JAG
Family Secrets
TV Flash files “Family Secrets” as hour 119 of 227 in the TV Flash guide — JAG (1995–2005) on NBC/CBS, season 6, episode 9, aired 2000-12-12, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E09: listed hour 119 of 227 in the JAG guide, hour 9 of 24 in season 6. It aired 2000-12-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A Separate Peace (2)” (S06E08). Next is “Touch and Go” (S06E10).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Bud feels anger and agony over the recent tragedy in his family; he considers courses of action and makes a decision. Mac moves a ring, and Mic prepares to return to Oz. Webb twice gives Harm news. A secret about Harriet comes to light.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Family Secrets sit in the JAG guide?
S06E09 is listed hour 119 of 227 — hour 9 of 24 in season 6, season 6 episode 9.
When did JAG S06E09 air?
Family Secrets aired 2000-12-12 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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