User Reviews

JAG is among my all-time favorite programs, and I have all ten seasons on DVD. The first season was great from the start, but the second season began with three below-average episodes. (Maybe more, but in my current run through the series I'm only up to third episode of second season.) These three episodes include happy endings that defy credibility. In Jinx, a RIO quits because he believes he brings bad luck to every pilot he flies with. Rabb agrees to fly with him on a missing man formation funeral flight. An accident happens, of course, and Rabb and the RIO work together to land the F-14. Then, suddenly, the "jinx" is over. Rabb killed it by surviving the mission. It was amazing how quickly he recovered from having a piece of plexiglass in his eye.

I suspect we can chalk up these poor episodes at beginning of second season to fact that JAG was canceled by NBC and picked up by CBS. It was retooled and essentially a new show, so Bellisario was stuck trying to make new characters Sarah McKenzie and Bud Roberts fit into the fun and games. Not to mention whatever pressure he was under from CBS.

I think that this episode was written/designed (certainy signed-off!) by a committee. Playing with a new check-list.

It's a hodgepodge of themes - love, affection, loss, determination, crap flying, emotion, sacrifice., teamwork, trust, love (again - watch the episode!) and honesty.

However, it DOES set the scene for future episodes in the tangled love-life of Harmon Rabb jr. Harm gets to walk away from another "creative" landing!

being a lawyer and holding a reserve air-force rank, i thought i would enjoy JAG quite a lot. my recollections from the episodes i had a chance to see 10 years ago agreed with that.

so far, seeing the show a second time proved a disastrous experience, all the more so by spoiling the original good memories. this episode is a good example of whats wrong with the series. while the entire basis for this episodes' plot is shaky it best, the ending is even worse. if memory serves, in the first episode of jag (well, in the 2nd part of the pilot to be exact)- harm landed an airplane from the RIO seat after the cag was incapacitated. why the hell couldn't pitbull do the same, rather than "guiding" harm to a landing under unbelievable conditions?

i can accept a lot of fiction, but pls, don't underestimate my intelligence.

Clearly the writers have tried to adapt some military jargon into the episode like angels 10 which means 10,000 feet above sea level or asl but controlling aircraft right and left is never used in favor of port or starboard unless the controller is lazy or sloppy...if a military pilot is under control by a military center then the only way they can avoid commands is to cancel instrument flight rule ifr for visual flight rules or vfr ...when under ifr the responsibility for safety lies with controller then pilot...under vfr, its all the responsibility of the pilot ... i'm curious to learn why a female marine major who has never flown is embroiled in this investigation ...obviously its to match the writers plot for this episode but it doesn't make sense logically... you can't fool the audience