Ep 5. Operation Drano, Part I

In NCIS: New Orleans season 7 episode 5 titled "Operation Drano, Part I," the team is called upon to investigate a series of deadly explosions that have occurred at various locations in the city. The episode starts with a bomb threat at a church, where the team is called in to investigate. They quickly discover that the explosives are homemade and are the same type used in a recent attack on a Navy recruitment center.

The team starts to investigate the people involved in the recruitment center bombing and narrow their search down to a group of extremists who are planning a larger attack on the city. The group is led by a man named Isaac and is made up of individuals who have been radicalized through social media and other online forums.

As the team delves deeper into the investigation, they discover that Isaac has obtained a large amount of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive compound that can be used to create a bomb similar in strength to the one used in the Oklahoma City bombing. Knowing that they need to act quickly, the team starts to put together a plan to infiltrate the group and stop them before they can carry out their attack.

At the same time, the team is dealing with some personal issues. Pride is struggling with his own health issues, and his daughter Laurel is back in town. The two have a complicated relationship, and Pride finds himself struggling to reconcile his feelings for his daughter. Meanwhile, Tammy is dealing with a former colleague who is trying to get her to rejoin a government agency she left years ago.

As the episode progresses, the team splits up to try and get closer to the extremists. Pride and his daughter Laurel try to gather information on the group from a local coffee shop, while Tammy and Hannah work on tracking down the source of the ammonium nitrate. Meanwhile, the rest of the team works on gathering intel and planning their next move.

As the episode draws to a close, the team gets a break in the case. They discover that Isaac is planning to use a local water plant as the site of his attack. With time running out, the team puts their plan into action and sets up a sting operation to catch the extremists in the act.

Overall, NCIS: New Orleans season 7 episode 5 is an intense episode that focuses on the team's efforts to stop a dangerous group of extremists from carrying out a devastating attack on the city. The episode is full of suspense and leaves viewers on the edge of their seats as the team races against the clock to stop the extremists before it's too late.