JAG
Fortunate Son
TV Flash files “Fortunate Son” as hour 176 of 227 in the TV Flash guide — JAG (1995–2005) on NBC/CBS, season 8, episode 18, aired 2003-03-18, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E18: listed hour 176 of 227 in the JAG guide, hour 18 of 24 in season 8. It aired 2003-03-18 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Empty Quiver” (S08E17). Next is “Second Acts” (S08E19).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The admiral returns. A Marine pilot and his wife become suspected of taking part in human trafficking. Harm and PO Coates find the truth, and justice prevails. The SecNav sends Cdr. Ted Lindsey to investigate the office; Ted grinds his ax.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Fortunate Son sit in the JAG guide?
S08E18 is listed hour 176 of 227 — hour 18 of 24 in season 8, season 8 episode 18.
When did JAG S08E18 air?
Fortunate Son aired 2003-03-18 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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