Assuming NCIS: New Orleans doesn’t deal Pride yet another tragic twist by killing off his old friend in that friend’s very first episode, the door may be open for Commander Adams to turn up yet again.
This casting — which will almost certainly be one of the least controversial NCIS: New Orleans moves in recent months — worked out because the show was looking for “someone with compassion, competence, and heart,” according to NCIS: NOLA executive producer Christopher SIlber, who went on to say that those words describe Owens “in a nutshell” and they’re “lucky to have him on the show.”