NCIS: New Orleans

Listen, we got a problem.

"Vigilante cop abuses power"?

Dwayne Pride is dangerous,

and he needs to be held accountable.

It's a coordinated attack, Dwayne,

and you're the target.

Suspect's name is Max Burris,

former intelligence operative out of Virginia.

I'm gonna find out who he answers to

and why he's been targeting me.

You help us find this man,

and I will hand you the biggest story of your career

about a conspiracy to take me down

that goes all the way to Washington.

Since I have it on good authority

that you've got no evidence Mr. Burris committed murder,

it seems that he's free to go.

That article exposes you

and the DOJ to any number of civil lawsuits.

Why are you doing this, Karen?

It's not me, Dwayne, or my boss, not even his boss.

Get yourself a lawyer, a good one, fast.

Yeah!

Newman, Newman. Hey, hey. Hey, you good?

Listen, uh, I'm kind of in a rush here.

I need to ask you for a favor.

You kidding? Whatever you need, Dwayne. I owe you.

And don't worry, I don't believe none of that crap

about what the media's been saying about you. It's all crap.

Actually, not-not all of it,

but that's not the point. State bar reinstated you,

means you can practice law again, right?

Ain't nobody been knocking on my door.

Been a bit of a dry spell

since that corporate firm railroaded me,

bribed the jury.

- Cheers. - H-H-Hang on now.

I'm afraid I need you sober for this.

Long story, but the bottom line is I'm being set up.

I just turned in my shield,

then I get a tip the FBI's coming to arrest me

so that I don't take off before the grand jury indictment.

What do you mean "indictment"? On what charges? When?

All the matters is that I'm being railroaded, too,

and the only way I can find out who's behind it

is if you make sure I don't get indicted.

I'm telling you, Fred,

you can do this, I know it.

Listen to me.

This could be the chance that you've been waiting for.

The one that could keep me out of jail

and get you back on your feet.

What do you say?

Last thing I ever want to do in life is

let you down, Dwayne, but...

H-How much time do I have to decide?

I need you to decide now.

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Dwayne's been arrested.

What? When?

Last night at the bar.

They let him have one phone call this morning

before the grand jury convened.

The grand jury's not wasting any time

It's not the jury that's in a rush.

It's whoever's trying to destroy Pride's good name.

We gotta figure out who's pulling the strings here.

And what trying to destroy Pride has to do with all this.

What? But I thought you were close to getting the guy

responsible for the media leaks on Pride.

Well, we were,

but apparently this Max Burris

has friends in high places.

Friends no doubt connected to

whoever Pride's enemies are in D.C.

'cause the Feds released them.

Has Sebastian still got his eye on Burris?

He just called in. Said Burris is still

at the law firm that freed him.

Ten bucks says that law firm is

deep inside the D.C. baddie's pocket.

No doubt they're trying to spirit Burris out of town

before we can get our hands on him again.

Too bad we don't have enough evidence

to prove he killed the Navy sailor

after he made her release the files on Pride.

Right.

'Cause if we did,

his federal friends couldn't protect him from us,

because murder is a state charge.

- Exactly. - All right, then, Patton.

You and Sebastian need to find proof.

Talk to the reporter Burris leaked it all to.

Get his digital fingerprint on the funding.

All we need is probable cause to arrest.

Soon as we relieve Sebastian,

I'll send him to the motel Burris stayed at,

see if he can find any trace evidence.

Gregorio, you're with me.

Where are we going?

Well, they gotta move Burris

sooner than later,

and when they do, I want to be there,

hopefully with proof to grab him.

Uh, what about Dwayne?

I still don't understand how the judge allowed

all that evidence to be presented.

It made you look like you're a danger to the community.

Pretty sure that's their plan.

Still,

I-I let you down in there.

I'm sorry, Dwayne.

I knew I was not ready to go up against...

It's not your fault, Newman.

The grand jury was gonna hold me over for trial

no matter who was defending me.

They'll probably set bail high.

But maybe if I can petition to reduce bail at this...

Do you know who I am?

Name's Eric Barlow.

I am the associate attorney general.

The associate attorney general?

Long way from D.C. What brings you here?

You do, Agent Pride.

I've been keeping an eye on you

for quite some time now.

Is that a fact?

It's not a good fact.

Anybody gets on my radar,

usually doesn't bode well.

With that said, I'm gonna offer you a deal.

It's a one-time-only offer,

so I would take it seriously if I were you.

I'm listening.

It's not just the media environment

that's not on your side these days.

Uh, public attitude against law enforcement

crossing the line...

I didn't cross the line.

Grand jury says otherwise.

So will a trial jury, trust me.

Convicted on all charges,

20 years? Maybe more.

Or... you can quit NCIS.

Retire. Play piano at that little bar of yours.

Enjoy what's left of your life.

He keeps his pension?

Sure. Why not?

We accept. No, we don't.

- But... - Like I said,

I'm only offering this once.

Then I'll only have to turn it down once.

Either way works for me.

Remand him into custody.

What's this?

Huh.

Lucky you.

Looks like you just made bail.

You didn't have to do that, Loretta.

The hell I didn't.

I wasn't gonna let you rot in jail, Dwayne.

Wasn't gonna rot.

Look, before you get all judgy on me

and tell me it was too much money, it wasn't.

Ten percent on a hundred grand.

$10,000? That's it?

Yeah. I thought I was gonna have to

mortgage the house, borrow against my 401K,

considering everything they were charging you with.

Well, that doesn't make sense.

It doesn't make sense the he didn't seem

to mind my getting out, either.

Who is he?

Associate Attorney General Barlow.

And if I'm right, he's the D.C. guy

who's been after me all year.

He seems familiar.

Just can't quite put my finger on it, though.

You sure?

What I'm sure of is that he's sure of himself.

Which means whatever he's got planned,

he doesn't think I can stop him.

Wait...

I gotta go, okay?

- But thank you for bailing me out. - No, no, no, wait, Dwayne.

Ooh, and do me a favor.

Tell Lasalle to stand down.

All right? Tell him that's an order.

I don't want anyone else

getting caught up in this, too.

Dwayne, wait. What are you gonna do?

Tell me you're not going to go rogue again.

All right, thanks for calling.

I promise to keep an eye on him.

Miss Loretta thinks King's got something

up his sleeve... wants to keep us out of it.

- Fat chance. - Yeah, exactly.

Still, the sooner

we can figure out what this is all about,

the sooner we can keep King