The cases of Harmon Rabb, former Navy fighter pilot, and his fellow lawyers of the U.S. Navy's Judge Advocate General's office. Lt. Harmon Rabb is a JAG lawyer and is accompanied by Lt. Sarah MacKenzie. Together, they solve cases and problems of various kinds. From a psycho who wanted to bomb a cruise ship from a submarine to taking a risky mission of recon photos. Rabb used to be a fighter pilot until he and his co-pilot were in an accident. From then, he became a JAG. Every week he and Lt. MacKenzie have a new case to solve. So, we've got drama, romance, lawyers, planes, ships, action, detective work, some CSI and just a tad of comedy. It's like ten different shows packed in one! Sure, many shows feature some of this elements, but I can't remember any that has them all. So whatever your preferences are when it comes to TV shows, you will find something you'll like, and there's a good chance it's going to be better than a show that deals only with few of the above-mentioned things.<br/><br/>JAG doesn't hold you to the screen with short cuts, hyperactive camera or speedy dialogs, it doesn't rely on fancy photography or cool special effects, it doesn't try to make you watch just for attractive characters (altough it could :-p). What you get from JAG is content - characters, cases, long story arcs… Each episode offers an eclectic variety of topics to discuss by the water cooler :).<br/><br/>What more can you wish for? Yup…<br/><br/>JAG, it's a good concept turning bad. As far as I know the acting is overall correct, if not good. The story are not surprising : a trial and an investigation in the US Army. The characters are interesting and you feel compelled to follow their live. Even the Soap don't bothered me as I think a little soap in any show isn't bad,maybe even unavoidable. Technically, the show is far from the worse I've seen, and is, in fact, rather good. <br/><br/>So, why 4 star only ?<br/><br/>It's because somewhere, this show has become a vehicle for US army propaganda. When the show isn't saying' bad thing over foreigner, be they Middle-Easterner, Chinese, Russian or other, it's the American civilian that receive the burn of the culpability, or some minor religion (Wicca church episode, here we go !)<br/><br/>Sometimes, VERY RARELY, we have a deserter, but essentially, this show turn to show (duh !) how brave and perfect are the men and women that make the US Army.<br/><br/>Don't get me wrong, most of them probably are, but it's just exaggerated and it's there when the show just loose all credibility. This is done very blatantly sometimes, and other, in very devious way…<br/><br/>Yeah, truly, I don't need to see a 30-45 minute recruitment trailer for US Army once per week. More of that, it's just offensive for all foreigner and even American civilian. (Just check how the navy save the face in the Pearl Harbor episode, how my !)<br/><br/>So, I recommend to any viewer of this show to keep their brain active while watching it.
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