There’s a new NCIS show called NCIS: New Orleans and the first season is now available on DVD – and here is our spoiler free review.
NCIS: New Orleans, a spin off series from NCIS, features Agent Dwayne Cassius “King” Pride (Scott Bakula) as the head of a dedicated team of Navy investigators in New Orleans, consisting of Special Agent Christopher Lasalle (Lucas Black), Special Agent Meredith Brody (Zoe McLellan), coroner Dr. Loretta Wade (CHH Pounder) and Forensic Scientist Sebastian Lund (Rob Kerkovich).
NCIS: New Orleans had it’s pilot as a two part episode of NCIS during it’s 11th season in a story called Crescent City. Thankfully that two part episode is included as part of the 6-disc set.
Scott Bakula plays Agent Dwayne “King” Pride, and fans of both Quantum Leap and Star Trek: Enterprise will be happy to see him back on their screens.
During some of the early episodes, characters from NCIS make the occasional appearance, sometimes it feels like the producers felt NCIS: New Orleans needed them, but after a few episodes this stops, so when a character from NCIS does show up its actually a welcome addition rather than feeling a little forced.
Fans of JAG, the show that NCIS originally span off from will recognise Zoe McLellan who in JAG played Petty Office Jennifer Coates in a lot of the episodes. She is playing a different character here but it does take a little getting used to if you watched a lot of JAG!
The 6-DVD set includes all 23 episodes of the first season, plus the two episodes of NCIS, plus a number of special features making the set one to own if you are a fan.
Here’s a short behind the scenes clip:
All in all NCIS: New Orleans had a promising first season, with the right balance of action and story, and I look forward to seeing what they do with season two. If you are a fan of NCIS, or you like procedural drama’s then definitely check out NCIS: New Orleans.
NCIS: New Orleans is available now on DVD from Universal Pictures (UK).
