Season One of JAG premiered on NBC from September 23, 1995 to July 15, 1996, after 22 episodes and leaving one unaired. It was produced by Belisarius Productions in association with NBC Productions now Universal Television. The unaired episode was aired in JAG re-runs and now Paramount+.
Plot[]
Lieutenant, later Lieutenant Commander Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr., a former naval aviator turned lawyer, is employed by the Navy's Judge Advocate General's Corps, the law firm of the Department of the Navy. In Washington, D.C. Harm is partnered with initially with Lieutenant Junior Grade Caitlin Pike then Lieutenant Junior Grade Meg Austin, a junior officer with a computer background and determination. Together, they work alongside Commander Theodore Lindsey, Commander Alison Krennick later Rear Admiral A.J. Chegwidden, as they prosecute and defend the under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. This season, the team first investigate the murder of a female naval flight officer, the death of a civilian contractor, a training mishap, a murder at Arlington National Cemetery with connections to Thai diplomats and a murder at the U.S. Embassy in Peru. Also this season, Harm suffers personal losses when his best friend and girlfriend are both killed, Meg faces death when she is critically wounded by a professional assassin and Harm is promoted to the grade of Lieutenant Commander.
Production[]
Production of the first season of JAG was based at Sunset Gower Studios, right in the heart of Hollywood.
In Spring 1996, NBC announced that they were not commissioning Paramount Television to make a second season of JAG. Creator and Executive producer Donald P. Bellisario states that he had already received offers from CBS and American Broadcasting Company to pick up the series.
Cast and characters[]
Main[]
- David James Elliott as Lieutenant later Lieutenant Commander Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr., USN, JAGC
- Andrea Parker as Lieutenant J.G. later Lieutenant Caitlin Pike, USN, JAGC (pilot only; recurring, thereafter)
- Tracey Needham as Lieutenant J.G. Meg Austin, USN (from episode 1.3)
Recurring[]
- Kevin Dunn as Rear Admiral Al Brovo, USN, JAGC
- John M. Jackson as Rear Admiral A. J. Chegwidden, USN, JAGC
- Patrick Labyorteaux as Ensign Bud Roberts, USN
- Andrea Thompson as Commander Allison Krennick, USN,JAGC
- W.K. Stratton as Commander Theodore Lindsey, USN,JAGC
- Terry O'Quinn as Captain Thomas Boone, Captain, USN
Episodes[]
| # | TITLE |
|---|---|
| 1 | A New Life: Part I |
| When the body of a female F-14 fighter pilot is found floating in the Mediterranean, Judge Advocate General Rear Admiral Albert Brovo partners young Lieutenant Harmon Rabb with Lieutenant J.G. Caitlin Pike with the two being sent to the U.S.S. Seahawk where they must find out whether her death was intentional or accidental. | |
| 2 | A New Life: Part II |
| Continuing from Part I, Harm and Kate investigate with differences in opinion. Harm has to fly a disabled F-14 and regains his pilot wings. | |
| 3 | Shadow |
| Following the reassignment of Caitlin Pike, Harm is partnered with Meg Austin, a Lieutenant JG with a phobia of enclosed spaces. Their first case together is the hijacking of an experimental torpedo by a civilian contractor. Together, they must try and trick the captor into deactivating the missile himself. | |
| 4 | Desert Son |
| Harm and Meg are called to investigate when the son of a former Commandant in the United States Marine Corps is accused of negligence that left several marines injured during a training exercise. The case becomes more complex when the son confesses, but Harm doubts his guilt. | |
| 5 | Déjà Vu |
| After the body of a naval officer is found at Arlington National Cemetery following a reception at a French embassy, Harm and Meg are called to investigate. Meanwhile, a new acquaintance prompts Harm to reminisce of a female friend in Vietnam, who was murdered by her country's military. | |
| 6 | Pilot Error |
| When one of Harm's friends is killed testing a new type of auto-navigation system, he and Meg must determine whether it was pilot error or a mechanical failure | |
| 7 | War Cries |
| A Peruvian boy is killed inside the U.S. Embassy in Lima, and Harm and Meg must determine his intent before the country explodes in anger. | |
| 8 | Brig Break |
| Meg is taken hostage during a ‘brig break’, but Harm suspects that the target is much larger than just one prisoner. | |
| 9 | Scimitar |
| A Marine Humvee crosses into Iraqi territory, and Harm and Meg are sent to defend the surviving crew member in an Iraqi court. Harm is also given a secondary task – help the Marine escape regardless of the trial's outcome. | |
| 10 | Boot |
| Meg goes undercover as an enliisted boot camp recruit at Parris Island after a USMC recruit is found dead and suspicion falls on the drill instructors. | |
| 11 | Sightings |
| A little girl goes missing and Harm and Meg go looking for her around a closed naval airfield in Texas where several ‘UFO sightings’ have been reported. | |
| 12 | The Brotherhood |
| When a Marine is found unconscious on a beach, Harm and Meg get drawn into a "turf war" between the Marines and a prominent L.A. street gang. | |
| 13 | Defensive Action |
| Newly promoted LCdr. Rabb must defend the CAG, Capt. Boone when he is accused of shooting down a Serbian helicopter. | |
| 14 | Smoked |
| A lightning-damaged Tomcat makes an emergency landing in Cuba, so Harm and Meg go there to try to "talk" it back before the Cubans have a chance to download the avionics and sell them to Iran. There is a new JAG, Rear Admiral A.J. Chegwidden, a former Navy SEAL. | |
| 15 | Hemlock |
| After having received a mysterious message on the fax machine, Meg is critically wounded by an assassin, posing as a commander in the British Royal Navy. The assassin’s real target is Russian President Boris Yeltsin who is secretly coming to the United States to sign a treaty. | |
| 16 | High Ground |
| A top Marine sniper refuses to be deployed to Bosnia and goes AWOL after being accused of trying to kill his CO. | |
| 17 | Black Ops |
| A pilot and son of a female U.S. Senator attached to a team of SEALs dies, apparently due to negligence on the part of the SEALs. The Senator initially wants to put the blame on the SEALs, but Admiral Chegwidden and Harm find that the real cause of the pilot's death lies elsewhere. | |
| 18 | Survivors |
| A Marine Colonel believes his son is the reincarnation of his Vietnam War comrade, so he kidnaps the child amidst child custody court proceedings to fulfill an old promise. | |
| 19 | Recovery |
| An emergency procedures drill during a Space Shuttle "dry run" goes wrong when a cable breaks and an astronaut falls to his death. Harm and Meg have to determine if it was sabotage before the shuttle goes up. | |
| 20 | The Prisoner |
| While in Hong Kong (one year before the transfer of sovereignty from Britain), Harm is kidnapped by the Chinese and interrogated about anticipated American reaction should China try to take the Matsu Island by force. While imprisoned, Harm believes the man in the cell next to him is his missing father. | |
| 21 | Ares |
| When the computerized Aegis Combat System onboard a U.S. destroyer suddenly malfunctions, Harm, Kate and Meg have to figure out how to keep it from falling into North Korean hands. | |
| 22 | Skeleton Crew |
| An old classmate of Harm's turns up dead, and the prime suspect in her death also dies under mysterious circumstances, so Harm falls under suspicion of murder by the NCIS agent in charge. | |
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References[]
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| ● Season One ● Season Two ● Season Three ● Season Four ● Season Five ● Season Six ● Season Seven ● Season Eight ● Season Nine ● Season Ten |
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