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.”
Never thought they’d kill off Lasalle, but they lost main charters in the other versions of the show as well.
I’m crying over the loss of Christopher LaSalle
I can’t believe it he could have done fast series
Damn bellarsiro write around him
Bring him back !!!
Well sorry guys but LaSalle is why I watched the show along with City Mouse.. now they’re both gone.
No.not LaSalle no way. Get him back.
That was it for me watching this series. U guys went and ruined a great show . So now hope the show goes under.mark Harmon should kill himself off of his show. NCIS.
I’m still in shock that Chris is gone. This better be a night mare or I have no reason to watch it anymore.
I can’t believe they killed LaSalle. He and pride are the show. Bring him back
My heart is breaking right now. I just love Lucas Black as Christopher LaSalle. So sad that he left the show. Why did he leave?
This has got to be one of pride‘s hallucinations, bad dream, etc. Please, please, please, let it be!!
I won’t watch anymore without Lasalle!!
WHY?????????
I’m Not Watching ANYMORE!!!
I was so use to his character until I was almost in tears when they stopped the CPR. I said What. Where is he off to that he had to leave this show so soon. Gone to miss his character.
Sorry meant going to miss his character.
They just ruined this one. LaSalle was this show!
I’ll bet it’s a dream or hallucination.
why do they always kill or get rid of the good actors bring him back
I like watching ncis new orleans but now that chris gone I will not be watching sorry
I am not liking this episode!!! Christopher should not leave the show. He is part or what makes the show so good. I live Scott and really liked the way they worked together in the show. Not sure how it will recover this loss. Please let ther be another solution.
UNBELIEVABLE… I AM DONE WATCHING THIS SHOW= HE IS MY FAVORITE! whyyyyyyyyy!
I cannot believe he died. I’m in shock. No. Why????! Bring him bk.
I will watch to see who replaces LaSalle
I’m crying over the loss of Christopher LaSalle
No more NCIS New Orleans for me they knocked off the wrong person
Ruining my show by taking LaSalle off.