Carrier (episode)

Carrier is the second episode of NCIS: New Orleans Season 1 and also the 2nd episode of the entire NCIS: New Orleans series.
==Synopsis==
When a Navy Lieutenant dies after being hit by a taxi while out on liberty in downtown New Orleans, the team investigate the death yet they can't seem to find any kind of motive for the death but the investigation grows tense when Loretta soon discovers that the victim was infected with the bubonic plague, prompting the morgue to be temporarily shut down. Having learnt that the sailor was assigned to the Navy ship, the U.S.S. Geronimo, Pride and his team along with assistance from the Navy and Leon Vance, Abby Sciuto, Carol Wilson and Tony DiNozzo race to find all the sailors from the ship who are on liberty in New Orleans and also stop a potentially devastating outbreak from occurring while determining who is responsible for the bio-terrorist attack that has not only cost two sailors their lives but left many more gravely infected and very ill.
==Plot==
==Major Events==
*It's revealed that Brody is left-handed.
*NCIS Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo, CCD officer Carol Wilson, NCIS Forensic Scientist Abigail Sciuto and NCIS Director Leon Vance are all introduced for the first time.
==Trivia==
*This episode was inspired by the NCIS Season 2 episode SWAK (episode), which followed Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo, who was infected by the bubonic plague.
*Michael Weatherly (Tony DiNozzo), Pauley Perette (Abby Sciuto) and Rocky Carroll (Leon Vance) are all credited as Special Guest Stars.
==Cast==
===Series Regulars===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Dwayne Cassius Pride	Scott Bakula 	NCIS Special Agent and the leader of the NCIS: New Orleans team.
Christopher LaSalle 	Lucas Black 	NCIS Special Agent.
Meredith Brody 	Zoe McLellan 	NCIS Special Agent.
Sebastian Lund 	Rob Kerkovich 	Scientist at the Jefferson Parish Morgue and also Loretta Wade's assistant.
Loretta Wade 	C. C. H. Pounder	Jefferson Parish Coroner.
===Recurring Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Jefferson Parish Officer 	Mike R. Moreau	Uncredited role.
Homicide Detective 	William Schaff	Uncredited role.
NOPD Officer (Musician Heal Thyself)	Charles Barber	Uncredited role.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Leon Vance 	Rocky Carroll 	Director of NCIS.
Abigail Sciuto 	Pauley Perrette 	Forensic Scientist who works at the Navy Yard in Washington D.C. and who is a member of the main NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Anthony DiNozzo Junior 	Michael Weatherly 	NCIS Special Agent and the second-in-command of the main NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Carol Wilson 	Meredith Eaton 	Officer with the CDC.
Louanne Bates 	Erika Alexander 	Commander in the United States Navy.
Mitchell Hufcutt 	James Eckhouse 	A Doctor and the killer.
Lewis Collier 	Nicholas James 	Lieutenant in the United States Navy.
Lara Harding 	Annika Marks 	Fiancé of deceased Navy Lieutenant Lewis Collier.
Lewis Lang 	Jimmy Gonzales 	Lieutenant in the United States Navy.
Linus Warren 	Andre De'Sean Shanks 	Petty Officer Second Class in the United States Navy.
Jerome Diggs 	Ross Britz 	Ensign in the United States Navy.
Melora Haley 	Nicole Barré 	A Doctor.
Dealer (Carrier) 	Lance Tafelski 	A man who appears in the episode.
Katie (Carrier) 	Dacia Fernandez 	A woman who is a bartender.
New Orleans Police Department Member	Mark Anthony Hardin 	A man who appears in the episode.
Baker 	David Michael Cefalu 	An Officer. Uncredited role.
Bar Patron 	Jacquelyn Twodat Jackson	Uncredited role.
French Quarter Resident (Carrier) 	Plynlymmon Sanguis 	Uncredited role.
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♦ Musician Heal Thyself (episode) ♦ Carrier (episode) ♦ Breaking Brig (episode) ♦ The Recruits (episode) ♦ It Happened Last Night (episode) ♦ Master of Horror (episode) ♦ Watch Over Me (episode) ♦ Love Hurts (episode) ♦ Chasing Ghosts (NCIS: New Orleans Season 1 episode) ♦ Stolen Valor (episode) ♦ Baitfish (episode) ♦ The Abyss (episode) ♦ The Walking Dead (episode) ♦ Careful What You Wish For (episode) ♦ Le Carnaval de la Mort (episode) ♦ My Brother's Keeper (episode) ♦ More Now (episode) ♦ The List (episode) ♦ The Insider (episode) ♦ Rock-A-Bye-Baby (episode) ♦ You'll Do (episode) ♦ How Much Pain Can You Take? (episode) ♦ My City (episode)
Category:NCIS: New Orleans Episodes
Category:NCIS: New Orleans Season 1 Episodes
Category:NCIS: New Orleans Episodes written by Gary Glasberg
Category:NCIS: New Orleans Episodes directed by James Whitmore, Jr.
Category:NCIS: New Orleans Episodes featuring Jefferson Parish Officer
Category:NCIS: New Orleans Episodes featuring Homicide Detective