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The Best Episodes of NCIS: New Orleans Season 5

Every episode of NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NCIS: New Orleans Season 5!

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A drama about the local field office that investigates criminal cases affecting military personnel in The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment and decadence.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 12 - Desperate Navy Wives
    8.1/10(291 votes)

    S5:E12

    While undercover, Gregorio joins a social club for military wives after one of the members is contacted by an ex-boyfriend on the FBI Most Wanted List.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Chad Gomez Creasey

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  2. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 15 - Crab Mentality
    8.1/10(291 votes)

    S5:E15

    The team investigates multiple murders tied to a construction company creating an experimental chemical that strengthens sea walls. Also, evidence from Hannah’s previous mission in Oman is used against her as blackmail.

    Director:Stacey K. Black
    Writer:Brooke Roberts

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  3. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 8 - Close to Home
    8.0/10(284 votes)

    S5:E8

    The team places Mateo Diaz, a high school gang member turned informant, in protective custody while they investigate the murder of his junior reserve officers' training corps instructor. Pride needs his brother's help to gain Mateo's trust.

    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writer:Katherine Beattie

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  4. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 23 - The River Styx (1)
    8.0/10(278 votes)

    S5:E23

    Pride and Lasalle travel to war-torn South Ossetia in Russia to locate FBI Special Agent Raymond Isler, who was kidnapped during a failed mission to apprehend the leader of Apollyon, the underground spy network responsible for murdering Pride's father.

    Director:James Hayman
    Writer:Chad Gomez Creasey

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  5. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 1 - See You Soon
    7.9/10(386 votes)

    S5:E1

    While Pride fights for his life in the ICU, the team scours the city for the hit woman who attempted to assassinate him.

    Director:James Hayman
    Writer:Christopher Silber

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  6. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 5 - In the Blood
    7.9/10(337 votes)

    S5:E5

    Pride’s father, Cassius Pride, is wrapped up in an NCIS case involving a notorious unsolved casino heist from several years ago. Pride meets a family member he never knew existed.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Ron McGee

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  7. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 9 - Risk Assessment
    7.9/10(300 votes)

    S5:E9

    The team investigates the murder of a Navy contractor who secretly lived two lives for decades.

    Director:Tessa Blake
    Writer:Elizabeth Rinehart

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  8. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 19 - A House Divided
    7.9/10(269 votes)

    S5:E19

    A Navy Lieutenant from a well-connected and affluent family has a fatal fall down a flight of stairs at a charity gala. The team investigates whether his death was an accident or foul play.

    Director:Deborah Reinisch
    Writer:Elizabeth Rinehart

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  9. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 3 - Diplomatic Immunity
    7.8/10(310 votes)

    S5:E3

    While NCIS investigates the murder of a Navy intelligence officer killed during a conference for foreign diplomats, the key witness cozies up to Sebastian. Pride has some trouble adjusting to his new position at the agency.

    Director:Gordon Lonsdale
    Writers:Rob Kerkovich, Greta Heinemann

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  10. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 11 - Vindicta
    7.8/10(295 votes)

    S5:E11

    Pride and the NCIS team hope to take down a secret and lethal group of former intelligence agents and avenge the death of someone close to them.

    Director:Jim Hayman
    Writer:Adam Targum

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  11. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 13 - X
    7.8/10(292 votes)

    S5:E13

    NCIS investigates the disappearance of a Navy entomologist after a deadly shooting at a research lab. Nero, with Naval Intelligence, joins the investigation when the team discovers a rare and deadly virus was also stolen.

    Director:Mary Lou Belli
    Writer:Greta Heinemann

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  12. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 18 - In Plain Sight
    7.8/10(279 votes)

    S5:E18

    The NCIS team investigates the murder of Patton's friend, a former Navy Seal gunned down in a drive-by shooting while Patton helplessly watched.

    Director:LeVar Burton
    Writer:Katherine Beattie

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  13. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 21 - Trust Me
    7.8/10(258 votes)

    S5:E21

    Tammy is convinced that a con man committed the hit-and-run murder of a Navy doctor, even though the evidence shows otherwise. Unbeknownst to Hannah, her husband, Ryan Porter, approaches Pride with new intel on Apollyon, the underground spy network responsible for murdering his father.

    Director:Jennifer Derwingson
    Writers:Ron McGee, Austin Badgett

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  14. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 22 - Chaos Theory
    7.8/10(253 votes)

    S5:E22

    The NCIS team investigates a deadly bombing at a military museum event with over 1,000 people in attendance.

    Director:Edward Ornelas
    Writer:Brooke Roberts

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  15. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 24 - The River Styx (2)
    7.8/10(298 votes)

    S5:E24

    After tracking Apollyon, a deadly underground spy network, to war-torn South Ossetia, Pride is separated from the team and faces grave danger. In order to save Pride, the NCIS team must locate a mole who continues to feed information to Apollyon.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Christopher Silber

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  16. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 2 - Inside Out
    7.7/10(326 votes)

    S5:E2

    The team searches for a former IRA bomb-maker who was smuggled into the city, and are joined by Special Agent Hannah Khoury, Pride’s replacement during his medical leave.

    Director:Edward Ornelas
    Writer:Adam Targum

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  17. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 7 - Sheepdogs
    7.7/10(301 votes)

    S5:E7

    Following a deadly car explosion in the French Quarter, the NCIS team interrogates a professor and former member of a student protest organization. Tammy discovers a secret about Hannah’s personal life.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Brooke Roberts

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  18. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 14 - Conspiracy Theories
    7.7/10(282 votes)

    S5:E14

    Pride and the team reunite with conspiracy journalist Oliver Crane after the source for his latest vigilante story is murdered. Also, Hannah’s former partner, Liam Somers, surprises her in New Orleans and shares a shocking revelation about an old case.

    Director:Tessa Blake
    Writer:Ron McGee

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  19. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 16 - Survivor
    7.7/10(291 votes)

    S5:E16

    After an elusive terrorist with a personal vendetta against Hannah resurfaces, she is placed in protective custody with her family while the NCIS team searches for the suspect’s whereabouts.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writers:Cameron Dupuy, Sydney Mitchel

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  20. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 4 - Legacy
    7.6/10(286 votes)

    S5:E4

    After a Petty Officer is found murdered under a shrimping boat, the NCIS investigation uncovers a conspiracy in the tight-knit local fishing community. Lasalle awaits the final results of the tax fraud investigation into his family’s company.

    Director:LeVar Burton
    Writer:Chad Gomez Creasey

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  21. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 10 - Tick Tock
    7.6/10(344 votes)

    S5:E10

    While on a sunrise jog, Pride is grabbed by two masked men who order him to complete a series of tasks in order to save Wade and his father, Cassius Pride, who are being held captive.

    Director:Stacey K. Black
    Writer:Christopher Silber

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  22. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 17 - Reckoning
    7.6/10(271 votes)

    S5:E17

    After a reshuffling of assignments, Pride is no longer Special Agent in Charge of the Southeast and returns to the New Orleans NCIS office during the investigation of a missing Petty Officer.

    Director:Gordon Lonsdale
    Writers:Christopher Silber, Adam Targum

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  23. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 6 - Pound of Flesh
    7.5/10(306 votes)

    S5:E6

    After Pride's assistant escapes from a kidnapper, the team uncovers evidence of a suspect who is harvesting organs from multiple victims. Pride turns to a friend for guidance as he struggles with the ramifications of his recent brush with death.

    Director:Hart Bochner
    Writer:Talicia Raggs

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  24. NCIS: New Orleans Season 5 Episode 20 - Jackpot
    7.4/10(270 votes)

    S5:E20

    When Elvis Bertrand's "daughter" is linked to an NCIS murder case, he asks Pride to prove her innocence.

    Director:Mary Lou Belli
    Writer:Talicia Raggs

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Desperate Navy Wives" is the best rated episode of "NCIS: New Orleans" season 5. It scored 8.1/10 based on 291 votes. Directed by Michael Zinberg and written by Chad Gomez Creasey, it aired on 1/15/2019. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Crab Mentality".