‘The Walking Dead’ Official Details, Plus What’s On This Week

CSI: Cyber, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans and Criminal Minds are all airing new episodes on CBS this week.

NCIS: Los Angeles kicks off the week with “Matryoshka” tonight at 9:59pm ET/PT. Here’s the episode synopsis (more information here):

In order to locate Arkady in Russia, the NCIS team goes undercover with his daughter, Anna (Bar Paly), at a gala in Los Angeles to gain access to the Russian Consul General’s computer, on part one of a special two-part episode.

And check out the episode promo below:

NCIS will air “Decompressed” on Tuesday at 8:01pm ET/PT. Here’s the episode description (more information here):

When a deep sea diver is murdered on the job, his body and suspected co-workers must remain in a high-tech decompression chamber for four days, leaving the NCIS team to complete an unorthodox investigation from outside the tank.

And here’s the episode promo:

NCIS: NOLA will follow from 9:02-10:01pm ET/PT on Tuesday. Here’s the description for “Father’s Day” (more information here):

Special Agent Pride opens his bar to the public with a Fat Tuesday party, but the celebration is cut short when he and Mayor Douglas Hamilton (Steven Weber) are both kidnapped from their respective Mardi Gras events and held hostage by an unknown assailant.

Now check out the episode preview:

On Wednesday, Criminal Minds offers “Hostage” at 9:00pm ET/PT. Here’s the episode description (more information here):

When an 18-year-old girl escapes from a suburban home where she was held captive for years with two other women, the BAU searches for the Unsub who kidnapped them.

And here’s the episode promo:

The thirteenth episode of CSI: Cyber’s second season airs on Sunday at 10:00pm ET/PT. We’ll share the promo for “The Walking Dead” when it becomes available, but here is the synopsis, followed by the official details:

Avery and the Cyber team attempt to work with black hat hacker Stella Kaine (Kelly Osbourne), to track down the hacker who took identity theft to a new level and digitally “killed” Avery’s ex-husband.

This is the first time Frederick E.O. Toye has directed an episode of Cyber; he previously helmed three episodes of CSI: New York, most recently “Indelible” during the show’s eighth season. “The Walking Dead” was co-written by production assistant Andrew Karlsruher, writers’ assistant Scotty McKnight and Co-Executive Producer Craig O’Neill. Karlsruher has a story credit for “Corrupted Memory” from earlier this season. This is McKnight’s first writing credit, but he appeared as a Detective in the season one finale “Family Secrets”. O’Neill has penned five episodes of CSI: Cyber, including this season’s “Python”.

The following guest stars will appear in the episode:

Kelly Osbourne as Stella Kaine
Kyle Schmid as Reaper
Krizia Bajos as Prosecuter Shaw
Adam Lieberman as Alton Shepard
Anzu Lawson as Judge Loring
Jeff Bowser as Customs Agent

Kyle Schmid previously appeared in the CSI: Miami episode “Bang, Bang, Your Debt” during the show’s sixth season. Adam Lieberman guest-starred in “Uninvited” during CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’s fourteenth season, and Jeff Bowser was in the season fifteen episode “Buzz Kill”. The other actors are new to the franchise.