JAG (season 8)
The eighth season of JAG premiered on CBS on September 24, 2002, and concluded on May 20, 2003. The season, starring David James Elliott and Catherine Bell, was produced by Belisarius Productions in association with Paramount Television.
The two episodes, "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown" also introduced the team who later appeared in the spin-off series NCIS which became franchise in its own right.Plot
Tenacious lawyer Lieutenant Colonel Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie, a by-the-book Marine, is tasked with prosecuting, defending, and enforcing the laws of the sea as a member of the Navy's elite Judge Advocate General Corps. Along with her partner Commander Harmon "Harm" Rabb, Jr. - a former Tomcat pilot - Mac investigates a plethora of cases including desertion, oxygen deprivation, sexual harassment, a mishap aboard the USS Seahawk, and a death during surgery. Also this season, Bud Roberts is injured in Afghanistan, Petty Officer Jennifer Coates joins JAG, Commander Theodore Lindsey returns, Clayton Webb goes missing in Paraguay, and Rear Admiral A.J. Chegwidden accidentally ejects from an F-14 Tomcat. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Loren Singer is murdered, placing Leroy Jethro Gibbs and his NCIS team directly in Harm's way.Production
In January 2003, CBS president Leslie Moonves announced that JAG executive producer and showrunner Donald P. Bellisario was developing a JAG spin-off, based on the work of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Tentatively titled Navy CIS, the series premiered during the JAG episodes "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown". Also this season, Dean Stockwell joins the cast as his First Monday character Senator Edward Sheffield.Cast and characters
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