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.”
I hope he dreaming too. LaSalle cant be dead. I’m so upset right now.
Hey producers Give a Bama Boy a Break
I’m with all of you, LaSalle is my favorite character, this has to be some sort of bad dream for Pride! Say it isn’t so!
I cant believe this LaSalle cant be gone I loved him this us crazy..
Please bring LaSalle back not fair totally unfair
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! I hope this if one of Pride’s nightmares…..
Say it is not true! Lasalle can not leave the show!
I’m also hoping that’s going to prides dad nightmares a very bad one is that is cruel and unusual punishment to take a veteran since the day the show started and just got him down
Sorry that was supposed to say gunned down I am suffering from the flu and shakes really bad I love his character I thought he was a way better actor than some of the ones that are on the show now there’s a couple I can do without
They had better ask Marvel or DC how to walk back a death…in the next 10 minutes.
SOOOOOOOO MAD!! CAN’T BELIEVE THIS!!!!
Bad idea to kill off Chris!
NOOOOOOOOO!!!!Please don’t take away LaSalle!! He’s one of the reasons I continue to watch this show!! I’m NOT happy about it at all!!
Me too
Well I guess I am done with this. LaSalle was the best character on the show. I can’t believe he is being removed from the cast.
I’m also hoping that’s going to prides dad nightmares a very bad one is that is cruel and unusual punishment to take a veteran since the day the show started and just got him down crystal saw was one of my favorites him and pride both and I’m not sure I’m going to like the show without both of them being there
LaSalle was my favorite. PLEASE let it be a dream or nightmare.
LaSalle makes the show with Scott he’s the reason I watch they have to bring him back
We need la sale to stay on the show he is very important.
If LaSalle is really dead I am DONE with this show.
Same! I love Scott Bakula but without Lucas Black, forget it!
me too
If LaSalle is gone, I’m done with New Orleans
Lasalle is as much of NCIS NOLA as Pride! Please tell me this is not true!!!
So many departures without a way to comeback if Lasalle goes a huge fanbase will tune out
He can’t really be dead!I hope Pride is dreaming!
I’m angry, I can’t believe he’s dead. Bring him back! This has got to be a dream. Something better give or I’m not watching this show anymore!
I don’t think my Alabama boy is really dead. Pride is having nightmares & hallucinations, I believe that’s what is really going on. Think about it, how did everyone in the restaurant just up & disappear??
I don’t think I can watch this anymore. How awful!!!!!
I can’t believe this ? WHY? Tom many changes. I his to see a relationship with him and city mouse
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Why didn’t City Mouse come back to say goodbye to Vountry Mouse?
Unbelievable!!!! Why?????