The Worst Episodes of JAG

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   2.7/10(3 votes)

   #1 - People v. Gunny

   S5:E172/22/2000

   Trouble in the JAG office starts when Gunnery Sgt. Victor Galindez, ""Gunny,"" is charged with assault following an off-duty altercation outside a gay bar. It comes to light that P.O. Tiner was also involved in the brawl, having come to the aid of his companion, whom Gunny was roughing up. Meanwhile, Mac finds herself wrestling with the ""don't ask, don't tell"" policy as attitudes toward Tiner change around the office under suspicions that he's gay.

   Director:Terrence O'Hara

   Writer:Larry Moskowitz

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   Director:Terrence O'Hara

   Writer:Larry Moskowitz
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   4.0/10(2 votes)

   #2 - What If

   S9:E183/12/2004

   Members of the "JAG" staff are "helped" along to discover their true inner feelings while celebrating Jennifer Coates promotion to Petty Officer 1st Class.

   Director:Kenneth Johnson

   Writer:Don McGill

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   Director:Kenneth Johnson

   Writer:Don McGill
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   5.8/10(4 votes)

   #3 - King of the Fleas

   S3:E510/21/1997

   When a former Vietnam POW arrives at JAG headquarters to report a murder he's just committed, Harm confronts a very complex individual who may know something about his MIA father. When Willie relates the fact that he was imprisoned with Harm's father and then blindsides Harm by claiming that his father was a turncoat, the information has a profound effect on the JAG lawyer. Willie, a very complex individual, has been waiting 30 years to tell his story in his own way. Ultimately, Harm finds out that Willie's murder victim was the contemptible, sadistic commander of the POW camp where Willie had been -- but that's just the beginning of Willie's incredibly sad war story.

   Director:Tony Wharmby

   Writer:Dana Coen

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   Director:Tony Wharmby

   Writer:Dana Coen
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   6.0/10(2 votes)

   #4 - The Game of Go

   S2:E102/28/1997

   A Colombian drug lord wants to deal for the life of a Marine who was left behind when the covert mission to kidnap him went awry.

   Director:Ray Austin

   Writer:Tom Towler

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   Director:Ray Austin

   Writer:Tom Towler
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   6.0/10(3 votes)

   #5 - Ghost Ship

   S3:E19/23/1997

   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:Donald P. Bellisario

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   Director:Donald P. Bellisario

   Writer:Donald P. Bellisario
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   6.0/10(3 votes)

   #6 - The Court-Martial of Sandra Gilbert

   S3:E29/30/1997

   A top female helicopter pilot is accused of disobeying an order---to cease her affair with a married enlisted man, and a Congresswoman is determined to ensure the pilot's fair treatment as a potential court-martial looms.

   Director:Alan J. Levi

   Writer:Stephen Zito

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   Director:Alan J. Levi

   Writer:Stephen Zito
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   6.0/10(1 votes)

   #7 - The Return of Jimmy Blackhorse

   S3:E214/28/1998

   Members of the JAG team encounter resistance from Navajo tribal elders when they insist on DNA testing to verify that human remains are those of heroic Navajo ""code-talker"" Jimmy Blackhorse, who has been missing since World War II. Forensic pathologist Lt. Cmdr. Teresa Coulter joins Harm and Mac on the case. The Navajo elders consider it a sacrilege to tamper with the remains of the dead and, furthermore, the Navajo medicine woman is certain that the remains do not belong to the esteemed Blackhorse. While the veracity of scientific evidence is argued against that of tribal custom and the metaphysical, Teresa finds herself falling for Harm and putting the entire assignment in jeopardy.

   Director:Alan J. Levi

   Writer:Dana Coen

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   Director:Alan J. Levi

   Writer:Dana Coen
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   6.0/10(1 votes)

   #8 - To Russia with Love

   S3:E245/19/1998

   (The time is 1980, several Russian soldiers are guarding a prisoner who is Harmon Rabb, Sr. at a train station. The KGB take a photo of the persons gathered there - a photo which has made its way to Harmon Rabb, Jr. in the present time.) Clayton Webb meets with Harm at JAG and tells him who the men in the photo are. Webb mentions that one of them, Victor Lushov is now working in San Diego. Harm requests from the Admiral to take an F-14 hop to San Diego to visit his mother, keeping secret his true intentions. In San Diego, Harm meets with Lushov who turns out to be a Russian pilot who was instrumental interoggating Harm, Sr. after he was shot down over Vietnam, later befriending him. He tells Harm Jr. all about what happened to his father, that Harm Sr. fed all kinds of disinformation to the Russians, which was worse than telling them nothing. Lushov gives Harm Jr. the KGB file number for his father. And says he wants to live and will not repeat what he has said to anyone.

   Director:Tony Wharmby

   Writers:Larry Moskowitz, Donald P. Bellisario

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   Director:Tony Wharmby

   Writers:Larry Moskowitz, Donald P. Bellisario
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   6.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - Gypsy Eyes

   S4:E19/22/1998

   Having been shot at by Russian fighters, Mac & Harm are forced to eject from their plane, which then noses into the bottom of a very deep lake. The Russians announce to the world that Harm & Mac have been killed, which is broadcasted back to the USA by ZNN reporter Chuck DePalma. Webb tries to convince the Admiral that they have been killed, but when A.J. learns their bodies haven't been found, A.J. becomes irate and vows to go to Moscow himself to look for them. The SecNav orders A.J. not to go, who replies that the SecNav doesn't want to try & stop him. In Russia, A.J. meets with DePalma who tells A.J. that he doesn't believe the Russians, that certain things in their story don't add up. In the woods, a husband & wife gypsies come across Harm & Mac. They are disappointed when they learn that Harm & Mac are not American Spies as at least the spies have gold coins to give to Russians that help them.

   Director:Tony Wharmby

   Writer:Donald P. Bellisario

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   Director:Tony Wharmby

   Writer:Donald P. Bellisario
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Embassy

    S4:E29/29/1998

    Harm and Mac use a party at the Sudanese Embassy as a cover for their investigation of a kidnapping, and they're literally caught by surprise when terrorists take the visiting dignitaries -- and Mac -- hostage. Meanwhile, Bud notices that Harriet seems to be suffering from more than just flu symptoms.

    Director:Alan J. Levi

    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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    Director:Alan J. Levi

    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Innocence

    S4:E310/6/1998

    Harm and Mac must don their diplomatic hats when they're dispatched to Tokyo to represent an ensign accused of raping a young Japanese girl. Once the trial begins, the disparities between Japanese and American courtroom procedures put Harm at odds with the ensign's Japanese defense attorney, in turn putting US/Japanese relations at an all-time low. When what began as the trial of an ensign turns into a trial of the United States Navy, Harm and Mac realize that in order to defend the ensign from life in a Japanese prison, they must actually solve the rape case on foreign soil.

    Director:Tony Wharmby

    Writer:Dana Coen

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    Writer:Dana Coen
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Going After Francesca

    S4:E410/13/1998

    After Admiral Chegwiddens daughter, Francesca, is kidnapped in Italy, Chegwidden meets with his ex-wife, Marcella, and her husband, a wealthy Italian businessman, to get more background on Francesca's friends -- and enemies. Chegwidden learns that Francesca was seriously involved with the heir to a Mafia family -- a man Harm and Mac believe is responsible for the theft of Navy missiles for sale to Afghanistan. All intelligence points to the fact that Francesca is caught in the middle of this business deal gone awry, and it's up to Chegwidden and Harm to rescue her from the mob.

    Director:Alan J. Levi

    Writer:Stephen Zito

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    Writer:Stephen Zito
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Martin Baker Fan Club

    S4:E510/20/1998

    Harm volunteers to defend a psychotic Vietnam vet accused of aiding the suicide of a fellow V.A. patient. While Harm argues in court that Roscoe Martin withheld the victims medication as a way to free him from the trancelike state in which it left him, the prosecution claims that the lack of medication is exactly what caused the mans death. Disappointed with the direction of the case, Roscoe feels that the cards are stacked against him and engineers an escape from the V.A. facility with three other patients. Their escape takes them to Harms apartment, and a negotiable situation turns deadly when guns are drawn and a SWAT team swoops in to help with what it sees as a hostage situation.

    Director:Tony Wharmby

    Writer:Dana Coen

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    Writer:Dana Coen
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Act of Terror

    S4:E610/27/1998

    Millions of viewers are turned into witnesses when they see a Marine guard shoot an arrested terrorist on live television, and its Harms job to defend him. With Mac on the prosecution, she and Harm are pitted against each other in what seems like an open and shut case of cold-blooded murder. But when Harm is replaced by a civilian attorney with a defense plan that doesnt add up and whose fees are being paid by a wealthy right wing industrialist, Percival Bertram. Harm decides to do some investigating of his own.

    Director:Alan J. Levi

    Writer:Larry Moskowitz

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    Director:Alan J. Levi

    Writer:Larry Moskowitz
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Angels 30

    S4:E711/3/1998

    When a fighter pilot claims he heard the voice of God tell him not to fire on an attacking Iraqi, Harm and Mac are sent in to investigate his claim. Despite the pilot's assertions that he heard God, Harm insists on finding a more ""military"" explanation. When Harm fails from the ground to discover the origination of the voice, he suggests that Rice duplicate his earlier mission to see what they can learn about the incident in the sky.

    Director:Tony Wharmby

    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Mr. Rabb Goes to Washington

    S4:E811/10/1998

    Harm is sent to Washington, D.C., to join a committee formed to judge the validity of a shocking television report -- that U.S. forces used sarin gas on fellow Americans during the Gulf War. What he uncovers, though, is so unexpected that he can't present it without testimony from a key witness, Sgt. Morrison, who was actually on the mission in question in the Gulf, but has been missing ever since. Meanwhile, Mac is caught off guard when an old flame, Christopher Ragle suddenly reappears in her life.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc

    Writer:Stephen Zito

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    Director:Jeannot Szwarc

    Writer:Stephen Zito
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - People v. Mac

    S4:E911/17/1998

    Mac is arrested and placed on trial for a major felony, along with her former commanding officer and mentor, Col. John Farrow. Conviction could result in long prison terms. Harm volunteers to defend her, but his efforts are thwarted by Farrow's defense attorney, JAG exchange officer, Australian Navy Commander Mic Brumby. Harm feels that neither defendant has come clean with the truth and he begins to search for evidence which is not forthcoming from either one. Ultimately, he learns that Mac and Farrow have each been trying to protect the other. The key witness in the case turns out to be a major surprise to both defendants.

    Director:Tony Wharmby

    Writer:Larry Moskowitz

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    Writer:Larry Moskowitz
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - The Black Jet

    S4:E1011/24/1998

    Harm and Mac's original mission is to represent a Navy flier whose Stealth jet is thought to have crashed in Iran due to a mechanical failure. But when the pilot slips Harm a message indicating that the $80 million plane didn't crash and is hidden, the assignment becomes nearly impossible: get the pilot -- and the costly aircraft -- back to the U.S. without letting the Iranians know that the plane is intact.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc

    Writer:David Zabel

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    Director:Jeannot Szwarc

    Writer:David Zabel
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Jaggle Bells

    S4:E1112/15/1998

    Mac's ""little sister"" unexpectantly shows up at JAG headquarters, declaring that she's run away from her abusive stepfather. While she investigates whether Chloe has been abused, Mac has her hands full keeping her from turning the office upside down, then learns that her real father is still alive serving on a ship in the Navy. Despite the cost, Mac convinces the Admiral to allow the two to talk to each other via satellite video-conferencing. Meanwhile, Harm spends the evening interrogating a beautiful Navy doctor arrested for DWI after she lost control of her vehicle on icy roads and ran over a Nativity scene. Harm agrees to defend her when he learns that just before the accident and before she took the breathalyzer test, she had drank some liquid cold medicine (which contains 25% alcohol) Adm. Chegwidden's attempts to fly to Italy to spend Christmas with his daughter, however, with the Washington, DC area mired in snow, most of the flights out have been cancelled.

    Director:Greg Beeman

    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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    Director:Greg Beeman

    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Dungaree Justice

    S4:E121/12/1999

    Harm and Mac are assigned to prosecute three sailors charged with the vicious beating of a man they say raped a fellow shipmate. The rape victim, Petty Officer Lopez, tells Mac that, after an evening of drinking with her three male shipmates, she found herself alone at the bar where they ditched her as part of an initiation into their team. The next morning when she awakened in her car, she realized that she had been raped. When the shipmates heard Lopez's story, they exacted revenge on the man they thought attacked her -- the bar owner. But as Harm and Mac wear down the testimony of the three sailors, a very different story about what happened that evening begins to emerge. This episode starts with tying up the loose end of Mac being charged in an Article 32 hearing for perjury (People vs. Mac). She is acquitted, thanks to fancy legal-speak from Harm - although she does not have to face a court-martial, she does end being sent up on an Admiral's Mast, which just might be worse.

    Director:Hugo Cortina

    Writer:David Zabel

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    Writer:David Zabel
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - War Stories

    S4:E131/13/1999

    When three U.N. peacekeepers are taken hostage in Kosovo, a SEAL team is sent in to rescue them before the end of a 24-hour deadline set by the terrorists. But when heavy ground fog delays the SEAL team by 30 minutes, the hostages are found dead and the team is blamed for their deaths. Mac and Bud begin to defend the team only to have Bud removed because of the defendants' lack of confidence in his legal expertise. Meanwhile, Admiral Chegwidden spends his vacation acting as technical advisor on a movie about the Navy and runs afoul of the Hollywood types who hired him.

    Director:Greg Beeman

    Writer:Dana Coen

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    Writer:Dana Coen
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Webb of Lies

    S4:E142/9/1999

    When Harm and Mac set out to find C.I.A. Agent Clayton Webb's killer after his body is found aboard a burning ship, they inadvertently uncover a rogue government spy agency. Retracing Webb's steps, Harm and Mac learn that he was on a top-secret mission to deliver a high-tech weapons project to the proper authorities when he was stopped. Waiting for Harm and Mac when they discover this, though, is none other than Harm's former nemesis, ex-C.I.A. Agent Clark Palmer, now working with the rogue spy agency, who will stop at nothing -- including Harm's murder -- to get his hands on the top-secret project.

    Director:Mark Horowitz

    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Rivers' Run

    S4:E152/16/1999

    When Navy SEAL Medal of Honor winner Lt. Curtis Rivers is fired upon while on a training mission, he returns fire only to discover that he has shot a seemingly unarmed 14-year-old boy. During Harm and Mac's investigation, they discover that the boy may have been accompanied by his uncle, a fugitive wanted by the F.B.I. When Rivers goes AWOL to track down the fugitive and is captured by separatists, Harm and Mac find themselves not just investigating the case, but trying to defend Lt. Rivers in a court that does not recognize the U.S. government and its laws.

    Director:Greg Beeman

    Writer:Larry Moskowitz

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    Writer:Larry Moskowitz
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Silent Service

    S4:E162/23/1999

    Harm and Mac find themselves too close for comfort when they are sent to investigate an international incident on a nuclear submarine. When Harm and Mac, who are already getting on each other's nerves, find themselves in the cramped quarters of the submarine, their relationship is stretched to the absolute limit. Their attempts to stay out of each other's way as much as possible are futile since they must work together to find out why the sub surfaced miles off course, sinking a Norwegian boat in the middle of a regatta. Initially, it seems that the incident was the result of reduced staffing due to a breakout of E-coli. However, as more health problems begin to arise aboard the sub, Harm and Mac suspect a more criminal element than disease.

    Director:Alan J. Levi

    Writer:Dana Coen

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Nobody's Child

    S4:E173/2/1999

    When Harm views the body of the severely neglected, abused and abandoned young girl, he unexpectedly becomes emotionally involved and decides to call in the help of Teresa Coulter to help him identify the child and find her killer. After Teresa performs her own autopsy, she uncovers some clues to the girl's history that lead her, along with Harm and Mac, to the last place the child lived -- as well as to a recently released convicted child molester.

    Director:Tony Wharmby

    Writer:Stephen Zito

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    Writer:Stephen Zito