The last episode of NCIS: New Orleans saw the team looking into a 40-year-old murder case after a petty officer’s gun is found. The gun ended up missing from a man named Jacob Tarlowe, who was murdered by hanging.
At the time, racial tensions were high and since he had worked with African American officers, the coroner refused to have a look at his body. Loretta was taken by the case and it haunted her for years, especially since she befriended Jacob’s widow, Hannah.
The team looks into the murder for Loretta, and they end up coming across a group known as the Confederate Brigade, who were similar to the Ku Klux Klan. They had been in a fight with Jacob before his murder. But as the case goes on, they discover that not all is what it seems and that Jacob’s murder may actually hit closer to home.
In this episode, we also got to meet Congressman Hamilton again, especially since his father is a suspect of Jacob’s murder at one point. Thanksgiving is also celebrated as well, with Sebastian, Chris, and Brody facing off over who will bring the best greens to the table, and Laurel comes home to have Thanksgiving with her dad.
Plus, she also brought her boyfriend along. This episode was very moving and it spoke about many different themes that resonate with all of us. Here are the top ten moments from “Chasing Ghosts.”
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10. Laurel comes home
Laurel comes home with a boyfriend and when Pride finds out he likes to cook, Lauren warns him not to make friends considering he is still friends with guys she has dated before. She asks him to just be a regular dad and act aloof.
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9. Orion and Pride
Pride meets Orion, Laurel’s boyfriend, and tries to remain aloof like Laurel asked, but when he begins talking about spices he is using for turkey, Pride can’t help himself and talks about food with him. However, this doesn’t sit well with Laurel, who gives Pride a look until Brody gives him an escape to get back to work.
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8. Loretta and Miriam
A touching moment comes when Loretta speaks with Jacob’s daughter, Miriam, at the end of the case as she is reflecting on her father trying to come home to her mom the night he died. Loretta reminds her he was also trying to get home to his baby girl.
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7. The Wade Files
A stolen gun turns out to belong to a petty officer named Jacob Tarlowe, who was lynched 40 years ago. It is one of many cold cases Loretta reads when she can’t sleep at night and she calls them The Wade Files.
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6. Injunction
Loretta is able to get permission from Tarlowe’s wife to exhumed his body, but for some reason, an injunction comes in to stop them from doing the exhumation for reasons unknown.
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5. Collard greens
Brody and Chris have a talk about the Thanksgiving pot luck and she reveals that she makes good collard greens, but apparently so does Chris and Pride describes them as “the talk of the town.” They decide to have a competition to see just who has the best greens.
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4. Loretta’s vow
Loretta is shocked to discover that a member of the Confedrate Brigade is not Jacob’s killer and she feels stuck, especially after she finds out Jacob’s wife has taken a turn for the worse with her cancer because of the stress of the case. Pride allows her to vent before he helps her think of a way to get photos that the FBI used to follow specific groups. He assures her he will get her out of her bind, as she has helped him on many occasions. The clip below is when she is telling Pride about Jacob’s cause of death.
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3. The real killer
In a murder case that the team first thought was related to a hate crime, they began to realize it was possible that the racial tensions Jacob ran across had nothing to do with death and had hit closer to home. Using handwriting on the last page of Jacob’s journal and the handwriting that was filled out for Hannah Tarlowe’s medication, they discover Jacob was killed by his best friend, Paul, who was in love with Hannah.
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2. Reburial
After the case is over, Loretta joins Hannah and Miriam to rebury Jacob. Hannah tells them that she is looking forward to being with her husband again. The clip below shows Loretta figuring out where they need to look to find his killer.
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1. Thanksgiving dinner
Pride brings Orion back for Thanksgiving dinner after Laurel had sent him away over his bromance with her dad. She realized she made a mistake, but luckily dad fixed it. They sit down to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with the rest of the team, where Loretta gives a touching speech about how love could change things for the better.