Sam Lothridge/CBS ©2019 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.When production wrapped for the night, the NCIS: New Orleans cast and crew threw star Scott Bakula a birthday bash fit for a king, complete with a sheet cake decorated with the image of his character, Special Agent Dwayne Pride. The following day, Bakula was back in Pride’s shoes, dispensing New Orleans-style justice and telling us all about it.
NCIS: New Orleans continues its sixth season on CBS with Tuesday’s new episode “Matthew 5:9” (10pm ET/PT) in which Special Agent Christopher Lasalle’s (Lucas Black) desperate hunt for the truth about his brother Cade (Clayne Crawford) comes to a critical point when evidence suggests a drug-trafficking ring may be involved.
Pride travels to Alabama to join Lasalle in searching for clues and assisting local law enforcement to track Cade’s last known whereabouts. Of course, Pride is going to do this investigation his own way.
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“This guy wears his heart on his sleeve, anyway, so when you start messing around with his family or extended members of his family, he has trouble doing both things — taking care of his people and also doing his business,” Bakula says of Pride’s not-by-the-book mentality. “It’s a battle. It’s something he fights all the time.”
The case of Lasalle and his brother is deeply personal for Pride. “He has those kinds of parental emotions, and he and Lasalle have been together the longest,” Bakula says. “He’s nurtured him and been his mentor. He knows Lasalle’s story and knows the challenges he’s faced with his brother. Hopefully, the rest of Pride’s team can handle what’s going on in New Orleans so he can really devote himself to being there to help Lasalle in any way he can. It’s a powerful arc, and it’s explosive in many ways.”
It’s been a rough year for Pride, as well. He’s been suffering from nightmares, insomnia and hallucinations stemming from his traumatic experience being kidnapped and drugged last season. Bakula hints that these visions will put Pride on the path to some important realizations in coming episodes.
“He gets some information about some events that happened when he was a very young person that kind of help organize his mind a little bit in terms of looking back on his life and understanding why he is who he is,” Bakula says. “I think that’s going to be satisfying for the audience and, I think, for his character.”
LaSalle can’t die!!! He’s been here since the beginning
Please don’t let this be real. LaSalle can’t be dead
Omg …. I’m in shock… WTH
If Lucas black is off the show. Me and my household won’t watch anymore. This show struggles at times anyways LaSalle was an important part of show.this is a stupid plot. You’d think with all the real life drama ncis new oreans has gone through with producers
Not watching after tonight. Period!
If Lasalle is dead I will not be watching anymore.
I will no longer watch either I already don’t like the new lady she doesn’t fit in I like Scott but he’s not enough to keep me watching I thought they would get rid of the new lady. And bring Zoe back
RIP LaSalle. I’m going to miss him so much. But I won’t stop watching. I want to see his murderer caught and see how the team deals with his absence.
Agree with everyone here. I will no longer watch the show.
I agree I love Lasalle!! He is too important to lose!!
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I NEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
LASALLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
NOOOO. Don’t takeLaSalle awY. No. No. No. please
Well if LaSalle dies i will not watch the program any more, so I guess this is the end for NCIS New Orleans for me
Me too. I am sick of these shows killing off the good and interesting characters.
I will stop watching if Lasalle is dead. He made the show.
Oh, this CAN’t be right!!!! We can’t lose LaSalle!!!!! This is a trick, right? RIGHT???!!!
Why did he leave? I’m sad
I agree with the others on this page. LaSalle had better not be dead otherwise I will not be watching anymore
Please say it ain’t true!!! I love Pride, but no show without Lucas Black!
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! LASALLE IS THE SHOW!! HE HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE SINCE THE START!!!! VERY UPSETTING!!!
LaSalle was my favorite. i will not watch without him. He is the heart of the show!
what? is this real? OMG. i was mad when Percy left now LaSalle? What the…….. Im gonna stop watching im so upset the good ones keep leaving:(
Why kill Lasalle, you could have killed his boss. I loved Lasalle, his country voice. What a pity. Good luck, Lasalle. RIP. I will miss you.
Well, I am totally t’d off about this. I am shocked because I didn’t see this coming. Just sat down to watch a good show that is now going North and that stinks.
I will stop watching the show if lasalle(Lucas) is really dead. Stupid writers