The tenth and final season of '' JAG'' premiered on CBS on September 24, 2004, and concluded on April 29, 2005. The season, starring David James Elliott and Catherine Bell, was produced by Belisarius Productions in association with

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. Season 10 of ''JAG'' aired alongside the second season of ''

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Plot

Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie ( Catherine Bell), a tenacious, by-the-book

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, and Commander Harmon "Harm" Rabb, Jr. ( David James Elliott), a former

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turned

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, are employed by Headquarters of the Judge Advocate General, the internal law firm of the Department of the Navy. The ''JAG'' team prosecute, defend, and preside over the legal cases under the

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(UCMJ) assigned to them by the Judge Advocate General, Major General Gordon Cresswell ( David Andrews). This season, Mac and Harm must investigate the death of a Marine in a

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incident ("Corporate Raiders"), a 22-year-old murder case ("Retrial"), an Ensign who fired on a fishing boat ("Whole New Ball Game"), and a DOD mishap in Baghdad ("This Just In From Baghdad"). Also this season, Mac suffers a personal loss ("Hail and Farewell"), and travels to San Diego to head a criminal investigation ("JAG: San Diego"), while new officers Lieutenants Gregory Vukovic (

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), Tali Mayfield (

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), and Catherine Graves (

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) are assigned to her staff, Jennifer Coates ( Zoe McLellan) is tapped to be a juror ("The Sixth Juror"), Harm must face the loss of Mattie (

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) ("Death at the Mosque"), Bud Roberts ( Patrick Labyorteaux) and Harriet Sims (

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) must decide their future, and Sturgis Turner (

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) is forced to act as the Acting Judge Advocate General. Finally, Harm and Mac must confront their feelings for one-another as they are offered promotions that will lead to their separation, Mac is assigned to Joint Legal Forces Southwest, and Harm is offered a Captain's billet in London ("'' Fair Winds and Following Seas''").

Production

In February 2005, series co-star David James Elliott announced his departure from the series, with Bellisario noting that "his contract was up, and we never expected it to go on. We had to cut costs. owe started doing episodes with less of David, and it became obvious to him that we were not going to renegotiate". Both Catherine Bell and Chris Beetem had signed on for a potential eleventh season. "'It was always intended that Catherine would be nthe show next season but lliottwould not,' says Bellisario". In Spring 2005, despite

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informing Donald P. Bellisario that the series "may get picked up", ''JAG'' was cancelled. Bellisario stated that "the reason ''JAG'' is not coming back is purely demographic. Nothing more", adding "it's wrong to say the show was canceled because eries co-star David James Elliottsaid he was leaving".

Cast and characters

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Also starring

Recurring

Episodes

Notes

References

External links

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