JAG
Complications
TV Flash files “Complications” as hour 170 of 227 in the TV Flash guide — JAG (1995–2005) on NBC/CBS, season 8, episode 12, aired 2003-01-07, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E12: listed hour 170 of 227 in the JAG guide, hour 12 of 24 in season 8. It aired 2003-01-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “All Ye Faithful” (S08E11). Next is “Standards of Conduct” (S08E13).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A general demands to know why his daughter died during surgery, then he stands accused of improperly influencing the testimony of a witness. Harm prosecutes, Mac defends, and Mac finds the real cause of the death. Bud receives a welcome letter.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Complications sit in the JAG guide?
S08E12 is listed hour 170 of 227 — hour 12 of 24 in season 8, season 8 episode 12.
When did JAG S08E12 air?
Complications aired 2003-01-07 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
David James Elliott’s Harm Rabb made JAG a uniform with flight hours — Navy lawyers, courtrooms, a will-they that ran on protocol, the procedural that quietly built a franchise navy and then spawned NCIS. NBC to CBS hop. TV Flash files…
- 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…