Scott Bakula).
Just as the cast and crew of
NCIS: New Orleanswere filming the current season's 13th episode this February, the team received some awful news: CBS had decided that season 7 would be the last for the crime series.
"It was painful," co-executive producer
Jan Nash told TV Insider. "But it was a blessing to have enough time to make adjustments and a finale that feels very true to New Orleans."
According to Scott himself, bidding farewell to the series was a rather unique experience because of the ongoing pandemic. "The last episode of a seven-year series has all kinds of light shining on it," he explained to the outlet. "People gave speeches, bumped elbows. They had their masks on. It was bittersweet: We shot 16 episodes and are proud of the season, but it was goodbye — and from a distance."