JAG season 10

JAG
Season 10
StarringDavid James Elliott
Catherine Bell
Patrick Labyorteaux
Scott Lawrence
Zoe McLellan
No. of episodes22
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 24, 2004 (2004-09-24) –
April 29, 2005 (2005-04-29)
Season chronology
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The tenth and final season of JAG premiered on CBS on September 24, 2004, and concluded on April 29, 2005. The season, starring David James Elliott and Catherine Bell, was produced by Belisarius Productions in association with Paramount Network Television.

Season 10 of JAG aired alongside the second season of NCIS.

Plot

Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie (Catherine Bell), a tenacious, by-the-book Marine Corps judge advocate, and Commander Harmon "Harm" Rabb, Jr. (David James Elliott), a former naval aviator turned lawyer, are employed by Headquarters of the Judge Advocate General, the internal law firm of the Department 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 (David Andrews). This season, Mac and Harm must investigate the death of a Marine in a friendly fire incident ("Corporate Raiders"), a 22-year-old murder case ("Retrial"), an Ensign who fired on a fishing boat ("Whole New Ball Game"), and a DOD mishap in Baghdad ("This Just In From Baghdad"). Also this season, Mac suffers a personal loss ("Hail and Farewell"), and travels to San Diego to head a criminal investigation ("JAG: San Diego"), while new officers Lieutenants Gregory Vukovic (Chris Beetem), Tali Mayfield (Meta Golding), and Catherine Graves (Jordana Spiro) are assigned to her staff, Jennifer Coates (Zoe McLellan) is tapped to be a juror ("The Sixth Juror"), Harm must face the loss of Mattie (Hallee Hirsh) ("Death at the Mosque"), Bud Roberts (Patrick Labyorteaux) and Harriet Sims (Karri Turner) must decide their future, and Sturgis Turner (Scott Lawrence) 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 ("Fair Winds and Following Seas").

Production

In February 2005, series co-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 co-star David James Elliott] said he was leaving".[3]

Cast and characters

Main

Also starring

Recurring

Episodes

See also: List of JAG episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		US viewers
(millions)
2061"Hail and Farewell, Part II"Terrence O'HaraStephen ZitoSeptember 24, 2004 (2004-09-24)[4]2079.95[5]
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 (Ed Quinn) 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.
2072"Corporate Raiders"Bradford MayDon McGillOctober 1, 2004 (2004-10-01)[6]2089.28[7]
Harm and Mac investigate when a private military contractor is implicated in the death of a Marine in a "friendly fire" accident and are shocked to find out he's the formerly honorable Captain from "Collision Course" (Ep. 6:12).
2083"Retrial"Jeannot SzwarcLarry MoskowitzOctober 15, 2004 (2004-10-15)[8]21010.36[9]
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.
2094"Whole New Ball Game"Terrence O'HaraDarcy MeyersOctober 29, 2004 (2004-10-29)[10]2099.37[11]
Gordon Cresswell (David Andrews), a Marine colonel working as legal counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is the first pick of Secretary of the Navy Edward Sheffield (Dean Stockwell) to become the new JAG. Harm and Mac deal with a Navy Ensign accused of firing on a Canadian fishing boat.
2105"This Just In from Baghdad"Bradford MayPhilip DeGuere, Jr.November 5, 2004 (2004-11-05)[12]2119.63[13]
Major General Gordon Cresswell is appointed the new Judge Advocate General of the Navy. Harm and Mac head to Baghdad to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a U.S. Department of Defense official.
2116"One Big Boat"Kenneth JohnsonDana CoenNovember 12, 2004 (2004-11-12)[14]21210.41[15]
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.
2127"Camp Delta"Oz ScottLarry MoskowitzNovember 19, 2004 (2004-11-19)[16]2149.85[17]
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.
2138"There Goes the Neighborhood"David James ElliottDarcy MeyersNovember 26, 2004 (2004-11-26)[18]21310.21[19]
Pia Bonfilio (Alex Breckenridge), 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.
2149"The Man on the Bridge"Vern GillumDon McGillDecember 10, 2004 (2004-12-10)[20]21510.67[21]
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.
21510"The Four Percent Solution"Dennis SmithDana CoenDecember 17, 2004 (2004-12-17)[22]2069.03[23]
Mac is knocked unconscious in an auto accident on Christmas Eve and we see her meetings with her therapist Lieutenant Commander Vera McCool (Barbara Eve Harris) along with flashbacks of her life at JAG HQ.
21611"Automatic for the People"Kenneth JohnsonStory by : Philip DeGuere, Jr. & Darcy Meyers
Teleplay by : Philip DeGuere, Jr.		January 7, 2005 (2005-01-07)[24]21610.58[25]
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.
21712"The Sixth Juror"Bradford MayPaul LevineJanuary 14, 2005 (2005-01-14)[26]2199.95[27]
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.
21813"Heart of Darkness"Bradford MayPaul LevineFebruary 4, 2005 (2005-02-04)[28]21710.10[29]
Harm and Mac are sent to Afghanistan to seek out Marine Captain Jack Ramsey (Michael Rooker) who has "gone native" to find Osama bin Laden and is accused of murdering civilians. Bud is asked by his retired father Big Bud (Jeff MacKay) to help him avoid military service when he is recalled to active duty.
21914"Fit for Duty"Randy D. WilesDon McGill & Darcy MeyersFebruary 11, 2005 (2005-02-11)[30]2189.25[31]
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.
22015"Bridging the Gulf"Dennis SmithLarry MoskowitzFebruary 18, 2005 (2005-02-18)[32]2209.51[33]
Harm is back under the microscope when he shoots down a civilian aircraft that had crossed into a "no-fly zone". Lieutenant Gregory Vukovic (Chris Beetem) joins the JAG team and immediately rubs Mac the wrong way.
22116"Straits of Malacca"Richard ComptonDarcy MeyersFebruary 25, 2005 (2005-02-25)[34]22110.30[35]
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.
22217"JAG: San Diego"Vern GillumStory by : Larry Moskowitz
Teleplay by : Don McGill & Larry Moskowitz		March 11, 2005 (2005-03-11)[36]2228.98[37]
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.[note 1]
22318"Death at the Mosque"Bradford MayStephen ZitoApril 1, 2005 (2005-04-01)[38]2239.01[39]
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 (Danneel Harris), not to abandon a military career.
22419"Two Towns"Kenneth JohnsonDana CoenApril 8, 2005 (2005-04-08)[40]2249.02[41]
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.
22520"Unknown Soldier"Mike VejarStory by : Joseph C. Wilson
Teleplay by : Aurorae Khoo & Stephen Lyons		April 15, 2005 (2005-04-15)[42]2259.25[43]
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 (Jordana Spiro) are sent to find a relative for a DNA test.
22621"Dream Team"Vern GillumLarry Moskowitz & Don McGillApril 22, 2005 (2005-04-22)[44]22610.24[45]
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 sent to London and Mac to San Diego. At the very end, Harm is frocked to the grade of Captain.
22722"Fair Winds and Following Seas"Bradford MayStephen ZitoApril 29, 2005 (2005-04-29)[47]22713.98[48]
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.[note 2]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ This was a backdoor pilot for potential spin-off or reformat starring Catherine Bell, Chris Beetem, Meta Golding and Jordana Spiro as their respective characters and based around a JAG office in San Diego (as David James Elliott would leave JAG after its 10th season anyway). Nevertheless, CBS did not pick it up for their 2005-2006 schedule.[2]
  2. ^ The actual result of the flip is not depicted onscreen. Mac eventually reveals in the tenth season finale of NCIS: Los Angeles that Harm lost the coin flip and therefore resigned his commission to join her in San Diego, before separating to become the executive officer (XO) of the fictional USS Allegiance.[46]

References

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  9. ^ "Weekly Program Rankings (Oct. 11-17)". ABC Medianet. October 19, 2004. Archived from the original on June 1, 2009. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
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  12. ^ "JAG: Episode Title: (#1005) "This Just In from Baghdad"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
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