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It may be jumping the gun, promoting Rabb to captain, since if I understood correctly, that'll only happen if he takes the transfer to London, leaving his daughter... —wwoods 05:47, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Rabb has a daughter? --Spinboy 05:51, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Well, he was wearing captain's stripes at the end of the show on his mess dress uniform, but I was under the same impression, so it's somewhat ambiguous I suppose. Also, he does not have a daughter- Mattie is a girl for whom he was the court-appointed legal guardian for a time. Her father is a no good alcoholic. In the finale, Rabb says that he plans to petition the court to make him her legal guardian again, and that he would take her to London if he accepted the billet there. M412k 20:05, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

The Bud Roberts link on here redirects to....JAG. Seems like a vicious circle. As Bud has been present in the series since the first season (albeit only as a minor character in some episodes), should he have his own page?--Stretch 09:29, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] Story arc

It seems to me that this article lacks a high-level overview of the broad story arcs through its ten series. —Theo (Talk) 15:02, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

True. Can someone point out some examples from other shows so that we know how much detail we need to go into when outlining the arc? --Stretch 12:40, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citations needed for "Critical and media reception"

"Despite being a long running show with high audience ratings, JAG only attracted a modest share of media attention compared to other contemporary shows such as Alias, 24, and Sex and the City. One common explanation, mainly among conservatives, is that the established media has regarded the military in the post-Vietnam period with great amounts of contempt and disapproval. Others would argue the lack of attention is due to the show's standard melodramatic lawyer show themes, simply set in a military environment. Another explanation common among the fans is that JAG never received enough advertising by Paramount and CBS."

-Is there a cite for this? It seems a pretty POV-focused speculation. I know I personally heard quite a bit about the show, and I'd distinguish it from those shows listed only as being more associated with (and geared toward) an older audience. (In Season 5 of Scrubs, the protagonist imagines living in a small apartment with a group of decrepit elderly men- he berates them for filling the TIVO with JAG episodes.) AlekKolchak 00:48, 9 June 2007 (UTC)AlekKolchak

I remember a few years ago reading an article at salon.com titled "A few sanctimonious men." That would probably take care of half the citation neededs, but unfortunately, now you have to sign up for premium access to look at salon.com's archives. Cromulent Kwyjibo 21:17, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I'll add to Chart that JAG was aired as well in Mexico

If Editors don't mind I'll add this information. JAG was aired in Mexico in Spanish language version on AXN. With name as "Justicia Militar" 201.129.196.101 19:21, 13 August 2006 (UTC) Zealotkommunizma

[edit] Trivia Section - Reference in "Man of the Year" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_the_Year_%282006_film%29

Many articles have a Trivia Section where pop culture references made to the subject are listed.

In the Movie Man of The Year, it was referred to. Perhaps it should be included

[edit] DVD Release

A request for verification of the absence of special features on the R4 dvd release of the first season was made. I can confirm this is true - I own the DVD and there are no special features. However I don't have a citation; ultimately michael dvd will update this page http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Discs/Disc.asp?ID=20744 and we'll have a verifiable cite, but there isn't one yet Quadparty 08:50, 5 November 2006 (UTC)


The R2 release may also not have the special features. I haven't bought it (I'd already obtained the R1 version), but I inspected the R2 box in the shops, and no special features are listed on it. Can anyone who has it confirm this. (Play.com don't list any special features on their website either) Greenpeas 12:44, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Its producers were really sloths... Weren't they?

It depicts Peru, more precisely Lima, in a unrealistic way devoid of any knowledge of how Lima and Peru looks like. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 201.240.157.66 (talk) 01:46, 5 December 2006 (UTC).

Know the feeling, that was the one they used loads of footage from "Clear and Present Danger" I think...JAG is a favourite of mine, but just re-watched the 2nd season Northern Ireland episode. Dressing up a New York street backlot to look like Belfast? RUC using black taxis with a blue light on? A black Jaguar saloon as an "undercover" police car? Even a red London bus?......Please try harder!!Greenpeas 12:20, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DVD charts & sales?

I was wondering if anyone has the sales and chart information for the DVD releases. I assume that the DVDs are selling well because the releases are so close together. I think it would be good to add sales data to the DVD section in the article. -- Underneath-it-All 05:48, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CFD notice

Removed cfdnotice, cfd has completed. --Kbdank71 15:20, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pulling rank

Since I've seen this controvesy elsewhere, let me put it to rest here: In A Few Good Men, Demi (Commander) ranked Tom (Lieutenant). On "JAG", they reversed it, so Harm (the star) ranked Mac (not). They were of equal rank, but Rabb had more time in grade, so he was senior. Trekphiler 10:01, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

At one point, when they were both O-4, that is true. But Mac was promoted to O-5 before Harm. Mac technically has more time in grade HOWEVER, Harm is technically her senior because he has time in service. Both are irrelavent because they are of equivalent rank. The only way one would be officially senior to the other is if their billet requires one of the to take precedence over the other thus becoming the senior officer. While Mac served as Chief of Staff this position did not make such a distinction. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.126.182.19 (talk) 08:13, 23 January 2007 (UTC).

Folks, Mac is senior. Remember, Tinner could not decide whom to charge for disobeying AJ's order to return home after Bud was injured; it was Singer who asked him who was Sr. and he said Mac.

[edit] Why clean up?

As usual, whoever tagged this article for clean up didn't bother to give a reason why. Nothing jumps out at me that needs to be cleaned up. There are some things I would reword, but nothing major. Cromulent Kwyjibo 22:49, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Centralized TV Episode Discussion

Over the past months, TV episodes have been redirected by (to name a couple) TTN, Eusebeus and others. No centralized discussion has taken place, so I'm asking everyone who has been involved in this issue to voice their opinions here in this centralized spot, be they pro or anti. Discussion is here [1]. Even if you have not, other opinions are needed because this issue is affecting all TV episodes in Wikipedia. --Maniwar (talk) 03:48, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NCIS Spin-off: Characters

Should the spin-off section also recognize that Michael Bellisario was Mikey Roberts (Bud's little brother) in JAG, and also appeared as Chip Sterling (Abby's assistant) in NCIS? -Rianna (talk) 21:35, 8 March 2008 (UTC)