J.A.G.

Season One

J.A.G. (2-Hour Pilot)

JAG lawyers Lt. Harmon Rabb, Jr. and Lt.(jg) Caitlin Pike are sent to a carrier off the coast of Bosnia to investigate the disappearance at sea of a female RIO (radar intercept officer); but the investigation is interrupted by an air strike into Bosnia, during which Harm has a wild backseat ride on a recon mission with the CAG (air wing commander), who was Harm's father's wingman when he was shot down over Vietnam.

Shadow

Harm and his new partner, Lt. Meg Austin, are sent to a nuclear sub, where a contractor computer expert has taken control of an experimental torpedo and is threatening to sink a Caribbean cruise ship if he isn't paid a $40 million ransom.

Desert Son

When a Marine spotter, the son of a Vietnam War hero, transposes target coordinates during a training exercise, which results in seven injuries, Harm and Meg are called in to find out whether the Marine made an unfortunte mistake or was negligent because he was drunk at the time.

Brig Break

When a brig break, with Meg as a hostage, turns into a scheme by extremists to steal powerful explosives from a secured Navy installation, Harm and his former partner, Lt. Caitlin Pike, set out to rescue Meg and stop the extremists.

Deja Vu

A series of murders of Navy lieutenants leads Harm and Meg to the Thai Ambassador, his beautiful wife (who reminds Harm of a Vietnamese girl he met and fell in love with years earlier when he went to Vietnam in search of his MIA father), and the Ambassador's bodyguard.

Pilot Error

Lt. Luke Pendry, a close friend of Harm's, and his RIO are killed during a training exercise, and Harm and Meg try to find out whether the accident was caused by pilot error or a malfunction in the Tomcat's terrain-following computer; meanwhile Lt. Pendry's young son begins to see Harm as a replacement father-figure.

War Cries

Harm and Meg are called in to investigate the shooting of an unarmed 15-year old boy by a Marine guard at the U.S. embassy in Peru; but they soon find themselves fighting for their lives against vicious Peruvian terrorists.

Scimitar

When two Marines accidentally cross the Kuwaiti border into Iraq, one is killed and the other taken prisoner; and Harm and Meg are sent to free the captives with the help of an undercover U.S. sympathizer in the Iraq military.

Boot

A female recruit at a Marine boot camp is found dead and, while Harm conducts a standard investigation, Meg poses as a recruit to try to flush out the killer in what appears to be a murder.

Sightings

Harm and Meg investigate the disappearance of a young girl in what appears to be a UFO abduction; but they find mysterious happenings at a nearby abandoned naval air base.

The Brotherhood

When a Marine is found in a coma on a beach where a practice landing is underway, Harm and Meg are called in and soon find that drugs and L.A. gangs are involved.

Defense Action

Before Harm and Meg can conclude their investigation of the shooting down of a Bosnian helicopter gunship by a Navy CAG (Air Wing Commander), the politicians back home decide to courtmartial the CAG to save a peace treaty with Bosnia.

Smoked

A Tomcat with advance flight software is forced down in Cuba by a lightning strike, and Harm, Meg, and Commander Krennick are sent to negotiate for the return of the plane and pilot before the software can be downloaded by a Russian computer expert in Cuba. Meanwhile back home, Admiral A.J. Chegwidden takes command of JAG operations.

Hemlock

Meg is shot in the head by an assassin intent on his mission to kill Boris Yeltsin during a diplomatic trip to Washington, and Harm and Commander Krennick get some help from Oliver North [yes, the real one] to stop the assassin.

High Ground

A Marine sniper instructor who had save Admiral Chegwidden's life in Vietnam goes underground when he is ordered to active duty in Bosnia, and Harm goes after him at the risk of his own life.

Black Ops

When the son of a U.S. Senator is killed during a SEAL parachuting mission, Harm and Meg are sent to investigate; but the SEAL team members and their Army commanding officer are covering up something big.

Survivors

Harm and Meg try to help a Marine general who is wanted on an arrest warrant issued by a divorce court judge and is being aggressively pursued by a hot shot deputy sheriff; but the general believes that his young son is the reincarnation of his lifelong buddy who was killed and left behind in Vietnam.

Recovery

Harm and Meg investigate the death of a military space shuttle astronaut who was scheduled to lead a mission to repair a spy satellite monitoring China, and the prime suspect is a fellow astronaut.

The Prisoner

During a sailing trip out of Hong Kong, Harm is captured by the Chinese military and subjected to drug-aided interrogation regarding the possible U.S. response to a Chinese attempt to take control of two islands claimed by Taiwan; meanwhile, Meg and Commander Krennick try the diplomatic route to get Harm released.

Ares

A sailor is killed on Okinawa, and Harm, Meg, and Lt. Pike soon find that the murder was related to a sophisticated ship defense system that is to be tested aboard the dead seaman's destroyer near North Korean waters.

Skeleton Crew

When an Academy friend of Harm (a dead-ringer for Mac) is raped and murdered, Harm and Meg join in the investigation that is being led by an ambitious JAG lawyer and an abrasive civilian investigator; but when the prime suspect turns up dead, Harm is charged with the murders in a lover's triangle.

[Note: This was to have been the Season One series finale. However, since it ended in a cliffhanger and NBC did not pick up the series for Season Two, the episode was not aired in the U.S. until 1999, when it was aired by the USA Network as part of its syndicated reruns of "J.A.G." Major segments of the episode were used as flashback scenes in the Season Three episode Death Watch.]