"JAG" Crossing the Line (1997)

Director:

Tony Wharmby

Writers:

Donald P. Bellisario (creator) and
Stephen Zito (writer)

TV Series:

"JAG" (1995)

Original Air Date:

31 January 1997 (Season 2, Episode 5)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Jag investigates sexual harassment charges made by a female naval aviator against the CAG. |

Plot Keywords:

Sexual Harassment | Criminal Justice | Lawyer | Fighter Pilot | Navy

Cast

David James Elliott	...	Lt. Cmdr. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.
Catherine Bell	...	Maj. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie
John M. Jackson	...	Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden
Patrick Labyorteaux	...	Lt. Bud Roberts, Jr.
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Slade Barnett	...	Petty Officer Ned Paderofski
Bill Bolender	...	Captain 'Skipper' Ross
Lance Bruyette	...	Officer Chance Ellis
Chuck Carrington	...	P.O. Jason Tiner
Steve Eastin	...	Master Chief Petty Officer Max Sullivan
Sibel Ergener	...	Lieutenant Elizabeth 'Skates' Hawkes
Nancy Everhard	...	Lieutenant Marilyn Isaacs
Steven M. Gagnon	...	Landing Signal Officer
Sean Gavigan	...	Marine Corporal
Butch Hammett	...	Communications Officer
Terry O'Quinn	...	Captain Thomas Boone
Karri Turner	...	Ens. Harriet Sims
Dee Wallace	...	Congresswoman Adele DeLong (as Dee Wallace Stone)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:PG

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Master Chief Sullivan delivers a quote regarding naval traditions, Harm identifies the quoted as "Fleet Admiral Chester A. Nimitz." Admiral Nimitz's middle initial was W, not A.

Quotes:

Lt. Cmdr. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.: Your report states that you grounded Lieutenant Isaacs after a substandard landing. The LSO log indicates: OSCB, EGAR, DNKH.
Captain Thomas Boone: That it does.
Maj. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie: Would you mind telling me what those acronyms mean?
Captain Thomas Boone: OSCB, Over Shot Came Back. EGAR, Eased Gun At Ramp.
Maj. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie: What about, uh... DNKH?
Captain Thomas Boone: That's the technical one, Major. Damn Near Killed Herself.

Why they didn't just lynched her!

I disliked the episode because of the manner in which "the villain" Lieutenant Isaacs is portrayed and treated.

It's obvious that she was not qualified to be there and not being the sharpest knife in the drawer, HOWEVER that meant that she needed more support and some understanding by her superiors - make it easier for her to leave with some dignity instead of chasing her away! Also, she had every right to oppose the "unwritten law" recruitment process. Why this episode makes it appear that processes like this should go on forever? Then in the film "A Few Good Men" the "Code Red" would be legit and everyone get away for practising it...

Instead of soem kind of support, everyone are either patronizing or being openly against her. The fact that at the end of the episode she dies promotes the idea that people that are unpopular or different in any kind should just die in ordert o make it easier for everyone else. That is pure racism. She was the weakest character there and she should been more supported instead of presented more like a caricature.