JAG season 4
| JAG (season 4) | |
|---|---|
| Season 4 | |
 | |
| Starring | David James Elliott Catherine Bell Patrick Labyorteaux John M. Jackson Karri Turner Trevor Goddard |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 22, 1998 – May 25, 1999 |
| Season chronology | |
The fourth season of JAG premiered on CBS on September 22, 1998, and concluded on May 25, 1999. The season, starring David James Elliott and Catherine Bell, was produced by Belisarius Productions in association with CBS Productions.
Plot
Marine Major Sarah MacKenzie (Catherine Bell), a Duke graduate, and Lieutenant Commander Harmon Rabb (David James Elliott), a former naval aviator, are employed by the Judge Advocate General Corps, the elite legal division of the United States Navy. This season, Harm and Mac are assumed dead following an altercation with a Russian fighter pilot ("Gypsy Eyes"), however after punching out of their plane before impact, they begin a journey to uncover the truth about Harm's father. Later, Harm and Mac head several investigations including an undercover operation at an embassy ("Embassy"), the suspected rape of a Japanese national ("Innocence"), an escape from a VA hospital ("The Martin Baker Fan Club"), an execution on national television ("Act of Terror"), and a pilot who defied direct orders after hearing the voice of God ("Angels 30"). Meanwhile, Bud (Patrick Labyorteaux) is promoted to Lieutenant ("The Adversaries"), Harriet (Karri Turner) is promoted to Lieutenant J.G. ("Rivers' Run"), Mac's "little sister" Chloe (Mae Whitman) arrives at JAG ("Jaggle Bells"), Admiral Chegwidden (John M. Jackson) rescues his daughter from the Italian Mafia ("Going After Francesca"), and Australian Navy Commander Mic Brumby (Trevor Goddard) arrives in the United States ("Mr. Rabb Goes to Washington"). Also this season, Harm receives combat orders and departs JAG ("Goodbyes"), Mac and Harm make a pact to have children together ("Yeah, Baby"), and Webb (Steven Culp) heads to Italy to rescue his mentor from captivity ("Soul Searching").
Production
During its fourth season, JAG's ratings were "up 11 percent in households, 8 percent in adults 18-49 and 10 percent in adults 25-54" when compared to season three, positioning the series as the fourteenth most watched show in household ratings in the United States.[1] This season also advertised the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, while the telephone number 1-800-The-Lost was featured in the closing credits of the season finale, "Goodbyes".
Cast and characters
Main
- David James Elliott as Harmon Rabb, Jr., Lieutenant Commander
- Catherine Bell as Sarah MacKenzie, Major in the Marine Corps.
- Patrick Labyorteaux as Bud Roberts, Lieutenant J.G. (later, Lieutenant)
- John M. Jackson as A. J. Chegwidden, Rear Admiral
Also starring
- Karri Turner as Harriet Sims, Ensign (later, Lieutenant J.G.)
- Trevor Goddard as Mic Brumby, Lieutenant Commander
Recurring
- Paul Collins as Alexander Nelson, Secretary of the Navy
- W.K. Stratton as Theodore Lindsey, Commander
- Sibel Galindez as Elizabeth Hawkes, "Skates", Lieutenant
- Steven Culp as Clayton Webb, CIA Agent
- Chuck Carrington as Jason Tiner, Petty Officer
- Harrison Page as Stiles Morris, Rear Admiral
- Claudette Nevins as Porter Webb, NSA Agent
- Michael Bellisario as Michael Roberts
- Anne-Marie Johnson as Roberta Latham, Congresswoman
- Dana Sparks as Carolyn Imes, Commander
- Rex Linn as Mark Falcon, KBG Agent
- Mae Whitman as Chloe Maddison
Episodes
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
U.S. vievers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | 1 | "Gypsy Eyes (Part II)" | Tony Wharmby | Donald P. Bellisario | September 22, 1998 | 064 | 15.60 |
| 63 | 2 | "Embassy" | Alan J. Levi | R. Scott Gemmill | September 29, 1998 | 063 | 14.40 |
| 64 | 3 | "Innocence" | Tony Wharmby | Dana Coen | October 6, 1998 | 062 | 10.30 |
| 65 | 4 | "Going After Francesca" | Alan J. Levi | Stephen Zito | October 13, 1998 | 065 | 10.80 |
| 66 | 5 | "The Martin Baker Fan Club" | Tony Wharmby | Dana Coen | October 20, 1998 | 066 | 9.90 |
| 67 | 6 | "Act of Terror" | Alan J. Levi | Larry Moskowitz | October 27, 1998 | 067 | 10.70 |
| 68 | 7 | "Angels 30" | Tony Wharmby | R. Scott Gemmill | November 3, 1998 | 068 | 10.30 |
| 69 | 8 | "Mr. Rabb Goes to Washington" | Jeannot Szwarc | Stephen Zito | November 10, 1998 | 069 | 11.40 |
| 70 | 9 | "People v. Mac" | Tony Wharmby | Larry Moskowitz | November 17, 1998 | 070 | 11.30 |
| 71 | 10 | "The Black Jet" | Jeannot Szwarc | David Zabel | November 24, 1998 | 071 | 10.60 |
| 72 | 11 | "Jaggle Bells" | Greg Beeman | R. Scott Gemmill | December 15, 1998 | 072 | 11.10 |
| 73 | 12 | "Dungaree Justice (Part I)" | Hugo Cortina | David Zabel | January 12, 1999 | 073 | 11.20 |
| 74 | 13 | "War Stories (Part II)" | Greg Beeman | Dana Coen | January 13, 1999 | 074 | 10.10 |
| 75 | 14 | "Webb of Lies" | Mark Horowitz | R. Scott Gemmill | February 9, 1999 | 075 | 10.70 |
| 76 | 15 | "Rivers' Run" | Greg Beeman | Larry Moskowitz | February 16, 1999 | 076 | 11.60 |
| 77 | 16 | "Silent Service" | Alan J. Levi | Dana Coen | February 23, 1999 | 077 | 11.10 |
| 78 | 17 | "Nobody's Child" | Tony Wharmby | Stephen Zito | March 2, 1999 | 078 | 11.00 |
| 79 | 18 | "Shakedown" | Alan J. Levi | R. Scott Gemmill | March 30, 1999 | 079 | 10.30 |
| 80 | 19 | "The Adversaries" | Tony Wharmby | Teleplay: Larry Moskowitz Story: Dana Coen and Larry Moskowitz | April 13, 1999 | 080 | 9.30 |
| 81 | 20 | "Second Sight" | Terrence O'Hara | Dana Coen | April 27, 1999 | 081 | 9.90 |
| 82 | 21 | "Wilderness of Mirrors" | Alan J. Levi | Paul Levine | May 4, 1999 | 082 | 10.90 |
| 83 | 22 | "Soul Searching" | Jeannot Szwarc | Donald P. Bellisario | May 11, 1999 | 083 | 9.40 |
| 84 | 23 | "Yeah, Baby" | Alan J. Levi | R. Scott Gemmill | May 18, 1999 | 084 | 10.10 |
| 85 | 24 | "Goodbyes" | Jeannot Szwarc | Stephen Zito | May 25, 1999 | 085 | 12.90 |
