
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 thousands of classified government files are stolen, the NCIS team searches for an underground group of hackers who were co-founded by Elvis Bertrand, Pride's old contact.

Painful memories come flooding back when a gruesome copycat murder leads to the reopening of a case for Wade.

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 at a private military academy.

A highly skilled special operations Marine assaults six men in a bar, sending the NCIS team on a city-wide manhunt.