
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.

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 must locate a mole who continues to feed information to Apollyon.

Pride must cut his vacation short when Hannah is suspended for breaking protocol during a joint investigation with the FBI.

A Navy pilot says she saw an unidentified object prior to a private plane crash; Pride suffers from insomnia and nightmares as a result of being kidnapped and drugged last year.

Pride travels to New York City after new DNA evidence is linked to a 20-year-old cold case from his past.