Overview
- Buckner will guest star in a single Season 2 episode as Dwayne Pride, originally portrayed by Scott Bakula in NCIS: New Orleans.
- This iteration of Pride is a former sheriff’s deputy and newly minted NIS probationary agent from the Panama office who shares a fraught history with Gibbs.
- The installment reunites the Fed Five, featuring young versions of Gibbs and Mike Franks already established in the prequel.
- Deadline detailed the new characters: McLane is a late‑40s NIS Panama leader called to head a joint task force, while Betts is a Los Angeles‑based auditor known for paper‑trail sleuthing.
- Casting for McLane and Betts is underway, and producers have not said whether the Privileged Killer case will be revisited.