Season 3: 1997–1998
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 1 | "Ghost Ship" | Donald P. Bellisario | Donald P. Bellisario | September 23, 1997 |
| After a skeleton is discovered in the hull of a decommissioned Navy carrier, Harm becomes obsessed with discovering a link between the body and his missing father. | |||||
| 39 | 2 | "The Court-Martial of Sandra Gilbert" | Alan J. Levi | Stephen Zito | September 30, 1997 |
| The trial of a Marine pilot accused of fraternization is complicated when an activist female Congressman interferes in the name of "fairness". | |||||
| 40 | 3 | "The Good of the Service" | Alan J. Levi | Larry Moskowitz | October 7, 1997 |
| Harm and Mac must face the Admiral in court when he defends a Marine Colonel who disobeyed orders in rescuing his team from a Haitian warlord. Mac is doubly concerned because she and the Colonel used to be lovers. | |||||
| 41 | 4 | "Blind Side" | Tony Wharmby | Dana Coen | October 14, 1997 |
| When a training accident kills two civilians, Harm may have to end the career of his mentor to save the pilot from taking the fall. Guest-starring Sarah Silverman as Lt. Schipperelli. | |||||
| 42 | 5 | "King of the Fleas" | Tony Wharmby | Dana Coen | October 21, 1997 |
| A paraplegic Vietnam vet comes to JAG HQ and confesses to a murder, but the situation is complicated by the possibility that the man knows something about what happened to Harm's father. | |||||
| 43 | 6 | "Vanished" | Alan J. Levi | R. Scott Gemmill | October 28, 1997 |
| When a fully armed F-14 disappears without a trace, Harm and Mac must determine what happened to the plane and its pilot. | |||||
| 44 | 7 | "Against All Enemies" | Joe Napolitano | Alex Davidson | November 4, 1997 |
| When the U.S. is accused of shooting down a North Korean civilian plane, Harm, Mac and Bud must work to find the truth before the North Koreans sink a U.S. salvage vessel in retaliation. | |||||
| 45 | 8 | "Above and Beyond" | Tony Wharmby | Paul Levine | November 11, 1997 |
| Lt. Rivers, a SEAL up for the Medal of Honor for rescuing a Washington diplomat from Hezbollah, may not get the award when evidence shows that he may have left one of his men behind on the mission. Rivers refuses to clarify the matter one way or the other. Guest-starring Montel Williams as Lt. Rivers, incorporating news archive footage of Bill Clinton at an award ceremony. Bud gets drunk and sings the Tom Jones song, "Delilah". | |||||
| 46 | 9 | "Impact" | Paul Schneider | R. Scott Gemmill | November 18, 1997 |
| Harm and Bud encounter resistance when investigating the mid-air collision between a Marine helicopter and an "unknown" aircraft. Meanwhile, Mac leaves JAG for civilian practice at her boyfriend's law firm. | |||||
| 47 | 10 | "People v. Rabb" | Greg Beeman | Larry Moskowitz | November 25, 1997 |
| A member of the Russian mob is shot as Harm attempts to buy information pertaining to the whereabouts of his father, and Harm is accused of murdering him and now-civilian Mac must defend him. In the end, Harm receives a photo of his father in Russia and Mac returns to JAG. | |||||
| 48 | 11 | "Defenseless" | Tony Wharmby | Kimberly Costello | December 9, 1997 |
| Harm and Mac work to defend a Navy Ensign who claims she killed a Turkish military attaché because she believed he was going to hurt her. At first Harm does not entirely believe Ensign Lang's story, but gradually becomes so convinced he rejects Chegwidden's advice to give in to political pressure and take the case. | |||||
| 49 | 12 | "Someone to Watch over Annie" | Greg Beeman | Stephen Zito | January 6, 1998 |
| Harm tries to protect Annie Pendry (his best friend's widow in "Pilot Error") and her son, Josh, when he witnesses a murder on a class field trip to Andrews Air Force Base. A German weapons buyer for Saddam Hussein puts out a hit on the kid, then later kidnaps him. This is the second episode in a row in which Harm takes a woman to his apartment after she gets shot at her house. | |||||
| 50 | 13 | "With Intent to Die" | Winrich Kolbe | Larry Moskowitz | January 13, 1998 |
| When an old mentor of Admiral Chegwidden's dies during a hunting trip with the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the coroner concludes it was suicide but Chegwidden remains convinced it was murder and starts his own investigation. | |||||
| 51 | 14 | "Father's Day" | Tony Wharmby | Dana Coen | February 3, 1998 |
| A marine corporal accused of dereliction of duty steals a tank and engages the military in a stand-off because a conviction will guarantee that he will lose custody of his son. Donald Bellisario has an uncredited cameo in this episode as the guest of honor to a Quantum Leap convention at the Treetop Inn. | |||||
| 52 | 15 | "Yesterday's Heroes" | Greg Beeman | R. Scott Gemmill | February 24, 1998 |
| Harm and Mac encounter three WWII vets engaged in a guerrilla war with a South American drug kingpin. At Mac's suggestion, Bud goes to Naples, Florida, to meet Harriet's parents. | |||||
| 53 | 16 | "Chains of Command" | Tony Wharmby | Stephen Zito | March 3, 1998 |
| A Chief aboard the USS Seahawk is accused of sexual harassment. He hires a civilian lawyer, Dalton Lowne (Mac's boyfriend), to defend him. The case becomes personal for Mac when Dalton shows up at her apartment to steal confidential information from her. At the end, the major trio sing the song, "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted". | |||||
| 54 | 17 | "The Stalker" | Scott Brazil | Larry Moskowitz | March 17, 1998 |
| After her ex-boyfriend is gunned down, Mac tries to stay one step ahead of someone who is determined to get her. The Admiral's daughter, Francesca, from Italy pays a visit. | |||||
| 55 | 18 | "Tiger, Tiger" | Tony Wharmby | Thom Parham | March 24, 1998 |
| A "Tiger" cruise for Navy personnel and their kids turns deadly serious when Cuban terrorists seize the ship. Harm prevents the terrorists from using the ship's weapons to assassinate Fidel Castro while ensuring the hostages are not hurt. Harm brought along Annie's son Josh on the cruise without telling Annie about it. At the end of the episode, Bud proposes to Harriet almost at the same time Annie dumps Harm. | |||||
| 56 | 19 | "Death Watch" | Donald P. Bellisario | Donald P. Bellisario | March 31, 1998 |
| Harm's mental state becomes questionable when he starts having flashbacks about Lt. Schonke, who was murdered and the case closed when the prime suspect committed suicide. Mac finally learns of the woman who looked just like her. | |||||
| 57 | 20 | "The Imposter" | Alan J. Levi | R. Scott Gemmill | April 21, 1998 |
| Disgraced ex-spy Special Agent Clark Palmer assumes Harm's identity to kill a key witness in a trial that Harm and Mac are prosecuting, leaving Harm to die in his booby-trapped apartment. Bud gives Harriet a ring. | |||||
| 58 | 21 | "The Return of Jimmy Blackhorse" | Alan J. Levi | Dana Coen | April 28, 1998 |
| A Navajo medicine woman refuses to believe the coffin the Marines brought actually has the remains of her brother-in-law, a WWII Navajo code talker. The people also refuse to allow DNA testing and are opposed to the Navy naming a ship after Jimmy Blackhorse. It isn't until Harm and Mac go to New Zealand to find Jimmy Blackhorse Jr. that the medicine woman accepts the remains, as well as a suggestion to name the ship after one of Blackhorse's comrades. Harm also quits smoking cigars in this episode. | |||||
| 59 | 22 | "Clipped Wings" | Tony Wharmby | Stephen Zito | May 5, 1998 |
| When an F-14 clips an Italian helicopter, killing 6 people, Harm and Mac must face each other in court and an Italian government eager to prosecute the pilot themselves. With the help of Francesca (Chegwidden's daughter), Harm finds a teenage girl who piloted the craft that actually collided with the F-14, a small plane she flew without her father's permission. The episode was aired three months after American pilots clipped the cables supporting a cable car near Cavalese, Italy, killing 20. | |||||
| 60 | 23 | "Wedding Bell Blues" | Alan J. Levi | R. Scott Gemmill & Stephen Zito | May 12, 1998 |
| The marriage of Bud Roberts to Ensign Harriet Simms is complicated by Bud's father "Big Bud" Roberts, Harriet's ante bellum mother, and a fight in a strip club that lands Harm, Bud and the Admiral in jail. Bud Jr. is concerned that Bud Sr. is abusive of his younger brother, Mikey, whom he believes does not want to enlist in the Navy as his father insists. After getting out of jail, Bud Jr. marries Harriet in a military wedding concluding with an honor guard commanded by Harm. | |||||
| 61 | 24 | "To Russia with Love (Part 1)" | Tony Wharmby | Larry Moskowitz | May 19, 1998 |
| Harm receives a picture which suggests that after Vietnam his father was sent to Siberia. Harm requests leave to California, which Chegwidden immediately suspects is really to go to Russia. Chegwidden reluctantly grants the leave and sends Mac along with Harm. After visiting his mother in California, Harm proceeds to Russia, where he is assisted by a taxi driver named Alexei who claims to be loyal only to the highest bidder. In Russia, Harm and Mac once again encounter "Falcon" (Sokol) and Colonel Parlovsky. The trail points to Lubyanka. Harm and Mac steal a MIG-29 to go to Lubyanka, but before they can go far, they are chased and fired upon, and the season closes with a cliffhanger. |
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