The fifth season of '' JAG'' premiered on CBS on September 21, 1999, and concluded on May 23, 2000. The season, starring

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and Catherine Bell, was produced by Belisarius Productions in association with, what was then-known as,

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(its post 2006 name is

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Plot

Lieutenant Commander Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. (

), now back as an

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pilot aboard the USS ''Patrick Henry'', finds himself forced to defend a young lieutenant who has mistakenly fired upon Russian armored vehicles ("King of the Greenie Board"), while his former partner (and newly promoted) Lieutenant Colonel Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie ( Catherine Bell) continues to enforce, prosecute and defend the

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(UCMJ) from within the Headquarters of the Judge Advocate General, a division of the

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. This season, Mac is pitted against Mic Brumby ( Trevor Goddard) in court ("Rules of Engagement"), Harm is forced to push a plane to safety using a tailhook ("True Calling") before returning to ''JAG'' ("The Return"), Mac investigate psy-ops ("Psychic Warrior"), Harm is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross ("Front and Center"), Bud ( Patrick Labyorteaux) is kidnapped ("Rogue"), and, on the orders of Rear Admiral

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( John M. Jackson), the team travel to

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("Boomerang"). Meanwhile, Gunnery Sergeant Victor "Gunny" Galindez (

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) is accused of gay-bashing ("People v. Gunny"), Harm investigates a decade-old murder ("Body Talk"), and Mic resigns his Australian commission ("Surface Warfare").

Production

Prior to the start of ''JAG'' fifth season, the series entered syndication. At the time season five was first aired in the United States, ''JAG'' was seen in over 90 countries worldwide. From 12 to 14 July 1999, the ''JAG'' production team including its three main actors were allowed by the

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to film scenes on location aboard the nuclear-powered

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USS ''John C. Stennis'' (CVN-74), while she sailed off the coast of California. It was the first time the ''JAG'' production team were on board an active aircraft carrier at sea and while it was conducting flight operations. The footage obtained from this visit were used for the first three episodes of the season. The 100th and 101st episodes of ''JAG'' were partially shot with the main cast on several locations in and around

. Among the locations were Fleet Base East and

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news site from February 2000, retrieved through

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. Retrieved on 2018-07-21. These were the only episodes of JAG filmed outside the United States.

Cast and characters

Main

Also starring

Recurring

Episodes

Notes

References

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