JAG | |
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Season 2 | |
Starring | David James Elliott Catherine Bell Patrick Labyorteaux John M. Jackson Karri Turner |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 15 |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Original release | January 3 – April 18, 1997 |
Season chronology | |
Next → Season 3 | |
List of JAG episodes |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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23 | 1 | 'We the People' | Les Landau | Donald P. Bellisario | January 3, 1997 | 025 | 12.30[citation needed] |
The episode starts near Yuma, Arizona with a military helicopter stopping a U.S. Mailtruck and stealing its well-packaged cargo, which turns out to be the Declaration of Independence. After having received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions in the pilot episode at a White House Rose Garden ceremony, Lieutenant Commander Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr. and his new partner, Major Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie, and their assistant Lieutenant JG Bud Roberts are tasked by the Judge Advocate General, Rear Admiral A.J. Chegwidden, to investigate the theft and the alleged involvement of Marine Colonel Matthew O'Hara (Carmen Argenziano), a Vietnam War veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor, in cooperation with Clayton Webb (Steven Culp), who goes by the title of 'Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State' (but Mac hints at that it is a just a cover for the CIA). Ascertaining the involvement of the famed Marine colonel is soon resolved when his men commandeers a ZNNsatellite uplink and Colonel O'Hara broadcasts his message from the right-wing militia 'The Defenders' on live television and demands a ransom to bring the document back. As they get to Arizona, Harm figures out that O'Hara is Mac’s uncle and together they then set out to get him to surrender peacefully before Webb finds him. Meanwhile Bud stays to keep an eye on Webb. While O'Hara is willing to surrender for the sake of his niece, dissention among his men follows. The concluding scene shows a brief snippet of Colonel O'Hara in a courtroom.[note 2] | |||||||
24 | 2 | 'Secrets' | Ray Austin | Tom Towler | January 10, 1997 | 028 | 12.60[citation needed] |
Marine Corporal Jason Magida (Victor Love), whom Admiral Chegwidden prosecuted more than eight years ago, escapes from the brig in Groton, Connecticut, and takes Admiral Chegwidden, Mac, and Bud as hostages inside the Admiral's office. He demands a retrial here and now in the admiral's office; a court had convicted him of giving classified information about the Patriot missile system to Israel. Harm and CIA officer Clayton Webb work from the outside to rescue them without killing the corporal. They also must be wary of shady CIA operative Gayle Osbourne (Leon Russom), who may try to prevent a revelation of the truth about the corporal's case. | |||||||
25 | 3 | 'Jinx' | Jerry Jameson | Jack Orman | January 17, 1997 | 027 | 11.60[citation needed] |
Harm must prove that an F-14 Tomcat aircraft that accidentally bombed a mosque during Operation Desert Storm is not 'jinxed' after a mid-air accident kills his best friend. | |||||||
26 | 4 | 'Heroes' | Tony Wharmby | R. Scott Gemmill | January 24, 1997 | 026 | 13.10[citation needed] |
Harm and Mac engage in a tense courtroom battle when a Navy SEAL is accused of murdering his friend during a mission. Harm goes way overboard to prove a point about firearms, by firing an MP5 in the courtroom.[note 3] | |||||||
27 | 5 | 'Crossing the Line' | Tony Wharmby | Stephen Zito | January 31, 1997 | 029 | 11.90[citation needed] |
Harm, Mac and Bud are sent out to the USS Seahawk and face political pressure when a female F-14 Tomcat pilot, Lieutenant Marilyn Isaacs (Nancy Everhard), accuses the CAG, Captain Thomas Boone (Terry O'Quinn), of sexual harassment. The CAG says she is simply a bad aviator, gender notwithstanding, and prominent Congresswoman Adele DeLong (Dee Wallace) intervenes in the investigation. Bud meets his successor as the public affairs officer, Ensign Harriet Sims (Kari Turner) and they soon form a bond.[note 4] | |||||||
28 | 6 | 'Trinity' | Alan J. Levi | Jack Orman | February 7, 1997 | 024 | 11.70[citation needed] |
The infant son of a female U.S. Navy officer (daughter of CINCPAC) is kidnapped from Holy Loch Naval Base in Scotland and the evidence implicates the boy's father, an Irish Republican Army leader. Harm and Mac are assigned to work with the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Belfast to help get the child back, but the local cop is hiding a vengeful secret. | |||||||
29 | 7 | 'Ghosts' | Ray Austin | Story by : Brian Nelson and R. Scott Gemmill Teleplay by : R. Scott Gemmill | February 14, 1997 | 030 | 11.10[citation needed] |
Admiral Chegwidden's life is in danger when the last surviving members of his SEAL team from the Vietnam War are killed and it appears someone is eliminating the witnesses to an atrocity committed 30 years earlier. | |||||||
30 | 8 | 'Full Engagement' | Alan J. Levi | Jack Orman | February 21, 1997 | 031 | 12.30[citation needed] |
When Harm's Stearman biplane runs out of fuel in the Appalachian Mountains, he and Mac must avoid trigger happy poachers who killed a game warden and do not want to leave any witnesses. | |||||||
31 | 9 | 'Washington Holiday' | Joe Napolitano | Stephen Zito | February 28, 1997 | 032 | 12.60[citation needed] |
Harm is assigned to escort Romanian Princess Alexandra (Kiersten Warren) while her father, the King of Romania (Michael Des Barres), is in Washington D.C. to request Romania be admitted to NATO, as an assassin closes in on all of them.[note 5][note 6] | |||||||
32 | 10 | 'The Game of Go' | Ray Austin | Tom Towler | February 28, 1997 | 023 | 11.70[citation needed] |
Harm and a Colombiandrug lord play a high-stakes game of 'Go', with the prize being a Marine that was left behind during a covert mission, as Webb and the JAG team once again butt heads. | |||||||
33 | 11 | 'Force Recon' | Alan J. Levi | Story by : Tom Towler and R. Scott Gemmill Teleplay by : Tom Towler and Stephen Zito | March 7, 1997 | 033 | TBA |
Harm goes undercover as a Gunny for a Marine Force Recon Squad at Camp Pendelton, while Mac and Bud investigate whether their Captain Koonan (Phil Morris), known as The Duke like in John Wayne, is using unsafe techniques as a means of hardening his men for unexpected combat conditions. | |||||||
34 | 12 | 'The Guardian' | Michael Schultz | Jack Orman | March 28, 1997 | 035 | 10.90[citation needed] |
Harm and Mac defend a homeless former Navy SEAL (Bruce Weitz), who is accused of killing three men while thwarting a convenience store robbery. | |||||||
35 | 13 | 'Code Blue' | Tony Wharmby | R. Scott Gemmill | April 4, 1997 | 036 | 12.10[citation needed] |
Harm and Mac are out running and Harm saves Mac from getting hit by a car by taking the blow himself. When Hamas takes over the DC hospital where an Israeli diplomat is undergoing a heart transplant, an injured Harm becomes the inside man of the FBI hostage negotiator to thwart the terrorists. This episode shows Mac speaking fluent Persian. | |||||||
36 | 14 | 'Cowboys & Cossacks' | Tony Wharmby | R. Scott Gemmill | April 11, 1997 | 034 | TBA |
A joint exercise between American and Russian naval forces in the Black Sea becomes deadly when the two captains decide to settle their Cold War grudges, trapping Harm, Mac and Bud in the middle. This episode shows Mac can speak at least a little Russian.[note 7] | |||||||
37 | 15 | 'Rendezvous' | Duwayne Dunham | Craig Tepper | April 18, 1997 | 037 | 10.60[citation needed] |
Mac's past clouds her judgment while she defends an abusive Chief Petty Officer accused of killing his wife's boyfriend. |