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Date Posted: 08:20:56 05/26/02 Sun
Author: Tim
Subject: Bud's injury is a good storyline

Some people here and at other JAG sites have commented on how it is "unfair" that this happened to Bud.

I think this is a very good storyline.

Bud more than Harm represents the truly typical American serviceman (a tip of the hat to the brave service women).
Where Harm has now earned apparently his 3rd D.F.C. or possibly even the Medal of Honor, Bud just does his job in a professional if not showy way.

Bud is a little bit goofy (the way most people are), and this season was even caught checking out the well laid out body of his legalman (a truly misnomer for this Petty Officer).

Bud however is also the guy that works hard, is loyal to his friends, isn't a backstabber, and stands by the law which he believes in.

He lost his leg while trying to help a kid that was chucking rocks at him. Tell me that isn't symbolic of America's foreign policy.

So now that Bud has been hurt, no strike that, maimed for life, the audience is reminded of what war truly is.

I was a little disappointed in the scene where Harm and Mac just seemed to breeze through their encounter with a mine field. It seemed to make them out to be more troublesome than deadly. I see now that the writers and the director were just sitting us up cleverly for the fall.

The shot of Bud, a character that we have known for years, have learned to care about, laying with a bloody stump, his life's blood pouring out was a terrible shot.

It was also a terrible shot that people need to see. No war, no matter how important, and this one is, is without cost. There are a lot of "Buds" who pay this price.

I find it right that I got a chance to right this on their day, Memorial Day.

Semper Fi

Tim

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[> Very good post. I just read it to my family. -- PB--- Sorry if it post twice from me., 12:03:41 05/26/02 Sun


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[> I agree with you Tim--this is an excellent storyline. It's not some pretty plot they're adding as an undercurrent to buoy the sometimes boring lawyer work. I think it will be dealt with fairly and well--at least I hope so. And yes, we were set up for the fall w/ that scene of Harm and Mac. Although horrid, the story of Bud is one that reminds us of what many people deal with daily---whether living in an area with minefields, or of men and women in service. -- C, 21:25:17 05/27/02 Mon


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[> Re: Bud's injury is a good storyline -- Ives, 22:20:00 05/27/02 Mon

I agree that the landmine story is very timely. How many times have the reporters stated that Afghanistan is so dangerous because of them? We have all watched as Bud's character has changed from the comic relief to the underrated gifted lawyer. We have watched him earn his promotions and past his bars to become a fully competent lawyer. This has given the viewers a character to love and relate to in the real world. He alone has managed to find love, make a commitment and work at keeping the relationship
no matter what the costs. He seems to have become the stablizing force which Harm and Mac revolve around. I feel that Bud's injury will solidify the viewer's perspective of Bud's character as equal to Harm and Mac, not two steps behind them. Remember when they were running in the Jagathon? They all ran side by side. It should make for some very interseting story lines next season.


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[> Tim, that was a beautiful post. And I totally agree with it. If done well, this story has potential to really inform viewers. Pretty much everyone identifies w/Bud in some way. -- Katherine, 17:18:47 05/28/02 Tue


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[> Re: Bud's injury is a good storyline -- MysticKnight, 23:59:40 05/31/02 Fri

Bud being wounded will open plots and sub-plots for all of the characters. All of Bud's family will be involved, Harriet, little AJ (all he has to do is ask what is wrong, Daddy? when Bud returns home), Mikey (now a midshipman), abd of course Big Bud. Harm and Mac can look and see what could have happened to either of them, and start realizing what could happen to the other (Though personally, I think Harm is going to want to protect the Marine's six). AJ, of course, for the idea of Bud going to another duty station. Singer seeing what can happen, or maybe taking Bud's place and having to work with PO Coates. Sturgis could easily be Bud's motivation. Bud has always been a good researcher, and since beconing a lawyer, a fine lawyer. Remember the show with the Marine DI, that had the heart transplant? the comment made about needing good marines like him, does not the Navy want to keep an officer as good as Bud?


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