The Best Episodes Directed By Bradford May
Every TV Episode Directed by Bradford May Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Bradford May Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Bradford May is "Tall Tales", rated 8.286/10 from 28 user votes. It was "written by John Shiban". "Tall Tales" aired on 2/15/2007 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Salvation".
8.3/10 28 votes#1 - Tall Tales
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/2007
The Winchester brothers seek the help of their family friend Bobby while investigating a series of unexplained happenings on a local college campus.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: John Shiban
8.0/10 2 votes#2 - Salvation
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 4/10/2001
A Marine sergeant in prison needs Harm's help again when his prints are found on a murder weapon.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: Ed Zuckerman
8.0/10 3 votes#3 - Fair Winds and Following Seas
Season 10 Episode 22 - Aired 4/29/2005
General Cresswell informs Harm and Mac that they are being reassigned. Harm to London and Mac to San Diego. With their deadline quickly approaching. Harm and Mac must sort out their lives and resolve their feelings for each other.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 13 votes#4 - Seadog
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2003
When a Navy commander's body washes up on shore along with the bodies of two drug runners, Gibbs refuses to believe that the sailor who was killed was dirty.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: John C. Kelley
7.0/10 1 votes#5 - The Baron's Bride
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/20/1988
A cursed broach possesses several strange abilities, including the ability to transform its wearer into a vampire and the ability to, when daubed with blood, let its wearer travel through time. Micki and Ryan find that the broach's owner, a female vampire, is trying to transform her new male tenant into a vampire. They manage to kill the female, but the transformed tenant, Frank, uses the broach to travel back into time to London in the late 19th century. Micki and Ryan managed to follow him. Befriended by a destitute writer, Abraham, and his fiancee, they manage to track down the vampire and kill him, but not before Abraham's fiancee is killed. They return to their own time, and Jack can only speculate that ""Abraham"" may have been Bram Stoker.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: N/A
6.0/10 1 votes#6 - Flight Risk
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2000
When two Naval aviators are killed in the crash of their newly upgraded F-14 jet, Harm uncovers improprieties with both the civilian contractor and the Navy liaison.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: Jonathan Robert Kaplan
6.0/10 1 votes#7 - Family Secrets
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 12/12/2000
At Christmas time, while everyone else at JAG is enjoying the happy time of the season, Bud & Harriet are at little Sarah's gravesite unveiling her headstone that has just been placed. Bud vows that it just can't end like this and insists on finding out what happened. Bud & Harriet approach Mic to have him represent the Roberts in their case against Dr. Gettis. Mic warns Bud to stop, leading Bud to realize that Mic can't represent them, as his practice is representing Dr. Gettis. Harriet tries to talk Bud out of pursuing the case, but her pleas are ignored by Bud. Mac is assigned the case by the Admiral despite Bud's plea to be the lead attorney. Even though he is ordered to stay away from the case, he nonetheless can't. Mac questions Dr. Gettis as to why he took so long to respond when Harriet labor was in trouble. Dr. Gettis claims that his pager battery had died & didn't realize he was needed until he heard the overhead page for him.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: Paul J. Levine
6.0/10 1 votes#8 - Past Tense
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/2001
Harm is stunned to learn that his former girlfriend, Lt. Cmdr. Jordan Parker has been found dead in her apartment, having been shot with her own gun. Despite this evidence, Harm is unwilling to accept the premise that Jordan committed suicide & calls in Lt. Cmdr. Teresa Coulter to help examine the forensic evidence. Harm & Mac begin to look for possible suspects who would want to kill her, starting with her last boyfriend who had also been a patient of hers. However, as each of the suspects are ruled out, they begin to look for other possibilities to explain her death. The investigation leads to a shocking discovery for Jordan's neighbor. Returning home, Harm is stunned to find a letter from Jordan in his mail. Jordan wrote & mailed it a few hours before she was killed; in which she tells Harm just how much she had valued their time together.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: Dana Coen
6.0/10 1 votes#9 - Adrift: Part II (2)
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2001
Harm's chance of being rescued from the Atlantic Ocean hinges on Mac's psychic ability (first seen in Season Five's "Psychic Warrior"). However, Mac is trying to cope with her conflicting emotions for both Harm & Mic. On the edge of going unconscious from severe hypothermia, Harm's fires several warning shots which attracts the rescue helicopter. Back onboard the USS Patrick Henry, Harm's vital signs start to fade out, but Skates words help him pull through. Transferred to Bethesda Hospital, Renee learns that Harm has partial amnesia and doesn't remember them being a couple over the past year. Mac's indecision about the wedding drives Brumby back to Australia. When Harm tells Mac on the phone to come to his place so that she doesn't have to be alone, she arrives only to learn that Renee has beaten her to Harm's place with the news that her father has died. Mac ends up in the rain with no one around.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: Dana Coen
6.0/10 1 votes#10 - Measure of Men
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2001
**June 20, 2001** Still aboard the USS Guadalcanal, Mac is called upon to prosecute a Major accused of negligent homicide by the ship's Captain. Much to Mac's surprise and dismay, Harm arrives on board to defend the Major and also try to clear the air with Mac regarding their relationship. But as they both become entrenched in the case in which the victim drowned during a nighttime exercise in extremely bad weather conditions, they're hard-pressed to find time to discuss their personal business. Meanwhile, Admiral Chegwidden has his hands full with his teenage goddaughter who has run away from home.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: Dana Coen
6.0/10 1 votes#11 - Ambush
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/2001
**November 2, 2001** Harm defends a Marine who says he was obeying verbal orders when his violation of the rules of engagement led six soldiers to their deaths in a ambush.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: Don McGill
6.0/10 1 votes#12 - Enemy Below (2)
Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 5/21/2002
Admiral Chegwidden, Lt. Singer & Cmdr. Turner move over to the Pentagon War Room to easily coordinate & share intelligence information on Kabir Atef's planned attack on the U.S. When an Afghan school is destroyed in a bombing raid, Bud & PO2 Coates fly to the scene to survey the damage. Once there, he promises to the locals that the US will re-build the school. Meanwhile, Harm & Mac are still in Afghanistan attempting to pick up Kabir's trail, still looking for the mysterious truck that disappeared during a raid. ("In Country"). They come under fire, but are unhurt. Once they repair the damage to the vehicle caused by the gunfire, they continue driving all night and find an abandoned truck that appears to be the one they're looking for. They find the driver dead of suspected origin. Continuing onto the next village, they find villagers in the same condition. A medical team is brought in and they determine that the villagers are suffering from radiation poisoning.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: Charles Holland
6.0/10 1 votes#13 - Family Business
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2002
Harm defends a Marine gunnery sergeant who killed his wife, but claims it was self defense while he refuses to let his son testify on his behalf. Meanwhile, the JAG team bids farewell to Lt. Singer who is departing for the USS Seahawk.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: N/A
6.0/10 1 votes#14 - Need to Know
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/2002
Harm, Mac and Turner go up against the CIA's top counsel when the agency tries to keep a 1968 Navy sub tragedy, in which 129 men died, classified. In so doing, they must find a way around the CIA's classified information rules in order to follow the orders of the new Secretary of the Navy.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: Philip DeGuere Jr.
6.0/10 1 votes#15 - Complications
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/2003
Harm and Mac investigate a Marine general claims that a Navy doctor caused the death of his teenage daughter during routine surgery. Meanwhile, Bud is so frustrated with the simple cases he's been given, he decides to investigate what appears to be an open and shut case and gets surprising results.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: Paul J. Levine
6.0/10 1 votes#16 - Each of Us Angels
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/2003
This episode pays tribute to the Navy nurses who served during WWII. In the best tradition of "Ghosts of Christmas Past" which paid tribute to the USO entertainers past & present; "Overdue & Presumed Lost" which saluted the sailors who have been a part of the submarine community, running deep & running silent on their 100th anniversary, "Each Of Us Angels" continues that great tradition by focusing almost exclusively onboard the Navy hospital ship, USS Goodwill, during the battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. As in "Ghosts of Christmas Past", the regular & recurring cast members of JAG will portray other characters within this story.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: Darcy Meyers
6.0/10 1 votes#17 - Heart and Soul
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/2003
When Harm takes Admiral Chegwidden for a ride in a F-14 Tomcat, AJ must fight for survival after accidently being ejected into a heavily forested area, blanketed in a snowstorm.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: Dana Coen
6.0/10 1 votes#18 - Lawyers, Guns and Money (1)
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/2003
A year ago, Sturgis was assigned to prosecute Bud against charges that Bud was derelict in his duties while representing his client in court. Now, Sturgis competency in handling a case is questioned and Sturgis must now rely on Bud to successfully defend him. When the CIA learns that a drug lord is attempting to sell missiles to terrorists, Clayton Webb (re-assigned to South America in "Need to Know") is assigned to prevent the deal from going through. To help with his cover, Mac is sent from Washington to masquerade as Webb's pregnant wife.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: Dana Coen
6.0/10 1 votes#19 - Pas de Deux (2)
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 5/13/2003
In Paraguay, Mac & Webb continue their mission to thwart the drug lords & terrorists. Harm continues to deal with his emotions where Mac is concerned. Worried about her, Harm turns to CIA Attorney Catherine Gale for help in determining Mac's location. However, Harm ends up helping Ms. Gale with a personal issue.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: Dana Coen
6.0/10 1 votes#20 - A Tangled Webb: Part I (3)
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 5/20/2003
In the final episode of the series 8th year turns out to leave fans of the show with facing yet another long summer of anticipation & speculation. When word reaches Washington, DC that Webb & Mac are missing, Harm insists on leaving for S. America to search for them, even if it means resigning his commission.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: Stephen Zito
6.0/10 1 votes#21 - A Tangled Webb: Part II (4)
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2003
The 9th season begins where last season left off, with Harm, Mac, Webb & Gunny still in Paraguay searching for the terrorist Sadik. Their search is complicated by Harm's feelings being tangled up which drove him to resign his commission & rush to South America in the first place.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: N/A
6.0/10 2 votes#22 - Secret Agent Man
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2003
Harm finds his first mission flying for the CIA takes him to the Phillipines where he must ""drop"" a limo. Back at JAG, ""Mikey"" Roberts calls on Mac to help him when he must act as a character witness in a honor code conflict.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: Darcy Meyers
6.0/10 1 votes#23 - Close Quarters
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2003
Due to overloaded JAG caseload which was made worse by the review of all of Cmdr. Imes cases, the Admiral has the SecNav re-instate Harm's Naval Commission, clearing the way for Harm to return to JAG. When a US submarine rescues 10 North Koreans after their vessel sinks in South Korean waters, Cmdr. Turner arrives from Washington to determine their purpose.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: Dana Coen
6.0/10 1 votes#24 - The Boast
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/2003
A soldiers finds himself being investigated when his claim of killing an Iraqi prisoner makes the news. During the all-star game of the Navy & Marine baseball players, a batter narrowly escapes being killed after being hit by a ball thrown at him by the pitcher. The pitcher then comes under scrutiny for possible assault charges.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: Matt Witten
6.0/10 1 votes#25 - A Merry Little Christmas
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/2003
Harm attempts to gain legal guardianship Mattie, but finds his past single ""lifestyle"" may pose a problem in making good on his promise to her.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: N/A