JAG
The Black Jet
TV Flash files “The Black Jet” as hour 71 of 227 in the TV Flash guide — JAG (1995–2005) on NBC/CBS, season 4, episode 10, aired 1998-11-24, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E10: listed hour 71 of 227 in the JAG guide, hour 10 of 24 in season 4. It aired 1998-11-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “People v. Mac” (S04E09). Next is “Jaggle Bells” (S04E11).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
LCdr. Jack Keeter, a friend of Harm, has unexpectedly landed a stealth spy aircraft in Iran; the Iranian government has announced its intent to prosecute him for espionage. Harm, Mac, and Mic go to Iran, investigate, and intercede.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Black Jet sit in the JAG guide?
S04E10 is listed hour 71 of 227 — hour 10 of 24 in season 4, season 4 episode 10.
When did JAG S04E10 air?
The Black Jet aired 1998-11-24 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
Catherine Bell played Sarah MacKenzie on JAG — Navy lawyers with flight hours, uniforms, courtrooms, a will-they that ran on protocol. The procedural that quietly built a franchise navy, hopping from NBC to CBS. TV Flash files her as…
- 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…