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Date Posted: 02:29:25 03/04/03 Tue
Author: Dancer - President of the S.S.D.S
Subject: Am I the only one?
In reply to: - 's message, "season eight: Friendly Fire, February 11, 2003" on 03:17:47 02/21/03 Fri

Hey, I know you all liked Harm in that jogging suit, LOL, but after looking at some of the comments this morning, I'm wondering � Am I the only one who really liked this episode? I mean, I know it wasn't perfect, but I thought they did a pretty good job.

It was well written. The case was interesting. The situation was interesting. The story played up the relationships between the characters and found an interesting way to resolve the court martial. I thought it was great.

"The Good of the Service" was on just before this one, and I thought "Friendly Fire" fit right into that group. Geez, how long has it been since I could say that? It was good to see Bud back in the courtroom although the gray hair was a bit much. A.J. was once again the arbiter of all things "JAG" from fending off shady "suggestions" from the new SecNav to playing referee to our favorite battling barristers.

OK, so maybe Harm didn't look so good to some. Mac didn't look good to others. But I thought they both looked about right. They were uncomfortable. Did you see Harm's face the first time he walked into the courtroom as a judge? The whole thing had to feel a little like a set-up and that red light blinking in the back corner of the room didn't help. Sure Mac challenged him � just as he challenged her in "Ready or Not." They're used to sparring, used to disagreeing, but they are not used to having to bow to the other one's wishes in court (or elsewhere, for that matter. LOL!).

Maybe it's because I'm a shipper, but I liked the back and forth between Harm and Mac � and about Harm and Mac in this one. It's been quite a while since we've seen it at all, and a long time since they've done it so well. I was beginning to think TPTB had forgotten how (or just didn't want to anymore). I LOLed at that exchange when Coates said, "In some situations, it's impossible to keep your personal feelings out of it, sir." When Harm countered that he didn't have personal feelings about the pilot, she replied, "I wasn't talking about Cmdr. Riddley, sir." The look on Harm's face was priceless!

Someone down the board (manette?) said it just right: Harm and Mac cannot be dispassionate about each other and imho, shouldn't be. (But, then again, I'm a shipper.)

From what I heard, Paramount's lawyers were a bit skittish about having a case portrayed in the show that was so close to an actual case pending against two Air Force pilots, so the solution to this case may have been the "out" they were looking for, but it also allowed Harm to be Harm. He is "the hunter." He couldn't just sit back and be the "passive recipient" of information. He had to dig into the case. Of course, it also allowed him to tap into that "special understanding" he has with Mac � and Bud. Can you imagine if anyone else had been prosecuting? If he'd dropped a similar hint to, say, Carolyn Imes or, God forbid, Singer do you think they would've picked up the hint? And would Harm have trusted them to act as professionally as Mac did? (Brady v. Maryland)

I loved it. We finally got something that showed me there's still fire between H & M. I really thought they'd lost it for good. OK, so maybe it was the angry side of passion, but at least the feeling is still there underneath. I thought it was great.

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