What’s Next for the ‘NCIS: New Orleans’ Team After That Shocking Death? (VIDEO)
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In the November 5 episode, NCIS: New Orleans killed off a special agent we’ve known and loved since Season 1 (and earlier, on NCIS): charming, brave man of faith Christopher Lasalle, played by Lucas Black (above).
Shot defending a woman he thought was helping him (“We knew Lasalle needed to go out as a hero,” co-showrunners Christopher Silber and Jan Nash say in a joint interview), Lasalle later died in the hospital, surrounded by the team headed by Dwayne Pride (Scott Bakula).
Black indicated at the end of last season he wanted more time for family and other creative pursuits. “Everyone gets itchy to see what is over the horizon. We weren’t surprised,” Silber says. “I only asked that he allow us to give his character an amazing send-off.”
Shooting the death scene was emotional, but producers say Black kept spirits up with jokes, including a “jump scare” coming “back to life” in the hospital bed after “dying.” Still, tears were shed at the actor’s farewell.
“All of our characters are left reeling,” the showrunners say. “Pride is hit hardest. Lasalle was almost like a son.”
They go after prime suspect Eddie Barrett (Eddie Cahill, returning November 26 and December 17) after he’s released from jail because of his alibi. But the enraged squad is determined to close the case and avenge Lasalle.
Watch an exclusive sneak peek of Eddie in court:
The loss will bring a new face to the Big Easy team. The producers tease, “No one can ever replace Christopher Lasalle; however, we will be adding someone new.”
NCIS: New Orleans, Tuesdays, 10/9c, CBS
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LaSalle and pride are the only reasons I fell in love with the show. Their interaction with each other and their similarities made LaSalle the perfect replacement for pride. I am so devastated .. I cried and cried the show will never be the same..please bring him back. Just say he was in witness protection and not even his team could know..!!
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I love lasalle and crying I lost my best friend
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Jealous much?
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Been binging in on noise New Orleans since being in COVID jail for 14 months and just saw the episode series where Lasalle hunted his brother’s killer culminating in his own death for the first time. I am traumatized as if I lost a close family member. I then took a reality check and wish him every success in future endeavors but I will miss him until the reruns
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They need to bring in another attractive guy so that it is not just mostly women
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Eighty pound skeleton throwing around two hundred pound men like they are bowling pins does not make for a believable show. NO NCIS was on the way out when the inserted agent bones.
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Time to move on. The characters are piss poor actresses and in no way do a good show.
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