JAG
Empty Quiver
TV Flash files “Empty Quiver” as hour 175 of 227 in the TV Flash guide — JAG (1995–2005) on NBC/CBS, season 8, episode 17, aired 2003-02-25, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E17: listed hour 175 of 227 in the JAG guide, hour 17 of 24 in season 8. It aired 2003-02-25 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Heart & Soul” (S08E16). Next is “Fortunate Son” (S08E18).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Sturgis finds a missing nuclear torpedo; Harm finds missing cash and figures out a framing and other irregularities in a disbursing office aboard a carrier. The admiral continues to recover, and he names his new dog. Sarah runs the shop.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Empty Quiver sit in the JAG guide?
S08E17 is listed hour 175 of 227 — hour 17 of 24 in season 8, season 8 episode 17.
When did JAG S08E17 air?
Empty Quiver aired 2003-02-25 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…