JAG (season 5)

JAG (season 5)
Starring	David James Elliott Catherine Bell Patrick Labyorteaux John M. Jackson Karri Turner Trevor Goddard Nanci Chambers Randy Vasquez
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	25
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 21, 1999 – May 23, 2000
Season chronology

The fifth season of JAG premiered on CBS on September 21, 1999, and concluded on May 23, 2000. The season, starring David James Elliott and Catherine Bell, was produced by Belisarius Productions in association with CBS Productions.

Plot

Lieutenant Commander Harmon Rabb, Jr. (David James Elliott), now a Tomcat pilot aboard the USS Patrick Henry, finds himself forced to defend a young Lieutenant who has mistakenly fired upon Russian armored vehicles ("King of the Greenie Board"), while his former partner (and newly promoted) Lieutenant Colonel Sarah MacKenzie (Catherine Bell) continues to enforce, prosecute and defend the laws of the sea from within the Judge Advocate General Corps, the elite legal division of the United States Navy. This season, Mac is pitted against Mic Brumby (Trevor Goddard) in court ("Rules of Engagement"), Harm is forced to push a plane to safety using a tail-hook ("True Calling") before returning to JAG ("The Return"), Mac investigate psy-ops ("Psychic Warrior"), Harm is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross ("Front and Center"), Bud (Patrick Labyorteaux) is kidnapped ("Rogue"), and, on the orders of Admiral A.J. Chegwidden (John M. Jackson), the team travel to Australia ("Boomerang"). Meanwhile, Gunny (Randy Vasquez) is accused of gay-bashing ("People v. Gunny"), Harm investigates a decade-old murder ("Body Talk"), and Mic resigns his commission ("Surface Warfare").

Production

Prior to the start of JAG's fifth season, the series entered syndication. As a result, at the time season five was first aired in the United States, JAG was seen in over 90 countries worldwide.^[1]

Cast and characters

Main cast

• David James Elliott as Commander Harmon Rabb, Jr.
• Catherine Bell as Lieutenant Colonel Sarah MacKenzie
• Patrick Labyorteaux as Lieutenant Bud Roberts
• John M. Jackson as Rear Admiral A. J. Chegwidden

Also starring

• Randy Vasquez as Gunnery Sergeant Victor Galindez
• Trevor Goddard as Lieutenant Commander Mic Brumby
• Nanci Chambers as Lieutenant Loren Singer
• Karri Turner as Lieutenant J.G. Harriet Sims

Recurring cast

• Mae Whitman as Chloe Maddison
• Sibel Galindez as Lieutenant Elizabeth Hawkes, "Skates"
• Steven Culp as CIA Officer Clayton Webb
• Paul Collins as Secretary Alexander Nelson
• Chuck Carrington as Petty Officer Jason Tiner
• Terry O'Quinn as Rear Admiral Thomas Boone, "CAG"
• Harrison Page as Rear Admiral Stiles Morris
• Michael Bellisario as Michael Roberts
• Anne-Marie Johnson as Congresswoman Roberta Latham
• Dana Sparks as Commander Carolyn Imes

Guest cast

• Rex Linn as KGB Agent Mark Falcon
• Claudette Nevins as NSA Agent Porter Webb

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code
86	1	"King of the Greenie Board"	Alan J. Levi	John Schulian	September 21, 1999	086
Harm's back flying a Tomcat with Skates as his RIO, however, Lt. Buxton, a hot-shot pilot, is making things difficult for him. Mac is promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. Mac's case involving a Marine who drank too much before testing a new weapons system brings a new member to the office. At the end of the episode, Lt. Buxton fires on what he believes are Serbian armoured vehicles. Back on the carrier, Buxton is confronted by a Russian officer who tells him he in fact blew up a Russian armoured vehicle.
87	2	"Rules of Engagement"	Jeannot Szwarc	Ed Zuckerman	September 28, 1999	087
Lt. Buxton forces Harm to defend him in the court martial for the Russian truck he destroyed in the previous episode. Mic joins Harm on the defense team, while Mac and Bud prosecute.
88	3	"True Callings"	Alan J. Levi	Teleplay: Ed Zuckerman & John Schulian Story: Ed Zuckerman, John Schulian and Rear Admiral Paul T. Gillcrist	October 5, 1999	088
Harm's career as a pilot is in jeopardy because of his long legal career, while a mission over Serbia turns into a crisis when his wingman's plane is crippled. Harm uses his F-14's windscreen and his wingman's tailhook to push him back to the USS Patrick Henry, saving his wingman's life (this is based on an actual historical event known as Pardo's Push: a title card at the end of the episode explains that "On March 10th, 1967, U.S. Air Force Captain Robert Pardo used his F-4 Phantom to push a fellow American's badly damaged jet from North Vietnam into friendly territory."). Harm also provides encouragement and support to his RIO Skates, who is suffering from panic attacks from flying. Back at the office, Bud, Tiner, and Gunny seek to curry the Admiral's favor by procuring tickets to a Limp Bizkit concert.
89	4	"The Return"	Greg Beeman	Larry Moskowitz	October 12, 1999	089
Harm's return to JAG is rocky, as his first case is to defend the SECNAV's son for disobeying an order during a refuelling, and he deals with a sympathetic SECNAV and the unyielding ship captain who was being tough on his son.
90	5	"Front and Center"	Alan Myerson	Dana Coen	October 19, 1999	090
When a Marine corporal goes AWOL rather than testify at an attempted rape trial, Harm and Mac must discover his secret, Harm is awarded his second Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions in "True Callings".
91	6	"Psychic Warrior"	Greg Beeman	Paul Levine	November 2, 1999	091
While Harm and Mac investigate the death of a Navy officer involved in a "psy-ops" project, Mac must also deal with someone close to her going missing.
92	7	"Rogue"	Tony Wharmby	Larry Moskowitz	November 9, 1999	092
When a security consultant hijacks a Navy submarine and threatens to attack New York, Harm must play cat and mouse with the man to rescue Bud and thwart the attack.
93	8	"The Colonel's Wife"	Alan J. Levi	John Schulian	November 16, 1999	093
A Marine colonel's wife is accused of smuggling drugs, and her weak denials convince Mac that she is guilty.
94	9	"Contemptuous Words"	Jeannot Szwarc	Ed Zuckerman	November 23, 1999	094
Harm's career is on the line when he is accused of writing an editorial highly critical of the President. After Harm is cleared of any wrong doing he receives his promotion to Commander from the SECNAV. Mac deals with a squabble between a late Marine's girlfriend, who wants to use his sperm to have children, and the Marine's estranged wife, who is opposed to such usage.
95	10	"Mishap"	Terrence O'Hara	Larry Moskowitz	November 30, 1999	095
Harm's former RIO, Lt. Elizabeth Hawkes, is charged with causing a "mishap" that crashed an F-14, and Harm defends her at court-martial. Mac prosecutes and returns to her usual character of disliking those just performing their duty.
96	11	"Ghosts of Christmas Past"	Alan J. Levi	Teleplay: Ed Zuckerman & John Schulian Story: Donald P. Bellisario	December 14, 1999	096
During his annual visit to the Vietnam Memorial, Harm meets Jenny Lake, a former singer in Bob Hope's USO band, who was there the Christmas his father (in 1969 a pilot on CVA-14 USS Ticonderoga) was shot down. The 1969 timeline is recreated through Harm's interpretation, with actors of the main cast portraying characters from 1969 and seen by Harm as the characters of the 1999 timeline. The episode includes Harm Jr as Harm Senior, Sarah MacKenzie as Jenny Lake, Harriet Sims as Phyllis Diller, Congresswoman Bobby Latham as Diana Ross, Sibel Galindez as Dixie, Mic Brumby as the USS Ticonderoga CAG, Bud Roberts as Lt Gibson (Harm Senior's navigator, shot down with him at the end of the episode), Victor Galindez as Lt Garcia, SecNav Nelson as press photographer Morton Steele, Admiral Chegwidden as CPO Burns, Mikey Roberts as Ensign Everett and Jason Tiner as Lt Bond.
97	12	"Into the Breech"	Mark Horowitz	Paul Levine	January 11, 2000	097
During a "mock trial" of a 10-year-old incident where an unpopular sailor blew up a battleship turret and killed 29 sailors, Harm and Mac's students discover that the man may not have done it. The opening scenes take place aboard the fictional USS Minnesota (BB-65) but the episode is based on an actual turret explosion that occurred aboard battleship USS Iowa on April 19, 1989. The actual explosion was surrounded by controversial testimony, including allegations of a gay relationship between two of the sailors involved (who both lost their lives in the explosion).
98	13	"Life or Death"	Tony Wharmby	Catherine Stribling	January 18, 2000	098
An outcast Marine kills three other Marines, and his capital case is up for its final review. Mac doesn't want to defend him but ends up taking the case, while Harm takes on the prosecution and AJ is reflective because the convicted killer was formerly his client. Harm has dinner with Renee, while the office wishes Mic well as he heads to an Australian deployment in East Timor.
99	14	"Cabin Pressure"	Jeannot Szwarc	Dana Coen	February 1, 2000	099
Harm is trapped below decks with a sailor accused of murder. As the room they're in floods, Harm must find a way for them to escape. The Admiral deals with the slow diminishment of his skills due to age.
100	15	"Boomerang (Part I)"	Donald P. Bellisario & Jeannot Szwarc	Donald P. Bellisario	February 8, 2000	100
In a plot reminiscent of Witness for the Prosecution, Harm, Mac and Bud head Down Under to defend a U.S. Navy deserter accused of killing an Australian sailor and assuming his identity.
101	16	"Boomerang (Part II)"	Jeannot Szwarc & Donald P. Bellisario	Donald P. Bellisario	February 15, 2000	101
The trial takes an unexpected twist when the defendant's wife changes her story. Harm and Mic come to blows over Mac, with Bud being caught in the crossfire and his jaw is broken in the process. Chegwidden is eventually forced to fly to Australia to berate Harm for his involvement. While Bud's kind enough to let the two men off the hook, Chegwidden isn't and prepares to deliver his own punishment against Harm and Mic.
102	17	"People v. Gunny"	Terrence O'Hara	Larry Moskowitz	February 22, 2000	102
Admiral Chegwidden takes the case when Gunny Galindez is accused of "gay-bashing", and one of the key witnesses is Petty Officer Tiner.
103	18	"The Bridge at Kang So Ri"	Ian Toynton	Ed Zuckerman & Paul Levine	February 29, 2000	103
Harm and Mac have to deal with Korean radicals who hijack an Oceanic Airlines passenger plane carrying an army general whom they accuse of ordering a cover-up of a mass murder at a chaotic bridge crossing during the Korean War.
104	19	"Promises"	Arthur W. Forney	John Schulian	March 28, 2000	104
A Navy sailor is charged with desertion, but she claims that her recruiter lied to her about what the service was about. Admiral Chegwidden helps a Naval Aviator friend of his who is facing being grounded for life after he took Viagra before flying. This episode contains the first appearance of Dr. Walden.
105	20	"Drop Zone"	Hugo Cortina	Larry Moskowitz	April 4, 2000	105
When a file implicating a Navy SEAL in the drowning death of a trainee ends up in the hands of Mac, the prosecutor for the case, she is accused of prosecutorial misconduct by Lt. Singer, who is part of the defence. Admiral Chegwidden tries to decide where to take Dr. Walden for a romantic weekend.
106	21	"The Witches of Gulfport"	Tony Wharmby	Dana Coen	April 25, 2000	106
Mac goes undercover to assist in the investigation of a Chief Petty Officer (and local Wiccan leader) accused of sexual misconduct. Mic has his own undercover operation in Australia, but this leads to long-distance romance between him and Mac.
107	22	"Overdue & Presumed Lost"	Tony Wharmby	John Schulian & Paul Levine	May 2, 2000	108
Harm and the Admiral try to prevent a salvage hunter from recovering a submarine that disappeared just before the attack on Pearl Harbor, and find out the sub may have been involved in a long-forgotten conspiracy. Bud defends an overweight sailor who is a computer genius and wants to stay in the Navy.
108	23	"Real Deal Seal"	Terrence O'Hara	Paul Levine	May 9, 2000	107
Lt. Rivers is in trouble again, this time for punching a Congressional candidate and accusing him of pretending to be a SEAL. Rivers complicates things by using Harm as bait in a lethal trap to lure out another phony SEAL. Admiral Chegwidden is the top choice for nomination as a Federal District Judge.
109	24	"Body Talk"	Terrence O'Hara	Dana Coen	May 16, 2000	109
When Harm decides to re-investigate a 10-year-old case of murder, he incurs the wrath of the victim's daughter - Lt. Commander Teresa Coulter ("The Return Of Jimmy Blackhorse").
110	25	"Surface Warfare"	Jeannot Szwarc	Ed Zuckerman	May 23, 2000	110
When Bud's brother nearly shoots a Marine craft during a landing exercise in Key West, it leads to a series of events that gets almost everyone at JAG involved in the case. Mic returns, saying he resigned his commission to come back to Mac.

References

1. JAG - About the show at the Wayback Machine (archived November 10, 2000). Official Paramount site from January 2000, retrieved through archive.org. Retrieved on 2013-10-09.