Line #44 Characters/NCISNewOrleans


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5	!! Special Agent in Charge Dwayne Cassius "King" Pride
6	->'''Played By''': Creator/ScottBakula
7	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nolapride_2544.jpg]]
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9	A proud native of New Orleans, Pride is determined to keep his city safe while also investigating Navy-related crimes throughout the Gulf of Mexico. He is old friends with Gibbs over at [[Series/{{NCIS}} NCIS Headquarters in DC]], going back to when they were both probationary agents in the early 1990s.
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11	He was a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's deputy prior to joining NCIS and was responsible for taking down a a vicious mob prior to becoming a federal agent.
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13	In Season 5, he is promoted to Special Agent in Charge, putting him in command of NCIS operations in the US Southeast Region. However, he steps down to resume his old position in Season 6 after one of the team's investigations goes wrong.
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15	* AmicableExes: Pride and his ex-wife are friendly enough to occasionally sleep together. He's holding out for a reconciliation while she tries to gently remind him that it's over (they're officially divorced by the Season 2 premiere). It's later revealed that she still loves Pride but that she is trying to put some distance between them because she's afraid that his job is going to kill him and she can't deal with the constant fear.
16	* AntiHero: He's incredibly friendly to those willing to extend the olive branch, and downright [[PoliceBrutality cruel]] to the perps that really piss him off. Even as that part leans off over the course of the series, particular villains ''will'' bring his willingness to kill for the greater good to the forefront, taking out entire scores of bad guys even when he's technically [[FrameUp on the run]] or barred from duty, and at least a couple antagonists are gunned down or [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique put through hell]] by him because ItsPersonal.
17	* BewareTheNiceOnes/ BerserkButton: Pride's not nicknamed King for nothing, according to [=LaSalle=], since he'll absolutely go out of his way in order to help his team and the people of New Orleans. He's also more reasonably friendly, albeit hands-on than Gibbs with questioning suspects. But if you want to stay on his good side, don't push these buttons:
18	** DO NOT try to mess with him by going through his daughter. [[PapaWolf He'll rough you up pretty bad.]]
19	-->'''Thug''': Your little girl sure looks good in her running shorts.
20	-->'''Pride''': ''(grabs ahold of him)'' '''''WHAT''''' did you say?!
21	** As his EstablishingCharacterMoment of handling unreasonable suspects in NCIS episode "Crescent City Part One" suggests (ie. throwing a lobbyist across the hood of a car after he insulted Pride's late mentor), also do NOT badmouth any of his old friends, especially if said friends are recently deceased.
22	* CatchPhrase: "Learn things." And "Tell me things." Turns out he got that first phrase from his ex-wife.
23	* ChefOfIron: He enjoys cooking for his team after a long day of fighting bad guys.
24	* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Anyone who watches more than three episodes can tell he's got this bad, but he himself doesn't consciously acknowledge it until he has a major revelation about his past and a subsequent argument with Linda, where she basically lays out for him that he sees his job as a "calling" instead of just a career.
25	* CleanUpTheTown: In the NCIS episode "Crescent City Part 1", Brody asks [=LaSalle=] why he calls Pride 'King', and [=LaSalle=] explains that when Pride first opened up the New Orleans headquarters, he made a sizable drug bust which essentially cleaned up the whole neighborhood, after which the local crew made him an honorary member, which as [=LaSalle=] puts it, 'never happens'.
26	* CowboyCop:
27	** Pride apparently has an agreement with the [=NCIS=] brass that gives him significant leeway in how he runs the New Orleans office, even dealing with Director Vance directly even though he technically answers to the [=NCIS=] office in Chicago. It helps that it had just been him and [=LaSalle=] for a while before Brody showed up from the Great Lakes office.
28	--->'''Pride''': My city. My way.
29	** Whereas Gibbs will intimidate suspects through sheer force of will, Pride prefers being more hands on when it comes to softening up suspects for interrogation. Pride's temper can get bad enough that even Gibbs will step back to give him room.
30	--->'''Gibbs''': ''(After Pride throws a suspect across the hood of a car)'' Kinda old school. Think you made your point there, King?\
31	'''Pride''': Old school still works in Louisiana.
32	** {{Deconstructed}}, though, as it gets him in a lot of trouble with the people upstairs during his crusade against Mayor Hamilton. After he almost gets Loretta's adopted son killed, even he admits that he goes too far and needs to deal with it.
33	* DentedIron: The fatal injuries he sustained in the season 4-5 arc [[spoiler:that actually did briefly kill him]] affects both his physical and mental state for the rest of the season and then some, on top of [[ScarsAreForever the lasting scars of three bullet wounds.]] Doesn't keep him out of field work for long and getting straight into the thick of it two episodes later.
34	* ExperiencedProtagonist: He was a deputy with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office for many years before he joined [=NCIS=].
35	* FeudingFamilies: Pride and Douglas Hamilton's fathers had a feud. Their sons, however, clash simply because they don't get along and because Pride suspects that the councilman (and later mayor) might be corrupt. He's right.
36	* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: As a child, he was bribed/intimidated by his [[AbusiveParents father Cassius]] into letting slip that his mother and the pianist she performed with, Red, were having an affair[[note]]Dwayne never explicitly said they were having an affair, only that Red was "hanging around the bar"[[/note]]. Cassius then drives over to Red's place with Dwayne in tow and forces Dwayne to watch as he beats Red to within an inch of his life. Red ultimately survived, but Dwayne was convinced at the time that Cassius had killed Red, and that it was his fault for opening his mouth (in reality, Cassius dropped Red off outside the city limits and told him never to come back or he really would kill him). The incident was traumatic enough that his young mind repressed it, but it directly informs Dwayne's subsequent GuiltComplex and ChronicHeroSyndrome, and to an extent why he's willing to go so far in order to protect people. He doesn't recover the memory or learn that Red survived until the second-half of season 6, since the recurring nightmares associated with it were interfering with his health and his job]].
37	* GoodGuyBar: In season 2, he buys the bar his mother used to sing in during his childhood and turns it into this. His team becomes accustomed to heading over to "Pride's bar" when they get off work.
38	* GuiltComplex: Has one the size of Texas that informs and exacerbates his ChronicHeroSyndrome. He takes personal responsibility for ensuring people are helped, and beats himself up if an attempt to help fails, regardless of whether he's actually to blame. This has spurred some pretty desperate actions on his part in order to save the city or his loved ones from serious threats.
39	* HeroWithBadPublicity: Becomes this in "Down the Rabbit Hole", thanks to Hamilton's spin on his actions.
40	** In the 4th season, he's hated for making the city lose the port contract.[[note]]Granted, they probably wouldn't hate him if they knew what Hamilton was planning, but [[PoorCommunicationKills that information was never made public.]][[/note]]
41	** Much like in season 3, in season 4, the Associate Attorney General of the United States organizes a smear campaign to destroy Pride's reputation that ensures [[CassandraTruth nobody will believe him that he is trying to commit a terrorist act]] and would make sure he takes the fall for the attack. Fortunately, it fails.
42	* HiddenDepths: He is a talented jazz pianist and can easily fill in for an established quartet, to the surprise of his coworkers.
43	* HonorBeforeReason: After a case involving a group of bikers who are also war veterans is resolved, he promises to hire any member of the group looking for a job to work at his bar. When Tammy asks if Pride can afford to do that, Percy amusedly responds with "No."
44	* {{Hypocrite}}: In "If It Bleeds, It Leads", he tells Brody to not get too personally involved in the case involving her sister's murder. During "Means to an End", he roughs up on a suspect involved with attacking his daughter.
45	* ICallItVera: Pride normally carries a NCIS-issue [=SIG=]-Sauer P228 as his main sidearm but for special occasions, or cases connected to when he was a sheriff's deputy, he uses a Colt Python revolver he nicknamed "Charmaine".
46	* TheLeader: See above.
47	* LighterAndSofter: Pride is nicer and more outgoing to his team than TheStoic Gibbs.
48	* LongLostRelative: ''In the Blood'' reveals that he has a paternal half-brother, Jimmy Boyd.
49	* ManOfTheCity: In spades. New Orleans is ''his'' city, and he'll go to any lengths to protect the city and its people from bad guys. It gets him into deep trouble several times, and has almost cost him his career at least twice.
50	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He has absolutely no problem [[UnscrupulousHero breaking the law]] to take down [[spoiler:Hamilton]] in Season 3. Then it keeps happening and escalating, to the point of Season 4 having him [[spoiler:kidnap and brutally torture the son of a criminal businessman to get Wade's son Donny back and keep them from assassinating Donny's girlfriend Emily in witness protection]]. He's shaken up by this and the fact that the moment anyone he cares about getting threatened has him ''instantly'' slip into going so far beyond CowboyCop that all hell breaks loose every time. One of the only times he doesn't feel this again is when [[spoiler:he shoots Eddie Barrett dead after the latter threatened to kill everyone he ever loved from the safety of prison, given what had happened to [[KilledOffForReal LaSalle]] already.]]
51	* NoodleIncident: In "Sister City (Part 2)", Pride says he's "been arrested in a lotta interesting places".
52	** From the same episode, in a phone conversation with [[Series/{{NCIS}} Gibbs]], Pride says that this case did not cause an international incident like a past case in Miami.
53	* NotSoDifferentRemark: [[spoiler:In Season 7, Pride's short affair with Sasha Brousard resulted in Connor being conceived. He remarks that he's like his dad with his half-brother Jimmy Boyd.]]
54	* PoliceBrutality: Has a tendency to do this to the point that ''Gibbs'' gets slightly concerned.
55	* PostInjuryDeskJob: After his recovery in the season 5 premiere, he is promoted to Special Agent in Charge, which largely consists of office work.
56	* RealMenCook: Was shown to be an excellent cook from the show's BackDoorPilot on its parent show. Aside from genuinely enjoying preparing meals for his team, it's implied to also be slightly therapeutic for him--in one instance, he mentions, "It clears my head."
57	* RedBaron: "King". It's a nickname bestowed upon him by locals for all the work he puts into making New Orleans a better place.
58	* RememberTheNewGuy: In the BackDoorPilot on its parent show, Gibbs mentions having known him "for 30 years".
59	* RenaissanceMan: In "Hell on High Water", Pride travels alone to an offshore oil rig as part of a murder investigation. After his departure, Gregorio, having just officially joined the team, learns that he used to spend his summers working on his uncle's oil rig.
60	--->'''Gregorio''': Of course he spent summers working on his uncle's oil rig, what hasn't the guy done?
61	--->'''[=LaSalle=]''': [[LampshadeHanging Certifiable Renaissance Man.]] That's why he's the boss.
62	* SanitySlippage: His encounter with the "Angel" in the season 5 opener, "See You Soon", leaves Pride hallucinating not only said "Angel" repeatedly but abnormal signs and things that aren't there, flashback memories and other oddities. A medical co-worker points out that this could be a major aspect of his constant work stress, but he genuinely starts to see premonitions correlating to death, which shakes him up hard.
63	* TraumaCongaLine: A lot of the shit Pride goes through over the course of the series, from being shot and all but put on death's door in Season 5, to his conflict with Hamilton nearly getting him killed multiple times over and threatening the lives of his team, to the deaths of multiple characters around him like [[spoiler:his father Cassius, or especially [=LaSalle=]]] while feeling it all [[ItsAllMyFault comes back to him]], leaves Pride more than a fair bit of a wreck later in the series. He can't even sleep at night half the time without the trauma waking him up again.
64	* UncertainDoom: Pride is shot three times and left for dead in the unused upstairs of his bar at the end of Season 4.
65	** He pulls through after the season 5 premiere, but with no shortage of [[DentedIron phy]][[WoundThatWillNotHeal sical]] and emotional trauma, even two months afterwards.
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67	!!Sebastian Lund
68	->'''Played By''': Creator/RobKerkovich
69	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ncisno_cast_robkerkovich.jpg]]
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71	A forensic scientist-turned-agent who works down the hall from Loretta Wade's morgue.
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73	* BewareTheNiceOnes: After Loretta (and other victims!) is infected with an engineered virus, Sebastian threatens to inject a Chinese agent with the same virus if he doesn't reveal where the antivirus is.
74	* CatchPhrase: He spends an episode trying to come up with one, to the annoyance of other characters.
75	* ChekhovsSkill: His scientific skills have continued to be useful even as he's become an agent and they save his bacon when he's accused of shooting an unarmed man.
76	* ConspiracyTheorist: Ask him why the faked moon landings mean there isn't any decent footage of Bigfoot.
77	* EmbarrassingNickname: His mother calls him "Peaches".
78	* FirstNameBasis: Everyone calls him Sebastian.
79	* GeekPhysiques: Tall and skinny.
80	* HeroicBSOD: He has a major one one in "Chaos Theory" after a friend of his is killed when a bomb goes off in the box of evidence that he brought to her.
81	* HiddenDepths: He's normally quite neurotic but after a simple pep talk from Loretta, during a hostage crisis, he shows an extraordinary amount of backbone, performing emergency surgery, an autopsy, and standing up to the armed hostage taker. He even bosses around a couple of paramedics later.
82	** Despite his fear, he keeps it together pretty well when he's kidnapped. Since becoming an agent, he's proven to be just as badass as the rest of the team.
83	* MotorMouth: Tends to talk a lot without stopping that Pride and the others need to remind him when he's about to do this.
84	* MyBelovedSmother: His mom. Oddly enough, she tones it ''down'' after he's kidnapped, realizing that he's capable of taking care of himself.
85	* NumberTwo: For Loretta in her morgue.
86	* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In the second season.
87	* SpearCounterpart: He is very similar to Abby on ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' as a forensic scientist with a fascination of the macabre, a perpetually chipper demeanor, and a penchant for practical demonstrations of how a victim was killed.
88	* TookALevelInBadass: Goes from being "afraid of his own shadow", as Gregorio puts it, to handling himself pretty well when he was kidnapped and deciding to become an agent himself. Showed himself in "NOLA Confidential" when he took down a hostile attacking Gregorio, and again in "Identity Crisis" when he protected his high-school friend from three hired guns.
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90	!!Patton Plame
91	->'''Played By''': Creator/DarylMitchell
92	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ncisno_cast_darylchillmitchell.jpg]]
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94	A computer expert who is called when NCIS' New Orleans team needs help on technical aspects of a case such as the need for hacking or mining through datafiles. He and Sebastian have a rivalry that alternates between friendly and acrimonious.
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96	* AlliterativeName: He sometimes refers to himself as "Triple P", suggesting that his middle initial is also P.
97	* BlackAndNerdy: Also a member of the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus, though he was temporarily thrown out for veering too far towards the fantasy side of the sci-fi/fantasy spectrum.
98	* TheGamblingAddict: Mentioned off-handedly in the episode "High Stakes", to the point of being afraid to even be ''in'' a casino, lest he relapse.
99	* GeniusCripple: He's the tech expert, and he's wheelchair-bound.
100	** HandicappedBadass: Former elite soldier and can defend himself well in a fight despite only having his arms to defend himself with.
101	* OnlySaneMan: To Sebastian's ConspiracyTheorist line of thinking.
102	* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In the second season.
103	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Sebastian when push comes to shove. They gradually do grow out of the "teeth-clenched" part.
104	* TheComputerIsYourFriend: Patton keeps an electronic tablet attached to one of the arms of his wheelchair.
105	* TheSmartGuy: Of the computer tech aspect.
106	* TwoferTokenMinority: Averted; he's both black and wheelchair-bound, but the main cast as of his initial PromotionToOpeningTitles is four whites and three blacks so the former is hardly "token", and the racial balance has only further improved since then.
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108	!!Doctor Loretta Wade
109	->'''Played By''': Creator/CCHPounder
110	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nolawade_5621.png]]
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112	A Jefferson Parish coroner who is contracted to handle the NCIS New Orleans Office's cases. In addition to her duties as a medical examiner, Wade is also Pride's confidant, the one he leans on whenever he is troubled.
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114	She is also Brody's landlord, although Brody has no idea.
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116	* AndStarring: In the opening credits.
117	* BlackAndNerdy: African-American and TheTeam's resident coroner.
118	* TheConfidant: Wade seems to be the only person who can pull Pride out of a funk and he heavily relies on her advice.
119	* TheCoroner: Dr. Loretta Wade is the Jefferson Parish Coroner who consults with the New Orleans team.
120	* DistaffCounterpart: She is very similar to Ducky from ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', as the lead agent's confidant while being a coroner with a very colorful history.
121	* HeroicBSOD: When the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic took place during the last season's filming, it was adapted into the series as a breaking point for Loretta from the sheer ''number'' of patients and deaths that resulted. It's to the point that she ends the series slowly recovering from the PTSD of it all despite staying at her work.
122	* {{Hypocrite}}: Says she broke up with her boyfriend because anyone that age who has never been married sends up red flags. Pride points out that she's just as old as her ex and has never been married, and she says she prefers the dead because they don't call her on her hypocrisy.
123	* FirstNameBasis: With Pride, which shows their close friendship.
124	* ItsPersonal: Loretta was long haunted by the cold case that involved the death of a Navy officer of Jewish background. At the time, there was widespread discrimination against African-Americans, Jews and other undesirables. After she found new evidence (from the stolen gun taken from the dear robber), she was determined to close the case.
125	* {{Retcon}}: It was established, in the PoorlyDisguisedPilot, that Wade first came to New Orleans later in life and never left but she claims, in a later episode, that she lived in New Orleans 40 years previously and came back after finishing her studies because of a cold case that haunted her.
126	** She also turns out to have been married once before, despite her initial backstory that she wasn't.
127	* TeamMom
128	* TwoFirstNames: Wade can be used as a given name.
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130	!!Tammy Gregorio
131	->'''Played By''': Creator/VanessaFerlito
132	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ncisno_cast_vanessaferlito.jpg]]
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134	A FBI agent and a native of New Orleans. She's placed into the NCIS team in the aftermath of Season 2. She officially joins the team in "Let It Ride".
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136	* ButchLesbian: She fits this to a T.
137	* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: FBI Agent Gregorio's complaints about Pride's habits -- that he's too close to his agents and the victims and that he goes too far trying to help -- are proven to be positive things every time.
138	** When the rest of the team save Gregorio thinks Pride and an old lawyer friend from JAG couldn't possibly be romantically interested in each other. Once they start singing together, this is also a subverted example on Gregorio's part.
139	* CommonalityConnection: With Percy re: exes in "Outlaws."
140	* DatingCatwoman: There's a little of this in Gregorio and Eva Azarova's interactions in 3x14 - Eva seems to have definitely have fallen for Gregorio.
141	* DamselOutOfDistress: When she's held prisoner by a serial killer who used to be her profiling instructor in "Mind Games", Gregorio manages to free herself before she's suffocated, and gives the killer a brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatdown before Pride finds their motel room.
142	* DarkSecret: FBI Agent Gregorio worked in New Orleans years ago but essentially fled the city. A plane crash that's being blamed on one of the Navy officer passengers angers her because unless the team can clear the officer's name his daughter will have to live with the shame of having her name connected with a murderer. Gregorio reveals her "secret" that, while definitely not as bad as mass murder, is still pretty bad in New Orleans: [[spoiler: her then-husband stole money meant to rebuild the city after Hurricane Katrina. She divorced him, went back to her maiden name, joined the FBI, and avoided New Orleans at all costs until the Colombian cartel case led her back]].
143	* FairCop: She's played by Vanessa Ferlito.
144	* FireForgedFriends: Develops this with the team, and particularly with Sonja by the end of season 3. She and the latter even move in together by "The Asset".
145	* FriendlySniper: One of the most approachable members of the team once you earn her trust, and is a very good shot, as demonstrated by "Aftershocks" and "The Last Stand."
146	* MeaningfulEcho: "I've got your back" to Percy in "Outlaws."
147	* MyGreatestFailure: She blames herself for the disappearance and subsequent murder of her best friend when they were younger. This gets ''brutally'' {{Exploited}} by a SerialKiller who gets off on forcing her victims to relive past traumas.
148	* RavenHairIvorySkin: Very much like Brody in this respect.
149	* RomanticWingman: is attempting to be this to [=LaSalle=] as of "End of the Line."
150	* ShipperOnDeck: She initially assumed [=LaSalle=] and Percy were sleeping together and has said several things that indicate that she thinks they would be good together. [=LaSalle=] and Patton don't agree.
151	** She also picks up that Dwayne and Rita have history together, and reacts with glee when she and the team hear the two perform "It Had To Be You."
152	* SignificantWardrobeShift: FBI Agent Gregorio is introduced wearing very plain, ''very'' buttoned-up clothes; the more comfortable she gets with the team the more her wardrobe loosens up (resembling Brody's, incidentally).
153	** Lampshaded by Percy and [=LaSalle=] when she comes in wearing casual clothes, which Gregorio dismisses as "casual day".
154	** Also noted by Hannah in "Overdrive."
155	* TakeAThirdOption: Her response to the antagonist during a standoff in "The Asset".
156	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Got into this with Percy initially. By "Outlaws" they've become FireForgedFriends.
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158	!!Hannah Khoury
159	->'''Played By''': Creator/NecarZadegan
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161	A veteran NCIS agent who decided to be assigned in New Orleans in order to be settled in the Southeast region. Becomes the team leader when Pride is promoted to Special Agent in Charge; later demoted after an investigation goes wrong, but chooses to stay on the team.
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163	* ButNotTooForeign: Hannah is Arab-American.
164	* CunningLinguist: When she needs to talk to foreigners, Hannah whips out a variety of languages. Aside from English, she's seen using Arabic in "Diplomatic Immunity".
165	* HeroOfAnotherStory: Hannah's investigations/work in other NCIS offices.
166	* HumbleHero
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169	!!Quentin Carter
170	->'''Played By''': Creator/CharlesMichaelDavis
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172	[=LaSalle=]'s replacement, introduced in "The Man in the Red Suit".
173	* BadassInANiceSuit: Wears them regularly.
174	* MilitaryBrat: His father is a Navy two-star admiral.
175	* ReplacementGoldfish: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] While he ''is'' [=LaSalle's=] replacement, the rest of the team, who are still hurting from Christopher's death, give him a cold reception and make it ''very'' clear that they don't see him as an adequate replacement.
176	* SemperFi: Served in the [=1st=] Force Reconnaissance Company.
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180	[[folder:Recurring Characters]]
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182	!!Linda Pride
183	->'''Played By''': Creator/PaigeTurco
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185	Pride's ex-wife. They still love each other, but her worrying over his safety led to their separation.
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187	!!Laurel Pride
188	->'''Played By''': Creator/ShanleyCasswell
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190	Pride and Linda's daughter. She is studying music at Louisiana State University.
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192	* DaddysGirl: She makes some light-hearted jabs towards her father's worry for her and shares her mother's mixed emotions of pride and worry over his job and safety, but they have a loving relationship.
193	* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Both her parents agree David Cabrera is a good man. But Linda is uncertain if Laurel knows what it really means to be married to a police officer.
194	* HiddenBadass: Is skilled at defending herself when the need arises. "Means to an End" shows that the emotional aftermath can be hard on her, though.
195	* LikeParentLikeSpouse: She gets engaged to Detective David Cabrera in the second half of Season 6.
196	* TwerpSweating: Inverted with Pride; he has "bromances" with her boyfriends, much to her chagrin.
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198	!!Douglas Hamilton
199	->'''Played By''': Creator/StevenWeber
200
201	A New Orleans councilman who is quick to seize any opportunity for good publicity. He and Pride don't get along, with Pride not bothering to hide his anger while Hamilton makes an effort to be outwardly friendly; both of their fathers have similarly feuded in the past. He becomes the mayor of New Orleans and is ousted in season 3 as a consequence of his corrupt leadership.
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203	* BigBad: Of the [[ArcVillain Clearwater arc]] in Season 3.
204	* CorruptPolitician: And ''how''. Over the final third of the third season becomes more and more involved in nefarious doings.
205	* EveryoneHasStandards: Has a ''very'' shady past but has never killed anyone though he did help cover up a murder and truly wants what's best for the city. Eventually, he starts resorting to murder to get people out of Clearwater to build a Navy shipyard, including a conspiracy to assassinate a Congresswoman who opposed it.
206	* NeverMyFault: He often refuses to truly take responsibility for his more heinous actions.
207	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: After learning that NCIS placed a wiretap on his phone, Hamilton goes all out on trying to take down NCIS, getting Percy arrested for letting a suspect escape and transferred to general population and getting Patton kicked off the team for participating in an illegal betting match, which he helped set up to eliminate Javier Garcia.
208	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Not anymore, as NCIS is ultimately able to expose him.
209
210	!!CGIS Special Agent Abigail Borin
211	->'''Played By''': Creator/DianeNeal
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213	See the ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' [[Characters/{{NCIS}} Character Index]]
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215
216	!!Rita Devereaux
217	->'''Played By:''' Creator/ChelseaField
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219	!!Gene Holloway
220	->'''Played By:''' Creator/KeithDavid
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222	!!Raymond Isler
223	->'''Played By:''' Creator/DerekWebster
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225	!!James "Jimmy" Boyd
226	->'''Played By:''' Creator/JasonAlanCarvell
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228	!!Eric Barlow
229	->'''Played By:''' Doug Savant
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233	[[folder:Former Characters]]
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235	!!Special Agent Christopher [=LaSalle=]
236	->'''Played By''': Creator/LucasBlack
237	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nolalasalle_978.jpg]]
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239	A former detective with the New Orleans Police Department, [=LaSalle=] was recruited by Pride to join [=NCIS=] shortly after Hurricane Katrina. He's originally from Alabama and moved to New Orleans as a teenager. He is very proud of his roots, though, and is an alumnus of the University of Alabama (where he was the school mascot).
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241	Fatally shot while searching for his brother's killer.
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243	* BigEater: His preferred solution to getting over an investigative hump is to order take out dessert.
244	* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: He thinks mashing up bacon and Film/TheTerminator to become the "Baconator" for Halloween is an immensely clever idea.
245	* CountryMouse: Percy's AffectionateNickname for him.
246	* EmbarrassingTattoo: He has a tattoo of Big Al, the University of Alabama's mascot, on his rear that he got after a night of heavy drinking to show pride for for his alma mater.
247	* ExperiencedProtagonist: An ex-Sheriff's Deputy under the vice squad turned [=NCIS=] agent.
248	* FriendToAllChildren: He volunteers at a children's hospital in his spare time and makes elaborate Lego models to cheer the patients up.
249	* TheLancer: He's Pride's number two in the office. In fact he was the only other NCIS agent in New Orleans before Brody came alone.
250	* KilledOffForReal: In the Season 6 episode "Matthew 5:9".
251	* NoodleIncident: He says he owed Pride because Pride saved his life. He hasn't gone into any detail of how exactly that happened.
252	** A flashback episode reveals that he used to be entirely career-driven and had stopped thinking about anyone but himself. A chance meeting with Pride helped him start to see the human element of crime once again.
253	* ReallyGetsAround: Starting in Season 2, Brody and Percy note that he seems to have a different fling every week. When Pride pushes him on the issue, Chris confides that he can't sleep at home because it reminds him of Savannah so he hooks up with women passing through New Orleans to try and distract himself from the grief and pain.
254	* {{Retcon}}: He introduces himself as a former Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputy but this was retconned and he became a former homicide detective with the New Orleans Police Department's 5th District.
255	* SouthernFriedGenius: Don't let the accent fool you. He is a highly skilled investigator and is cool under pressure.
256	* ThoseTwoGuys: He usually gets paired up with Brody and the two are constantly playing off each other.
257	* TragicKeepsake: He has a St. Christopher medallion that Savannah meant to give him before her death. To add to the emotional heft, he wears it around his neck on a necklace that used to belong to Brody's twin sister.
258	* UndyingLoyalty: He might question some of Pride's decisions every once in a while, but he will do his absolute best to never let him down. If Pride's in danger, [=LaSalle=] is probably the first to either be concerned or figure Pride can handle himself, and if the team's been entrusted with a task, he is the first to immediately follow it to the letter.
259	* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Percy.
260
261	!!Special Agent Sonja Percy
262	->'''Played By''': Creator/ShalitaGrant
263	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ncisno_cast_shalitagrant_55.jpg]]
264
265	A former undercover ATF agent who helped Pride's team throughout Season 1. She takes a liking to them and decides to transfer to NCIS. However, like Brody, she has a tendency to get restless after being in one place for too long, and decides to leave towards the end of Season 4.
266
267	* AmbiguouslyBi: Characters have commented on the vibe between her and [=LaSalle=], but her interaction with Marion kinda reads as if they are exes, and she seems to be flirting with Gregorio.
268	* CityMouse: [=LaSalle=]'s AffectionateNickname for her.
269	* CombatStilettos: Averted. Although she is the shortest character by a large margin, she wears flat sneakers as opposed to the modest heels Brody wears.
270	* CommonalityConnection: with Gregorio re: exes in "Outlaws"
271	* DatingCatwoman: had some of this with Ramon when she was undercover with the ATF [[note]]although he didn't know about the undercover part at the time[[/note]] He end up being more of a LoveInterestTraitor in "Outlaws"
272	* DemolitionsExpert: due to her time with the ATF
273	* FireForgedFriends: with Gregorio after she rescues her from Ramon in "Outlaws".
274	* MyGreatestFailure: not helping Marion years ago.
275	* TheNapoleon: The shortest character and also the loudest and most prone to losing her temper.
276	* NewMeat: [=LaSalle=] and Brody are merciless in hazing her, labeling her the "NFG"[[note]]New Fucking Guy/Girl[[/note]] and even getting her former boss to join in.
277	** No longer the case in season 3, due to the addition of Gregorio to the team.
278	* PintsizedPowerhouse: Notably her tackling a suspect in "Music To My Ears"
279	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: with Gregorio initially, although by "Outlaws" they've become FireForgedFriends
280	* TomboyishPonytail: How she usually wears her hair.
281	* ToBeLawfulOrGood: A major plot point in "Krewe" when she decides not to arrest a POI. She's indicted by the Inspector General for lying under oath.
282	* UnresolvedSexualTension: With [=LaSalle=].
283	* WeUsedToBeFriends: with Marion in "Second Chances".
284
285	!!Special Agent Meredith "Merri" Brody
286	->'''Played By''': Creator/ZoeMcLellan
287	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nolabrody_6258.png]]
288
289	A recent transfer from the [=NCIS=] Great Lakes Office. Brody was temporarily brought in to help the New Orleans crew with interrogating suspects while investigating the death of Pride's mentor. Once that case was wrapped up, Pride offered her the chance to stay in the [=NOLA=] office permanently, which she happily accepted. She has a reputation, however, for not being able to stay in one place for too long.
290
291	* AffectionateNickname: Doc Wade calls her "Merri".
292	* BigEater: She falls in love with New Orleans cuisine and indulges as much as possible. Pride can only look on in amazement when he buys her breakfast and she puts away multiple plates in one sitting with no sign of slowing down.
293	* ActorAllusion: She has a DarkAndTroubledPast (see below) as did Jennifer Coates in ''Series/{{JAG}}'' (in which she also portrayed)
294	* CombatStilettos: A realistic example. Brody wears conservatively high-heeled shoes when working[[note]]It's so that it brings Zoe [=McLellan=] closer in height to her male co-stars[[/note]]. They don't slow her down very much, though, as she can keep up during foot chases.
295	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her failure to stop a suicidal sailor aboard the ''USS Moultrie'' haunts her and gives her a poor reputation among some NCIS agents.
296	* DeathGlare: She has one that radiates pure fury.
297	* ExperiencedProtagonist: A veteran [=NCIS=] agent stationed at the Great Lakes office before transferring to New Orleans.
298	* MsFanservice: Brody wore a silk slip, high heels, glasses, and carried a cigar on Halloween. She was going as a FreudianSlip
299	* MyGreatestFailure: While an Agent Afloat, she failed to stop a disturbed sailor from detonating a bomb aboard ''USS Moultrie'', an incident that resulted in the death of five sailors. Although she was cleared of any wrongdoing, she continues to feel guilty over not shooting the sailor when she had the chance.
300	* NewMeat: [=LaSalle=] treats Brody as such and gives her AsYouKnow spiels. Brody reminds him that she is an experienced investigator and interrogator who worked out of Detroit.
301	* NoodleIncident: She and Gibbs worked together in the past, but neither go into any detail because the incident is classified.
302	* PowerHair: Borders on BoyishShortHair. She grows it out considerably by Season 2.
303	* PutOnABus: Chooses to not return in season 3 due to the events of the season 2 finale.
304	* RavenHairIvorySkin: Played by the very beautiful and very pale skinned brunette Zoe [=McClellan=].
305	* SexWithTheEx: She hooks up with her ex-fiance.
306	* TheSmartGuy: Brody does crossword puzzles in her head and can memorize large amounts information quickly.
307	* ThoseTwoGuys: She's usually partnered with [=LaSalle=] and the two are constantly playing off each other.
308	* TragicKeepsake: Somewhat averted because Brody doesn't keep it out of sadness. She and her twin sister used to have a matching pair of necklaces that they bought from a gypsy. She gives her sister's to [=LaSalle=] so that he can use the chain to wear Savannah's St. Christopher medallion around his neck.
309
310	!!Savannah Kelly
311	->'''Played By''': Creator/GillianAlexy
312
313	A psychiatrist and an old acquaintance of the [=LaSalle=] brothers from Alabama. Christopher was in love with her when they were in high school and they start dating 17 years later.
314
315	* DisposableWoman: She's murdered by Baitfish in an attempt to throw the NCIS New Orleans team off guard.
316	* NothingPersonal: Said by Baitfish just before shooting her - she was in the wrong place at the wrong time and is just the means to an end.
317
318	!!Cade [=LaSalle=]
319	->'''Played By''': Creator/ClayneCrawford
320
321	Christopher [=LaSalle=]'s estranged older brother. While they were growing up, Christopher 'worshiped' Cade, describing him in high school as 'star quarterback, the guy who got all the girls'. However, after Cade was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder, their relationship began to strain, finally reaching a breaking point when Cade disappeared for five years.
322
323	* KilledOffscreen: And then burned beyond recognition. Loretta identifies him via dental records.
324	* ShipperOnDeck: He loves to tease Christopher over Savannah and pushes his brother to make good on his teenage declaration that he would marry her some day.
325	* TheMadnessPlace: His manic periods from his bipolar disorder result in this very easily for him. His introduction episode ends with him renovating Chris' living room like he promised; the room is a half-painted train wreck, and Cade himself hasn't slept for several days and is excitedly babbling to Chris about how amazing the room will look when it's done. All Chris can do is sadly reassure his brother that it'll be great while Savannah calls the hospital to prepare for the impending crash.
326
327	!!Eddie Barrett
328	->'''Played By''': Creator/EddieCahill
329
330	A sinister cult leader.
331
332	* HeroKiller: He murders [[spoiler:[=LaSalle=]]].

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