JAG season 6

Season of television series

The sixth season of JAG was premiered on CBS on October 3, 2000, and was concluded on May 22, 2001. The season, starring David James Elliott and Catherine Bell, was produced by Belisarius Productions in association with Paramount Television.

Plot

Lieutenant Colonel Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie (Catherine Bell) and Commander Harmon "Harm" Rabb, Jr. (David James Elliott) are lawyers assigned to the headquarters of the Judge Advocate General, an office in the Department of the Navy, tasked with prosecuting and defending criminal cases under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Harm and Mac investigate numerous occurrences including espionage ("Legacy"), stowaways ("Florida Straits"), aircraft malfunctions ("Flight Risk"), breaches of religious law ("The Princess and the Petty Officer"), war crimes from the Vietnam War ("A Separate Peace"), and NATO collisions ("Collision Course"). Further in this season, Bud (Patrick Labyorteaux) blames a Navy doctor for the death of his daughter ("Family Secrets"), Commander Caitlin Pike (Andrea Parker) returns to JAG HQ ("Touch and Go"), Admiral Chegwidden (John M. Jackson) heads a promotion board ("Baby, It's Cold Outside"), and Mic (Trevor Goddard) and Mac become engaged ("Lifeline"). Also, Harm becomes lost at sea ("Adrift"), Harriet is promoted to Lieutenant ("Lifeline"), and Mac prepares to give a historical lecture at the United States Naval Academy ("Mutiny").

Production

The real Judge Advocate General of the Navy at the time, rear admiral Donald J. Guter, visited the set during the production of episode eighteen, titled "Liberty".

Also in this season, JAG filmed scenes at the Marine training facility Camp Pendleton, as "under an agreement with the Marine Corps, the show's producers get access to troops, combat equipment and military training in exchange for the service's approval of the scripts".^[1] Donald P. Bellisario credits the military as being particularly supportive,^[1] while series star Catherine Bell opined that JAG had become "the little show that could. It keeps going and growing".^[2]

Cast and characters

Main

• David James Elliott as Harmon Rabb, Jr., Commander
• Catherine Bell as Sarah MacKenzie, Lieutenant Colonel, USMC
• Patrick Labyorteaux as Bud Roberts, Lieutenant
• John M. Jackson as A. J. Chegwidden, Rear Admiral

Also starring

• Karri Turner as Harriet Sims, Lieutenant
• Trevor Goddard as Mic Brumby, Lieutenant Commander, RAN
• Randy Vasquez as Gunnery Sergeant Victor Galindez, USMC
• Chuck Carrington as Petty Officer Jason Tiner, USN

Recurring

• Terry O'Quinn as Thomas Boone, Rear Admiral, "CAG"
• Paul Collins as Alexander Nelson, Secretary of the Navy
• Sibel Galindez as Elizabeth Hawkes, "Skates", Lieutenant
• Steven Culp as Clayton Webb, CIA Agent
• Nanci Chambers as Loren Singer, Lieutenant
• Harrison Page as Stiles Morris, Rear Admiral
• Claudette Nevins as Porter Webb, NSA Agent
• Michael Bellisario as Michael Roberts, Midshipman
• Anne-Marie Johnson as Roberta Latham, Congresswoman
• Dana Sparks as Carolyn Imes, Commander
• Rex Linn as Mark Falcon, KGB Agent
• Mae Whitman as Chloe Maddison
• Jennifer Savidge as Amy Helfman, Commander

Guest appearances

• Andrea Parker as Caitlin Pike, Commander
• Susan Haskell as Jordan Parker, Lieutenant Commander

Episodes

See also

• 2000–01 United States network television schedule

Notes

1. The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision that occurred 11 days earlier is mentioned in this episode.
2. This episode features a credited cameo appearance of the then real-life Judge Advocate General of the Navy, Rear Admiral Don Guter.
3. David James Elliott directed this episode of JAG; his first time behind the camera.

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