Wednesday, June 13, 2012

JAG(Judge Advocate General)

JAG
-Military acronym for Judge Advocate General
-American adventure/legal drama
-Centered around Naval related cases that these lawyers had to handle
-Started a spin-off, NCIS.
Did You Know?
-During the last half of season 8, Catherine Bell was always seen behind a desk or holding something in front of her. This was because she was pregnant. During the season 9 premier, she gave birth
-The 100th episode, "Boomerang, Pt. I" was actor Sam Worthington's acting debut












Characters
David James Elliot
-Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr.
-Navy Commission officer

Catherine Bell
-Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie
-Marine Corps Commission officer

Patrick Labyorteaux
-Bud J. Roberts
-Navy officer

John M. Jackson
-Admiral Albert Jethro "AJ" Chegwidden

Scott Lawrence
-Peter Ulysses "Sturgis" Turner
-Navy officer

Recurring Characters
Trevor Goddard
-Lt. Commander Michael "Mic" Brumby
-A RAN(Royal Australian Navy) officer who came to JAG in an exchange program. Later on, Mic and MacKenzie became engaged. He left for Australia when he realized Mac was in love with Harm. He is last seen in Dulles Airport with one last look at "Mac" as she tried to stop him from going back.
-He was my favorite one too!! Hunk of cute Australian man he was!!!!!

Randy Vasquez
-Gunnery Sergeant Victor Galindez
-Gunnery Sergeant assigned to Afghanistan who Mac wanted on the JAG team
-When he tried to save his friend Manny from a fight, it was 'Gunny' who got accused of a gay bashing, and later tried to prove that he did not support Manny's homophobic opinions.

Tamlyn Tomita
-Lt. Commander Tracy Manetti
-Her Asian/Italian heritage threw a real curveball to Harm, who believed she was divorced.
Episodes

Production
-Any filming that needed to be done on warships were filmed on actual battleships and cutters.
-USS Forrestal(CV-59): used as a training carrier
-Only 6 battleships were called by their real names. Those were: USS Hornet(CV-12), USS Coral Sea(CV-43), USS Kitty Hawk(CV-63), USS America(CV-66), USS Theodore Roosevelt(CVN-71), USS Belknap(CG-26).

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