Aftershocks is the season premiere episode of NCIS: New Orleans Season 3 and also the 48th episode of the entire NCIS: New Orleans series.
Synopsis
As Pride and the team return from their two-week vacation, they find themselves racing to stop a sniper targeting seemingly random people across the whole city while also struggling to come to terms with Brody's unexpected and very abrupt departure along with the news that they're being investigated by a team of FBI agents from Washington D.C.
Plot

Pride outside the hospital.
Major Events
- It's revealed that Brody has resigned from NCIS for good with news of her departure shocking and upsetting the team.
- FBI Special Agent Tammy Gregorio is introduced for the first time.
Trivia
- Scott Bakula (Dwayne Pride) is now credited as a Producer.
Cast
Series Regulars
Name | Portrayed by | Role |
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Dwayne Cassius Pride | Scott Bakula | NCIS Special Agent and the leader of the NCIS: New Orleans team. |
Christopher LaSalle | Lucas Black | NCIS Special Agent. |
Tammy Gregorio | Vanessa Ferlito | FBI Special Agent. |
Sebastian Lund | Rob Kerkovich | Scientist at the Jefferson Parish Morgue and the assistant to Loretta Wade. |
Patton Plame | Daryl "Chill" Mitchell | NCIS Computer Specialist. |
Sonja Percy | Shalita Grant | NCIS Special Agent. |
Loretta Wade | C. C. H. Pounder | Jefferson Parish Coroner. |
Recurring Cast
Name | Portrayed by | Role |
---|---|---|
Michael Buckley | Jared Day | |
Douglas Hamilton | Steven Weber | Mayor of New Orleans. |
Roy (The Third Man) | Steven Waldren | Security guard assigned to the NCIS New Orleans building. |
Guest Cast
Name | Portrayed by | Role |
---|---|---|
Raymond Isler | Derek Webster | Agent with the FBI. |
Bella Pearl | Doris Morgado | |
Charlene Booker | Kwajalyn Brown | FBI New Orleans Special Agent in Charge. |
Dancer (Aftershocks) | Emily Istre | |
Paramedic (Aftershocks) | Lenita Harris | |
Passing Celebrant | Israel Perry | |
Reporter 1 (Aftershocks) | Cordell Moore | |
Reporter 2 (Aftershocks) | Jeanne Caldarera | |
Reporter 3 (Aftershocks) | GiGi Erneta | |
Mark Braud's Basin Street Brass Band | Themselves | |
Big Sam's Funky Nation | Themselves | |
The Yat Pack | Themselves | |
FBI Agent 1 (Aftershocks) | Nazeema Bartek | |
FBI Agent 2 (Aftershocks) | Tia Nicholson | |
FBI Agent 3 (Aftershocks) | Greg Fallon | Uncredited role. |
Festival Goer | Rebecca Chulew | Uncredited role. |
NOPD SWAT Officer | Christopher Bull Gunter | A member of the New Orleans Police Department's SWAT Team. Uncredited role. |
Norris (Aftershocks) | Donald M. Krause | Officer with the New Orleans Police Department. Uncredited role. |
Gilbert Lee | Jay Caputo | Uncredited role. |
Bar Patron (Aftershocks) | Phil Meyer | Uncredited role. |
Festival Guest | Hannah Jacole Powell-Yost | Uncredited role. |