NCIS: New Orleans Season 3

NCIS: New Orleans Season 3 premiered on September 20, 2016 and ended on May 16, 2017.
==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.
Tammy Gregorio 	Vanessa Ferlito 	FBI Special Agent who serves as the liaison between the FBI and NCIS. Is later fired from the FBI and joins NCIS, becoming an official NCIS Special Agent.
Sebastian Lund 	Rob Kerkovich 	Scientist at the Jefferson Parish Morgue with Loretta Wade's assistant and later the team as an NCIS Forensic Special Agent.
Patton Plame 	Daryl Mitchell 	NCIS computer specialist.
Sonja Percy 	Shalita Grant 	Former ATF agent who transferred to NCIS.
Loretta Wade 	C. C. H. Pounder	Jefferson Parish Coroner.
=== Cast Notes ===
Citing "creative reasons", Zoe McLellan (Meredith Brody) departed NCIS: New Orleans prior to Aftershocks (episode) airing. She was replaced by Vanessa Ferlito (Tammy Gregorio).
Mark Harmon, Sean Murray and Wilmer Valderrama guest-starred in Pandora's Box (Part 2) (episode), a crossover episode with the main NCIS series.
== Trivia ==
*NCIS: New Orleans Season 3 aired alongside NCIS Season 14 and NCIS: Los Angeles Season 8.
== Episodes ==
NCIS: New Orleans Season 3 - Episode List 
Episode Number	Episode Number	Title 	Airdate 	Notes
Series 	Season 	Title 	Airdate 	Notes
3 	1 	Aftershocks (episode) 	September 20, 2016.	The NCIS team partners with several federal agencies to track a sniper who is targeting crowded events in the city. Also, FBI Special Agent Tammy Gregorio arrives to investigate Pride and his team.
3 	2 	Suspicious Minds (episode) 	September 27, 2016.	Pride faces further backlash from the FBI when he helps former Navy Intelligence Analyst Elvis Bertrand, who is the lead suspect in a multiple homicide case.
3 	3 	Man on Fire (episode) 	October 11, 2016. 	The team is put in a difficult position to help rescue a Navy Petty Officer who is being held captive in Mexico. Meanwhile, Gregorio is put in a tough spot when she begins to work with Pride's team and reports back to headquarters about his team's actions.
3 	4 	Escape Plan (episode) 	October 18, 2016. 	Sebastian is kidnapped and forced to hack into a federal detention center help break out a serial killer and escape with him to the border. Meanwhile, Sebastian's mother visits.
3 	5 	Course Correction (episode) 	October 25, 2016. 	Pride and his team investigate a plane crash that killed six Petty Officers which later turns out to be murder and involves the CIA. Meanwhile, LaSalle and Percy interview candidates to replace Brody. Also, Gregorio considers staying in New Orleans or returning to D.C.
3 	6 	One Good Man (episode) 	November 15, 2016. 	When a SEAL-in-training is found dead after he is reported UA, the team discovers a dark secret he was hiding about his past—and a conspiracy that goes up to Mayor Hamilton. Meanwhile, LaSalle tries to evade an old flame, who has a big surprise for him, and Dr. Wade tries to get Pride to convince Danny to go to college rather than join the Navy.
3 	7 	Outlaws (episode) 	November 22 2016. 	The team investigates the murder of a biker who is a sailor from Mississippi and later find that it might be the start of an old rivalry between two biker gangs. Percy goes undercover to find her old informant who is working for one of the gangs. Meanwhile, Gregorio encourages LaSalle to talk to Pride about his new found fatherhood.
3 	8 	Music to My Ears (episode) 	December 6, 2016. 	A Petty Officer, who is a member of the prestigious Navy band, is found murdered and her nephew is the only witness to the crime. Meanwhile, Gregorio considers staying in New Orleans or returning to Washington D.C.. Also, Percy finds out about LaSalle's child and Sebastian considers applying to be an NCIS agent.
3 	9 	Overdrive (episode) 	December 13, 2016. 	The team investigates a Marine, a race car enthusiast, who is killed in a fatal accident but Pride suspects foul play. Meanwhile, LaSalle receives news that Tucker is not his son and his real father is coming for him. Despite the lie, LaSalle decides to help Melody get safely away from him. At the FBI, Gregorio is helping Assistant U.S. Attorney Hannah Lee build a case against Garcia, while trying to help the NCIS investigation at the same time.
3 	10 	Follow the Money (episode) 	January 3, 2017. 	Pride and his team investigate a family friend's missing fiancée who is also a leader in a major drug smuggling cartel. A conflict of interest arises when it is discovered that the cartel was being investigated by Gregorio and the FBI.
3 	11 	Let It Ride (episode) 	January 17, 2017. 	Pride takes matters into his own hands without the FBI to catch Garcia. The team volunteers to help knowing the consequences of their involvement. Pride suggests that Sebastian to go undercover to take down Garcia. In the end, Garcia is captured and Gregorio officially joins NCIS.
3 	12 	Hell on the High Water (episode)	January 24, 2017. 	Pride's team work around the clock to save Pride from an oil rig as he tries to capture suspected murders that work on the rig from a major explosion. Meanwhile, Gregorio begins her first day as an NCIS agent and Sebastian starts his training to be an NCIS agent.
3 	13 	Return of the King (episode) 	February 7, 2017. 	The team searches for an expert computer hacker associated with "The Collective", a hacktivist organization founded by Elvis after four people are killed and incriminating videos involving prominent city officials are released.
3 	14 	Pandora's Box (Part 2) (episode)	February 14, 2017. 	At the behest of Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Agents Timothy McGee and Nicholas Torres travel to New Orleans to assist Pride and his team in the retrieval of a stolen terror playbook; an operation assisted by Torres and Gregorio from the field position.
3 	15 	End of the Line (episode) 	February 21, 2017. 	The team investigates the grisly murder of a petty officer in which Loretta comes to realize that this might be the same killer that she testified was sent to prison 20 years ago and was recently released and might want revenge. Later on, the killer is captured but claims to be innocent so Pride looks into the last murder and suspects that the "killer" had been framed both times.
3 	16 	The Last Stand (episode) 	March 7, 2017. 	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.
3 	17 	Swift, Silent, Deadly (episode) 	March 14, 2017. 	Pride's team goes on a manhunt to capture a highly skilled Marine with no criminal history after he assaults six civilians in a bar. However, the case becomes more complicated when it turns out the Marine's wife has been abducted by a woman's trafficking ring.
3 	18 	Slay the Dragon (episode) 	March 21, 2017. 	Gregorio's ex-husband, who disappeared after embezzling more than $80 million dollars from the Hurricane Katrina relief fund, comes to New Orleans after Pride's team found a connection with him and a murder investigation.
3 	19 	Quid Pro Quo (episode) 	March 28, 2017. 	While investigating a deadly accident at a naval base, NCIS discovers a unit of Seabees was poisoned with a contagious super virus leaving the rest of the base and the entire city of New Orleans at risk for a catastrophic outbreak. Also, during the autopsy, Wade is infected with the virus and given hours to live if an antidote can’t be found.
3 	20 	NOLA Confidential (episode) 	April 4, 2017. 	LaSalle's old partner at New Orleans Police Department's Vice Squad comes under investigation when drugs from NOPD evidence lock-up are discovered to be on the streets and smuggled onto a Navy ship. Pride and Rita discuss their relationship as Rita delves into Hamilton's connection to the impoverished Clearwater neighborhood.
3 	21 	Krewe (episode) 	April 18, 2017. 	Pride's team puts their careers at risk when Pride puts a wire tap on Mayor Hamilton's cell phone to help bring him down while the team investigates the mysterious theft of Navy weapons.
3 	22 	Knockout (episode) 	May 2, 2017. 	Following the murder of a Navy Chaplain, the team (down Percy) looks for a link between the murder and Mayor Hamilton and his plans for Clearwater.
3 	23 	Down the Rabbit Hole (episode) 	May 9, 2017. 	After a tail on one of Hamilton's men goes horribly awry, the team faces the political backlash demanding they stop their investigation or else.
3 	24 	Poetic Justice (episode) 	May 16, 2017. 	Pride is forced to fake his death and go rogue in order to capture Hamilton and confront him about his crimes. Meanwhile, the rest of the team enlist the FBI assistant Director to help track down Pride.
==Description==
*From the Region 2 DVD- "Where Justice Gets Down"- In the third season of NCIS: New Orleans, protecting America's wildest party town is a full-time job for this elite crime-fighting unit. Nothing will stop Special Agent in charge Dwayne Cassius "King" Pride (Scott Bakula) from defending his beloved city with the help of reliable right-hand man Christopher LaSalle (Lucas Black) and unstoppable undercover expert Sonja Percy (Shalita Grant). As the field agents hit the streets, their evidence is analyzed back at home by digital security expert Patton Plame (Daryl "Chill" Mitchell), skilled medical examiner Dr. Loretta Wade (C.C.H. Pounder) and idiosyncratic forensics specialist Sebastian Lund (Rob Kerkovich). As the team copes with a rogue sniper, a cartel's conspiracies and a deep sea oil rig primed to explode, they face a new crisis that hits closer to home. In the wake of a betrayal compromising the unit's integrity, they find themselves under investigation by FBI Special Agent Tammy Gregorio (Vanessa Ferlito), a hard-charging New Yorker who makes a fierce friend and tireless foe. The team will never be the same after the 23-nerve wracking episodes collected in this 6-disc set.
Category:NCIS: New Orleans Seasons