3. STAFFEL

Season 3

38. Ghost Ship
gs: Richard Portnow (Sibby Lonegro) Steven Culp (Clayton Webb) Rex Linn (Lt. Mark Falcon) Karri Turner (Ens. Harriet Sims) Jon Menick (Dr. Burger) Marcy Kaplan (Millie Shaker) Corey Joshua Taylor (Detective) Larry Manetti (Andy Kochifos)

Harm discovers evidence that his father, an MIA from the Vietnam War, may be alive and under KGB control in Russia.

Harm and Mac are investigating the murder of a Navy pilot whose body was found hidden aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier the USS Hornet. With help from a local police lieutenant, they discover a motive for the crime, which involves a list of MIAs and POWs supposedly still alive and under KGB control in Russia -- and the list includes Harm's father. But before Harm can act on the information, the book mysteriously disappears along with the helpful police lieutenant.

b: 23-Sep-1997 pc: 039 w: Donald P. Bellisario s: Rear Adm. Paul T. Gilcrist, USN (Ret) & Donald P. Bellisario d: Donald P. Bellisario

NOTE: This episode is dedicated to the memory of J. David Jones. Mr. Jones worked behind the camera on a number of projects, including "Magnum, PI", "Airwolf" and on the movie "Con Air". Mr. Jones passed away from lung cancer at the age of 61.
This episode lays the groundwork for Harm to learn that his father was transferred to Russia for the later episode "People vs. Rabb" & the season ending cliffhanger.
Rex Linn returns to JAG, having previously served as the skipper in the season 1 episode, "Shadow".
The city of Alameda, California does have the USS Hornet (CV-12) as a museum, rest assured, the fire didn't turn her into scrap metal!!!
The ship served the USA from November 29, 1943 until May 26, 1970. To learn all about it & how you can visit it, go to: http://www.uss-hornet.org

Michael Bellisario (son of JAG creator/executive producer Donald P. Bellisario) plays the 'tough' pizza delivery person in an uncredited role.

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39. The Court-Martial of Sandra Gilbert
gs: Elizabeth Mitchell (Sandra Gilbert) Anne-Marie Johnson (Rep. Bobbi Latham) Bobby Hosea (Lt. Col. Robert Turner) Rex Smith (Sgt. Max Frankl)

A top female helicopter pilot is accused of disobeying an order---to cease her affair with a married enlisted man, and a Congresswoman is determined to ensure the pilot's fair treatment as a potential court-martial looms.

b: 30-Sep-1997 pc: 040 w: Stephen Zito d: Alan J. Levi

NOTE: Rep. Bobbi Latham makes her first appearance on the show in this episode, thus setting the stage for the relationship being her & Harm that continues through the series. FYI -- Anne-Marie Johnson who plays the Congresswoman, previously starred at Althea Tibbs in the show, "In The Heat of the Night"; which also starred Carroll O'Connor (of All in the Family) and Howard Rollins, who played her husband, Virgil Tibbs.
The references to Congresswoman DeLong, harkens back to the episode in Season Two, "Crossing the Line".

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40. The Good of the Service
gs: Ben Murphy (Lt. Col. John Farrow) Karri Turner (Ens. Harriet Sims) Erik King (Capt. Henry Banes) Ian Ogilvy (Jeffrey Mason) Pamala Tyson (Antoinette Malador) Kathleen Lloyd (Rita Chaidez) Paul Collins (SecNav. Nelson) Gregory White (Admiral Colter) Jack Yates (Brigadier General Parham)

When a Marine colonel defies orders from superiors, as well as the State Department, and rescues his men who are being held and tortured by a Haitian warlord, he is court-martialed. Harm and Mac are assigned as prosecutors and are shocked when they find they must go head-to-head with Chegwidden.

Bud was put in a position to choose which side to go on. He choosed Admiral Chegwidden

b: 07-Oct-1997 pc: 038 w: Larry Moskowitz d: Alan J. Levi

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41. Blind Side
gs: Eric Winzenried (Lt. (j.g.) Ron Sadowski) Gary Graham (Capt. Gary Hochausen) Sarah Silverman (Lt. (j.g.) Schiparelli) David Koplan (Lt. Peter Judd) Linden Chiles (Adm. James Dawkins) Richard Speight, Jr (Lt. (j.g.) Michael Gerter) Sandy Edgerton (Gail Hochausen) Harry Hutchinson (Willie McCafferty) Mark Nutter (Ted Lanier)

Harm risks ending the career of his mentor, as well as their friendship, when he investigates a training accident that killed two civilians.

When an F-15 has a mid-air accident and the occupants are forced to eject, a mother and her child are killed on the ground by the falling debris. Mac is assigned to represent the pilot as Harm investigates the cause of the accident and the leader of the training mission, Capt. Hachausen, his former flight instructor and mentor. When Harm's probe reveals that the captain's been covering up problems with his eyesight and the pilot of the plane is covering up for the captain, Harm must decide whether to reveal his findings -- information that would certainly end his mentor's career.

b: 14-Oct-1997 pc: 041 w: Dana Coen d: Tony Wharmby

NOTE: This episode takes place at the Navy's "Fightertown, USA" base: Home of Top Gun. It is now located at Fallon, NV after the Navy abandoned Miramar NAS. (Former home of TopGun - seen in the famous movie)

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42. King of the Fleas
gs: Larry Poindexter (Dalton Lowne) Aki Aleong (Li Trang) Kevin Conway (Willie Meizer / Roscoe Martin) Michael David Lally (Det. Frank Coster)

When a former Vietnam POW arrives at JAG headquarters to report a murder he's just committed, Harm confronts a very complex individual who may know something about his MIA father.

When Willie relates the fact that he was imprisoned with Harm's father and then blindsides Harm by claiming that his father was a turncoat, the information has a profound effect on the JAG lawyer. Willie, a very complex individual, has been waiting 30 years to tell his story in his own way. Ultimately, Harm finds out that Willie's murder victim was the contemptible, sadistic commander of the POW camp where Willie had been -- but that's just the beginning of Willie's incredibly sad war story.

b: 21-Oct-1997 pc: 043 w: Dana Coen d: Tony Wharmby

NOTE: This episode was responsible for two later episodes: "The Stalker" later this year & "The Martin Baker Fan Club" in Season Four.

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43. Vanished
gs: Jim Fitzpatrick (Lt. Cmdr. Murray Douglas) David Sheinkopf (Lt. Cmdr. 'Monk' Decker) Stephanie Niznik (Lt. (j.g.) 'Hobo' Green) Darren Gray Ward (Lt. 'Bubba' Fields) Alex Kapp Horner (Radio Operator)

When a fully armed and piloted Navy F-14 disappears during a storm, the JAG team is called in to investigate all possible scenarios, from pilot suicide and terrorism to the curse of the Bermuda Triangle and UFO interference.

When the plane's co-pilot surfaces, bloodied and disoriented, Harm and Mac get some new information that steers them away from Twilight Zone explanations and instead points them in the direction of kidnapping, terrorism and a hard-core militia group's plot to assassinate a PLO delegation heading for Washington by using the pilot -- and his plane -- to do the dirty work.

b: 28-Oct-1997 pc: 042 w: R. Scott Gemmill d: Alan J. Levi

NOTE: Fact file: The real USS Coral Sea (CV-43) was commissioned on October 1, 1947. It served the Navy until it was decommissioned on April 26, 1990 (over 33 years). It was then sold to be scrapped.
Parts of this episode, specifically showing the B747, used footage that was seen in the movie "Executive Decision".

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44. Against All Enemies
gs: Jimmy Taenaka (Dick Namakura) Dennis Bowen (Major Nick Keneally) Marjorie Monaghan (Alice Tuppany) Mark Costello (Wallace) Karri Turner (Ensign Harriet Sims) David Purdham (Capt. Ray Hubbard) James Macdonald (Lt. Cmdr. Rockwell) Tom Everett (Houck) Allen Cutler (Nathaniel Ryder) Don Yesso (Harley) Laurel Moglen (Amy Sullivan) James C. Martin (Catanese)

International tensions mount as Harm, Mac and Bud board an aircraft carrier in the Sea of Japan to investigate the accidental shooting down of a North Korean civilian airline by Navy jets.

While negligence on the part of the Navy fliers is indicated, Harm and Mac uncover evidence of a spy aboard the carrier. Meanwhile, the threat of war becomes real when a U.S. salvage vessel is sent to the site to help with the investigation and two North Korean warships threaten to sink it if both U.S. ships don't leave the area immediately.

b: 04-Nov-1997 pc: 044 w: Alex Davidson d: Joe Napolitano

NOTE: The footage showing the hull number for the USS Reprisal is 59 -- which is in real-life the USS Forrestal. In June of 1967, while operating within the Vietnam theatre, an tragic fire broke out on the flight deck. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) was serving aboard the Forrestal at that time. The ship was saved due to the bravery & heroism of her crew; however, 132 persons will killed & 62 injured with two more listed missing & presumed dead. The USS Reprisal was commissioned on October 1, 1955 and decommissioned on Sept. 30, 1993. It is hoped that it can be donated/converted into a museum.
To read more about this fascinating ship that served her country well, go to the official Navy website for the ship, "USS Forrestal".

The crew's ballcaps listed the USS Reprisal - CV35. This refers to the Navy's actual carrier with the same name & hull number. In the late-1940's, the hull was 53% completed when it was scrapped in November, 1949. As a result, the ship was never completed or commissioned.
The USS Reprisal will make a later appearance in the season 4 episode, "Innocence".

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45. Above and Beyond
gs: Montel Williams (Lt. Curtis Rivers) Gregory Itzin (Lawrence Culbertson) Guy Garner (CPO Jeb Stuart Wilkins) John Prosky (Jon Barrow) Tico Wells (PO Elwood Douglas) Mike Jolly (Ray McNeely) Chris Burgard (PO Barry Hannah) Nick Meaney (Leonard Kress)

When Harm, Mac and Bud are ordered to run a routine background check on a Navy SEAL who is a candidate for the Medal of Honor, they uncover unsavory information that may make him unworthy.

Lt. Rivers is up for a medal after he single-handedly rescues the undersecretary of state from fundamentalist terrorists. Harm and Mac, in their investigation, find Rivers, an African-American, to be a very tough, complex and uncommunicative individual who is totally devoted to his country and his duty. But his men paint a different picture of him as a gung-ho loner who doesn't care about the safety of his team and, in fact, botched the mission by leaving one of his men behind. Rivers finally agrees to open up to Harm -- but only if Harm can withstand arduous SEAL training for one day -- including the brutal manhandling required of the "hostage interrogation."

b: 11-Nov-1997 pc: 045 w: Paul J. Levine d: Tony Wharmby

NOTE: One of the best scenes in all of TV -- a drunk Bud singing the old Tom Jones hit, "Delilah".

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46. Impact
gs: Gary Collins (Senior Attorney) Peter Murnik (Clark Palmer) Larry Poindexter (Dalton Lowne) Randolph Mantooth (Col. Ron Barrett) Jerry Hardin (Senator) Karri Turner (Ensign Harriet Sims) Michael Storm (Admiral Hercules Elgin)

Harm & Bud are sent to Twenty-nine Palms Marine Base to investigate the mid-air collision of 2 helicopters & subsequent crash of one helicopter which killed the pilot.

Upon arrival at the crash site, they learn that the "other" aircraft was not another helicopter as was first thought. A piece of wreckage that is found that belongs to the "other" aircraft only deepens the mystery. When members of the Defense Security Division appear onscene with orders to take over the investigation and crash site, Harm becomes convinced that a major cover-up is in the works.

The base commander, Col. Barrett gives Harm time to investigate further. When Harm & Bud are out driving the base at night, they see an unknown type aircraft flying above them and follows it, but are soon blocked by a fence over the road marking the property of the "Bradenhurst Corporation". Even though the signs indicated that "Deadly Force has been authorized", Harm crashes the gate to follow the aircraft, but they are both caught immediately by the company security team.

Word of Harm & Bud trespass reaches all the way to Washington, DC. Col. Barrett is ordered to have Harm & Bud on the next available transport back to DC. Adm. Chegwiggen is ordered to pull his men as well. Harm tells Col. Barrett that they were following the aircraft believed to be involved in the collision and needs only another 24 hours. Col. Barrett advises the next transport is full, giving Harm his 24 hours.

Harm sneaks onto the Bradenhurst Corporation property on foot and gets close to the main building, when he suddenly hears the unknown aircraft above him. As he is taking pictures from underneath it, he is suddenly hit with a sonic pulse knocking him unconcious. He wakes up inside the main building with Special Agent Palmer advising him that his career is over. As they are moving Harm, he grabs a mop and attacks Palmer escaping. He then finds the aircraft in a hangar, a secret new aircraft under development for the Defense Department. He is able to obtain a computer disk that has pictures and plans of the secret aircraft but is soon discovered. Escaping outdoors, Harm grabs a pickup left running and takes off cross-country with Palmer's security team in hot pursuit.

Harm's tires are shot out and is forced to a stop. Palmer arrives asking where he hid the disk. When Harm refuses, Palmer punches Harm in the mouth. Palmer then draws his weapon on Harm threatening to shoot him. The "cavalry" in the form of Marine troops from the adjoining base come over the hill and Harm explains to Col. Barrett that he has evidence implicating the Bradenhurst Corporation in the collision and the death of a Marine. Col. Barrett states he is taking Harm into custody along with everything on his person. The security team, out-numbered withdraw, but not before Harm slugs Palmer back.

Back in DC, Mac is further tempted as she meets the partners of Dalton's firm. They make her a generous offer and after some thought, she goes into see the Admiral with a request for terminal leave beginning on Monday. The Admiral at first is upset over the lack of notice being given, but tells her that she has been a credit to the Marines as well as JAG and will be missed. On her way out, she says her goodbyes, while looking for Harm. Once outside, she runs into Harm and while saying goodbye, Dalton comes to pick her up in his Porsche.

b: 18-Nov-1997 pc: 046 w: R. Scott Gemmill d: Paul Schneider

NOTE: This episode introduces us to Special Agent Clark Palmer of the Defense Security Division. Because of this incident, Palmer becomes obsessed with getting back at Harm, setting the stage for future episodes.
Mac officially turns in her notice to take Terminal Leave in this episode for the prestige of a civilian law practice.

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47. People v. Rabb
gs: Steven Culp (Clayton Webb) Dana Sparks (Lt. Cmdr. Carolyn Imes) Rif Hutton (Lt. Cmdr. Mattoni) Larry Poindexter (Dalton Lowne) Vladimir Skomarovsky (Col. Mikhail Parlovsky) Marty Rackham (Agent Al Grenin) Shashawnee Hall (Agent Novack) Paul Collins (SecNav. Nelson) Levani Outchaneichvili (Konaplanik)

Harm meets with a Russian 'contact' in order to purchase documents that will prove his father was taken to Russia after being shot down in Vietnam. However, during the transaction, they are interrupted by a KGB agent, Col. Parlovsky who shoots & kills the Russian, then runs off as FBI agents show up, finding Harm over the body, with the gun & documents he wrestled away.

As the FBI wants to hold him for the murder of the Russian, Adm. Chegwiggen manages to have Harm transferred to a military brig, and court-martialed, much to the dismay of the FBI agents. CIA agent Clayton Webb, knowing that it was Parlovsky, not Harm that committed the shooting, arranges for Harm to escape from custody in hopes Parlovsky will contact Harm.

In the end, Parlovsky makes contact with Harm, but they both get away before Webb can catch them. Parlovsky tells Harm the documents were a fake and burns them. He then leaves, refusing to help clear Harm of the shooting.

Harm turns himself back into military custody and when his JAG-appointed lawyer insists on pleading him guilty to a reduced charge, Harm fires her, replacing her with a civilian lawyer: Mac. Mac is then able to show that Harm wasn't guilty of the shooting and that the FBI failed to gather evidence at the scene of a third person. The court agrees and dismisses the charges.

Mac then approaches the Admiral, requesting to be re-instated into the Marines & JAG. As it happens, her request for terminal leave ("Impact") was never processed, having stayed in his desk drawer.

While the staff welcomes Mac back, Harm is handed a envelope from Russia. It shows a picture of his father taken with some other Russians -- on the back of the photo is written: "This one's for real." (Sets up the plot lines for the season ending cliff-hanger episode: To Russia With Love)

b: 25-Nov-1997 pc: 047 w: Larry Moskowitz d: Greg Beeman

NOTE: FBI Special Agent Al Grenin will return in Season 4's episode, "River's Run". FBI Special Agent Novack also returns in Season 4's episode, "Act of Terror".
The last time we saw Vladimir Skomarovsky, he was needing a heart transplant in last year's, "Code Blue". He played Israel Prime Minister Baruk.

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48. Defenseless
gs: Dana Sparks (Lt. Cmdr. Carolyn Imes) Ryan Sparks (Derrick) Harrison Page (Rear Adm. Morris) Kate Hodge (Ens. Elizabeth 'Beth' Lane) Karri Turner (Ens. Harriet Sims) Michael Saad (Col. Hasan) Paul Collins (SecNav. Nelson)

Harm's skills as a lawyer are challenged when he defends a female ensign who claims she murdered an officer because her "instincts" told her he meant to hurt her.

The ensign claims that when the officer entered her apartment on false pretenses, she felt threatened by him and killed in self-defense. Though the defense is decidedly thin -- no weapon was even found on the man's body -- Mac and Harm decide to stick with the case and are determined to help the ensign remember forgotten details of the event.

b: 09-Dec-1997 pc: 048 w: Kimberly Costello d: Tony Wharmby

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49. Someone to Watch over Annie
gs: Daphne Ashbrook (Annie Pendry) Will Rothhaar (Josh Pendry) Karri Turner (Ensign Harriet Sims) Steven Culp (Agent Clayton Webb) Stephen Liska (Gunter Harvak) Michael Gregory (Maintenance Chief Marks) Jeffrey Corbett (Cmdr. Benjamin Riles) Nathan LeGrand (Detective Brady)

Annie Pendry, a widow, comes to Harm for help after her young son, Josh, witnessed a murder while on a class trip to Andrews Air Force Base. After Harm and Josh are the targets of a drive-by shooting, Harm moves Josh and Annie into his apartment -- and into his life. Harm discovers that the original crime and the drive-by shooting are tied to a ruthless international arms dealer, but not before Josh is kidnapped by the dealer in order to silence him as a witness.

b: 06-Jan-1998 pc: 049 w: Stephen Zito d: Greg Beeman

NOTE: When we see Bud and Harriet in bed watching TV, the "Quantum Leap" theme song can be heard, and Bud is wearing a "Quantum Leap" shirt.

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50. With Intent to Die
gs: Giuliana Santini (Francesca Paretti) Rif Hutton (Lt. Cmdr. Mattoni) Tom Urich (Admiral Clancy) David Downing (Chaplain) Larry Poindexter (Dalton Lowne) David Doty (Dr. Rowland) Karri Turner (Ensign Harriet Sims) Diana Morgan (Linda Reynolds) Kent McCord (R. Adm Paul Whelan) Daphne Ashbrook (Annie Pendry) Norman Parker (Mitchell Schoenfeld) Katherine Cannon (Evelyn Clancy) Royce D. Applegate (Craig Allenby) Paul Collins (SecNav. Nelson) Kimberly Scott (Agent Lisa Viola)

Admiral Chegwidden investigates the apparent suicide of his mentor, Admiral Clancy, who allegedly shot himself while on a hunting trip with several friends. Chegwidden can't believe that his friend would kill himself, and discovers that someone else may have actually pulled the trigger.

b: 13-Jan-1998 pc: 050 w: Larry Moskowitz d: Winrich Kolbe

NOTE: We first learn in this episode that Adm. Chegwiggen has a daughter that lives in Naples, Italy. This sets the stage for the future episode, "Going After Francesca"; as well as the 'B' story-line in the episode, "The Stalker".

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51. Father's Day
gs: Jaimz Woolvett (Cpl. Daryl Wetzel) Olivia Burnette (Marie Wetzel) Rif Hutton (Lt. Cmdr. Mattoni) Larry Poindexter (Dalton Lowne) Greg Mullavey (Tobey) Pat Skipper (Brig. Gen. Albanese) Ray Buktenica (Art Scherer) Kate Williamson (Bea Green) Loryn Locklin (Jill Waddington) Kendahl King (Judge) J. Marvin Campbell (Tank Commander)

Due to frustration at being unable to wrest custody of his son from his drug addicted wife, Corporal Wetzel was distracted during a war game exercise and crashed a tank. Accused of dereliction of duty, Wetzel admits to being diverted on the job, but insists that Mac and Harm must keep him out of jail, since his arrest would certainly mean losing his son.

Harm and Mac like Wetzel and understand that his frustration accounts for his poor judgment. But nobody's more surprised than they when Wetzel winds up in a tank in a stand-off with the military, questioning why he's being forced to choose between being a marine and being a father.

b: 03-Feb-1998 pc: 051 w: Dana Coen d: Tony Wharmby

NOTE: Jaimz Woolvett is the older brother of actor Gordon Michael Woolvett. (Seamus Harper in Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda")
Harm & Bud are forced to share a hotel room due to a shortage of rooms available, as a "Quantum Leap" fan convention is occurring at the hotel.
Series Creator & Executive Producer Donald P. Bellisario appears as himself in an uncredited role. As the Creator/Executive Producer of "Quantum Leap", he is a honored guest at the "QL" convention.
Mr. Bellisario has often stated that of all the series he has been involved with, "Quantum Leap" has been his favourite.

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52. Yesterday's Heroes
gs: Garrison Hershberger (Cmdr. Crowley) Ernest Borgnine (Artemus Sullivan) Richard Haje (Manny) Allan Royal (Skipper) Karri Turner (Ensign Harriet Sims) Steven Culp (Agent Clayton Webb) Nick Corri (Branko Mendoza) Richard Bakalyan (Harold Green) Lou Myers (Wendell Freeman III) Dennis Burkley (Jungle Larry) John Bennett Perry (Roland Sims) Debbie McLeod (Lydia Sims)

When a luxury yacht owned by a reputed South American drug trafficker mysteriously sinks and the Navy is suspect, Harm, Mac and Bud are put on the case. Meanwhile, Artemus Sullivan, a World War II Navy veteran, with the help of his aged cronies, devises plans from a nursing home to make sure the drug dealer responsible for Sullivan's grandson's death is brought to justice. But when Sullivan is kidnapped by the drug dealers, his mettle is tested, as is that of Harm and his team as they race to rescue the war hero.

b: 24-Feb-1998 pc: 052 w: R. Scott Gemmill d: Greg Beeman

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53. Chains of Command
gs: Anne-Marie Johnson (Rep. Bobbi Latham) Larry Poindexter (Dalton Lowne) Bill Bolender (Captain Ross (Ret.)) Steve Eastin (MCPO Sullivan) Karri Turner (Ensign Harriet Sims) Blake Lindsley (PO Flannery Douglas) Gary Grubbs (Air Boss) Mary Jo Deschanel (Mary Ross)

Harm, Mac, and Bud investigate claims of sexual harassment aboard an aircraft carrier. Mac's boyfriend, Dalton Lowne, is the defendant's attorney, and Mac is shocked when she discovers that he has been copying information from her files.

In order to solve the case, and combat Lowne's dirty tricks, Harm enlists the aid of Congresswoman Bobbi Latham. Justice is served, though many people's lives are changes as the result of Lowne's tactics.

b: 03-Mar-1998 pc: 053 w: Stephen Zito d: Tony Wharmby

NOTE: Actor Steve Eastin has appeared in many projects over the last 30 years - including films such as, "Field of Dreams" and "Con Air".

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54. The Stalker
gs: Dana Sparks (Lt. Cmdr. Carolyn Imes) Rif Hutton (Lt. Cmdr. Mattoni) Larry Poindexter (Dalton Lowne) Michael David Lally (Det. Frank Coster) Giuliana Santini (Francesca Paretti) Forry Smith (CPO Sevalas)

Following her ugly break-up with Dalton Lowne, Mac has reason to believe that he's stalking her -- until he's killed during an apparent car-jacking and the stalking continues. Much to Harm's dismay, the strain of the two events pushes Mac to the edge -- and to the bottle. Concerned for Mac's safety and sobriety, Harm intensifies his search for Mac's tormentor before he causes her bodily harm.

b: 17-Mar-1998 pc: 054 w: Larry Moskowitz d: Scott Brazil

NOTE: Writer Larry Moskowitz won a "Prism" award / Certificate of Merit for this episode.

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55. Tiger, Tiger
gs: Kipp Shiotani (Doc Wainer) Troian Bellisario (Erin Terry) Daphne Ashbrook (Annie Pendry) Gregory Itzin (Lawerence Culbertson) Will Rothhaar (Josh Pendry) Victor Rivers (Miquel) Kirsten Holmquist (Lt. Cmdr. Ruth Terry) Dan Gerrity (Cmdr. Charles Ziegler) Jeffrey Hutchinson (Kyle Williams, OOD) Paul Collins (SecNav. Nelson) Rawley Valverde (Juan Santos) Michelle Bonilla (Rosalita)

When Harm takes young Josh on a weekend cruise for Navy families aboard the frigate, pleasure turns to fear when the ship is taken over by terrorists who intend to fire missiles at Cuba. After Josh and Harm manage to elude the terrorists, they try to contact authorities about the situation. But the plan goes awry when Harm is found out, and he then tries to strike a deal with the terrorists while also racing to foil the plot before the innocent civilians get hurt.

b: 24-Mar-1998 pc: 055 w: Thom Parham d: Tony Wharmby

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56. Death Watch
gs: Tracey Needham (Lt. (j.g.) Meg Austin) John Ashton (Agent Brian Turkey) Andrea Thompson (Cmdr. Allison Krennick) Ben Lemon (Commander Holbarth) Mark Kiely (Lieutenant Lamm) Brook Susan Parker (Lt. Sarah Williams) Glenn Morshower (CPO Ned Bannon)

Mac arrives at Harm's apartment and is surprised to see that he has forgotten she was coming over and that he is getting to leave with a firearm. Stalling him, she gets him to tell her the story 2 years ago of the murder of his then-girlfriend, Lt. Diane Schonke, an Academy classmate, after her ship, the USS Seahawk docked in Norfolk. When Harm shows Mac a picture of Diane, Mac is stunned to see that Diane looks just like her.

When Harm tells Mac that he believes he has finally figured out who the real murderer is (Agent Turque) and that he intends to confront him, she gets him to initially agree to take her with him. Harm however tricks her and drives off, leaving Mac behind standing in the rain. Desperate to find Harm before he does something he'll regret, Mac calls Bud to meet her at JAG. Bud was an Ensign on Diane's ship and was one of the people who found Diane's murdered body. Bud tries to help Mac fill in the gaps and helps Mac learn that Agent Turque isn't the murderer. Searching Navy records, Bud learns that the USS Sheffield docked today and that Cmdr. Hobarth is on the ship. Mac goes to meet with Harm & Hobarth, but wearing very-wet clothes, Bud offers to give her a uniform of Harriets to wear.

Harm waits at the dock of the USS Sheffield until Cmdr. Hobarth leaves the ship and then confronts him. Harm tells him that he read a copy of a letter Diane had left in her personal letters (returned to him after Diane's investigation was closed) that Diane had told Cmdr. Hobarth her intent to file a grievance once they docked because when she felt she was being stalked on the ship and reported to Cmdr. Hobarth (then XO on the Seahawk), he refused to do anything official about it. Harm then tells Hobarth that he knows he killed Diane to save his career, but in the end, his career stalled anyway.

As Harm moves toward Hobarth pulling his gun, Mac yells to him. Hobarth looks and sees Mac wearing a Navy uniform in the fog. Believing her to be Diane, he backs up on the dock and falls into the water, immediately being crushed by the hull of the ship. Bud goes to get help, while Harm & Mac are forever left with the question as to whether he would have killed him.

Before they leave, Harm looking at Mac embrace & kiss. Mac though tells Harm that she knows Harm really was kissing Diane.

b: 31-Mar-1998 pc: 057 w: Donald P. Bellisario d: Donald P. Bellisario

NOTE: This episode is referred to in the industry as a "bottle show". It is designed to minimize the number of sets/shots/actors in order to save money. All of the flashbacks were part of the first season episode, "Skeleton Crew".
That episode was to serve as a cliff-hanger leading into the second season. However, NBC cancelled the show after it was filmed but before its scheduled airdate. As a result, NBC never showed that episode.

Mac (and viewers) finally learn the reason Harm look "shell-shocked" when they were first introduced to each other in the episode, "We The People".

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57. Imposter
gs: Harrison Page (Rear Adm. Morris) Peter Murnik (Clark Palmer) Karri Turner (Ensign Harriet Sims) Sam Hennings (Col. Ronald Vickers) Stephen Macht (James Gribaldi) Larissa Laskin (Sharon Dupree) James McBride (Cpl. Pasternak) Mark Carlton (Darrel Spratt) Marilyn Tokuda (Dr. Oh) Tony Noakes (Spec. Invest. Dwight Burgess)

Clark Palmer, a renegade government agent, breaks into Harm's apartment and incapacitates him. Palmer then makes a cast of Harm's face in order to prepare a mask that he can wear to pass for Harm. Palmer plans to murder the key witness in the trial at which Harm and Mac are currently prosecutors.

When Harm doesn't show up for the start of the trial, Mac takes his place, leaving Bud to search for the missing JAG lawyer. When Bud finds Harm trapped in an ingeniously booby-trapped apartment, the two must find a way to escape before the assassin can carry out his plan.

b: 21-Apr-1998 pc: 058 w: R. Scott Gemmill d: Alan J. Levi

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58. The Return of Jimmy Blackhorse
gs: Trisha Yearwood (Lt. Cmdr. Teresa Coulter) Karri Turner (Ensign Harriet Sims) Gregory Norman Cruz (Paul Begay) Frank Sotonoma Salsedo (Johnny Blackhorse) Betty Carvalho (Margaret Blackhorse) Nick Tate (Jimmy Blackhorse) Grace C. Renn (Adele Wheeler) Steve Reevis (Sammy Wheeler)

Members of the JAG team encounter resistance from Navajo tribal elders when they insist on DNA testing to verify that human remains are those of heroic Navajo "code-talker" Jimmy Blackhorse, who has been missing since World War II. Forensic pathologist Lt. Cmdr. Teresa Coulter joins Harm and Mac on the case.

The Navajo elders consider it a sacrilege to tamper with the remains of the dead and, furthermore, the Navajo medicine woman is certain that the remains do not belong to the esteemed Blackhorse. While the veracity of scientific evidence is argued against that of tribal custom and the metaphysical, Teresa finds herself falling for Harm and putting the entire assignment in jeopardy.

b: 28-Apr-1998 pc: 056 w: Dana Coen d: Alan J. Levi

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59. Clipped Wings
gs: Charles Homet (Lt. Gordon) Anne-Marie Johnson (Rep. Bobbi Latham) Giuliana Santini (Francesca Paretti) Victor Bevine (Col. Achille Marcello) Fulvio Cecere (Franco Restivo) Cosimo Canale (Roberto San Giocomo) Pierrino Mascarino (Signor Antinori) James F. Kelly (Military Judge) David Ackert (Capt. Balducci) Joe Spano (Captain Murphy)

Political pressures come into play after an F-14 pilot clips a ski helicopter during a NATO exercise over Italian airspace, killing six civilians. Harm and Mac are assigned to opposite sides in the case, but the Italian government wants to prosecute on its own.

b: 05-May-1998 pc: 059 w: Stephen Zito d: Tony Wharmby

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60. Wedding Bell Blues
gs: Dana Sparks (Lt. Cmdr. Carolyn Imes) Jeff MacKay (Master Chief "Big" Bud Roberts) John Bennett Perry (Roland Sims) Debbie McLeod (Lydia Sims) Michael Bellisario (Mike "Mikey" Roberts) Scott Haven (Chaplain) Karri Turner (Ensign Harriet Sims) Iqbal Theba (Johnny Marvel) Gary Miller (Judge) Jackie Dabatin (Loni) Gary Simpson (Seaman Crothers) Jan Eddy (Edward Grainger) Ann Walker (Molly D'Ambrose) Scott MacDonald (Officer Balkings)

Bud has his hands full when his obnoxious and abusive father, Big Bud, and his younger brother, Mikey, arrive in town for his wedding. Big Bud throws a stag party at a boisterous strip club where Harm's dress whites end up on the body of a stripper. A fight breaks out and Harm, Bud and Chegwidden find themselves in the slammer on the day of the wedding.

While Mac goes downtown to bail them out, Harriet begins to have second thoughts about the imminent nuptials.

b: 12-May-1998 pc: 060 w: R. Scott Gemmill & Stephen Zito s: Larry Moskowitz d: Alan J. Levi

NOTE: Jeff MacKay (who plays Bud's father) previously worked for series Creator/Executive Producer Donald P. Bellisario in: "Black Sheep Squadron", "Battlestar Galactica" and "Magnum PI" among others.

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61. To Russia with Love (1)
gs: Alexander Kuznetsov (Pilot) Christina Pickles (Trish) Aleksandar Kaniak (Hotel Desk Clerk) Donald P. Bellisario (Hugh Blackadder) Elizabeth Liebel (Customs Inspector) Vladimir Skomarovsky (Col. Mikhail Parlovsky) Rex Linn (Mark Falcon/Maj. Sokol) Allan Kolman (Alexei) W. Morgan Sheppard (Major Viktor Lushov) Ilia Volok (Major Nikolai) Jon Cypher (Frank Burnett) Charles Hoyes (Ernie McGill) Paul Collins (SecNav. Nelson) Steven Culp (Clayton Webb)

(The time is 1980, several Russian soldiers are guarding a prisoner who is Harmon Rabb, Sr. at a train station. The KGB take a photo of the persons gathered there - a photo which has made its way to Harmon Rabb, Jr. in the present time.)

Clayton Webb meets with Harm at JAG and tells him who the men in the photo are. Webb mentions that one of them, Victor Lushov is now working in San Diego. Harm requests from the Admiral to take an F-14 hop to San Diego to visit his mother, keeping secret his true intentions.

In San Diego, Harm meets with Lushov who turns out to be a Russian pilot who was instrumental interoggating Harm, Sr. after he was shot down over Vietnam, later befriending him. He tells Harm Jr. all about what happened to his father, that Harm Sr. fed all kinds of disinformation to the Russians, which was worse than telling them nothing. Lushov gives Harm Jr. the KGB file number for his father. And says he wants to live and will not repeat what he has said to anyone.

Harm meets with his mother and shows her the photo and informs her that he is now going to Russia to search for his father. She tries to dissuade him, but knows he's going to go. His step-father tries to help by telling him that he will arrange for any amount of money he needs to be available to Harm in Russia.

Back at JAG, Adm. Chegwidden is irate at being deceived when Harm requests leave to go to Russia. Knowing that Harm will not stop now that he has a strong scent the Admiral relents. Onboard the plane at Dulles, Harm is surprised to see Mac slipping into the seat next to him. When he objects, Mac tells him that he needs her, that he won't get far not being able to speak the language.

In Moscow, when checking into the hotel, Harm & Mac learn they will have to share a room. Unable to sleep, they discover someone listening outside their door. It turns out to be Alexei, their cab driver that picked them up at the airport. Harm & Mac decide to go for dinner and as they start to get into Alexei's cab, they are surprised to find the man who impersonated Lt. Mark Falcon in Oakland ("Ghost Ship").

Falcon takes Harm & Mac to his office, working for the Federal Security Service. He tells them his real name is Maj. Sokol. He was raised in Texas when his parents were sent there to spy on NASA. He wants to know why they are in Russia, then tries to say that no Americans were brought to Russia. Harm gives Sokol/Falcon the KGB number and they leave.

Back at the hotel, Harm & Mac run into Col. Parlovsky who warns them that they must leave Russia, that they are in grave danger.

Maj. Sokol/Falcon meets with Harm & Mac in Red Square and hands the KGB dossier to Mac. She reads that the subject was transferred to a prison in Beloyka, where he escaped. Harm decides to go to Beloyka. But all flights, trains have been cancelled. Harm goes to the US Embassy & meets Hugh Blackadder who hands him a briefcase full of US money.

Harm & Mac arrange with Alexei a ride in a MIG-29 to Beloyka. The pilot, though thinks he just taking them on a short ride. Harm knocks out the pilot and get in the pilots seat with Mac taking a seat in the rear. Alexei warns Harm not to go, that fighter planes will be waiting for him once airborne. Harm still goes.

In the air, Mac is trying not to be sick, 2 fighter planes lock onto Harm's plane. Unarmed, he tries to out-fly them. With a missile inbound, Harm dives through the clouds and the scene freezes and we see, "To Be Continued."

b: 19-May-1998 pc: 081 w: Larry Moskowitz d: Tony Wharmby

NOTE: JAG Creator & Executive Producer Donald Bellisario has a cameo role as Hugh Blackadder, the man in Moscow who gives Harm lots of cash.
Jon Cypher, who plays Harm's step-father, played Chief of Police Daniels, in the 1980 series, "Hill Street Blues".