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Date Posted: 23:00:37 06/22/02 Sat
Author: Yali V..._
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Thanks God, I saved this review! :)
In reply to: - 's message, "season seven: Defending His Honor, May 7, 2002" on 17:12:40 06/22/02 Sat

Synopsis- Capt. Sebring, one of the NavyJAG justices, is charged with road rage driving and causing an accident where a baby was killed, and Harm is assigned to defend him while Mac prosecutes. Meanwhile, Singer still ruminates being overlooked at promotions, and Webb is in Russia, following the tracks of Kabir Atif, the terrorist brother of Mustafa, the one tried on "Tribunal".

The end of this episode reminded me of a radio parody in a radio show aired in my teens that finished with a �Queeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee paaaaasaaaaraaaaaaa?� (�Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat wiiilllll haaaaaaappeeeeeeen neeeeeeext?�) It was sort of a comic relief to enhance the tension of next week's episode. The still image of Kabir Atif made me hold my breath and after seeing the next week previews, I decided I needed an oxygen mask.

Officially, I�m the president of the Puerto Rican Chapter of the �Disbar Singer Committee�. That woman is a disgrace to the uniform and to the profession! (Kudos to Nanci Chambers. To make a villain character quite credible requires a lot of concentration) Not only she�s a meddler and a tattle-teller and obnoxious, she�s envious and a b@#*. Her intentions are pretty obvious-she wants vengeance for being rolled over at promotions. She envies Bud and Harriet because they have what she desires- a flourishing career, a family, a husband, someone who cares for her. And because she cannot face the music, she lurks underneath. Otherwise, how can you explain invading Harriet�s cyberspace to cheat the house purchase to Bud, and using that to �leak� to her who was Bud�s legalman? When she tried to eye Harm�s documents for the Capt. Sebring�s case, he went off the roof. He scolded her, yet between the lines we could read that he wanted to wring her neck. Mac was much more obvious; she accused her directly of trying to sabotage Bud�s overseas assignment for her advancement. But what irked them (and me) the most is her cynicism. Singer always manages to end like a falling cat-always in her paws to avoid getting hurt. For a moment I thought Harriet would slap at her (�If I helped in a way to save your marriage��). Mark my words; soon there will be a catfight between Harriet and Singer at JAG HQ. And no one will separate them.

Parenthesis- Harriet is playing with fire at JAG. How she dares to use the Instant Messenger during job hours for personal issues? She clicked it off as soon as she saw Mac passing nearby. Can you imagine if the SecNav decides to monitor Internet and Intranet use at JAG? There�s a heavy rumor that many private and government companies will do so�

Webb and Capt. Alexander Volkonov. The Odd Couple if we were in 1980. When I was a little girl (not so long ago) I was taught that Americans were good and Russians were bad and they could not be friends. I remember the Olympics� reciprocal boycott in 1980 and 1984. Now we have a joint space laboratory and Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton and Bush Jr. have lunch at the White House tea room. In this episode, we had Webb, Volkonov and their Russian Navy informer having vodka and a cigarette at a pier tavern to share information on a presumed terrorist. �Our men need to go hunting�, states Webb when following the tracks of Kabir Atif, the aforementioned. He looks downright vicious. I know that�s a character, but such portrayal gave me the chills.

I know shippers will be rejoicing with the �Can I buy you dinner?� line Harm said and Mac�s acceptance. Don�t stone me; I didn�t see it quite shippery. It looked more like a cool invitation between friends and colleagues to relax after work. I think it�s nice for them to rebuild their friendship after the tension of the last semester. Also, I don�t think the wife line was a shippery moment. �If my wife ever buys a house without telling me�� You with a wife?�, Mac wonders. She knows Harm�s character and how flirtatious he is, that she can�t picture him married and with additional responsibilities. You only find that kind of teasing between friends, and close ones.

Capt. Owen Sebring�s case kept me guessing all the time. From previous episodes we know that he has a strong temper, but a road-rager? When he lost his temper at court when questioned about the quarrel with his son, for a moment I was tempted to give in. Later, I suspected the ex-boyfriend and a possible intentional mechanical failure, but Sturgis blew it away. Then I switched to the �worried about his wife� theory. Mrs. Sebring had been diagnosed with lymphatic cancer, and he had fired her nurse because apparently, she didn�t comply with her duties, and now he had to take care of her. Harm and I agreed that there was something that didn�t click in that scene. Capt. Sebring showed his tender side to Harm when he told him about the �tough love� lesson for his son (judging for what he said, apparently the young man died from a drug overdose, and he was his only son), and how he worried for his wife if he ever went to jail or if he was discharged. Probably, he�ll lose medical cover for her. Then, the cocktail pills Capt. Sebring prepared and the explanation he gave about the side effects of each one gave Harm a hunch (ah, the gleam in his eyes�).

It turned out that Miss Wilson (as she stubbornly insisted to be called) suffered from post-partum depression and had to take antidepressants as soon as after the first month after giving birth. Unfortunately, the pills� side effects included some sort of hallucinations, which made her believe that she was an unfit mother, and when Capt. Sebring tapped by accident the back of her car, she took it as a �clue� to go off the road and �free� her baby daughter from being mistreated by her.

And when we thought the episode would end with a close up of our favorite legal team on their way to dine, the manhunt for Kabir Atif was on its way. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat wiiilllll haaaaaaappeeeeeeen neeeeeeext?, let�s hold out breaths till next week, when then it�ll be one till the season finale.

Harmyrates (on a 10-scale):

Hot-hot-hot= 10!!!
Legal Eagle= 9.7 (Capt. Sebring put him to the test)

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Re: season seven: Defending His Honor, May 7, 2002 (NT) -- qqq, 18:38:49 04/28/05 Thu