oct 11, 2016
After a decorated Petty Officer is found dead inside a sports arena, evidence leads Pride and the NCIS team to a kidnapping case of a Petty Officer who was last seen in Mexico.
Escape Plan
Oct 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.
Course Correction
Oct 25, 2016
The team join forces with the FBI to investigate a plane crash in the bayou that left three sailors dead. Sonja and Lasalle interview candidates for the open agent position.
One Good Man
Nov 15, 2016
The NCIS team reviews unorthodox training exercises after a Navy Seal candidate is found murdered weeks before his graduation. A concerned Wade turns to Pride after her adopted son
Outlaws
Nov 22, 2016
The NCIS team investigates the murder of a sailor during a rowdy motorcycle rally in the city. Lasalle turns to Gregorio for advice on his personal life.
Music to My Ears
Dec 6, 2016
After a Petty Officer and member of the prestigious United States Navy Band is murdered in her home, Pride takes temporary custody of the victim’s nephew who is the sole witness to
Overdrive
Dec 13, 2016
The team suspect foul play when a Marine Corporal and amateur race-car driver is involved in a fatal crash. The U.S. Attorney's office gathers evidence for a Grand Jury indictment
Follow the Money
Jan 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.
Let it Ride
Jan 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.
Hell on the High Water
Jan 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. Sebastian starts his NCI
Return of the King
Feb 7, 2017
After thousands of classified government files are stolen, the NCIS team searches for an underground group of hackers co-founded by Pride’s old contact, Elvis Bertrand, who are kno
Pandora's Box (II)
Feb 14, 2017
NCIS agents McGee and Torres travel to New Orleans to partner with Pride and his team in the search for a missing homeland security theoretical terror playbook. The crossover star
End of the Line
Feb 21, 2017
A gruesome copycat murder on a street car reopens a former case for Wade, evoking painful memories from her past.
The Last Stand
Mar 7, 2017
Pride’s longtime friend, state and military attorney Rita Devereaux, asks NCIS to investigate the disappearance of a JAG lawyer who specializes in classified cases and volunteers a
Swift, Silent, Deadly
Mar 14, 2017
A highly credentialed and skilled special ops Marine sends Pride and the NCIS team on a city-wide manhunt after he assaults six men in a bar.
Slay the Dragon
Mar 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.
Quid Pro Quo
Mar 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
NOLA Confidential
Apr 4, 2017
After the NCIS team uncovers a link between an international drug ring and the New Orleans Police Department, Lasalle must investigate his former partner in the Vice unit. Pride wo
Krewe
Apr 18, 2017
While Pride listens in on a wiretap of Mayor Hamilton, the NCIS team investigates a train heist of hundreds of Navy weapons.
Knockout
May 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
Down the Rabbit Hole
May 9, 2017
After Pride is spotted tracking one of Mayor Hamilton’s accomplices, the suspect opens fire on a crowded street before disappearing.
Poetic Justice
May 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