NCIS: New Orleans keeps its focus on storytelling and procedural plots over ideology. While there's some effort at representation, characters are usually defined by their expertise and backstories rather than just identity markers. Forced diversity doesn't overwhelm the narrative, with most 'check-the-box' moments feeling relatively subdued for this era of television.

The show generally respects traditional values, family, service, and patriotism are recurring themes. Masculine leads are competent and not regularly undermined. Religious or cultural revisionism is minimal, with most characters treated seriously regardless of their backgrounds.

Dissenting worldviews aren’t given much space, but alternative perspectives aren't aggressively villainized. While there's not a ton of debate or pluralism, the show doesn't go out of its way to lecture viewers with current ideological talking points either.