NCIS: New Orleans: Season 5
Season 5 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 4.
- 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 5 Progress Shield
See You Soon
Sep 25, 2018 · 45 min
While Pride fights for his life in the ICU, the team scours the city for the hit woman who attempted to assassinate him.
Inside Out
Oct 2, 2018 · 45 min
The team searches for a former IRA bomb-maker who was smuggled into the city, and are joined by Special Agent Hannah Khoury, Pride’s replacement during his medical leave.
Diplomatic Immunity
Oct 9, 2018 · 45 min
While NCIS investigates the murder of a Navy intelligence officer killed during a conference for foreign diplomats, the key witness cozies up to Sebastian. Pride has some trouble a
Legacy
Oct 16, 2018 · 45 min
After a Petty Officer is found murdered under a shrimping boat, the NCIS investigation uncovers a conspiracy in the tight-knit local fishing community. Lasalle awaits the final res
In the Blood
Oct 23, 2018 · 45 min
Pride’s father, Cassius Pride, is wrapped up in an NCIS case involving a notorious unsolved casino heist from several years ago. Pride meets a family member he never knew existed.
Pound of Flesh
Oct 30, 2018 · 45 min
After Pride's assistant escapes from a kidnapper, the team uncovers evidence of a suspect who is harvesting organs from multiple victims. Pride turns to a friend for guidance as he
Sheepdogs
Nov 13, 2018 · 45 min
Following a deadly car explosion in the French Quarter, the NCIS team interrogates a professor and former member of a student protest organization. Tammy discovers a secret about H
Close to Home
Nov 20, 2018 · 45 min
The team places Mateo Diaz, a high school gang member turned informant, in protective custody while they investigate the murder of his junior reserve officers' training corps instr
Risk Assessment
Dec 4, 2018 · 45 min
The team investigates the murder of a Navy contractor who secretly lived two lives for decades.
Tick Tock
Dec 11, 2018 · 45 min
While on a sunrise jog, Pride is grabbed by two masked men who order him to complete a series of tasks in order to save Wade and his father, Cassius Pride, who are being held capti
Vindicta
Jan 8, 2019 · 45 min
Pride and the NCIS team hope to take down a secret and lethal group of former intelligence agents and avenge the death of someone close to them.
Desperate Navy Wives
Jan 15, 2019 · 45 min
While undercover, Gregorio joins a social club for military wives after one of the members is contacted by an ex-boyfriend on the FBI Most Wanted List.
X
Feb 5, 2019 · 45 min
NCIS investigates the disappearance of a Navy entomologist after a deadly shooting at a research lab. Nero, with Naval Intelligence, joins the investigation when the team discovers
Conspiracy Theories
Feb 19, 2019 · 45 min
Pride and the team reunite with conspiracy journalist Oliver Crane after the source for his latest vigilante story is murdered. Also, Hannah’s former partner, Liam Somers, surprise
Crab Mentality
Feb 26, 2019 · 45 min
The team investigates multiple murders tied to a construction company creating an experimental chemical that strengthens sea walls. Also, evidence from Hannah’s previous mission in
Survivor
Mar 5, 2019 · 45 min
After an elusive terrorist with a personal vendetta against Hannah resurfaces, she is placed in protective custody with her family while the NCIS team searches for the suspect’s wh
Reckoning
Mar 12, 2019 · 45 min
After a reshuffling of assignments, Pride is no longer Special Agent in Charge of the Southeast and returns to the New Orleans NCIS office during the investigation of a missing Pet
In Plain Sight
Apr 2, 2019 · 45 min
The NCIS team investigates the murder of Patton's friend, a former Navy Seal gunned down in a drive-by shooting while Patton helplessly watched.
A House Divided
Apr 9, 2019 · 45 min
A Navy Lieutenant from a well-connected and affluent family has a fatal fall down a flight of stairs at a charity gala. The team investigates whether his death was an accident or f
Jackpot
Apr 16, 2019 · 45 min
When Elvis Bertrand's "daughter" is linked to an NCIS murder case, he asks Pride to prove her innocence.
Trust Me
Apr 23, 2019 · 45 min
Tammy is convinced that a con man committed the hit-and-run murder of a Navy doctor, even though the evidence shows otherwise. Unbeknownst to Hannah, her husband, Ryan Porter, appr
Chaos Theory
Apr 30, 2019 · 45 min
The NCIS team investigates a deadly bombing at a military museum event with over 1,000 people in attendance.
The River Styx (1)
May 7, 2019 · 45 min
Pride and Lasalle travel to war-torn South Ossetia in Russia to locate FBI Special Agent Raymond Isler, who was kidnapped during a failed mission to apprehend the leader of Apollyo
The River Styx (2)
May 14, 2019 · 45 min
After tracking Apollyon, a deadly underground spy network, to war-torn South Ossetia, Pride is separated from the team and faces grave danger. In order to save Pride, the NCIS team