JAG: Season 1

1995 · 22 episodes · ★ 7.3

What Season 1 of JAG

The first season of J.A.G. follows the uniformed lawyers of the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the United States Navy, headquartered in Washington, D.C. Harm Rabb, a former naval pilot, joins the department and works with a team of men and women. Depending on the case, these lawyers prosecute, defend or go out to investigate on the ground. Their cases range from internal Navy conflicts to sensitive matters governed by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, always with discipline as the limit. Meg Austin joins Harm on most missions, which take them to bases, submarines and embassies.

22episodes

Sep 23, 1995premiered

May 29, 1996latest episode

16.9 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 A New Life (1)
Sep 23, 1995 · 47 min · ★ 7.8
When a female F-14 Tomcat RIO (Radar Intercept Officer) goes missing from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Seahawk while stationed in the Adriatic Sea, the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, Rear Admiral Al Brovo (Kevin Dunn), sends young Lieutenant Harmon Rabb with Lieutenant Junior Grade Caitlin Pike on Bastille Day 1995 out to the carrier where they must find out whether her death was accidental or intentional.
Directing: Donald P. Bellisario · Writing: Donald P. Bellisario · Starring: Patrick Labyorteaux, Katherine Olsen, Michael Bellisario, Ferdinand Carangelo
1x02 A New Life (2)
Sep 23, 1995 · 47 min · ★ 8.3
Harm & Kate continue to investigate the death of Lt. Angela Arutti, all the while the carrier remaining on combat status.
Directing: Donald P. Bellisario · Writing: Donald P. Bellisario · Starring: Patrick Labyorteaux, Mathew Karedas, Michael Bellisario, Ferdinand Carangelo
1x03 Shadow
Sep 30, 1995 · 48 min · ★ 7.3
A civilian tech rep aboard a submarine seizes control of an experimental torpedo after its launch during an exercise. The rep threatens to sink a cruise ship and demands a ransom. Harm and Ltjg. Meg Austin go to the sub and save the day.
Directed by: Donald P. Bellisario · Written by: Donald P. Bellisario · Starring: Christopher John Fields, Ryan Hurst, Travis Fine, Rex Linn
1x04 Desert Son
Oct 7, 1995 · 46 min · ★ 6.7
During a maneuver, transposed digits lead to a fatal bombing of a unit's own men. This causes several seriously wounded and eventually one dead soldier. Lt. Rabb and Lt. Austin are assigned to investigate this case because the responsible man is none other than Jay Williams, the son of Gen. Williams. But it seems the case is clear since Jay confesses that this mistake was his fault. Locations: MCB Twenty-Nine Palms
Directing: Joe Napolitano · Writing: Robert Crais, Evan Katz, Donald P. Bellisario · Starring: Charles Hallahan, Gregg Henry, Spencer Garrett, Neal McDonough
1x05 Deja Vu
Oct 21, 1995 · 47 min · ★ 7.0
Harm and Meg are investigating the death of a Navy officer at the Arlington Cemetery, where during the months before, other Navy officers have been murdered, too. This murder happened after a reception at the French embassy and the trail leads to the Thai ambassador and his wife. Harm is attracted to her as she reminds him of a girlfriend back in Vietnam who was killed. Also, Colonel Patano (the ambassador's guard), is one of the suspects. Locations: Washington D.C.; McLean, Va.; Bethesda, Md.
Directing: Doug Lefler · Writing: Evan Katz · Starring: Dom Magwili, Alex Courtney, Vivian Wu, Lawrence Monoson
1x06 Pilot Error
Nov 4, 1995 · 47 min · ★ 7.8
During a test flight Lt. Pendry has a deadly crash with his Tomcat. Harm and Meg are ordered to probe this case and the facts point to a pilot error, not at a system malfunction. Though Pendry was a risk-taking pilot, Harm doesn't think he has gone too far based on his knowledge from his flying days with Pendry. Locations: Miramar Naval Air Station; San Diego/area and off-coast
Directing: Les Landau · Writing: Jack Orman, Robert Cochran, Donald P. Bellisario · Starring: Ken Lerner, Steve Rankin, Tim Kelleher, Tim Perez
1x07 War Cries
Nov 11, 1995 · 46 min · ★ 8.0
Cpl. Parr shoots at an intruder, who he believes shot at him first, at the United States Embassy in Lima, Peru. The intruder, an unarmed 15-year-old teen, is killed. But he wasn't just any boy. He was the brother of Cpl. Parr's girlfriend who (according to her) is pregnant. Harm and Meg are tasked to determine if the teenager was, in fact, unarmed, or if this was an attempt to kill the ambassador. Locations: Lima, Peru
Directed by: Duwayne Dunham · Written by: R. Scott Gemmill · Starring: Gail Strickland, Scott Coffey, Marta Martin, Luis Ávalos
1x08 Brig Break
Dec 2, 1995 · 47 min · ★ 7.0
Harm and Meg investigate the theft of stolen missiles at the SEATAC Naval Base. While interrogating PO1 Quinn of the theft, a prison-break takes place and Lt. Austin is taken hostage. Contrary to the Major in charge, Lt. Rabb thinks that this is a well-planned breakout with a big goal. Locations: SEATAC Island Naval Base and surrounding areas
Directed by: Jim Johnston · Written by: Robert Cochran, Reuben Leder · Starring: David Gianopoulos, Michael Jai White, Lee Tergesen, James Nardini
1x09 Scimitar
Dec 9, 1995 · 48 min · ★ 7.4
Cpls. Ednar and Anderson mistakenly cross the Iraqi border. Trying to escape an Iraqi patrol, Cpl. Ednar is killed and Cpl. Anderson is taken prisoner. The Iraqi government invite the United States to send advocates to defend the Marine who's facing the death penalty for espionage. Harm and Meg are assigned to travel to Iraq to act as his lawyers as well as attempt to free the Corporal with the help of an undercover agent called 'Scimitar'.
Directing: John McPherson · Writing: Robert Cochran · Starring: Nicholas Kadi, Ron Livingston, Natasha Pavlovich, Sara Mornell
1x10 Boot
Jan 6, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 7.6
Meg goes under cover as a Marine recruit in order to investigate the mysterious death of a female private in a boot camp. The facts point at the two drill instructors SSgt. Carrington and Sgt. Gonzales. But a newspaper clipping found by Lt. Austin changes the situation completely. Locations: Parris Island; Washington D.C.
Directing: Jim Johnston · Writing: Lucian Truscott IV · Starring: John Finn, Jenny Gago, Julie Caitlin Brown, Sam Sorbo
1x11 Sightings
Jan 13, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 7.6
While searching for a girl who disappeared near an abandoned Naval Air Station, Harm and Meg watch the same mysterious lights and hear the same painful sound which also took place during Kathy's disappearance. Though it looks like alien movement, neither Austin nor Rabb believe in UFOs. While looking for the young girl on the base, they nearly get caught but thanks to Kathy they manage to escape, but are trapped on the base. Locations: Del Rio, Texas
Directed by: Thomas Del Ruth · Written by: Evan Katz · Starring: Madeline Zima, William Lucking, Wings Hauser, Raoul Max Trujillo
1x12 The Brotherhood
Feb 3, 1996 · 47 min · ★ 7.4
During a simulated attack, a seriously wounded Marine is found on the beach. JAG is called in to investigate. Harm and Meg follow two ways: An executed Code Red or a brawl. Locations: Camp Pendleton and area; Los Angeles
Directed by: Michael Zinberg · Written by: Donald P. Bellisario, R. Scott Gemmill · Starring: Cress Williams, T.E. Russell, Marjean Holden, Colin K. Gray
1x13 Defensive Action
Mar 13, 1996 · 46 min · ★ 7.4
Harmon Rabb is promoted and his first assignment as Lt. Commander is to defend Capt. 'CAG' Boone in a court-martial. During a mission over Bosnia, one aircraft goes down due to a system malfunction. A Serbian helicopter shoots at the parachuting crew and, to protect them, the CAG shoots down the helicopter. Is CAG, indeed, defending the crew from a hostile helicopter, or is he acting out of revenge, violating a cease-fire, and risking a war? Locations: Bosnia; Naples, Italy; USS Seahawk/Adriatic Sea; Washington D.C.
Directing: Ray Austin · Writing: Terry Curtis Fox · Starring: Scott Jaeck, Tim Quill, Ned Vaughn, Jack Shearer
1x14 Smoked
Mar 20, 1996 · 45 min
After a lightning strike, a damaged Tomcat flying over Cuba is forced to land by the Cuban air force. Harm and Meg, accompanied by Cdr. Krennick and undersecretary of state Bair go to Cuba to negotiate the return of the pilot and aircraft. The main goal is to prevent the download of the Tomcat's classified software. But the CIA's actual plans are totally different ... Locations: Washington,D.C.; Cuba
Directed by: Jim Johnston · Written by: Donald P. Bellisario · Starring: John M. Jackson, Bernard White, Walter Addison, Sam Vlahos
1x15 Hemlock
Mar 27, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 7.6
Due to the transposition of two digits of a phone number, Lt. Austin receives a fax with the itinerary for a person with the codename 'Shepherd'. Later, a Commander from the Royal Navy shows up demanding that paper. After receiving it he shoots Meg, seriouly wounding her. Trying to find out who this 'Shepherd' is and why this document is so important, they end up chasing an assassin named 'Hemlock' apparently working for Russian hardliners and trying to kill the man behind 'Shepherd'- Boris Yeltsin who is due in the US for a secret treaty signing. Locations: Washington, D.C.; Bethesda; Leesburg, Va.
Directing: Jim Johnston · Writing: Donald P. Bellisario, Jack Orman · Starring: John M. Jackson, Jack Conley, James Denton, Robert Curtis Brown
1x16 High Ground
Apr 3, 1996 · 45 min · ★ 7.0
GSgt. Crockett, instructor for snipers at the Boot Camp in Quantico, should be transferred to Bosnia. But there's a deal existing between him and his former commanding officers which says he won't be used in combat missions any longer. After shooting at the colonel 'to get his attention,' he is arrested. Since Crockett once saved Adm. Chegwidden's life, the Admiral orders an investigation to help him. But GSgt. Crockett escapes from the brig and hides in the mountains. Some marines, accompanied by Harm, go out to find Crockett, who's a well-trained and experienced sniper. Locations: Quantico, Va.; Washington D.C.
Directed by: Ray Austin · Written by: Greg Strangis, Robert McCullough · Starring: John M. Jackson, Stephen McHattie, Christopher Murray, Tom Hodges
1x17 Black Ops
Apr 10, 1996 · 46 min
Harm is called in to probe the death of Navy pilot Lt. Marion, son of US Senator Grace Marion, while training with the Navy SEALS. As he was there only for two days, it seems that the death was due to gross negligence. With the reports given by his superior and comrades, combined with the results of how how he died, it seems that the actual incident is a cover-up. Analyzing his equipment and learning that it was a combat mission (and not a training mission as stated), the facts then point at murder. The key to all this could be General Behnke. Locations: Washington D.C.; NAS Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico; Carribean Sea; Colombia
Directing: Ray Austin · Writing: Greg Strangis, Robert McCullough · Starring: John M. Jackson, Conor O'Farrell, Matt Battaglia, Rosemary Forsyth
1x18 Survivors
Apr 17, 1996 · 45 min
Harm represents the divorced Marine colonel Anderson who has overextended his custody agreement when attempting to spend time with his son before his mother moves him far away. But a warrant goes out to for Anderson, on whom the Vietnam war left its marks. After a local deputy attempts to arrest him without success, a strong police force goes after him. Harm learns what Anderson is really up to and helps him to reach a lodge, the place where he promised to bury an old pal who died back in Vietnam, but was left behind. Locations: Vietnam (1972); California (Tustin, Santa Ana,Big Pine, Bishop)
Directed by: Greg Beeman · Written by: R. Scott Gemmill, Donald P. Bellisario, Jack Orman · Starring: Dan Lauria, Karen Landry, Steven Barr, David Roberson
1x19 Recovery
May 1, 1996 · 44 min
An evacuation training for a Space Shuttle team ends with a dead pilot caused by a broken cable. Harm and Meg investigate and soon determine that the cable was sabotaged. Harm's first suspect is promoted pilot Lt.Cdr. Lowry. As this is an important mission (repairing a spy satellite monitoring Southwest Asia) it can't be canceled. And since there isn't another eligible pilot, Lowry cannot be removed from the team. A training flight with Lowry and Harm on board has a fatal system malfunction - again sabotage. Lowrey can now be crossed out but the person responsible for these incidents must be found as the scheduled mission must proceed as planned. It is highly possible that there will be another 'unpleasant surprise' to stop this mission. Locations: AFB Vandenberg; Space
Directed by: Joe Napolitano · Written by: Jack Orman · Starring: Tom Mason, Mark Rolston, Mark L. Taylor, Stan Egi
1x20 The Prisoner
May 8, 1996 · 45 min
On a sailing trip near Hong Kong, Harm is captured by the Chinese military. They want him to reveal the United States' position in case the Chinese should take two islands (which are claimed by Taiwan) by force. To get this information, the Chinese employ various mind games including placing Harm's father in a adjacent cell. Cdr. Krennick and Lt. Austin are offered a deal which includes Harm's freedom and asylum for a Chinese military person. Locations: Hong Kong; Nantou, China
Directing: Michael Zinberg · Writing: Evan Katz · Starring: Page Leong, Steven Anderson, Aki Aleong, Tzi Ma
1x21 Ares
May 22, 1996 · 44 min
A killed Navy officer working at a destroyer's new defensive system is investigated by Harm with help from Lt. Pike and Cdr. Brockman. Later, during the testing of this system, a malfunction occurs and the system takes over the ship. Without any chance to navigate it, the ship drifts directly to North Korea where the North Korean Navy is already awaiting them. Meg, who came in later, tries with other technicians to break the lockout to regain control over the sabotaged system. Locations: Okinawa, Japan; Japanese Sea
Directed by: Ray Austin · Written by: Jack Orman · Starring: John Dossett, Jim Metzler, Todd Kimsey, Tim Ryan
1x22 Skeleton Crew Season Finale
May 29, 1996 · 46 min
A murdered female lieutenant turns out to be Lt. Schonke, a friend with whom Harm attended Academy, but neither Cdr. Krennick nor Agent Turque, an abrasive civilian investigator, buys Harm's claim that his relationship was strictly platonic. After the primary suspect of the murder is also found dead - a more than dubious suicide - Harm finds himself being the number one suspect for both murders ... Locations: US Naval Base Norfolk, Va.; Washington D.C.
Directing: Donald P. Bellisario · Writing: Donald P. Bellisario · Starring: Patrick Labyorteaux, John M. Jackson, Mark Kiely, Brook Susan Parker