PRIDE ASSEMBLES AN OFF-THE-BOOKS TEAM TO SEARCH FOR A LOOPHOLE WHEN HE FACES A GRAND JURY INDICTMENT FOR ABUSE OF POWER, ON BACK-TO-BACK EPISODES OF THE FOURTH SEASON FINALE OF "NCIS: NEW ORLEANS," TUESDAY, MAY 15

Guest Stars Include Tom Arnold as Hacker Elvis Bertrand, Riann Steele as Retired Green Beret Sydney Halliday, Mark Gessner as Journalist Oliver Crane, John Cothran, Jr. as Attorney Elliott Newman and Lou Diamond Phillips as Deputy Chief Gossett

"Checkmate, Part I" and "Checkmate, Part II" - Pride assembles an off-the-books team with hacker Elvis Bertrand (Tom Arnold)
, retired Green Beret Sydney Halliday (Riann Steele)
journalist Oliver Crane (Mark Gessner)
and attorney Elliott Newman (John Cothran, Jr.), to search for a loophole when he faces a grand jury indictment for abuse of power. Also, Pride and the team uncover a sinister plot during the New Orleans Tricentennial Fleet Week celebration, on back-to-back episodes of the fourth season finale of NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, Tuesday, May 15 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Lou Diamond Phillips guest stars as Deputy Chief Gossett.

REGULAR CAST:

Scott Bakula (Special Agent Dwayne Pride)
Lucas Black (Special Agent Christopher Lasalle)
Rob Kerkovich (Forensic Agent Sebastian Lund)
Daryl "Chill" Mitchell (Patton Plame)
Vanessa Ferlito (Special Agent Tammy Gregorio)
CCH Pounder (Dr. Loretta Wade)

"CHECKMATE, PART I" CREDITS:

GUEST CAST:

Tom Arnold (Elvis Bertrand)
Lou Diamond Phillips (Deputy Chief Gossett)
Riann Steele (Sydney Halliday)
Mark Gessner (Oliver Crane)
John Cothran, Jr. (Attorney Elliott Newman)

WRITTEN BY: Brad Kern

DIRECTED BY: Jim Hayman

"CHECKMATE, PART II" CREDITS:

GUEST CAST:

Lou Diamond Phillips (Deputy Chief Gossett)
Riann Steele (Sydney Halliday)
Mark Gessner (Oliver Crane)
John Cothran, Jr. (Attorney Elliott Newman)

WRITTEN BY: Christopher Silber

DIRECTED BY: James Whitmore, Jr.