Introduction

The fifth season of JAG premiered on CBS on 21 September 1999, and concluded on 23 May 2000.

The season, starring David James Elliott and Catherine Bell, was produced by Belisarius Productions in association with, what was then-known as, Paramount Television (its post 2006 name is CBS Studios).

Outline

During his annual visit to the Vietnam Memorial, Harm meets Jenny Lake, a former singer in Bob Hope’s USO band, who was there the Christmas his father (in 1969 a pilot on CVA-14 USS Ticonderoga) was shot down. The 1969 timeline is recreated through Harm’s interpretation, with actors of the main cast portraying characters from 1969 and seen by Harm as the characters of the 1999 timeline.

The episode features the main and recurring cast playing different characters: David James Elliott as Harmon Rabb Senior, Catherine Bell as Jenny Lake, Karri Turner as Phyllis Diller, Anne-Marie Johnson as Diana Ross, Sibel Galindez as Dixie, Trevor Goddard as the CAG, Patrick Labyorteaux as Lt Gibson (Harm Senior’s RIO, shot down with him at the end of the episode), Randy Vasquez as Lt Garcia, Paul Collins as press photographer Morton Steele, John M. Jackson as CPO Burns, Michael Bellisario as Ensign Everett, and Chuck Carrington as Lt Bond.

JAG Series 05

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Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Alan J. Levi.
• Writer(s): Ed Zuckerman, John Schulian, Donald P. Bellasario.
• Release Date: 14 December 1999.
• Running Time: 42-47 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.