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23. We the People
gs: Steven Culp (Clayton Webb) Carmen Argenziano (Col. Matthew O'Hara) Tom O'Brien (Captain Cahill) Sal Landi (Sgt. Riske) Melody Rogers (ZNN Anchor) Robert Knott (Billy) Jay Taylor (ZNN Reporter) Jody Wood (Postal Driver) Elliott Woods (Postal Shotgun)  

Harm teams up with Maj. Sarah MacKenzie and Lt. Roberts to investigate, together with Special Assistant Webb, the theft of the Declaration of Independece, who was stolen by Colonel O'Hara. O'Hara, who turns out to be Mac's uncle, claims he has taken control of it to remind the people - and especially the politicians - of its meaning and spirit. Locations: East of Yuma, Arizona; Red Rock Mesa; Washington, D.C.; Falls Church, Va.
 

b: 03-Jan-1997 pc: 025 w: Donald P. Bellisario d: Les Landau  

NOTE: At the beginning of the episode, Harm is introduced to his new partner, Marine Major Sarah (Mac)MacKenzie. When Harm sees her though, he momentarily freezes, and we are shown a lady that looks like her in a Navy uniform. Harm blows it off, saying that Maj. MacKenzie "looked" like someone he once knew. It isn't until much later in the series that we learn of Harm's former girlfriend Diane Schonke who was murdered. The footage that is used is from the episode, "Skeleton Crew" which never aired during its original year.
This episode was the first episode that aired on CBS. To help viewers understand the concept of the series, a narrator describes how Harm was a F-14 fighter who transferred to JAG after crashing his Tomcat due to night blindness. However, this is the only episode where the narrator doesn't use the phrase, "..along with fellow JAG lawyer Major Sarah MacKenzie..." as she hadn't yet been introduced to Harm.
 

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24. Secrets
gs: Beata Pozniak (Malka Dayan) Steven Culp (Clayton Webb) Victor Love (Cpl. Jason Magida) Leon Russom (Capt. Gayle Osborne) Claudette Nevins (Mrs. Porter Webb) Chuck Carrington (PO Tiner) Lillian Lehman (Judge) Kiva Lawrence (Sickbay Doctor) Rick Cramer (SRT Corpsman)  

The convicted spy Jason Magida successfully escape from Groton brig and his way leads him straight to Adm. Chegwidden's office, who was involved in his court-martial back then. He takes him, and later also Mac and Bud, hostage. Claiming he was framed, he insists the three officers retry him. Harm, inbetween trying from outside to solve this situation with Webb's help, calls in a SWAT team and then has his hands full of keeping the team away from killing Magida. Locations: Groton, Conn.; Falls Church
 

b: 10-Jan-1997 pc: 028 w: Tom Towler d: Raymond Austin  
 

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25. Jinx
gs: Charles Esten (Lt. Pete Ayers) Daphne Ashbrook (Annie Pendry) Tim Grimm (Cmdr. Dale Bishop) Will Rothhaar (Josh Pendry) Judson Mills (Lt. Tim 'Spock' Vanderway) Francia DiMase (Lt. Tess McKee) John Pose (Crash Investigator) Pat Lalama (Female News Reporter) Norman Large (Flight Surgeon) Barry Nolan (Male News Reporter) Clayton Norcross (Lt. Luke Pendry)  

Harm risks his life to prove that an F-14 squadron is not jinxed after there have been six fatal mid-air accidents, including one that killed his best friend.

During Mac and Harm's investigation into the "curse" of the squadron, they learn that the rumor of a jinx stems from an accidental bombing of an Iraqi mosque during Desert Storm. Now only one of the fliers involved in the bombing is left, and Harm has no choice but to fly with him in order to restore the squadron's confidence. However, when a mid-air refueling goes awry and Harm is seriously injured, it seems that the squadron may be jinxed after all.
 

b: 17-Jan-1997 pc: 027 w: Jack Orman d: Jerry Jameson  
 

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26. Heroes
gs: Freda Foh Shen (Lt. Cmdr. Chen) Travis Fine (PO Gorski) Efrain Figueroa (Gunner Perez) Harrison Page (Rear Adm. Morris) Steven Flynn (CPO Greg Connors) Quinn Duffy (PO Mark Harridan) David Groh (Chief Harridan) Rutanya Alda (Elaine Harridan)  

Harm and Mac face off on opposite sides of the courtroom at the trial of a Navy Seal accused of murdering his closest friend during a mission against terrorists.

Despite evidence to the contrary and the accused's unwillingness to cooperate, Mac, who is defending him, feels there's more to the story than meets the eye. Her fervor causes Harm, who is prosecuting the case, to dig deeper into the dead boy's personal life. It is Harm who discovers that it isn't a case of murder -- but, in fact, the victim begged his friend to kill him in order to keep a secret from his father, a strict former Navy petty officer.
 

b: 24-Jan-1997 pc: 026 w: R. Scott Gemmill d: Tony Wharmby  

NOTE: In this episode, Harm fires an automatic weapon into the ceiling of the courtroom to illustrate a point. An incident that lands him in hot water with the Admiral and which will continue to haunt Harm throughout the series.
If you recognize actor David Groh, he played Rhoda's husband Joe, in the 1970's TV series "Rhoda".
 

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27. Crossing the Line
gs: Terry O'Quinn (Capt. (CAG) Thomas Boone) Sibel Ergener (Lt. Elizabeth "Skates" Hawkes) Karri Turner (Ensign Harriet Sims) Nancy Everhard (Lt. Marilyn Isaacs) Bill Bolender ('Skipper') Steve Eastin (MCPO Max Sullivan) Dee Wallace Stone (Congresswoman DeLong)  

Harm and Mac investigate a female fighter pilot's charge of sexual harassment against her commanding officer.

The pilot, Lt. Marilyn Isaaks, claims to have been grounded for pressing charges of sexual harassment against her commanding officer, Capt. Boone (guest star Terry O'Quinn). Capt. Boone claims he grounded her because she's a bad pilot. While Harm and Mac are called in to conduct a thorough investigation into the allegations, congressional intervention forces Boone to schedule Isaaks for a training flight -- an action that Harm feels will have deadly consequences.
 

b: 31-Jan-1997 pc: 029 w: Stephen Zito d: Tony Wharmby  

NOTE: Love is in the air as Bud falls for the Seahawks Public Affairs Officer: Ensign Harriet Sims.  

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28. Trinity
gs: Diana Princess of Wales (herself) Harry Van Gorkum (Lorcan Barnes) Mark Lindsay Chapman (Insp. Vincent Hutchinson) Susan Gibney (Lt. Linda Nivens) James Lancaster (Jonathan Graham) Sean Lawlor (Jack Moore) Michael Enright (Seamus) Les Lannom (Dart Thrower) Colin Hay (Miles)  

Harm & Mac are sent to Belfast, Ireland when the child of Navy Lieutenant Nivens suddenly turns up missing and a note left behind indicates it was taken by Lorcan Barnes of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), who also happens to be the child's father.

Arriving in Belfast, Harm & Mac are immediately at odds with the Royal Police, when they suggest "negotiating" with the IRA for return of the baby. Not finding much help, they go and search out the IRA on their own. Directed to a bar & told to ask for a particular type of beer. While playing darts, a man showing Mac the proper way to throw a dart whispers in her ear to go to an abandoned storefront. With the Royal Police tailing them, Harm and the baby's mother risk going to the storefront, while Mac boards a bus and leads the Police away from Harm.

Once at the storefront, Harm is knocked unconscious and taken downstairs. He is then interoggated by a member of the IRA who we learn is Barnes. He doesn't believe the child has been kidnapped and when he finally accepts he has, he asks Lt. Nivens why she would believe that he would do something like that. Told that a love poem, written by Barnes to Lt. Nivens was left in the crib, he becomes enraged. While in a Royal Prison, Barnes said he repeated those words he had written over & over to keep himself focused. Harm believes that the Royal Police themselves kidnapped the baby and devises a way to know for sure. Harm has Lt. Nivens go to the US Embassy to wait for them.

With Mac kept at the offices of the Royal Police a note passed to her under a cup of tea directs her to tells Inspector Hutchinson that the baby has Lyme Disease and needs to be treated soon. The Inspector says that he will do all he can to find the baby in time. The Inspector makes a call and a sample of the baby's blood makes it to a lab. A technician makes a note of the address where it came from and notifies Barnes. Barnes & Harm immediately head to the address to rescue the baby.

At Royal Police HQ, the Insp. Hutchinson learns that the Lyme Disease test was a ruse and realizes his plan has been discovered. He directs his colleague to "get rid of all evidence", which includes the baby. At the residence, the police members realize they can't kill the baby, instead taking it just as the IRA shows up. As a red light delays the police leaving the scene, they are spotted by Harm, who rams his vehicle into the police vehicle. Barnes soon joins up and a firefight ensues between the IRA members & the police, with the IRA getting control of the baby.

Sirens sounding in the background forces Barnes to make a choice. He chooses to stay & fight, but not before giving the baby to Harm with direction to get the baby safely to the US Embassy. Harm rushes off and he & Mac get to the embassy just as Inspector Hutchinson arrives. After flashing their ID's to the Marine Guard, they order the Marine to open the gate & let them in. When Inspector Hutchinson tries to intervene, the Marine levels his weapon at the Inspector through the gate. Harm & Mac enter the embassy and reunite Lt. Nivens with her baby.

At the airport heading back to the USA, Harm, Mac & Lt. Nivens all wonder what has become of Lorcan Barnes, trying to remain positive. Lt. Nivens sings an Irish lullaby to her baby, taught to her by Barnes.
 

b: 07-Feb-1997 pc: 024 w: Jack Orman d: Alan J. Levi  
 

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29. Ghosts
gs: Steven Culp (Clayton Webb) Jason Behr (Midshipman Danvers) Meg Wittner (Judge Laura Delaney) Robin Thomas (Phil Delaney) Claudette Nevins (Mrs. Porter Webb) David Gowgill (Research Doctor) Patrick Day (Vietnam Veterans Research Man) Leon Russom (Osbourne)  

The JAG team discovers an evil plot by a rogue CIA agent after two attempts are made on Admiral Chegwidden's life.

After Harm and Mac uncover the fact that all the members of the admiral's former SEAL team have recently died under mysterious circumstances, the JAG team learns that Chegwidden and his team were part of a CIA-controlled SEAL mission during the Vietnam war. Suspecting that the murder attempts may be connected to the mission, they start an investigation that leads to the rogue agent's plot to eliminate all witnesses to a terrible incident that occurred during the mission. But when the assassin kills Chegwidden's girlfriend, he decides to take care of the job himself -- even if it means losing his stripes.
 

b: 14-Feb-1997 pc: 030 w: R. Scott Gemmill s: Brian Nelson & R. Scott Gemmill d: Raymond Austin  
 

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30. Full Engagement
gs: Harrison Page (Rear Adm. Morris) Patrick Kilpatrick (Kent) Michael Bowen (Denny) Demetrius Navarro (Angel Munoz) Jerry Hardin (Mechanic) David Homb (Lee) Rick Hill (Kent's Brother)  

Harm and Mac play a deadly game of hide-and-seek in the Appalachian mountains when they are tracked by backwoodsmen poachers who have just killed a game warden.

While on their day off, Harm takes Mac for a flight in his vintage airplane, only to be forced to make an emergency landing in a mountain clearing because of mechanical problems. While in search of help, they unwittingly surprise a band of poachers who have just murdered a game warden and who are now determined to kill Harm and Mac. Their lives in jeopardy, Harm and Mac must utilize every evasive military maneuver they've ever learned in order to escape the murderers who are now hunting them.
 

b: 21-Feb-1997 pc: 031 w: Jack Orman d: Alan J. Levi  

NOTE: We learn in this episode that Harm named his Stearman airplane, "Sarah", after his grandmother.  

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31. Washington Holiday
gs: Christopher Neame () Susan Vee (Ensign Nestor) Kiersten Warren (Princess Alexandra) Nanci Chambers (Meghan O'Hara) Karri Turner (Ensign Harriet Sims) Steven Culp (Clayton Webb) Michael Des Barres (King Josif)  

Harm is assigned to escort a rambunctious and ravishing Romanian princess, whose life has been threatened if her father petitions to join NATO. Meanwhile, Bud wrestles with starting a romance with Ens. Harriet Sims.
 

b: 28-Feb-1997 pc: 032 w: Stephen Zito d: Joe Napolitano  

NOTE: Nanci Chambers who plays the reporter Megan O'Hara is in real-life married to David James Elliott; she will return in Season 5 as a recurring character, Lt. Loren Singer.
Ensign Harriet Sims was re-assigned to Norfolk from the USS Seahawk ("Chains of Command") in this episode. Her new position is now the Assistant to the Pubic Information Officer. This allows her romance with Bud to flourish, after a rocky beginning.
 

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32. The Game of Go
gs: George DelHoyo (Rincon) Steven Culp (Clayton Webb) Tony Perez (Carlos Estruga) Eddie Frias (Cpl. Cordoba) Michael Tomlinson (Ambassador Witherspoon) Billy Gallo (Lt. Diaz)  

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.
 

b: 28-Feb-1997 pc: 023 w: Tom Towler d: Raymond Austin  

NOTE: This episode was the 2nd of a rare "JAG" double-header: 2 new episodes airing on the same night.  

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33. Force Recon
gs: Phil Morris (Captain Koonan) Eric Allan Kramer (Colonel) Michael Cudlitz (Sgt. Tesla) Steve Monroe (Lance Cpl. Sibley) Michael Alldredge (Gunnery Sgt. Krycek) David A. Brooks (Beret Rowdy)  

Harm goes undercover as a Marine gunnery sergeant to help Mac in her investigation of questionable Marine training methods and becomes a victim of unsafe maneuvers himself.

While undercover, Harm learns that the tough-as-nails officer in charge of Force Recon training, Capt. Koonan, introduces unexpected problems into the training missions as a means of teaching the men to react quickly to surprises during combat. In addition to testing the Marines' mettle, the method also doubles their chances of returning safely from combat. However, in the mission in which Harm is involved, the method backfires dramatically, leaving five men trapped in a training maneuver destined for a disaster that even Capt. Koonan can't reverse, and it's up to Harm to get the trainees -- and himself -- out safely.
 

b: 07-Mar-1997 pc: 033 w: Tom Towler , Stephen Zito s: Tom Towler & R. Scott Gemmill d: Alan J. Levi  
 

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34. The Guardian
gs: Bruce Weitz (CPO Paul Bauwer) Sam Gifaldi (Marty Bauwer) Ellen Geer (Judge Gail Sanders) Mary Cadorette (Rebecca Bauwer) Michael Brandon (Nardoni)  

Harm and Mac defend a former Navy Seal, now a homeless man, but still a highly trained killing machine, who is accused of using excessive force in killing three men who tried to hold up a convenience store.

It seems like an open-and-shut case of triple homicide until Harm and Mac discover that the former Seal, Paul Bauwer acted instinctively at the store as he sought to protect a young boy -- who happened to be his estranged son but didn't recognize him. Bauwer, embarrassed by his own vagrancy, wants to keep his identity a secret from his son. As a result, Harm and Mac must devise a successful defense without divulging their client's relationship to the only witness to the incident, while at the same time proving that Bauwer acted in an appropriate manner.
 

b: 28-Mar-1997 pc: 035 w: Jack Orman d: Michael Schultz  

NOTE: Bruce Weitz played Mick Belker in the very successful NBC series, 'Hill Street Blues'.  

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35. Code Blue
gs: Steven Anderson (Dr. Gary Sugarman) Francesco Quinn (Mustapha Ben Kessar) George D. Wallace (Chief Walter Hume) Kaitlin Hopkins (Doctor) Lela Ivey (Pregnant Woman) Dick Anthony Williams (Lang) Vince Ricotta (Temir) Alle Ghadban (Zaki) Lisa Lord (Door Guard) Vladimir Skomarovsky (Minister Baruk)  

Hospitalized with a knee injury, Harm is forced to take action when the Hamas, a terrorist Islamic Resistance group, takes the hospital hostage.

An Israeli diplomat undergoing a heart transplant provides the Hamas terrorists with the perfect negotiating tool. They take over the operating room -- as well as the entire hospital -- and use the diplomat as leverage while demanding the release of one of their imprisoned leaders. Meanwhile, Mac is trapped in the hospital cafeteria trying to negotiate with two terrorists.
 

b: 04-Apr-1997 pc: 036 w: R. Scott Gemmill d: Tony Wharmby  

NOTE: The actor who played the doctor, Steven Anderson, also appeared in the first season as Asst. Secretary of State David Bair in the episodes, "Smoked" & "The Prisoner".
Catherine Bell really is fluent in Farsi, as well as Russian.
Francesco Quinn is the son of veteran actor Anthony Quinn; he will show up in Season Seven as another ill-fated terrorist.
Vladimir Skomarovsky returns in Season Three as Colonel Parlovsky.
Tina Albanese appears as the cafeteria cashier in an uncredited role.
 

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36. Cowboys and Cossacks
gs: Alexander Kuznetsov (Commander Kretchiak) Morgan Hunter (Captain Grinkov) Michael John McKay (Commander Petavich) David Warshofsky (XO Blake) Lindsey Ginter (Capt. McNamara) Christian Hoff (Ensign Garrett) Heinrich James (Lieutenant Matovic)  

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.
 

b: 11-Apr-1997 pc: 034 w: R. Scott Gemmill d: Tony Wharmby  

NOTE: Paul Dafelmair won an Emmy Award - "Outstanding Costume Design for a Television Series" for this episode.

Alexander Kuznetsov (Commander Kretchiak) will return in later episodes - he has a very small role as a Russian interceptor pilot in "To Russia With Love" and then later still appearing in Seasons 6 & 7.
 

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37. Rendezvous
gs: Karri Turner (Ensign Harriet Sims) Terry Lester (CPO Fred Holtz) Jamie Rose (Liz Holtz) Al Sapienza (PO Carlos)  

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.
 

b: 18-Apr-1997 pc: 037 w: Craig Tepper d: Duwayne Dunham