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GIBBS REUNITES WITH A FORMER COLLEAGUE WHEN THE MURDER OF A CONGRESSMAN IN NEW ORLEANS PROMPTS A JOINT CASE BETWEEN THE FIELD OFFICES AND THE FBI, ON PART ONE OF A TWO-PART EPISODE OF “NCIS,” TUESDAY, MARCH 25

Scott Bakula Guest Stars as Special Agent Dwayne Cassius Pride; Lucas Black Guest Stars as Special Agent Christopher Lasalle; Zoe McLellan Guest Stars as NCIS Special Agent Meredith “Merri” Brody; and CCH Pounder Guest Stars as Jefferson Parish Coroner Doctor Loretta Wade

             “Crescent City” – When the body of Congressman Dan McLane, a former NCIS agent, washes ashore in New Orleans, Gibbs reunites with his former colleague, NCIS Special Agent Dwayne Cassius Pride, in a joint case between the two field offices and the FBI.  The teams must work together to determine if the murder was politically based or linked to McLane’s most well-known case, the arrest of the Privileged Killer, a serial murderer who targeted military and public servants, on part one of a two-part episode of NCIS, Tuesday, March 25 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.  Scott Bakula guest stars as Special Agent Dwayne Cassius Pride; Lucas Black guest stars as Special Agent Christopher Lasalle; Zoe McLellan guest stars as NCIS Special Agent Meredith “Merri” Brody; and CCH Pounder guest stars as Jefferson Parish Coroner Doctor Loretta Wade.

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SERIES REGULARS

Mark Harmon     (NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs)      

Michael Weatherly     (NCIS Special Agent Anthony “Tony” DiNozzo)  

David McCallum     (Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard)    

Pauley Perrette     (Abby Sciuto)    

Sean Murray     (NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee)  

Rocky Carroll     (NCIS Director Leon Vance)  

Brian Dietzen     (Jimmy Palmer)

Emily Wickersham     (NCIS Probationary Agent Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop)

 

GUEST CAST

Scott Bakula     (NCIS Special Agent Dwayne Cassius Pride)

Lucas Black     (NCIS Special Agent Christopher Lasalle)

Zoe McLellan     (NCIS Special Agent Meredith “Merri” Brody)

CCH Pounder     (Jefferson Parish Coroner Doctor Loretta Wade)      

Joe Spano     (Senior FBI Agent T.C. Fornell)

Paige Turco     (Linda)

Lou Mulford   (Amy McLane)

Vanessa Bell Calloway     (Sally Hammond)

D.C. Douglas     (Tom Speakman)

Andrew St. John   (Navy Petty Officer Second Class Abraham Lycek)

Kelsey Scott     (FBI Senior Agent Lynette Doyle)

Trav Lyons     (Sheriff’s Deputy Kyle Travers)

Muse Watson     (Mike Franks)

 

WRITTEN BY:  Gary Glasberg

DIRECTED BY:  James Whitmore, Jr.

GENRE: DRAMA, CRIME, MYSTERY

RATING:  To Be Announced

 

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