JAG
The Adversaries
TV Flash files “The Adversaries” as hour 80 of 227 in the TV Flash guide — JAG (1995–2005) on NBC/CBS, season 4, episode 19, aired 1999-04-13, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E19: listed hour 80 of 227 in the JAG guide, hour 19 of 24 in season 4. It aired 1999-04-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Shakedown” (S04E18). Next is “Second Sight” (S04E20).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Bud receives a promotion from lieutenant (junior grade) to full lieutenant; then Bud Sr. enters in uniform, announces that the Navy has recalled him to active duty to try him at a court-martial (for larceny and wrongful disposition of government property), and he asks Bud to defend him. Harm prosecutes, Bud defends, and Bud Sr. assaults and batters a government witness. Bud proves to be a vigorous and aggressive adversary at trial. Bud and Harriet throw a wetdown party at Murphy's Tavern.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Adversaries sit in the JAG guide?
S04E19 is listed hour 80 of 227 — hour 19 of 24 in season 4, season 4 episode 19.
When did JAG S04E19 air?
The Adversaries aired 1999-04-13 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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- Patrick Labyorteaux as Bud Roberts
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- John M. Jackson as A.J. Chegwidden
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