A one-hour, dramatic series JAG (military terminology for Judge Advocate General) is an adventure drama about an elite legal wing of officers trained as lawyers who investigate, prosecute and defend those accused of crimes in the military, including murder, treason and terrorism. A Navy Commander ace pilot turned lawyer Harmon “Harm” Rabb, Jr. (David James Elliott) and by-the-book Marine Lieutenant Colonel Sarah “Mac” MacKenzie (Catherine Bell) find themselves clashing as they traverse the globe together to search for and discover the truth.
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January 14, 2006
#1
Season 9 was bad but Season 10 brought about the deterioration of what had been a great show and one that I never missed watching. The new characters were awful, expecially the Vic character who was just disgusting. The new General was a poor judge of character who though Vic was great. Resurrection of Webb from the dead again was just to much and the unreal story arc of Mattie was over the top. Webb should have been left dead this time and Mattie left with her father never to be heard from again. D.Bellisario always said he would wait until the show ended to bring Harm and Mac together and he wasn’t kidding but only allowing 7 1/2 minutes at the end was a diservice to the loyal fans that had watched all of those years. He even had to ruin the final episode by having the replusive Vic monopolize half of the episode.
CBS moved the show to the Friday night graveyard in Season 9 and then complained about not having the young demographic that are not home watching TV on Friday night.
I have pre-ordered this only to have the complete 10 year set. I have my doubts I will even open the package. There are only about 3 or 4 episodes worth watching more than once.
January 14, 2006
#2
We all knew it had to come, but we wished they could go on forever. Ten years of JAG and nine years of Harm and Mac dancing around each other! How would it all come to an end? Season 10 is the only way to find out, unless they come out with a sequel!!
January 14, 2006
#3
This was a truly inspirational series for both for Navy veterans and the military community. Season 10 undermined the whole series.
Once John Jackson (Admiral Chegwidden) left the series, the fabric of the storyline disappeared. Those who want completeness in their series collections should purchase this season. Those who love JAG, should skip it.
The new “General JAG” is an absolute waste of time as are the raft of “new” characters which (seemingly) ALL miss the mark in terms of the continuity of the series.
The true legacy of JAG should be a movie which sees the progression of characters including David Elliott as RADM & JAG Harmon Rabb Jr. who closes many storylines left in JAG. It should also include John M. Jackson as the CNO (Chief of Naval Operations) who should be a principal in the movie.
Donald Bellisario should be ashamed of this Season 10 effort.
January 14, 2006
#4
I have all the seasons of this good show. All of the seasons were really good. If you want good court room drama and military drama, these are the DVDs to buy.
January 14, 2006
#5
JAG was my 2nd favorite show debuting in the 1990s. (Babylon 5 was my favorite of that decade.) I watched JAG its first season when it was stupidly cancelled by NBC until its 10th. season (after CBS picked it up and it became a massive hit, evn begating a bigger hit: NCIS.) Of all its seasons, the 10th and final was its weakest. There were two major reasons for this.
Firstly, JAG’s star David James Elliott demanded more money when his contract expired. When it was not given to him, he signed a contract with ABC for a new comedy pilot (which never sold.) As a result of this, the producers of JAG began phasing his character out. There were many episodes where he only made a brief appearance. Big mistake, as his character Harmon Rabb Jr. was the heart and soul of the show. Secondly, they brought in a new annoying stud, Lt. Vukovich, to replace him. Bigger mistake, especially when they stupidly had him put the moves on Colonel MacKenzie. This was doubly idiotic and in sort of bad taste since everyone who watched the show was well aware that Harm and Mac were madly in love with each other.
The other problem was that JAG was “played out” as my father used to say. The scripts just weren’t all that good anymore. This happens to many series that are on for a very long time. I loved “Hawaii 5-0″ and saw every episode during its 12 year run. However by the 10th year, 5-0 had simply run out of good scripts. Even a change in supporting cast its final season couldn’t hide the fact that the scripts were not what they once were. Same with Mission:Impossible which ran 7 years. I thought they simply ran out of interesting missions by the end of its 5th season.
The phasing out of its star, the loss of John Jackson as the beloved boss Admiral Chigwidden who left at the end of the previous season and a lack of really good scripts resulted in a mediocre final season
Stll the last episode was fine with Harm and Mac finally getting together. (I never got why David James Elliott has not done more since JAG’s cancellation 5 years ago. He co-starred in the second and final season of an excellent series “Close to Home” on CBS and did some silly mini-series, I believe, on the Sci Fi. channel. He is an excellent “leading man” and I’m surprised he never tried to make it on the big screen.)
Anyway, JAG was a truly excellent series and I miss it. Since it has been off for 5 years, I think its time for CBS (or one of the other networks) to start producing some “Return to JAG” 2 hour tv movies the way they have done over the years with “Rockford Files,” “Perry Mason,” “Gunsmoke” and many other classic series. Are you listening guys?