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T10 WHATS UP! May 23 - 29, 2021 cialty is international counterin- telligence. Former FBI agent Tammy Gregorio (Vanessa Ferlito, "CSI: NY") joined Pride's team after investigating the New Orleans NCIS office in Season 3. Special Agent Quentin Carter (Charles Michael Davis, "The Originals") is a former marine who values his independence despite being a part of the team. "NCIS: New Orleans" also stars multiple Emmy nominee C.C.H. Pounder ("The Shield") as medical examiner Dr. Loretta Wade. She assists Pride and the others with forensics and au- topsies. Wade's former assis- tant, Sebastian Lund (Rob Kerkovich, "Cloverfield," 2008), left the lab to become part of Pride's team as a special agent in Season 3. Talented hacker Patton Plame (Daryl Mitchell, "Galaxy Quest," 1999) also helps the team as the resident investigative computer specialist. Chelsea Field ("Airwolf"), Ba- kula's real-life wife, rounds out the cast as Pride's current love interest, Rita Devereaux, an at- torney who left her successful career with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., to return to New Orleans. The cast is preparing for the show's swan song, but the show has had a good run over the course of its seven seasons. Sea- son 7's finale marks an impres- sive milestone as the show's 155th episode, which is no small feat in such a competitive indus- try. Although critics have not tak- en to the crime drama like the network's other NCIS offerings, it has not gone unnoticed by fans. In 2015, it was nominated for two People's Choice Awards; one for Favorite New TV Drama and the other for Bakula for Fa- vorite Actor in a New TV Series. Still, plagued by a slow and steady decline in ratings, "NCIS: New Orleans" will have to bid farewell to fans this spring. There may be a ray of hope on the horizon, however. In February, news broke that a new spinoff was in the works, this time set on the sunny shores of Hawaii. "NCIS: New Orleans" executive producers Christo- pher Silber and Jan Nash have teamed up with "SEAL Team's" Matt Bosack to create "NCIS: Hawai'i." At the end of April, Variety an- nounced that Vanessa Lachey ("Call Me Kat") had been cast as series lead, Special Agent-in- Charge of NCIS Pearl Harbor Jane Tennant, making "NCIS: Hawai'i" the first in the fran- chise to feature a woman as spe- cial agent-in-charge. Yasmine Al-Bustami ("The Originals") and Jason Antoon ("Claws") have also been cast in the new spinoff. While a new NCIS series is good news, fans will still be sad to say goodbye to the New Or- leans cast that has kept them company throughout seven sea- sons on the air. Charles Michael Davis and Necar Zadegan as seen in "NCIS: New Orleans" continued from page T2 The end of an era: 'NCIS: New Orleans' takes its final bow TV FEATURE Celebrations 5 x 5