JAG
Ghost Ship
TV Flash files “Ghost Ship” as a desk essential hour — JAG (1995–2005) on NBC/CBS, season 3, episode 1, aired 1997-09-23, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E01: listed hour 38 of 227 in the JAG guide, first listed hour of season 3. It aired 1997-09-23 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Rendezvous” (S02E15). Next is “The Court-Martial of Sandra Gilbert” (S03E02).
Essential hour: “Ghost Ship”. Ghost Ship: procedural square enough to last a decade, cases still saluting before they cross-examine.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Aboard a decommissioned Naval vessel, inspectors discover the skeleton of a missing aviator. Harm and Mac investigate. Harm finds an important book, which contains a clue about the whereabouts of his father, but the book disappears.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ghost Ship sit in the JAG guide?
S03E01 is listed hour 38 of 227 — first listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 1.
When did JAG S03E01 air?
Ghost Ship aired 1997-09-23 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
- David James Elliott as Harm Rabb
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- Catherine Bell as Sarah MacKenzie
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- Patrick Labyorteaux as Bud Roberts
Patrick Labyorteaux played Bud Roberts on JAG, the 1990s Navy-lawyer procedural of uniforms, courtrooms, and a will-they that ran on protocol. Harm, Mac, military legal comfort food that hopped from NBC to CBS and then spawned NCIS. TV…
- John M. Jackson as A.J. Chegwidden
John M. Jackson’s A.J. Chegwidden ran JAG like a protocol cathedral — Navy lawyers with flight hours, uniforms, courtrooms, a will-they on procedure. The procedural that quietly built a franchise navy, hopping NBC to CBS, then spawning…