Why Zoe McLellan’s Meredith Brody Left NCIS: New Orleans

NCIS: New Orleans ran for seven seasons on CBS and lost a couple of original cast members along the way, including Zoe McLellan as Special Agent Meredith “Merri” Brody. The action crime drama was the second spinoff in the NCIS franchise and the third show overall. As its title indicates, NCIS: New Orleans follows a Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) team in New Orleans, Louisiana, led by Scott Bakula’s Supervisory Special Agent Dwayne Cassius Pride. McLellan’s Brody was a part of that team, but she left following the season 2 finale.

cLellan was a part of the original cast of NCIS: New Orleans, which is what made her exit surprising. Bakula, McLellan, Lucas Black, CCH Pounder, and Rob Kerkovich were the only series regulars in season 1, and most of them stayed with the show until the very end (except for McLellan and Black, who left after season 6). Nevertheless, the NCIS: New Orleans season 3 premiere marked the first episode without Brody. The actress sadly never returned to the series.