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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   5.3/10(3 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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   5.5/10(2 votes)

   #4 - 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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   5.5/10(2 votes)

   #5 - 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(2 votes)

   #6 - 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(1 votes)

   #7 - Cowboys and Cossacks

   S2:E144/11/1997

   Harm, Mac and Bud are assigned sea duty to be official observers during a joint war games exercise between U.S. and Russian naval forces, but the games take a deadly turn when the rival captains decide to make the battle real -- and Harm, Mac and Bud are trapped on board the warring ships. The captains are bitter enemies from Cold War days and have deemed this their final grudge match. Both are determined to make it a battle to the death, even if it means going down with their ships -- and taking everyone on board with them -- and it's up to Harm and Bud to defuse what could become World War III.

   Director:Tony Wharmby

   Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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   Director:Tony Wharmby

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

   #8 - Rendezvous

   S2:E154/18/1997

   Harm and Mac find themselves courtroom adversaries when Mac is assigned to defend an admitted wife abuser whom Harm is prosecuting for the murder of his wife's boyfriend. Mac finds herself detesting the man whom she is supposed to be defending -- a man who reminds her all too well of her abusive father. Meaning well, Harm advises Mac that she's letting her personal feelings get in the way of her professional duties, but the advice enrages Mac and she takes out her anger on Harm as well as her client.

   Director:Duwayne Dunham

   Writer:Craig Tepper

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   Director:Duwayne Dunham

   Writer:Craig Tepper
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   6.0/10(2 votes)

   #9 - The Good of the Service

   S3:E310/7/1997

   When a Marine colonel defies orders from superiors, as well as the State Department, and rescues his men who are being held and tortured by a Haitian warlord, he is court-martialed. Harm and Mac are assigned as prosecutors and are shocked when they find they must go head-to-head with Chegwidden. Bud was put in a position to choose which side to go on. He choosed Admiral Chegwidden

   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(3 votes)

    #10 - Blind Side

    S3:E410/14/1997

    Harm risks ending the career of his mentor, as well as their friendship, when he investigates a training accident that killed two civilians. When an F-15 has a mid-air accident and the occupants are forced to eject, a mother and her child are killed on the ground by the falling debris. Mac is assigned to represent the pilot as Harm investigates the cause of the accident and the leader of the training mission, Capt. Hachausen, his former flight instructor and mentor. When Harm's probe reveals that the captain's been covering up problems with his eyesight and the pilot of the plane is covering up for the captain, Harm must decide whether to reveal his findings -- information that would certainly end his mentor's career.

    Director:Tony Wharmby

    Writer:Dana Coen

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    Director:Tony Wharmby

    Writer:Dana Coen
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Against All Enemies

    S3:E711/4/1997

    International tensions mount as Harm, Mac and Bud board an aircraft carrier in the Sea of Japan to investigate the accidental shooting down of a North Korean civilian airline by Navy jets. While negligence on the part of the Navy fliers is indicated, Harm and Mac uncover evidence of a spy aboard the carrier. Meanwhile, the threat of war becomes real when a U.S. salvage vessel is sent to the site to help with the investigation and two North Korean warships threaten to sink it if both U.S. ships don't leave the area immediately.

    Director:Joe Napolitano

    Writer:Alex Davidson

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    Director:Joe Napolitano

    Writer:Alex Davidson
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Above and Beyond

    S3:E811/11/1997

    When Harm, Mac and Bud are ordered to run a routine background check on a Navy SEAL who is a candidate for the Medal of Honor, they uncover unsavory information that may make him unworthy. Lt. Rivers is up for a medal after he single-handedly rescues the undersecretary of state from fundamentalist terrorists. Harm and Mac, in their investigation, find Rivers, an African-American, to be a very tough, complex and uncommunicative individual who is totally devoted to his country and his duty. But his men paint a different picture of him as a gung-ho loner who doesn't care about the safety of his team and, in fact, botched the mission by leaving one of his men behind. Rivers finally agrees to open up to Harm -- but only if Harm can withstand arduous SEAL training for one day -- including the brutal manhandling required of the ""hostage interrogation.""

    Director:Tony Wharmby

    Writer:Paul J. Levine

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    Writer:Paul J. Levine
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Impact

    S3:E911/18/1997

    Harm & Bud are sent to Twenty-nine Palms Marine Base to investigate the mid-air collision of 2 helicopters & subsequent crash of one helicopter which killed the pilot. Upon arrival at the crash site, they learn that the ""other"" aircraft was not another helicopter as was first thought. A piece of wreckage that is found that belongs to the ""other"" aircraft only deepens the mystery. When members of the Defense Security Division appear onscene with orders to take over the investigation and crash site, Harm becomes convinced that a major cover-up is in the works. The base commander, Col. Barrett gives Harm time to investigate further. When Harm & Bud are out driving the base at night, they see an unknown type aircraft flying above them and follows it, but are soon blocked by a fence over the road marking the property of the ""Bradenhurst Corporation"".

    Director:Paul Schneider

    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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    Director:Paul Schneider

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

    #14 - People v. Rabb

    S3:E1011/25/1997

    Harm meets with a Russian 'contact' in order to purchase documents that will prove his father was taken to Russia after being shot down in Vietnam. However, during the transaction, they are interrupted by a KGB agent, Col. Parlovsky who shoots & kills the Russian, then runs off as FBI agents show up, finding Harm over the body, with the gun & documents he wrestled away. As the FBI wants to hold him for the murder of the Russian, Adm. Chegwiggen manages to have Harm transferred to a military brig, and court-martialed, much to the dismay of the FBI agents. CIA agent Clayton Webb, knowing that it was Parlovsky, not Harm that committed the shooting, arranges for Harm to escape from custody in hopes Parlovsky will contact Harm. In the end, Parlovsky makes contact with Harm, but they both get away before Webb can catch them. Parlovsky tells Harm the documents were a fake and burns them. He then leaves, refusing to help clear Harm of the shooting.

    Director:Greg Beeman

    Writer:Larry Moskowitz

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    Director:Greg Beeman

    Writer:Larry Moskowitz
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Defenseless

    S3:E1112/9/1997

    Harm's skills as a lawyer are challenged when he defends a female ensign who claims she murdered an officer because her ""instincts"" told her he meant to hurt her. The ensign claims that when the officer entered her apartment on false pretenses, she felt threatened by him and killed in self-defense. Though the defense is decidedly thin -- no weapon was even found on the man's body -- Mac and Harm decide to stick with the case and are determined to help the ensign remember forgotten details of the event.

    Director:Tony Wharmby

    Writer:Kimberly Costello

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    Director:Tony Wharmby

    Writer:Kimberly Costello
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Someone to Watch over Annie

    S3:E121/6/1998

    Annie Pendry, a widow, comes to Harm for help after her young son, Josh, witnessed a murder while on a class trip to Andrews Air Force Base. After Harm and Josh are the targets of a drive-by shooting, Harm moves Josh and Annie into his apartment -- and into his life. Harm discovers that the original crime and the drive-by shooting are tied to a ruthless international arms dealer, but not before Josh is kidnapped by the dealer in order to silence him as a witness.

    Director:Greg Beeman

    Writer:Stephen Zito

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    Director:Greg Beeman

    Writer:Stephen Zito
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - With Intent to Die

    S3:E131/13/1998

    Admiral Chegwidden investigates the apparent suicide of his mentor, Admiral Clancy, who allegedly shot himself while on a hunting trip with several friends. Chegwidden can't believe that his friend would kill himself, and discovers that someone else may have actually pulled the trigger.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe

    Writer:Larry Moskowitz

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe

    Writer:Larry Moskowitz
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Father's Day

    S3:E142/3/1998

    Due to frustration at being unable to wrest custody of his son from his drug addicted wife, Corporal Wetzel was distracted during a war game exercise and crashed a tank. Accused of dereliction of duty, Wetzel admits to being diverted on the job, but insists that Mac and Harm must keep him out of jail, since his arrest would certainly mean losing his son. Harm and Mac like Wetzel and understand that his frustration accounts for his poor judgment. But nobody's more surprised than they when Wetzel winds up in a tank in a stand-off with the military, questioning why he's being forced to choose between being a marine and being a father.

    Director:Tony Wharmby

    Writer:Dana Coen

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    Writer:Dana Coen
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Yesterday's Heroes

    S3:E152/24/1998

    When a luxury yacht owned by a reputed South American drug trafficker mysteriously sinks and the Navy is suspect, Harm, Mac and Bud are put on the case. Meanwhile, Artemus Sullivan, a World War II Navy veteran, with the help of his aged cronies, devises plans from a nursing home to make sure the drug dealer responsible for Sullivan's grandson's death is brought to justice. But when Sullivan is kidnapped by the drug dealers, his mettle is tested, as is that of Harm and his team as they race to rescue the war hero.

    Director:Greg Beeman

    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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

    #20 - Chains of Command

    S3:E163/3/1998

    Harm, Mac, and Bud investigate claims of sexual harassment aboard an aircraft carrier. Mac's boyfriend, Dalton Lowne, is the defendant's attorney, and Mac is shocked when she discovers that he has been copying information from her files. In order to solve the case, and combat Lowne's dirty tricks, Harm enlists the aid of Congresswoman Bobbi Latham. Justice is served, though many people's lives are changes as the result of Lowne's tactics.

    Director:Tony Wharmby

    Writer:Stephen Zito

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    Writer:Stephen Zito
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - The Stalker

    S3:E173/17/1998

    Following her ugly break-up with Dalton Lowne, Mac has reason to believe that he's stalking her -- until he's killed during an apparent car-jacking and the stalking continues. Much to Harm's dismay, the strain of the two events pushes Mac to the edge -- and to the bottle. Concerned for Mac's safety and sobriety, Harm intensifies his search for Mac's tormentor before he causes her bodily harm.

    Director:Scott Brazil

    Writer:Larry Moskowitz

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    Director:Scott Brazil

    Writer:Larry Moskowitz
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Tiger, Tiger

    S3:E183/24/1998

    When Harm takes young Josh on a weekend cruise for Navy families aboard the frigate, pleasure turns to fear when the ship is taken over by terrorists who intend to fire missiles at Cuba. After Josh and Harm manage to elude the terrorists, they try to contact authorities about the situation. But the plan goes awry when Harm is found out, and he then tries to strike a deal with the terrorists while also racing to foil the plot before the innocent civilians get hurt.

    Director:Tony Wharmby

    Writer:Thom Parham

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    Writer:Thom Parham
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Imposter

    S3:E204/21/1998

    Clark Palmer, a renegade government agent, breaks into Harm's apartment and incapacitates him. Palmer then makes a cast of Harm's face in order to prepare a mask that he can wear to pass for Harm. Palmer plans to murder the key witness in the trial at which Harm and Mac are currently prosecutors. When Harm doesn't show up for the start of the trial, Mac takes his place, leaving Bud to search for the missing JAG lawyer. When Bud finds Harm trapped in an ingeniously booby-trapped apartment, the two must find a way to escape before the assassin can carry out his plan.

    Director:Alan J. Levi

    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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

    #24 - 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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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Clipped Wings

    S3:E225/5/1998

    Political pressures come into play after an F-14 pilot clips a ski helicopter during a NATO exercise over Italian airspace, killing six civilians. Harm and Mac are assigned to opposite sides in the case, but the Italian government wants to prosecute on its own.

    Director:Tony Wharmby

    Writer:Stephen Zito

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    Writer:Stephen Zito