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JAG (Judge Advocate General) - The Sixth Season
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DVD detailsActor: David James Elliott Brand: Paramount DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, Widescreen Picture Format: 2.35:1 Running Time: 1056 minutes DVD Release Date: 2008-05-20 Audience Rating: Unrated Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of JAG (Judge Advocate General) - The Sixth SeasonDVD Review: This is an EXCELLENT show; from seasons 1-10... will change your perspective Summary: 5 Stars
This is an EXCELLENT show; from seasons 1-10...
The following is my comment to a 2 star review for the 4th season; which I find an odd way to judge the series anyhow. Either you like it and watch all seasons possible, or you watch a couple of shows and you're done. This person doesn't seem worthy of writing the review if he started in the middle and watched a few episodes. I couldn't help but notice his HOBBY of writing so many reviews of everything.
I have to give HIGH HONOURS for this show; if only for others like myself who grew up constantly hearing of wars, had many relatives involved in many wars and services, and just took it as a part of life. This show, although glamorized, will change your perspective of what National Defense and patriotism mean...
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I think you missed the whole POINT of the series; and couldn't possibly have watched the whole season, yet alone the full 10 years it ran, and come to the conclusion that you did. If so, you saw only what you wanted; "Politically Correct storylines with purty people flirting or otherwise fooling around. Good entertainment after a fashion, but not my cup of tea."
If this were true, I don't think the Navy and the Marines would have exposed themselves as much as they did. What JAG, the TV show did was show you, using actual scenarios from many different cases, much of the true heroism these men and women did and faced. Much was taken out of true files, as taught in one of the documentaries of Bellisario. As the show earned the respect from the "real life" Marines and Navy, they were invited to learn more about the actual protocols, happenings, receive real film footage, etc. This all began in Season 2 and continued through the complete series. I think the show has been a dedication to ALL those serving.
More important than the inner office workings (which seem to be what you noticed; this is a GOOD storyline if you follow it), is seeing how all the battle equipment looks & works, the ranks and roles of the people, protocols, etc. I have learned SO MUCH. This is real military footage; (and my husband backs up at least the Navy protocols/ rules, etc). There were also official Navy and Marine representatives on stage/scene/filming, making sure everything is as realistic as possible for the audience to follow.
Yes, it all seems to happen to this one, small, head of JAG unit, of dashing young men and women; but this IS a TV series and needs to keep the social dilemmas, histories, etc, "where they all came from to where they strive to get themselves to"; that is necessary to discuss the real social problems that remain the undercurrents of these special "grin and bear it" personalities. As many of the court cases show, it is an opportunity to take something to the public that needs to be rethought. A large variety of actual "truths" come forward in an investigation, that may not have been foreseen initially. There is a lot of "gray area" in the court room which leaves the viewer with something to think about for a few days; not just in the JAG court room, but also how it applies into their own lives.
Many of us have our own jobs that risk lives and careers within split seconds, and work hard to get to that highest of perfection; where we know that those who are counting on us have a very good chance of finding 'our best moment' in there. There are many people and occupations that reach that high, but this show is the ONLY SHOW I know of that gives you an inner look, as realistic as it can be, to those people who choose these careers, with so much at stake. I have learned such GREAT RESPECT for ALL THOSE involved in our military. I think we heard so much about it while growing up, that we never understood the true dedication, heartaches and misfortunes.
This IS a much better series than you rated it.
Perhaps you should have stopped watching it once it wasn't for you...
DVD Review: JAG (Judge Advocate General) The SIxth Season Summary: 5 StarsDVD Set was very entertaining.
DVD Set arrived in a very timely fashion.
DVD Set arrived in excellent condition.
DVD Review: Jag Summary: 5 StarsThe Jag Season CDs are great. But...... the packaging messed up the box during the shipping process. You used to mail in boxes and now use envelopes. The merchandise gets damaged in those envelopes.
DVD Review: JAG 6th and 7th Seasons Summary: 5 StarsWe were ardent fans of the series during it's first run and are enjoying again seeing the the shows. We like the flying sequences best of all followed by the courtroom trials. Once in a great while the actors have a great chemistry and somehow the producers managed to put together a cast that worked.
DVD Review: JAG 6th season Summary: 5 StarsWe love JAG. This is a Christmas present so we have not looked at it yet.
Description of JAG (Judge Advocate General) - The Sixth SeasonIn this explosive hour-long dramatic adventure series, David James Elliott stars as Lieutenant Commander "Harm" Rabb, Jr., a brave, outstanding Navy Lawyer and officer in the Judge Advocate General (J.A.G.) Corps. His missions are to investigate and prosecute all crimes, accidents, acts of terrorism and espionage related to the Navy and Marine Corps. Playing the diverse roles of investigator, prosecutor and defense attorney, Harm and his partner Major Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie (Catherine Bell), use their intelligence and determination to uncover the mysteries behind cases involving murder, treason, espionage and other high crimes to bring world-class criminals to justice. JAG combines all the intensity of the battlefield and all the suspense of a criminal investigation into an action-packed hour! JAG (Judge Advocate General): The Sixth Season begins with a bang in the two-part "Legacy," a complex story that sees Commander Harmon "Harm" Rabb, Jr. (David James Elliott) sent to Russia to help the former Communist nation evolve its military justice system. While there, Harm becomes involved in an investigation of a corrupt general running guns to Chechnyan rebels while fighting them at the same time. What Harm doesn't know is that his work happens to be intersecting with an investigation by Lt. Colonel Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie (Catherine Bell) into the murder of an American naval officer tried for espionage. Everything is leading toward an assassination plot of global dimension, but there is a remarkable development in these episodes concerning Harm's efforts to find out more about what happened to his father, a naval pilot shot down over Vietnam. Following "Legacy," most of The Sixth Season carries on with the series' typically interesting stories about the prosecution of military law. But there are also some very strong personal developments, including a tragedy endured by Lt. Bud Roberts (Patrick Labyorteaux) and his wife, Lt. Harriet Roberts (Karri Turner). There are also major complications surrounding Mac's engagement to her Australian boyfriend, Lt. Commander Mic Brumby (Trevor Goddard). By complications, of course, one is really speaking of Harm's unexpressed feelings for Mac, a subject that finally comes to a head toward the end of the season, particularly in a cliffhanger finale taking place on the eve of Mac's wedding. "Florida Straits" is a very good episode about Harm's investigation of a Cuban-American Navy captain who manipulates events so that a little Cuban girl can possibly qualify to live in the U.S. "JAG TV" finds Mac a television sensation when a court martial she prosecutes makes her a cable TV star. "The Princess and the Petty Officer" puts Mac squarely in the middle of America's relations with a Mideast nation when she defends a princess who left her arranged marriage back home to wed an American in the navy. The two-part "A Separate Peace" is an unnerving tale of a high-profile admiral (Terry O'Quinn), a friend of Harm's father, whose possible appointment to an important position is jeopardized by rumors he participated in the slaughter of innocent Vietnamese civilians decades before. The admiral doesn't help himself by being vague with Mac, who is trying to defend him. "Miracles" is an odd story about a Marine sergeant (Gerald McRaney) accused of murdering his wife. Though the evidence points to him, the accused officer is defended by Harm in his claim that he did not kill his spouse but rather found her body after being led to her by the spirit of a former chaplain. Finally, "Lifeline" and "Adrift (Part 1)" bring Mac and Harm's true feelings for one another to the surface, forcing them to figure out what they're going to do now that Mac is getting married. Making matters worse is the terrible situation in which Harm finds himself after trying to fly through a terrible storm while Mac and Brumby host their pre-wedding rehearsal dinner. --Tom Keogh
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