The BEST episodes of JAG season 3
Every episode of JAG season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of JAG season 3!
JAG is an adventure drama about an elite wing of officers trained as lawyers who investigate, prosecute and defend those accused of crimes in the military. Navy Cmdr. Harmon "Harm" Rabb, an ace pilot turned lawyer, and Marine Lt. Col. Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie, a beautiful by-the-book officer, are colleagues who hold the same high standards but find themselves clashing when they choose different routes to get to the same place. The unmistakable chemistry between them must be held at bay for professional reasons as they traverse the globe together with a single mission: to search for and discover the truth. Helping them with their mission is Navy Lt. Cmdr. Bud Roberts, a lawyer who proved his grit and determination when, after losing a leg in a land mine field while on a mission, fought back and became even better at his job.
#1 - Yesterday's Heroes
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/24/1998
When a luxury yacht owned by a reputed South American drug trafficker mysteriously sinks and the Navy is suspect, Harm, Mac and Bud are put on the case. Meanwhile, Artemus Sullivan, a World War II Navy veteran, with the help of his aged cronies, devises plans from a nursing home to make sure the drug dealer responsible for Sullivan's grandson's death is brought to justice. But when Sullivan is kidnapped by the drug dealers, his mettle is tested, as is that of Harm and his team as they race to rescue the war hero.
#2 - Someone to Watch over Annie
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/1998
Annie Pendry, a widow, comes to Harm for help after her young son, Josh, witnessed a murder while on a class trip to Andrews Air Force Base.
#3 - The Good of the Service
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1997
When a Marine colonel defies orders from superiors, as well as the State Department, and rescues his men who are being held and tortured by a Haitian warlord, he is court-martialed. Harm and Mac are assigned as prosecutors and are shocked when they find they must go head-to-head with Chegwidden. Bud must choose who to side with.
#4 - To Russia with Love (1)
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/19/1998
In 1980, several Russian soldiers guard a prisoner, Harmon Rabb, Sr. The KGB take a photo of the persons gathered there - a photo which has made its way to Harmon Rabb, Jr. in the present time.
#5 - People v. Rabb
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/1997
Harm meets with a Russian 'contact' in order to purchase documents that will prove his father was taken to Russia after being shot down in Vietnam. However, during the transaction, they are interrupted by a KGB agent, Col. Parlovsky who shoots & kills the Russian, then runs off as FBI agents show up, finding Harm over the body, with the gun & documents he wrestled away. As the FBI wants to hold him for the murder of the Russian, Adm. Chegwiggen manages to have Harm transferred to a military brig, and court-martialed, much to the dismay of the FBI agents. CIA agent Clayton Webb, knowing that it was Parlovsky, not Harm that committed the shooting, arranges for Harm to escape from custody in hopes Parlovsky will contact Harm. In the end, Parlovsky makes contact with Harm, but they both get away before Webb can catch them. Parlovsky tells Harm the documents were a fake and burns them. He then leaves, refusing to help clear Harm of the shooting. Harm turns himself back into military cus
#6 - Wedding Bell Blues
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/12/1998
Bud has his hands full when his family arrive in town for his wedding. Big Bud throws a stag party at a boisterous strip club where Harm's dress whites end up on the body of a stripper.
#7 - Defenseless
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/1997
Harm's skills as a lawyer are challenged when he defends a female ensign who claims she murdered an officer because her "instincts" told her he meant to hurt her. The ensign claims that when the officer entered her apartment on false pretenses, she felt threatened by him and killed in self-defense. Though the defense is decidedly thin -- no weapon was even found on the man's body -- Mac and Harm decide to stick with the case and are determined to help the ensign remember forgotten details of the event.
#8 - Vanished
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1997
When a fully armed and piloted Navy F-14 disappears during a storm, the JAG team is called in to investigate all possible scenarios, from pilot suicide and terrorism to the curse of the Bermuda Triangle and UFO interference.
#9 - Against All Enemies
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1997
International tensions mount as Harm, Mac and Bud board an aircraft carrier in the Sea of Japan to investigate the accidental shooting down of a North Korean civilian airline by Navy jets. While negligence on the part of the Navy fliers is indicated, Harm and Mac uncover evidence of a spy aboard the carrier. Meanwhile, the threat of war becomes real when a U.S. salvage vessel is sent to the site to help with the investigation and two North Korean warships threaten to sink it if both U.S. ships don't leave the area immediately.
#10 - The Return of Jimmy Blackhorse
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/1998
Members of the JAG team encounter resistance from Navajo tribal elders when they insist on DNA testing to verify that human remains are those of heroic Navajo "code-talker" Jimmy Blackhorse, missing since World War II.
#11 - Ghost Ship
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1997
Harm and Mac investigate the murder of a Navy pilot whose body was found hidden aboard a decommissioned aircraft carrier, the USS Hornet. Harm also discovers evidence that his father, an MIA from the Vietnam War, may be alive and under KGB control in Russia.
#12 - The Court-Martial of Sandra Gilbert
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1997
A top female helicopter pilot is accused of disobeying an order---to cease her affair with a married enlisted man, and a Congresswoman is determined to ensure the pilot's fair treatment as a potential court-martial looms.
#13 - Impact
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1997
Harm & Bud are sent to Twenty-nine Palms Marine Base to investigate the mid-air collision of 2 helicopters & subsequent crash of one helicopter which killed the pilot. Upon arrival at the crash site, they learn that one of aircraft is mysterious and can't be fully explained.
#14 - Blind Side
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1997
When an F-14 strikes a transmission line during a training exercise and the pilots are forced to eject, Mac and Harm are assigned to investigate the circumstances of the accident, but things don't add up for Harm, even after the pilot who struck the line admits to negligence. Mac is assigned to represent the pilot as Harm becomes at odds with the leader of the exercise, his former flight instructor and mentor.
#15 - Above and Beyond
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1997
When Harm, Mac and Bud are ordered to run a routine background check on a Navy SEAL who is a candidate for the Medal of Honor, they uncover unsavory information that may make him unworthy. Lt. Rivers is up for a medal after he single-handedly rescues the undersecretary of state from fundamentalist terrorists. Harm and Mac, in their investigation, find Rivers, an African-American, to be a very tough, complex and uncommunicative individual who is totally devoted to his country and his duty. But his men paint a different picture of him as a gung-ho loner who doesn't care about the safety of his team and, in fact, botched the mission by leaving one of his men behind. Rivers finally agrees to open up to Harm -- but only if Harm can withstand arduous SEAL training for one day -- including the brutal manhandling required of the "hostage interrogation."
#16 - Chains of Command
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/3/1998
Harm, Mac, and Bud investigate claims of sexual harassment aboard an aircraft carrier. Mac's boyfriend, Dalton Lowne, is the defendant's attorney, and Mac is shocked when she discovers that he has been copying information from her files. In order to solve the case, and combat Lowne's dirty tricks, Harm enlists the aid of Congresswoman Bobbi Latham. Justice is served, though many people's lives are changes as the result of Lowne's tactics.
#17 - Death Watch
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/31/1998
Mac learns about the murder of Harm's girlfriend Diane two years ago. When Harm shows her a picture of Diane, Mac is stunned to see that she looks just like her. Together with Bud they work together on the case, hoping to find the murderer.
#18 - The Stalker
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/17/1998
Following her ugly break-up with Dalton Lowne, Mac has reason to believe that he's stalking her -- until he's killed during an apparent car-jacking and the stalking continues. Much to Harm's dismay, the strain of the two events pushes Mac to the edge -- and to the bottle. Concerned for Mac's safety and sobriety, Harm intensifies his search for Mac's tormentor before he causes her bodily harm.
#19 - Clipped Wings
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/1998
Political pressures come into play after an F-14 pilot clips a ski helicopter during a NATO exercise over Italian airspace, killing six civilians. Harm and Mac are assigned to opposite sides in the case, but the Italian government wants to prosecute on its own.
#20 - Father's Day
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/3/1998
Due to frustration at being unable to wrest custody of his son from his drug addicted wife, Corporal Wetzel was distracted during a war game exercise and crashed a tank. Accused of dereliction of duty, Wetzel admits to being diverted on the job, but insists that Mac and Harm must keep him out of jail, since his arrest would certainly mean losing his son. Harm and Mac like Wetzel and understand that his frustration accounts for his poor judgment. But nobody's more surprised than they when Wetzel winds up in a tank in a stand-off with the military, questioning why he's being forced to choose between being a marine and being a father.
#21 - King of the Fleas
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1997
When a former Vietnam POW arrives at JAG headquarters to report a murder he's just committed, Harm confronts a very complex individual who may know something about his MIA father.
#22 - Imposter
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/21/1998
A renegade government agent breaks into Harm's apartment and plans to murder the key witness in the trial at which Harm and Mac are currently prosecutors.
#23 - Tiger, Tiger
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/24/1998
When Harm takes young Josh on a weekend cruise for Navy families aboard a frigate, pleasure turns to fear when the ship is taken over by terrorists who intend to fire missiles at Cuba.
#24 - With Intent to Die
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/13/1998
Admiral Chegwidden investigates the apparent suicide of his mentor, Admiral Clancy, who allegedly shot himself while on a hunting trip with several friends. Chegwidden can't believe that his friend would kill himself, and discovers that someone else may have actually pulled the trigger.