The Best Episodes of JAG

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   8.2/10(5 votes)

   #1 - A New Life (2)

   S1:E29/23/1995

   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:Donald P. Bellisario

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   Director:Donald P. Bellisario

   Writer:Donald P. Bellisario
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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #2 - Salvation

   S6:E194/10/2001

   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

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   Director:Bradford May

   Writer:Ed Zuckerman
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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #3 - Odd Man Out

   S7:E141/22/2002

   Harm faces Mac in court when he defends a Navy medical corpsman accused of murdering a Marine sergeant during a training exercise. When he finds himself serving on the jury, Bud, feeling like an expert, uses his knowledge of the law during deliberations to help the jurors question the facts of the case, but then discovers the hard way that sometimes things in the courtroom are not what they seem. Cmdr. Turner goes to New London to assist in the deployment of the submarine USS San Antonio. Once there, he helps a young sailor keep his marriage together when his wife intends to file for divorce due to the deployment. When its learned that Harm has two tickets to the Super Bowl, everyone in the JAG office jockey for position in an attempt to be selected to go with Harm to the game. However, it turns out the ""tickets"" to the game are not necessarily the best seats for ""watching"" the game.

   Director:Michael Switzer

   Writer:David Ehrman

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   Director:Michael Switzer

   Writer:David Ehrman
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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #4 - People v. SecNav

   S9:E142/6/2004

   When civilians are killed in a bombing raid, an International Criminal Court charges the United States with war crimes and the SecNav is the one on trial representing the USA. The SecNav is defended by Harm, Mac & Bud who find they must also defend the United States decision for waging the war. At the end, the court finds the USA on the following charges: Crimes against humanity - Not Guilty War Crimes - Not Guilty Intentionally targeting non-combatants - Not Guilty Willful destruction of civilian property - Guilty. The court orders the USA to provide reparations to the town of Tikifa in the amount of $20 million US dollars. The prosecutor mentions to the SecNav that he doesn't agree with the verdicts, but pleased the SecNav won't have to go to prison. In response, the SecNav states that the two countries have been friends for too long and they both go off to get a drink together.

   Director:Dennis Smith

   Writer:Larry Moskowitz

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   Director:Dennis Smith

   Writer:Larry Moskowitz
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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #5 - Fair Winds and Following Seas

   S10:E224/29/2005

   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:Unknown

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   Director:Bradford May

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.9/10(9 votes)

   #6 - A New Life

   S1:E19/23/1995

   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:Donald P. Bellisario

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   Director:Donald P. Bellisario

   Writer:Donald P. Bellisario
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   7.5/10(2 votes)

   #7 - Fighting Words

   S9:E204/30/2004

   Cmdr. Turner defends himself against the complaint filed against him for displaying anti-Korean attitudes when assigned to deal with the SARS outbreak earlier. Harm & Mac go up against one another in the case of a Marine General making public speeches stating Islam goes hand-in-hand with evil & terrorism.

   Director:Jeannot Szwarc

   Writer:Matt Witten

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   Director:Jeannot Szwarc

   Writer:Matt Witten
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   7.3/10(3 votes)

   #8 - War Cries

   S1:E711/11/1995

   Cpl. Parr shoots at an intruder, who he believes shot at him first, at the United States Embassy in Lima, Peru. The intruder, an unarmed 15-year-old teen, is killed. But he wasn't just any boy. He was the brother of Cpl. Parr's girlfriend who (according to her) is pregnant. Harm and Meg are tasked to determine if the teenager was, in fact, unarmed, or if this was an attempt to kill the ambassador. Locations: Lima, Peru

   Director:Duwayne Dunham

   Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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   Director:Duwayne Dunham

   Writer:R. Scott Gemmill
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   7.3/10(3 votes)

   #9 - Scimitar

   S1:E912/9/1995

   Cpls. Ednar and Anderson mistakenly cross the Iraqi border. Trying to escape an Iraqi patrol, Cpl. Ednar is killed and Cpl. Anderson is taken prisoner. The Iraqi government invite the United States to send advocates to defend the Marine who's facing the death penalty for espionage. Harm and Meg are assigned to travel to Iraq to act as his lawyers as well as attempt to free the Corporal with the help of an undercover agent called 'Scimitar'.

   Director:John McPherson

   Writer:Robert Cochran

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   Director:John McPherson

   Writer:Robert Cochran
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    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Boot

    S1:E101/6/1996

    Meg goes under cover as a Marine recruit in order to investigate the mysterious death of a female private in a boot camp. The facts point at the two drill instructors SSgt. Carrington and Sgt. Gonzales. But a newspaper clipping found by Lt. Austin changes the situation completely. Locations: Parris Island; Washington D.C.

    Director:Jim Johnston

    Writer:Lucian Truscott IV

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    Director:Jim Johnston

    Writer:Lucian Truscott IV
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    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #11 - The Brotherhood

    S1:E122/3/1996

    During a simulated attack, a seriously wounded Marine is found on the beach. JAG is called in to investigate. Harm and Meg follow two ways: An executed Code Red or a brawl. Locations: Camp Pendleton and area; Los Angeles

    Director:Michael Zinberg

    Writers:Donald P. Bellisario, R. Scott Gemmill

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    Director:Michael Zinberg

    Writers:Donald P. Bellisario, R. Scott Gemmill
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    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Shadow

    S1:E39/30/1995

    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:Donald P. Bellisario

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    Director:Donald P. Bellisario

    Writer:Donald P. Bellisario
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    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Pilot Error

    S1:E611/4/1995

    During a test flight Lt. Pendry has a deadly crash with his Tomcat. Harm and Meg are ordered to probe this case and the facts point to a pilot error, not at a system malfunction. Though Pendry was a risk-taking pilot, Harm doesn't think he has gone too far based on his knowledge from his flying days with Pendry. Locations: Miramar Naval Air Station; San Diego/area and off-coast

    Director:Les Landau

    Writers:Jack Orman, Robert Cochran

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    Director:Les Landau

    Writers:Jack Orman, Robert Cochran
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    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Sightings

    S1:E111/13/1996

    While searching for a girl who disappeared near an abandoned Naval Air Station, Harm and Meg watch the same mysterious lights and hear the same painful sound which also took place during Kathy's disappearance. Though it looks like alien movement, neither Austin nor Rabb believe in UFOs. While looking for the young girl on the base, they nearly get caught but thanks to Kathy they manage to escape, but are trapped on the base. Locations: Del Rio, Texas

    Director:Thomas Del Ruth

    Writer:Evan Katz

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    Director:Thomas Del Ruth

    Writer:Evan Katz
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    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Defensive Action

    S1:E133/13/1996

    Harmon Rabb is promoted and his first assignment as Lt. Commander is to defend Capt. 'CAG' Boone in a court-martial. During a mission over Bosnia, one aircraft goes down due to a system malfunction. A Serbian helicopter shoots at the parachuting crew and, to protect them, the CAG shoots down the helicopter. Is CAG, indeed, defending the crew from a hostile helicopter, or is he acting out of revenge, violating a cease-fire, and risking a war? Locations: Bosnia; Naples, Italy; USS Seahawk/Adriatic Sea; Washington D.C.

    Director:Ray Austin

    Writer:Terry Curtis Fox

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    Director:Ray Austin

    Writer:Terry Curtis Fox
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    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Hemlock

    S1:E153/27/1996

    Due to the transposition of two digits of a phone number, Lt. Austin receives a fax with the itinerary for a person with the codename 'Shepherd'. Later, a Commander from the Royal Navy shows up demanding that paper. After receiving it he shoots Meg, seriouly wounding her. Trying to find out who this 'Shepherd' is and why this document is so important, they end up chasing an assassin named 'Hemlock' apparently working for Russian hardliners and trying to kill the man behind 'Shepherd' - Boris Yeltsin who is due in the US for a secret treaty signing. Locations: Washington, D.C.; Bethesda; Leesburg, Va.

    Director:Jim Johnston

    Writers:Donald P. Bellisario, Jack Orman

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    Director:Jim Johnston

    Writers:Donald P. Bellisario, Jack Orman
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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Jinx

    S2:E31/17/1997

    Harm risks his life to prove that an F-14 squadron is not jinxed after there have been six fatal mid-air accidents, including one that killed his best friend. During Mac and Harm's investigation into the ""curse"" of the squadron, they learn that the rumor of a jinx stems from an accidental bombing of an Iraqi mosque during Desert Storm. Now only one of the fliers involved in the bombing is left, and Harm has no choice but to fly with him in order to restore the squadron's confidence. However, when a mid-air refueling goes awry and Harm is seriously injured, it seems that the squadron may be jinxed after all.

    Director:Jerry Jameson

    Writer:Jack Orman

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    Director:Jerry Jameson

    Writer:Jack Orman
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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Vanished

    S3:E610/28/1997

    When a fully armed and piloted Navy F-14 disappears during a storm, the JAG team is called in to investigate all possible scenarios, from pilot suicide and terrorism to the curse of the Bermuda Triangle and UFO interference. When the plane's co-pilot surfaces, bloodied and disoriented, Harm and Mac get some new information that steers them away from Twilight Zone explanations and instead points them in the direction of kidnapping, terrorism and a hard-core militia group's plot to assassinate a PLO delegation heading for Washington by using the pilot -- and his plane -- to do the dirty work.

    Director:Alan J. Levi

    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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    Director:Alan J. Levi

    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill
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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Death Watch

    S3:E193/31/1998

    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:Donald P. Bellisario

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    Director:Donald P. Bellisario

    Writer:Donald P. Bellisario
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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Touchdown

    S9:E510/24/2003

    A CIA mission sends Harm & Beth O'Neil to Libya to pull an agent out of that country. But when the agent wants Harm to transport the entire family, Harm has to modify his mission while avoiding contact with the Libyan authorities. When that fails and their plane comes under attack, Harm & Beth must land on the only available landing strip...the U.S.S. Seahawk. At JAG, a Marine is accused of being involved with the Al-Queda terrorist organization and Mac is assigned to defend him against the charge.

    Director:Dennis Smith

    Writer:Matt Witten

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    Director:Dennis Smith

    Writer:Matt Witten
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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Hard Time

    S9:E194/2/2004

    Mac learns to be careful what she asks for - as she is assigned to escort a female Marine prisoner, after having made the request that the prisoner should be escorted by someone able to control her.

    Director:Bradford May

    Writer:Dana Coen

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    Writer:Dana Coen
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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Hail and Farewell: Part II (2)

    S10:E19/24/2004

    Mac is unable to accept the news that Clayton Webb really is dead and ends up in possible danger looking into Webb's "death". With the retirement of Rear Admiral A.J. Chegwidden, Cmdr. Sturgis Turner is named Acting Judge Advocate General.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Terrence O'Hara

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Corporate Raiders

    S10:E210/1/2004

    When a Marine is killed in Iraq as the result of ""friendly fire"", Harm & Mac investigation results in possible involvment by a private military contractor.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Unknown Soldier

    S10:E204/15/2005

    Gen. Cresswell's brother believes that remains found of a Vietnamese soldier are those of a helicopter pilot who saved his life during the war. Vukovic and Graves end up going to South Vietnam in search of a relative of the man's for a a DNA match.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #25 - Deja Vu

    S1:E510/21/1995

    Harm and Meg are investigating the death of a Navy officer at the Arlington Cemetery, where during the months before, other Navy officers have been murdered, too. This murder happened after a reception at the French embassy and the trail leads to the Thai ambassador and his wife. Harm is attracted to her as she reminds him of a girlfriend back in Vietnam who was killed. Also, Colonel Patano (the ambassador's guard), is one of the suspects. Locations: Washington D.C.; McLean, Va.; Bethesda, Md.

    Director:Doug Lefler

    Writer:Evan Katz

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    Director:Doug Lefler

    Writer:Evan Katz