NCIS: New Orleans (season 6)

The sixth season of NCIS: New Orleans an American police procedural drama television series, originally aired on CBS from September 24, 2019 through April 19, 2020. The season was produced by CBS Television Studios, with Christopher Silber and Jan Nash as showrunner and executive producer.

NCIS: New Orleans
Season 6
Season 6 U.S. DVD cover
Starring
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes20
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 24, 2019 (2019-09-24) –
April 19, 2020 (2020-04-19)
Season chronology

Cast and characters
See also: List of NCIS: New Orleans characters

Main

Recurring
  • Chelsea Field as Rita Devereaux, Dwayne's girlfriend
  • Shanley Caswell as Laurel Pride, Dwayne's daughter by his ex-wife, Linda Pride
  • Derek Webster as Raymond Isler, FBI Senior Special Agent
  • Jason Alan Carvell as Jimmy Boyd, Dwayne's younger, previously unknown half-brother
  • Richard Thomas as NCIS Deputy Director Ezra Van Cleef
  • Hal Ozsan as Ryan Porter
  • Lenny Platt as Detective David Cabrera
  • Amanda Warren as Mayor Zahra Taylor
  • Keith David as Gene Holloway
  • Joanna Cassidy as Mena Cantrell
  • Venus Ariel as Naomi Porter
  • Cory Hart as D.I.A. Agent Winchester

Guest
Cast notes
  1. Black is credited as a regular through sixth episode of the season after which he departs the series.
  2. Davis is credited as a regular beginning in "The Man in the Red Suit".

Episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
1201"Judgement Call"James HaymanChristopher SilberSeptember 24, 2019 (2019-09-24)6.66[1]
Pride is forced to suspend Hannah from duty after she breaks protocol following a joint operation with the FBI to take down a white supremacist. Meanwhile, Pride and Rita visit Pride's mother who is revealed to be suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
1212"The Terminator Conundrum"Edward OrnelasJan NashOctober 1, 2019 (2019-10-01)6.90[2]
A Navy pilot discovers an unidentified flying object shortly before crashing. Meanwhile, Pride suffers through nightmares and insomnia from being kidnapped and drugged. LaSalle goes to Mobile, Alabama to locate his missing brother.
1223"Bad Apple"Stacey K. BlackRon McGeeOctober 8, 2019 (2019-10-08)6.69[3]
Pride visits New York City after he learns newly acquired DNA evidence was linked to a cold case from 20 years ago when he worked at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's office.
1234"Overlooked"Gordon LonsdaleStephanie SenguptaOctober 15, 2019 (2019-10-15)6.57[4]
A private immigration detention center is found at the center of a sex-trafficking ring. Meanwhile, LaSalle and Sebastian set off to search for LaSalle's missing brother in Alabama.
1245"Spies & Lies"LeVar BurtonBrooke RobertsOctober 22, 2019 (2019-10-22)6.64[5]
A Navy lieutenant, Max Landry (Michael Ocampo), asks the New Orleans field office for help when he suspects that his girlfriend is actually a spy. Meanwhile, LaSalle faces another devastating setback when he finds his brother's body in Alabama.
1256"Matthew 5:9"Michael ZinbergChad Gomez CreaseyNovember 5, 2019 (2019-11-05)6.61[6]
LaSalle hopes to avenge his brother's murder by tracking an opioid drug ring in Alabama which he believes is responsible. While investigating a remote cabin, LaSalle is shot and flown to a hospital where he dies, leaving Pride and the team devastated. When Pride assists with the case, he meets and later arrests a man who was involved in the shooting.
1267"Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom"Mary Lou BelliTalicia RaggsNovember 12, 2019 (2019-11-12)6.41[7]
A movie theater is leveled in the aftermath of a natural gas explosion which the team learns was caused by a hacker who could trigger further explosions. Meanwhile, the team continues to mourn the loss of LaSalle.
1278"The Order of the Mongoose"Rob GreenleaKatherine BeattieNovember 19, 2019 (2019-11-19)6.89[8]
Sebastian summons the team to offer their assistance with a potential kidnapping case when the son of a dignitary suddenly goes missing from a local concert venue. Meanwhile, Wade investigates when a woman is abused.
1289"Convicted"Hart BochnerJan Nash & Christopher SilberNovember 26, 2019 (2019-11-26)6.87[9]
When LaSalle's accused killer, Eddie Barrett, is released after providing an alibi witness, Pride and his team continue to gather evidence and discover Barrett controls an armed cult.
12910"Requital"Michael ZinbergJan Nash & Christopher SilberDecember 17, 2019 (2019-12-17)7.05[10]
Pride becomes a hostage at Barrett's plantation near Jeanerette. There is a standoff between the cultists and the NCIS/FBI with the media watching. Barrett, whose aim is chaos, had rigged the house to explode but Sebastian foils that. While everyone else is arrested Barrett escapes through a tunnel. When Pride catches him, Barrett threatens Pride's family, which provokes Pride into killing him, though he tells his team that Barrett was reaching for his weapon.
13011"Bad Moon Rising"Lionel ColemanRon McGeeFebruary 16, 2020 (2020-02-16)5.24[11]
The team is worried and concerned when Sebastian becomes unreachable while undercover as a new recruit for an organization specializing in coordinated terrorist attacks.
13112"Waiting for Monroe"James Whitmore Jr.Sydney MitchelFebruary 23, 2020 (2020-02-23)5.59[12]
The team must track down a mysterious female assassin responsible for murders in Athens, Rome and London. Also, Wade's son begs her to allow him to go on a police ride-along for an article he's writing on a youth outreach program at the NOPD.
13213"The Root of All Evil"Tessa BlakeStephanie Sengupta & Corey MooreMarch 1, 2020 (2020-03-01)5.56[13]
The team investigates the murder of a JAG officer whose daughter had witnessed it. Pride immediately suspects that the daughter and her boyfriend might be the ones involved after he discovers that the victim had cut her out of his estate. Meanwhile, Sebastian begins his new NCIS training.
13314"The Man in the Red Suit"James HaymanChad Gomez Creasey & Jan NashMarch 8, 2020 (2020-03-08)5.62[14]
During a case, Pride announces that he is going on medical leave from the task force to figure out the memory that keeps him up at night. At the same time Pride announces Special Agent Quentin Carter as the newest member and the replacement for LaSalle to an icy reception.
13415"Relentless"Gordon LonsdaleCameron DupuyMarch 15, 2020 (2020-03-15)6.35[15]
Tammy must protect an autistic, research-obsessed teenage girl after her father is shot in their home while the rest of the team searches for a motive. Meanwhile, Pride brings his mother to his bar to get her to relive her past memories.
13516"Pride and Prejudice"Hart BochnerBrooke RobertsMarch 15, 2020 (2020-03-15)5.83[15]
The team investigates a man who pretended to be LaSalle and the prisoner whom he tried to get freed from jail. Pride's daughter comes for a surprise visit.
13617"Biased"LeVar BurtonTalicia RaggsMarch 22, 2020 (2020-03-22)6.39[16]
Racial tensions rise in New Orleans when a white NOPD officer shoots a black Navy officer he believed was carrying a weapon and was armed in the middle of a busy street party.
13718"A Changed Woman"Mary Lou BelliKatherine BeattieMarch 29, 2020 (2020-03-29)6.50[17]
When a Navy sailor is found dead, the team tracks suspicious movements of people in his life prior to his death. Also, Hannah comes to terms with her daughter's relationship with her ex's new girlfriend Veronica (Katie Rose Clark).
13819"Monolith"Diana ValentineChad Gomez Creasey & Sydney MitchelApril 12, 2020 (2020-04-12)5.88[18]
When Sebastian is injured while unsuccessfully trying to prevent a kidnapping, NCIS races to find the missing woman and her abductors. Also, the team gets a peek into Agent Carter's personal life.
13920"Predators"Gordon LonsdaleStephanie SenguptaApril 19, 2020 (2020-04-19)6.24[19]
The team investigates the death of a Naval microbiologist whose hobby as a "myth buster" resulted in his death at the hand of a legendary bayou creature. Also, Agent Khoury conducts an investigation into previous actions of Deputy Director Van Cleef who recently demoted her for misguided allegations that she exhibited poor judgement.

Production

Development

NCIS: New Orleans was renewed for a sixth season on April 22, 2019.[20] In March 2020, CBS announced that the filming of this season has been delayed the production following the COVID-19 pandemic.[21][22] On May 6, 2020, NCIS: New Orleans was renewed for the seventh season.[23][24]

Casting

Lucas Black left the series during the sixth season.[25][26] NCIS: New Orleans showrunner said "We are sad to see him go, but happy he will have more time to spend with his family."[25][26] Black last appeared in the sixth episode "Matthew 5:9".[25][26] On February 5, 2020, it was announced that Charles Michael Davis had been cast as Quentin Carter, and would appear as a series regular.[27]

Broadcast

The sixth season of NCIS: New Orleans premiered on September 24, 2019.[28]

Reception

Ratings
Viewership and ratings per episode of NCIS: New Orleans
No. Title Air dateTimeslot (ET)Rating/share
(18–49)		Viewers
(millions)		DVR
(18–49)		DVR viewers
(millions)		Total
(18–49)		Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Judgement Call" September 24, 2019 (2019-09-24)Tuesday 10:00 p.m.0.7/46.66[1]0.63.941.310.60[29]
2 "The Terminator Conundrum" October 1, 2019 (2019-10-01)0.7/46.90[2]0.53.601.210.50[30]
3 "Bad Apple" October 8, 2019 (2019-10-08)0.7/46.69[3]0.53.431.210.12[31]
4 "Overlooked" October 15, 2019 (2019-10-15)0.7/46.57[4]N/A3.04N/A9.61[32]
5 "Spies & Lies" October 22, 2019 (2019-10-22)0.7/46.64[5]0.43.191.19.83[33]
6 "Matthew 5:9" November 5, 2019 (2019-11-05)0.6/46.61[6]0.53.381.19.99[34]
7 "Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom" November 12, 2019 (2019-11-12)0.6/46.41[7]0.43.171.09.58[35]
8 "The Order of the Mongoose" November 19, 2019 (2019-11-19)0.7/46.89[8]0.43.231.110.12[36]
9 "Convicted" November 26, 2019 (2019-11-26)0.8/56.87[9]0.53.411.310.28[37]
10 "Requital" December 17, 2019 (2019-12-17)0.9/57.05[10]0.43.121.310.17[38]
11 "Bad Moon Rising" February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16)Sunday 10:00 p.m.0.55.24[11]0.53.221.08.46[39]
12 "Waiting for Monroe" February 23, 2020 (2020-02-23)0.65.59[12]0.43.221.08.81[40]
13 "The Root of All Evil" March 1, 2020 (2020-03-01)0.55.56[13]0.43.250.98.81[41]
14 "The Man in the Red Suit" March 8, 2020 (2020-03-08)0.55.62[14]0.43.000.98.62[42]
15 "Relentless" March 15, 2020 (2020-03-15)0.66.35[15]0.42.741.09.09[43]
16 "Pride and Prejudice" March 15, 2020 (2020-03-15)0.65.83[15]0.43.161.08.99[43]
17 "Biased" March 22, 2020 (2020-03-22)0.76.39[16]0.42.921.19.31[44]
18 "Necessary Evil" March 29, 2020 (2020-03-29)0.76.50[17]0.42.931.19.43[45]
19 "Monolith" April 12, 2020 (2020-04-12)0.65.88[18]0.53.281.19.16[46]
20 "Predators" April 19, 2020 (2020-04-19)0.66.24[19]0.43.231.09.47[47]

Home media
NCIS: New Orleans: The Sixth Season
Set details Special features
DVD release dates
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
August 11, 2020[48]

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