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Date Posted: 23:16:00 02/11/03 Tue
Author: Tracy
Subject: Friendly Fire

I tried not to think about the real life case that inspired this episode. That case is still in the middle of its court proceedings and we don't know yet how it will turn out (personally, I think the real life aviators went over the line, but of course, I'm not privy to all of the evidence in the case).

Looking at the episode strictly from a characterization standpoint, I have a few problems with it....

Tonight's episode didn't sit all that well with me. I had to ruminate over it, read some others comments and rewatch the episode to be able to articulate what was wrong with this episode.

I agree with a poster on the shipperhm list that Mac started it the sniping. AJ had just barely assigned Harm to the bench and they weren't even out of his office before she started questioning his objectivity. Harm waited until things weren't going his way (whether he was right or wrong to take it so personally) in 'Ready Or Not' before he started questioning. She never gave him a chance to prove his objectivity. I did notice several rulings of his that went in her favor. And while it was premature for him to be asking questions before Sturgis had his chance, Mac was out of line to call Harm on it. It's not the first time a judge has asked questions in a JAG episode, which leads me to think its not an uncommon occurance. Just because the questions weren't to her liking the first time (the second time, his questions did more help to her case than Sturgis') is no reason for her attitude.

....but I wasn't entirely pleased with Harm either. Although he did redeem himself just a little bit at the end by recommending a review of the defendant's flight status (was anyone else having 'Rules Of Engagement' flashbacks?), he went out of his way - and split a few legal hairs - by prompting Mac and Bud to look for the evidence which ended up exhonerating the defendant. And if Mac and Bud had the evidence all along (which appears to be the case), why didn't Sturgis already have a copy of it given to him during discovery? That either makes Mac and Bud look bad for withholding evidence or Sturgis look like he wasn't doing his job by overlooking it. And he did redeem himself a little more by recognizing that he's not cut out to sit behind the bench (of course, necessity requires he say that even if he were happy back there - they had to have a way to hid Mac for the next couple of months).

Tracy

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