7.4/10594 votes#1 - Musician Heal Thyself
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2014
A case soon becomes personal for Pride after the body of a Petty Officer is identified as a former gang member he once attempted to help. Brody attempts to find the perfect place to call home in New Orleans.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: Jeffrey Lieber
7.5/10502 votes#2 - Carrier
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2014
A Navy lieutenant on shore leave dies of the bubonic plague, sending the New Orleans team into a tailspin to locate all other sailers on liberty to control an outbreak and find the source. Special Agent Tony DiNozzo gives a helping hand.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Gary Glasberg
7.5/10440 votes#3 - Breaking Brig
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2014
An armored transport bus with Naval brig detainees on board crashes and four prisoners manage to escape.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Laurie Arent
7.6/10446 votes#4 - The Recruits
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2014
After a Navy SEAL is discovered dead in a sorority house, the team need to work out if his death was due to collegiate foul play or a classified mission.
Director: Oz Scott
Writer: Sam Humphrey
7.5/10411 votes#5 - It Happened Last Night
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2014
It's revealed that a chief warrant officers' wife has been abducted, when his death is investigated. Fornell assists with the case.
Director: Arvin Brown
Writer: Jack Bernstein
7.6/10442 votes#6 - Master of Horror
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2014
New Orleans is decorated for Halloween as the team investigate the murder of a Naval Staff Judge Advocate discovered in a cemetery dressed in a Victorian costume with puncture wounds on her neck.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Scott Shapiro
7.4/10406 votes#7 - Watch Over Me
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/2014
The team investigate the murder of a tech liaison, who had been assigned to a private developer.
Director: James Hayman
Writer: David Appelbaum
7.5/10370 votes#8 - Love Hurts
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/2014
A petty officer is discovered dead in a Mardi Gras float storage facility with an engagement ring. Things take a a mysterious turn after the team are unable to find his supposed girlfriend.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10400 votes#9 - Chasing Ghosts
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/2014
A stolen Navy-issue gun appears to belong to a petty officer who died 40 years ago, meaning the team have to re-open a cold case. The team celebrate Thanksgiving.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Jonathan Kidd, Sonya Winton
7.7/10376 votes#10 - Stolen Valor
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/16/2014
A retired SEAL, who managed to track people impersonating military personnel is discovered dead.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10394 votes#11 - Baitfish
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/2015
The NCIS team investigates a deadly explosion at the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Gala, and discover Pride was the intended target of the bomb.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10375 votes#12 - The Abyss
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/2015
When a Navy Admiral’s daughter is the prime suspect in a double murder case aboard a research boat, the NCIS team partners with the Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) to work the case. Meanwhile, Lasalle tracks down his estranged brother.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Samuel Humphreys
8.1/10397 votes#13 - The Walking Dead
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/3/2015
A Navy Lieutenant Commander in impeccable shape turns to Pride and the NCIS team to solve his imminent murder after discovering he has been poisoned with a lethal dose of radiation.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10356 votes#14 - Careful What You Wish For
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/2015
After an NCIS agent is killed during a security detail for the Vice Chief of Naval Operations, the team must determine if this was an assassination attempt or if someone is targeting one of their own. Meanwhile, Agent Brody is placed under investigation and her mysterious past is reevaluated.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10342 votes#15 - Le Carnaval de la Mort
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/17/2015
A petty officer is murdered during Mardi Gras festivities; Pride contemplates what to tell his daughter about his strained relationship with his father.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Jonathan Kidd, Sonya Winton
8.0/10369 votes#16 - My Brother's Keeper
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/2015
The NCIS team tries to narrow down the motive when a Navy recruiter is murdered in a hit-and-run; Lasalle worries about his brother.
Director: Oz Scott
Writer: N/A
7.9/10341 votes#17 - More Now
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/10/2015
Pride is adamant the elusive “Baitfish” has returned and, in attempt to locate his nemesis, he has the team investigate crime scenes and chase leads from New Orleans to Charleston, SC.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10334 votes#18 - The List
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/24/2015
After a sailor is murdered in the champagne room of a strip club, the NCIS team links the murder weapon to two additional unsolved cases and discovers that the names of all three victims appear on a mural in a dilapidated part of town. Also, Brody’s ex-fiancé pays her a surprise visit.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10362 votes#19 - The Insider
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/7/2015
While conducting an autopsy on a Petty Officer who is believed to have died from natural causes, an armed man enters the morgue and holds Wade, Sebastian and Danny hostage.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10358 votes#20 - Rock-A-Bye-Baby
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/14/2015
When a Navy Commander’s car is stolen with his baby inside, the NCIS team must determine if this was a random carjacking or a targeted abduction.
Director: Elodie Keene
Writer: Jonathan Kidd, Sonya Winton
7.9/10361 votes#21 - You'll Do
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/2015
With no memory of the night before, Lasalle’s brother, Cade, turns to NCIS for help when he finds his girlfriend’s body in the trunk of his car. Despite a mountain of evidence that implicates Cade, and the case being under Captain Jim Messier and Jefferson Parish jurisdiction, Lasalle is determined to prove his brother’s innocence.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10355 votes#22 - How Much Pain Can You Take
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/2015
To send a message to Pride, Baitfish murders someone close to the NCIS team, prompting a citywide manhunt for the elusive criminal.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10334 votes#23 - My City
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/12/2015
Pride (Scott Bakula) suspects a mole among the ranks as NCIS and local law enforcement continue to track the Broussard Syndicate after new intelligence suggests a breach at the ports.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of NCIS: New Orleans Season 1
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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...
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaComedy
Network:CBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Musician Heal Thyself" is the best rated episode of "NCIS: New Orleans" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 594 votes. Directed by Michael Zinberg and written by Jeffrey Lieber, it aired on 9/23/2014. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Carrier".