NCIS: New Orleans (2014)

Action · Adventure · Comedy

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.

IMDb rating: 6.8 (22,532 votes)
Episode average: 7.7 ↑ +0.9 vs IMDb
Seasons: 7
Streaming (US): Paramount+
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 7 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2014)

7.73 avg 23 episodes 7.4 → 7.8 42 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Musician Heal Thyself	7.4	619
2	Carrier	7.5	526
3	Breaking Brig	7.5	463
4	The Recruits	7.6	468
5	It Happened Last Night	7.5	433
6	Master of Horror	7.6	464
7	Watch Over Me	7.4	424
8	Love Hurts	7.5	389
9	Chasing Ghosts	8.0	422
10	Stolen Valor	7.7	397
11	Baitfish	8.0	413
12	The Abyss	7.8	397
13	The Walking Dead	8.1	419
14	Careful What You Wish For	7.8	374
15	Le Carnaval de la Mort	7.8	358
16	My Brother's Keeper	8.0	389
17	More Now	7.9	362
18	The List	7.6	351
19	The Insider	8.1	382
20	Rock-a-Bye-Baby	7.1	380
21	You'll Do	8.0	378
22	How Much Pain Can You Take?	8.1	375
23	My City	7.8	352

Season 2 (2015)

7.90 avg 24 episodes 7.8 → 8.3 42 min avg

Big finale

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sic Semper Tyrannis	7.8	372
2	Shadow Unit	7.9	351
3	Touched by the Sun	7.9	347
4	I Do	7.9	359
5	Foreign Affairs	7.6	360
6	Insane in the Membrane	7.7	328
7	Broken Hearted	8.0	358
8	Confluence	7.9	326
9	Darkest Hour	8.0	339
10	Billy and the Kid	8.1	364
11	Blue Christmas	7.9	357
12	Sister City: Part 2	7.9	438
13	Undocumented	7.5	327
14	Father's Day	7.9	341
15	No Man's Land	8.1	336
16	Second Chances	7.8	315
17	Radio Silence	7.8	315
18	If It Bleeds, It Leads	8.0	319
19	Means to an End	8.1	328
20	Second Line	7.8	306
21	Collateral Damage	7.9	323
22	Help Wanted	7.7	327
23	The Third Man	8.1	316
24	Sleeping with the Enemy	8.3	357

Season 3 (2016)

7.78 avg 24 episodes 7.7 → 8.1 42 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Aftershocks	7.7	382
2	Suspicious Minds	7.6	353
3	Man on Fire	7.6	343
4	Escape Plan	8.0	340
5	Course Correction	7.6	314
6	One Good Man	7.7	312
7	Outlaws	7.8	310
8	Music to My Ears	7.9	323
9	Overdrive	7.6	323
10	Follow the Money	7.9	324
11	Let It Ride	8.1	312
12	Hell on the High Water	7.9	313
13	Return of the King	7.8	303
14	Pandora's Box: Part 2	7.8	400
15	End of the Line	7.8	304
16	The Last Stand	7.5	295
17	Swift, Silent, Deadly	7.8	297
18	Slay the Dragon	7.7	302
19	Quid Pro Quo	7.8	293
20	NOLA Confidential	7.7	292
21	Krewe	7.7	303
22	Knockout	7.7	303
23	Down the Rabbit Hole	7.9	304
24	Poetic Justice	8.1	331

Season 4 (2017)

7.75 avg 24 episodes 7.7 → 8.0 42 min avg

Rebound

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Rogue Nation	7.7	353
2	#1 Fan	7.8	314
3	The Asset	7.9	326
4	Dead Man Calling	7.9	304
5	Viral	7.7	291
6	Acceptable Loss	7.8	297
7	The Accident	7.7	306
8	Sins of the Father	7.5	302
9	Hard Knock Life	7.5	298
10	Mirror, Mirror	7.9	295
11	Monster	7.7	294
12	Identity Crisis	7.9	308
13	Ties That Bind	7.7	305
14	A New Dawn	7.2	291
15	The Last Mile	7.7	280
16	Empathy	7.7	298
17	Treasure Hunt	7.7	301
18	Welcome to the Jungle	7.7	285
19	High Stakes	7.7	298
20	Powder Keg	7.9	293
21	Mind Games	8.1	323
22	The Assassination of Dwayne Pride	7.6	321
23	Checkmate, Part 1	8.0	317
24	Checkmate, Part 2	8.0	333

Season 5 (2018)

7.79 avg 24 episodes 7.9 → 7.8 42 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	See You Soon	7.9	383
2	Inside Out	7.7	323
3	Diplomatic Immunity	7.8	307
4	Legacy	7.6	283
5	In the Blood	7.9	334
6	Pound of Flesh	7.5	303
7	Sheepdogs	7.7	298
8	Close to Home	8.0	281
9	Risk Assessment	7.9	297
10	Tick Tock	7.6	341
11	Vindicta	7.8	292
12	Desperate Navy Wives	8.1	289
13	X	7.8	290
14	Conspiracy Theories	7.7	280
15	Crab Mentality	8.1	289
16	Survivor	7.7	289
17	Reckoning	7.6	269
18	In Plain Sight	7.8	277
19	A House Divided	7.9	267
20	Jackpot	7.4	268
21	Trust Me	7.8	256
22	Chaos Theory	7.9	251
23	The River Styx: Part 1	8.0	277
24	The River Styx: Part 2	7.8	296

Season 6 (2019)

7.61 avg 20 episodes 7.5 → 7.6 42 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Judgement Call	7.5	323
2	The Terminator Conundrum	7.6	295
3	Bad Apple	8.0	305
4	Overlooked	7.3	318
5	Spies & Lies	7.6	287
6	Matthew 5:9	7.9	384
7	Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom	7.8	284
8	The Order of the Mongoose	7.7	283
9	Convicted	7.9	266
10	Requital	7.7	283
11	Bad Moon Rising	7.6	270
12	Waiting for Monroe	7.5	271
13	The Root of All Evil	7.5	264
14	The Man in the Red Suit	7.3	297
15	Relentless	8.0	298
16	Pride and Prejudice	7.5	265
17	Biased	7.0	333
18	A Changed Woman	7.4	257
19	Monolith	7.8	248
20	Predators	7.6	274

Season 7 (2020)

7.23 avg 16 episodes 6.7 → 8.0 42 min avg

Big finale

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Something In The Air: Part 1	6.7	375
2	Something In The Air: Part 2	6.9	311
3	One of Our Own	6.6	312
4	We All Fall...	6.6	298
5	Operation Drano: Part 1	6.5	295
6	Operation Drano: Part 2	7.3	254
7	Leda and the Swan: Part 1	7.4	249
8	Leda and the Swan: Part 2	7.5	238
9	Into Thin Air	7.6	247
10	Homeward Bound	7.5	235
11	Stashed	7.6	215
12	Once Upon a Time	7.4	234
13	Choices	7.2	217
14	Illusions	7.5	216
15	Runs in the Family	7.3	218
16	Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler	8.0	288

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