
Agent Dwayne "King" Pride has a team out of New Orleans' NCIS field office that is investigating crimes that affect military personnel. He's a local guy with a drive to do the right thing and leads agents Christopher LaSalle -- who plays almost as hard as he works -- and former ATF agent Sonja Percy -- who finds being a part of a team an adjustment after years of working undercover assignments on her own. Eccentric coroner Dr. Loretta Wade supports them on cases. Together, they delve into the dark side of the colorful city that's a magnet for servicemen on leave.

The NCIS team and the Coast Guard Investigative Service work together when a Navy Admiral's daughter is the prime suspect in a double murder on a research boat; LaSalle looks for his estranged brother.

After learning, he was poisoned with a deadly dose of radiation, a Navy lieutenant commander asks Pride and the team to solve his imminent murder.

An agent is killed while working on a security detail for the Vice Chief of Naval Operations; Brody's past is evaluated.

A petty officer is murdered during Mardi Gras festivities; Pride contemplates what to tell his daughter about his strained relationship with his father.