JAG
Chains of Command
TV Flash files “Chains of Command” as hour 53 of 227 in the TV Flash guide — JAG (1995–2005) on NBC/CBS, season 3, episode 16, aired 1998-03-03, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E16: listed hour 53 of 227 in the JAG guide, hour 16 of 24 in season 3. It aired 1998-03-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Yesterday's Heroes” (S03E15). Next is “The Stalker” (S03E17).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
An enlisted woman at sea makes a serious mistake; no casualty results. The command master CPO calls her to his office for counseling; she then accuses him of unlawful sexual behavior. Harm and Bud prosecute, and Dalton and Harriet defend.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Chains of Command sit in the JAG guide?
S03E16 is listed hour 53 of 227 — hour 16 of 24 in season 3, season 3 episode 16.
When did JAG S03E16 air?
Chains of Command aired 1998-03-03 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.…
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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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