Season Ten of JAG premiered on CBS from September 26, 2003 to April 29, 2005.
Plot[]
Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie, a tenacious, by-the-book United States Marine Corps Judge Advocates and Commander Harmon "Harm" Rabb, Jr., a former naval aviator turned JAG, are employed by [[Judge Advocate General of the Navy. The JAG team prosecute, defend, and preside over the legal cases under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) assigned to them by the Judge Advocate General, Major General Gordon Cresswell. This final season, Mac and Harm must investigate the death of a Marine in a friendly fire incident, a 22-year-old murder case, an Ensign who fired on a fishing boat and a DOD mishap in Baghdad. Also this season, Mac suffers a personal loss and travels to San Diego to head a criminal investigation, while new officers Lieutenants Gregory Vukovic, Tali Mayfield and Catherine Graves are assigned to JAG staff, Jennifer Coates is tapped to be a juror, Harm must face the loss of Mattie, Lieutenant Commander Bud Roberts and Lieutenant Harriet Sims must decide their future and Commander Sturgis Turner is forced to act as the Acting Judge Advocate General. Finally, Harm and Mac must confront their feelings for one-another as they are offered promotions that will lead to their separation, Mac is assigned to Joint Legal Forces Southwest, and Harm is offered a Captain's billet in London.
Production[]
In February 2005, series main star David James Elliott announced his departure from the series,[1] with Bellisario noting that "his contract was up, and we never expected it to go on. We had to cut costs. [So] we started doing episodes with less of David, and it became obvious to him that we were not going to renegotiate".[2] Both Catherine Bell and Chris Beetem had signed on for a potential eleventh season.[2] "'It was always intended that Catherine would be [on] the show next season but Elliott would not,' says Bellisario".[2]
In Spring 2005, despite CBS informing Donald P. Bellisario that the series "may get picked up", JAG was cancelled.[1] Bellisario stated that "the reason JAG is not coming back is purely demographic. Nothing more",[3] adding "it's wrong to say the show was canceled because series main David James Elliott said he was leaving".[3]
Cast and characters[]
Main[]
- David James Elliott as Commander Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr., USN, JAGC
- Catherine Bell as Lieutenant Colonel Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie, USMC, JAGC
- Patrick Labyorteaux as Lieutenant Bud Roberts, USN, JAGC
- Scott Lawrence as Commander Sturgis Turner, USN, JAGC
- Zoe McLellan as Legalman Second Class Jennifer Coates, USN, JAGC
Recurring[]
- Chris Beetem as Lieutenant Gregory Vukovic, USN, JAGC
- David Andrews as Major General Gordon Cresswell, USMC, JAGG
- Meta Golding as Lieutenant Tali Mayfield, USN, JAGC
- Jordana Spiro as Lieutenant Catherine Graves, USN
- Karri Turner as Lieutenant Harriet Sims, USNR
- Steven Culp as CIA officer Clayton Webb
- Claudette Nevins as Porter Webb
- Michael Bellisario as Midshipman Michael Roberts, USN
- Dean Stockwell as Secretary of the Navy Edward Sheffield
- Hallee Hirsh as Mattie Johnson
Episodes[]
| # | TITLE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hail & Farewell: Part 2 | ||||
| Following the retirement of Rear Admiral A.J. Chegwidden at the end of the last episode, Sturgis is named Acting JAG. Mac is unable to accept that Clayton Webb is dead and investigates the circumstances surrounding his death. Mac and Harm track a still-alive Webb to his family's beachfront house and discover that undercover MI6 agent Simon Tanveer is a deadly assassin known only as "The Hawk". Mac finally breaks up with Webb for good, unwilling to live with the lies of their relationship. | |||||
| 2 | Corporate Raiders | ||||
| In Iraq a firefight breaks out with friendly forces on each side; one Marine dies; each side says that the other side fired first. A retired Marine stands trial; Mac prosecutes, and Harm defends. Harm identifies the real trouble. | |||||
| 3 | Retrial | ||||
| Harm reopens a 22-year-old murder case after discovering evidence of not only prosecutorial misbehavior but also evidence proving the innocence of the defendant, who was a young seaman at the time of the occurrence. Mac and Bud deal with a chief warrant officer with four wives and families. | |||||
| 4 | Whole New Ball Game | ||||
| Gordon Cresswell , is the first pick to become the new JAG. Harm and Mac deal with a Navy Ensign accused of firing on a Canadian fishing boat. | |||||
| 5 | This Just In from Baghdad | ||||
| Harm and Mac head to Baghdad to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a U.S. Department of Defense official. | |||||
| 6 | One Big Boat | ||||
| A midshipman on the United States Naval Academy sailing team is swept overboard during a storm and questions arise about whether the team's commander was negligent in making the team sail through the weather. | |||||
| 7 | Camp Delta | ||||
| Harm defends Army MPs stationed at Guantanamo Bay who have injured a fellow soldier during an exercise involving detainees who resist. Bud has an altercation with an anti-war civilian, and General Cresswell orders him to take an anger management course. | |||||
| 8 | There Goes the Neighborhood | ||||
| Pia Bonfilio, a criminal friend from Petty Officer Jennifer Coates' past makes her life difficult. Bud defends a naval aviator who gave her father lessons in an F-18 that he purchased. | |||||
| 9 | The Man on the Bridge | ||||
| A Navy Commander assigned to the Bio-Weapons Defense Laboratory goes missing and Harm and Mac must work with the FBI to find him. Bud is asked to intervene when a female Marine wants to participate in the Corps boxing competition. | |||||
| 10 | The Four Percent Solution | ||||
| Mac is knocked unconscious in an auto accident on Christmas Eve and we see her meetings with her therapist Lieutenant Commander Vera McCool along with flashbacks of her life at JAG HQ. | |||||
| 11 | Automatic for the People | ||||
| An F-14 Tomcat testing a joint U.S.-Israeli anti-missile system crashes near an elementary school in California and Harm must deal with an eager junior officer as well as local tensions. Bud's anger management class doesn't go well when a fight breaks out. | |||||
| 12 | The Sixth Juror | ||||
| When a murder investigation on a small Navy base depletes the jury pool, Petty Officer Jennifer Coates is forced to serve as the sixth and final juror. | |||||
| 13 | Heart of Darkness | ||||
| Harm and Mac are sent to Afghanistan to seek out Marine Captain Jack Ramsey who has "gone native" to find Osama bin Laden and is accused of murdering civilians. Bud is asked by his retired father Big Bud to help him avoid military service when he is recalled to active duty. | |||||
| 14 | Fit for Duty | ||||
| A Navy psychiatrist is accused of malpractice by letting a Marine under her care who had severe PTSD return to the front lines, where he died in combat. Bud defends a Navy captain who refused to vacate his command after his ship hit a pier. | |||||
| 15 | Bridging the Gulf | ||||
| Harm is back under the microscope when he shoots down a civilian aircraft that had crossed into a "no-fly zone". Lieutenant Gregory Vukovic joins the JAG team and immediately rubs Mac the wrong way. | |||||
| 16 | Straits of Malacca | ||||
| Mac and Vukovic are sent to the Straits of Malacca in order to deal with a confrontation between a US Navy vessel and a ship seized by modern-day pirates. Bud and Harriet hold a party celebrating the birth of their twins. | |||||
| 17 | JAG: San Diego | ||||
| General Cresswell changes the location of the annual JAG conference to San Diego. Mac and Vukovic investigate an incident involving victims of a hurricane who clashed with Marines delivering relief supplies in Nicaragua. Harm must deal with a personal situation when Mattie is critically injured in an accident. | |||||
| 18 | Death at the Mosque | ||||
| Harm keeps a bedside vigil over Mattie, while Vukovic is sent to Iraq to defend a Marine who killed an allegedly unarmed Iraqi in full view of a reporter. General Cresswell asks Mac to convince his daughter, Cameron "Cammie" Cresswell, not to abandon a military career. | |||||
| 19 | Two Towns | ||||
| Mac goes to Iraq to investigate a bombing that killed a squad of Marine reservists. Harm and Bud go to Oklahoma to help a small town cope with the devastating loss. Things are complicated when the unit's sole survivor is accused of firebombing the Marine Reserve Center. | |||||
| 20 | Unknown Soldier | ||||
| General Cresswell's brother believes the remains of an unidentified service member from the Vietnam War are those of a pilot who saved his life, so Vukovic and Lieutenant Catherine Graves are sent to find a relative for a DNA test. | |||||
| 21 | Dream Team | ||||
| Harm and Vukovic defend a sailor accused of manslaughter because of a shipboard fight. Mac defends a Navy sailor who set several dolphins free. At the end of the episode General Cresswell announces a change that affects the entire staff with Harm being assigned to London and Mac to San Diego. At the very end, Harm is frocked to the grade of Captain. | |||||
| 22 | Fair Winds and Following Seas | ||||
With Harm being sent to London and Mac to San Diego, they must sort out their personal feelings quickly. Bud must decide what he will do with his career when both Harm and Mac separately offer him to come with each of them to their new prospective duty stations Vukovic, however, is told by Mac she does not want him on her staff. Vukovic is tasked to act as a diplomat when an overeager teenager enlists in the Marines to avenge his father's death in Afghanistan, mindful of advice from General Cresswell that the culture of the Marine Corps is different. The episode ends on a military JAG coin flip tossed by Bud Roberts, to decide whether Mac or Harm will resign their commission to be together.
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