JAG Series 07 Overview (2001-2002)

Introduction

The seventh season of JAG premiered on CBS on 25 September 2001, and concluded on 21 May 2002.

The season, starring David James Elliott and Catherine Bell, was produced by Belisarius Productions in association with Paramount Television.

Outline

Commander Harmon “Harm” Rabb, Jr. (David James Elliott), a former Naval aviator turned lawyer, is assigned to the Headquarters of the Navy Judge Advocate General alongside fellow Marine Corps lawyer Lieutenant Colonel Sarah “Mac” MacKenzie (Catherine Bell), a squared away officer with a dysfunctional past. This season, Mac waits anxiously for news of Harm, who has been lost at sea (“Adrift”), before requesting an assignment away from JAG (“New Gun in Town”), while Commander Sturgis Turner (Scott Lawrence) joins the team.

Also, Harm defends a Major accused of homicide (“Measure of Men”) and a Marine is accused of rape (“Guilt”), Mac is awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (“Mixed Messages”), Harm faces disbarment (“Redemption”), and six Marines are killed in an ambush (“Ambush”).

Later, the team run a marathon (“Jagathon”), The CAG (Terry O’Quinn) comes out of retirement (“Dog Robber”), and Jennifer Coates (Zoe McLellan) is assigned Harm as legal counsel (“Answered Prayers”), before Harm and Mac go up against Admiral Chegwidden (John M. Jackson) at a military tribunal when prosecuting a top Al-Qaeda terrorist, and Lieutenant Bud Roberts (Patrick Labyorteaux) is injured on a land mine in Afghanistan (“Enemy Below”).

JAG Series 07

Episode 01: Adrift, Part 02.
Episode 02: New Gun in Town.
Episode 03: Measure of Men.
Episode 04: Guilt.
Episode 05: Mixed Messages.
Episode 06: Redemption.
Episode 07: Ambush.
Episode 08: Jagathon.
Episode 09: Dog Robber, Part 01.
Episode 10: Dog Robber, Part 02.
Episode 11: Answered Prayers.
Episode 12: Capital Crime.
Episode 13: Code of Conduct.
Episode 14: Odd Man Out.
Episode 15: Head to Toe.
Episode 16: The Mission.
Episode 17: Exculpatory Evidence.
Episode 18: Hero Worship.
Episode 19: First Casualty.
Episode 20: Port Chicago.
Episode 21: Tribunal.
Episode 22: Defending His Honour.
Episode 23: In Country.
Episode 24: Enemy Below.

You can find a full index and overview of JAG here.

Trivia

During its seventh season, JAG began to show ” a surprising resurgence”, with the season premiere achieving “the second-highest ratings in [the series’] seven-year history”
Series creator Donald P. Bellisario “credits the national wave of patriotism for part of the show’s new strength. “People are tuning in to get some insight into what the military is all about,” he says. “We show the positive and the negative, but we also give respect to those officers who lay it on the line.”
Lead actor David James Elliott, who portrays hunky lawyer Commander Harmon Rabb in the Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s office, agrees: “
In the past, people thought the show was all about the military and just decided that they didn’t like it,” says Elliott. “The fact that we’re feeling more favourably about our military can only help.”

Production & Filming Details

Creator(s): Donald P. Bellasario.
Producer(s): Donald P. Bellasario, Chas. Floyd Johnson, Howard Kazanijan, David Bellasario, Stephen Zito, R. Scott Gemmill, and Chip Vucelich.
Music: Bruce Broughton, Steven Bramson, and Velton Ray Bunch.
Cinematography: Hugo Cortina, David J. Miller, and Larry Lindsey.
Production: Paramount Network Television, Belasarius Productions, and NBC Productions.
Distributor(s): Paramount Domestic Television and CBS Television Distribution.
Release Date: 25 September 2001 to 21 May 2002.
Running Time: 42-47 minutes.
Country: US.
Language: English.