Contemptuous Words

Episode aired Nov 23, 1999
TV-14
1h

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

150

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Catherine Bell and David James Elliott in JAG (1995)

Action Crime Drama

A newspaper prints an op-ed piece, contemptuous of the PotUS (and a violation of the UCMJ), which first appears to have come from Harm's office computer; Harm figures it out. Meanwhile Mac e... Read allA newspaper prints an op-ed piece, contemptuous of the PotUS (and a violation of the UCMJ), which first appears to have come from Harm's office computer; Harm figures it out. Meanwhile Mac encounters an unusual question about childbearing.A newspaper prints an op-ed piece, contemptuous of the PotUS (and a violation of the UCMJ), which first appears to have come from Harm's office computer; Harm figures it out. Meanwhile Mac encounters an unusual question about childbearing.

Director
- Jeannot Szwarc
Writers
- Donald P. Bellisario
- Ed Zuckerman
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

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Goofs
Col. MacKenzie first stores the frozen sperm in the JAG kitchen refrigerator and then in a home freezer. Neither would be cold enough to preserve the sperm at liquid nitrogen temperature.

Quotes
SecNav Alexander Nelson: [after Rabb has been promoted to a Full Commander] Commander... Rabb, have you ever *once* in your life done things the easy way?
Harm: No, sir. Not once.

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Still fun to watch decades later

This highly topical episode made during Bill Clinton's second term is loaded with references to his presidency including the Lewinsky scandal, and even has a quip using "that won't happen until Chelsea's second term" as a measure of a long period of time, that had me laughing out loud in hindsight.

Social issues are treated in interesting, if rather superficial fashion: the still alarming rightwing media exploiting our hero when he gets in trouble for a message traced back to his computer making threats against the Prez; and a fun yet dramatic and soap-operaish subplot concerning the frozen sperm of a dead man whose bride to be is devoted to having his child, but clashing with his divorce-pending widow's wishes to have the sperm destroyed.

With Fox News' current well-deserved legal troubles this particular episode takes on renewed relevance.

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