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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - A New Life (2)
    8.3/10(7 votes)

    S1:E2

    Harm & Kate continue to investigate the death of Lt. Angela Arutti, all the while the carrier remaining on combat status.

    Director:Donald P. Bellisario
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - A New Life (1)
    7.8/10(12 votes)

    S1:E1

    When a female F-14 Tomcat RIO (Radar Intercept Officer) goes missing from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Seahawk while stationed in the Adriatic Sea, the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, Rear Admiral Al Brovo (Kevin Dunn), sends young Lieutenant Harmon Rabb with Lieutenant Junior Grade Caitlin Pike on Bastille Day 1995 out to the carrier where they must find out whether her death was accidental or intentional.

    Director:Donald P. Bellisario
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 3 Episode 19 - Death Watch
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    S3:E19

    Mac arrives at Harm's apartment and is surprised to see that he has forgotten she was coming over and that he is getting to leave with a firearm. Stalling him, she gets him to tell her the story 2 years ago of the murder of his then-girlfriend, Lt. Diane Schonke, an Academy classmate, after her ship, the USS Seahawk docked in Norfolk. When Harm shows Mac a picture of Diane, Mac is stunned to see that Diane looks just like her. When Harm tells Mac that he believes he has finally figured out who the real murderer is (Agent Turque) and that he intends to confront him, she gets him to initially agree to take her with him. Harm however tricks her and drives off, leaving Mac behind standing in the rain. Desperate to find Harm before he does something he'll regret, Mac calls Bud to meet her at JAG. Bud was an Ensign on Diane's ship and was one of the people who found Diane's murdered body. Bud tries to help Mac fill in the gaps and helps Mac learn that Agent Turque isn't the murderer.

    Director:Donald P. Bellisario
    Writer:N/A

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - Shadow
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    S1:E3

    A civilian tech rep aboard a submarine seizes control of an experimental torpedo after its launch during an exercise. The rep threatens to sink a cruise ship and demands a ransom. Harm and Ltjg. Meg Austin go to the sub and save the day.

    Director:Donald P. Bellisario
    Writer:N/A

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Yankee White
    7.0/10(42 votes)

    S1:E1

    While on Air Force One, a Navy commanding officer dies. Agents from the Navy NCIS decide to take the investigation into their own hands and also force a Secret Service Agent to help. Now the NCIS team has to figure out if the Navy officer's death was of natural causes or not.

    Director:Donald P. Bellisario
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - Woman on the Beach
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    S2:E3

    An ethereal, mysterious beauty brings out Rick's sense of gallantry and he enlists Magnum's aid in solving a crime that occurred thirty-five years ago.

    Director:Donald P. Bellisario
    Writer:N/A

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Shadow of the Hawke (1)
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    S1:E1

    While demonstrating the capabilities of the new prototype supercopter codenamed 'Airwolf', Dr. Charles Moffet goes rogue, steals the chopper and kills almost all of the observers. At least one man -- Michael Coldsmith Briggs III survives. Briggs, codenamed 'Archangel' is the head of a covert organization called 'The Firm' and Archangel calls upon the one man in the world he knows that can retrieve the copter. The problem is Stringfellow Hawke is not only a loner, but a recluse as well. The amount of money the Firm is willing to pay for Airwolf's recovery is irrelevant. Hawke wants just one thing - the safe return of his brother, Saint John, who was captured during the Vietnam war and is evidently a POW.

    Director:Donald P. Bellisario
    Writer:N/A

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  8. undefined Season 2 Episode 10 - Catch A Falling Star
    6.8/10(11 votes)

    S2:E10

    May 21, 1979: Sam leaps into Ray Hutton, the understudy for the role of Cervantes just seconds before curtain time. His mission: prevent the drunken star from falling and seriously injuring himself during a benefit performance of "Man of La Mancha." Sam isn't helped by the presence of his former piano teacher, on whom he once had a crush, and who now appears to have caught the star's eye as well.

    Director:Donald P. Bellisario
    Writer:N/A

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 22 - Skeleton Crew
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    S1:E22

    A murdered female lieutenant turns out to be Lt. Schonke, a friend with whom Harm attended Academy, but neither Cdr. Krennick nor Agent Turque, an abrasive civilian investigator, buys Harm's claim that his relationship was strictly platonic. After the primary suspect of the murder is also found dead - a more than dubious suicide - Harm finds himself being the number one suspect for both murders ... Locations: US Naval Base Norfolk, Va.; Washington D.C.

    Director:Donald P. Bellisario
    Writer:N/A

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  10. undefined Season 8 Episode 20 - Ice Queen (1)
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    S8:E20

    A murdered JAG officer teams up the JAG staff with agents of the Naval Criminal Investigative Services (NCIS).

    Director:Donald P. Bellisario
    Writer:N/A

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - China Doll
    6.0/10(11 votes)

    S1:E3

    Magnum is hired by a beautiful Chinese antiques dealer that he's making a play for to protect a precious ancient vase—The Soul of Sung—until its buyer arrives in Hawaii to collect it. But unbeknownst to him, the priceless ornament is wanted by a Tong gang from the girl's home country, and a deadly martial arts assassin who can kill in the blink of an eye is hot on the trail.

    Director:Donald P. Bellisario
    Writer:N/A

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  12. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - Ghost Ship
    6.0/10(3 votes)

    S3:E1

    Harm discovers evidence that his father, an MIA from the Vietnam War, may be alive and under KGB control in Russia. Harm and Mac are investigating the murder of a Navy pilot whose body was found hidden aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier the USS Hornet. With help from a local police lieutenant, they discover a motive for the crime, which involves a list of MIAs and POWs supposedly still alive and under KGB control in Russia -- and the list includes Harm's father. But before Harm can act on the information, the book mysteriously disappears along with the helpful police lieutenant.

    Director:Donald P. Bellisario
    Writer:N/A

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  13. undefined Season 5 Episode 15 - Boomerang (1)
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E15

    At the request of Lt. Cmdr. Brumby, Admiral Chegwidden sends Harm and Bud to Australia to represent a U.S. Naval officer, Kevin Lee, who has suddenly surfaced 28 years after being "murdered" by an Australian sailor. Lee contends that he accidentally killed his Australian nemesis years ago and, in a panic, exchanged identities with the dead man. Now, charged with both deserting and murder, Lee is to be tried in an Australian court, pitting Harm against Brumby. Harm and Brumby are also about to go head-to-head outside the courtroom when Mac appears in Sydney and Brumby decides it's time to make her choose between him and Harm.

    Director:Donald P. Bellisario
    Writer:N/A

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  14. undefined Season 5 Episode 16 - Boomerang (2)
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E16

    The murder/desertion trial of Kevin Lee takes a bad turn after his wife changes her testimony under cross examination. Harm and Mic fights to win over Mac

    Director:Donald P. Bellisario
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Donald P. Bellisario Ratings Summary

"A New Life (2)" is the best rated episode directed by Donald P. Bellisario. It scored 8.3/10 based on 7 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 9/23/1995 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "A New Life (1)".