JAG
The Brotherhood
TV Flash files “The Brotherhood” as hour 12 of 227 in the TV Flash guide — JAG (1995–2005) on NBC/CBS, season 1, episode 12, aired 1996-02-03, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E12: listed hour 12 of 227 in the JAG guide, hour 12 of 22 in season 1. It aired 1996-02-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Sightings” (S01E11). Next is “Defensive Action” (S01E13).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
During a landing exercise Marines find a beaten, comatose fellow Marine on the beach; while investigating, Harm and Meg find inconsistent data. They and the company commander run into trouble, but they sort things out and set them right.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Brotherhood sit in the JAG guide?
S01E12 is listed hour 12 of 227 — hour 12 of 22 in season 1, season 1 episode 12.
When did JAG S01E12 air?
The Brotherhood aired 1996-02-03 and is listed at 60 minutes.
NBC or CBS?
Premiered on NBC in 1995, then thrived on CBS. The hop is the survival story; the long procedural life is the CBS chapter.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Navy lawyers with flight hours: uniforms, courtrooms, and a will-they that ran on protocol. The procedural that quietly built a franchise navy — Harm, Mac, and military legal comfort food that hopped from NBC to CBS and then spawned NCIS. Sincere, square, and sneakily durable if you like cases that salute before they cross-examine.
In medias res in a courtroom that still smells like jet fuel: Navy JAG officers investigating and prosecuting cases tied to the fleet, a will-they running on protocol. Donald P. Bellisario's procedural premiered on NBC in 1995 and thrived after hopping to CBS — handsome military legal comfort food that quietly became a franchise mothership. Max can keep his binge-and-bury navy; this is a network hop that saved a uniform. David James Elliott's Harm, Catherine Bell's Mac, Patrick Labyorteaux's Bud, John M.…
Filed against
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- Catherine Bell as Sarah MacKenzie
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- Patrick Labyorteaux as Bud Roberts
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- John M. Jackson as A.J. Chegwidden
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