Country of origin United States Original network CBS | No. of episodes 25 | |
Starring David James Elliott
Catherine Bell
Patrick Labyorteaux
John M. Jackson
Karri Turner
Trevor Goddard
Nanci Chambers
Randy Vasquez Original release September 21, 1999 (1999-09-21) – May 23, 2000 (2000-05-23) | ||
The fifth season of JAG premiered on CBS on September 21, 1999, and concluded on May 23, 2000. The season, starring David James Elliott and Catherine Bell, was produced by Belisarius Productions in association with CBS Productions.
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Plot
Lieutenant Commander Harmon Rabb, Jr. (David James Elliott), now a Tomcat pilot aboard the USS Patrick Henry, finds himself forced to defend a young Lieutenant who has mistakenly fired upon Russian armored vehicles ("King of the Greenie Board"), while his former partner (and newly promoted) Lieutenant Colonel Sarah MacKenzie (Catherine Bell) continues to enforce, prosecute and defend the laws of the sea from within the Judge Advocate General Corps, the elite legal division of the United States Navy. This season, Mac is pitted against Mic Brumby (Trevor Goddard) in court ("Rules of Engagement"), Harm is forced to push a plane to safety using a tail-hook ("True Calling") before returning to JAG ("The Return"), Mac investigate psy-ops ("Psychic Warrior"), Harm is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross ("Front and Center"), Bud (Patrick Labyorteaux) is kidnapped ("Rogue"), and, on the orders of Admiral A.J. Chegwidden (John M. Jackson), the team travel to Australia ("Boomerang"). Meanwhile, Gunny (Randy Vasquez) is accused of gay-bashing ("People v. Gunny"), Harm investigates a decade-old murder ("Body Talk"), and Mic resigns his commission ("Surface Warfare").
Production
Prior to the start of JAG's fifth season, the series entered syndication. As a result, at the time season five was first aired in the United States, JAG was seen in over 90 countries worldwide.