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JAG és l'acrònim de Judge Advocate General (traduït com "Advocacia General de la Marina dels Estats Units"), és una sèrie de televisió nord-americana d'aventura i drama, produïda per Donald Bellisario, en associació amb la Paramount. Originalment concebuda com Top Gun ha esdevingut Alguns homes bons. JAG es va estrenar a la NBC el 1995, però va ser cancel·lada el 1996 després d'acabar en la posició Nº 67 d'audiència. En canviar a la cadena rival CBS va aixecar la sèrie i la va emetre durant 9 temporades més fins a abril de 2005.
La sèrie mostra als oficials del JAG, fortament idealitzats, aplicant les estipulacions del codi de justÃcia militar i el Dret internacional de manera que proveeixin a aquest melodrama televisiu. La sèrie es va basar inicialment en els proveïdors de suport militars de Hollywood i usant l'estoc de metratge existent d'altres ben coneguts films navals i militars, incloent Top Gun, La caça de l'Octubre Roig i Perill Imminent. El Departament de Defensa després va reconèixer els valors positius de la sèrie i li va garantir el seu suport oficial, aportant als productors accés a instal·lacions militars i equipament. Aquesta situació va arribar tan lluny que és l'única sèrie de televisió que ha estat oficialment avalada al mateix temps per l'Armada Nord-americana i el Cos de Marines dels Estats Units. La sèrie incorpora des del principi accions militars en els seus guions per exemple la Guerra a Bòsnia, o l'atac al Destructor Cole, els Atemptats de l'11 de setembre de 2001 i la següent Invasió de l'Iraq i Afganistan. Durant els atacs de l'11 de setembre la sèrie va ser catapultada en les audiències i va aconseguir el lloc número 10.
A Espanya la sèrie es va emetre per Cuatro, AXN i la Sexta, a Nicaragua pel Canal 2, en Mèxic per canal 5, en Xile per Telecanal, en Equador per SÃTV canal 12 i en Panamà per TV-MAX canal 9.
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Curiositat: és recurrent en els capÃtols la referència citant com a font d'informació la ZNN, una al·lusió indirecta a la CNN
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arah MacKenzie | Service Record |
Sarah MacKenzie | |
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First appearance |
 We The People(January 3, 1997) |
Last appearance |
 Fair Winds and Following Seas(April 29, 2005) |
Portrayed by |
 Catherine Bell |
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Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Occupation | Judge Advocate in the United States Marine Corps |
Lieutenant Colonel Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie, JAGC, USMC was Harmon Rabb's partner from 1997-2005.
When she initially transferred to JAG headquarters. she held the rank of Major, but later then promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. At the end of the series, Mac was selected as commander of Joint Legal Service Center Southwest, a JAG office in San Diego, CA, though she may or may not have actually accepted the position. She and Captain Harmon "Harm" Rabb become engaged and flipped a coin to see who would resign their commission.
Born in 1966, Sarah MacKenzie had a troubled childhood; her mother abandoned her and her alcoholic father on the night of Mac's 15th birthday. Her father, Joseph MacKenzie, was physically abusive towards her mother, and emotionally and verbally abusive to Mac. As a partial result of this, Mac became an alcoholic in her mid- to late teens and had no contact with her mother until she reappeared at Joseph's deathbed. Mac also learned at this time that her large white mutt, named Ruggles, was abandoned at a boarding house during her mother's travels after fleeing from her abusive father. She showed more sympathy for her father's efforts to be a good dad, pathetic as they were, and more anger at her mother for leaving them to fend for themselves.
Mac mentions at one point that by fifteen she was getting in trouble for drinking and stealing cars. She ran away from home when she was seventeen (her junior year of high school), and apparently married Christopher Ragle a year later. They were both drunk for much of their married life. He was later arrested and sent to prison for motor vehicle theft. At some point, Mac finished high school. On the night of her graduation, she was traveling in a car with her friend Eddie. They were both drunk, and were involved in a car accident that killed Eddie. Mac hit her low as an alcoholic, and her uncle, Colonel Matthew O'Hara, USMC, took her to Red Rock Mesa, Arizona to "dry out." Mac later repaid the debt owed to him by making sure he did not get killed during an incident where he and a group of rogue Marines stole the Declaration of Independence.
After graduating from high school, Mac joined the Marines. After graduating from Officer Candidate School, she was stationed as a First Lieutenant in Okinawa, Japan, as an Administration Officer under John Farrow. It was under his recommendation that the Marine Corps put Mac through law school.
While stationed in Okinawa, Mac engaged in an affair with her superior officer John Farrow. Unbeknownst to Mac, Chris Ragle followed her to Okinawa and discovered the affair. When he caught up to Mac at JAG headquarters, Chris attempted to use this information to blackmail Mac for money. John paid Chris the money he demanded, but Chris threatened to kill him anyway. Mac tried to wrestle the gun out of Chris' hand, but it accidentally went off and killed him instead.
Mac received her Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of Minnesota and her Law Degree from Duke University School of Law, and was subsequently stationed in Bosnia during the war there.
As a Major, she was subsequently assigned to JAG headquarters. It was hinted by Admiral Chegwidden that Mac's assignment as Harm's partner was recommended by his former partner LT Meg Austin, who had transferred from headquarters to another assignment. After a brief absence from JAG in 1998 (during which she worked as an attorney at Lowell, Hanson and Lowne), she was temporarily assigned Head of Administration. Upon her return she was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, partially due to Admiral A.J. Chegwidden's renewal of her recommendation for accelerated promotion.
Mac bore an uncanny resemblance to Lt. Diane Schonke, a Navy officer Harm had been dating before she was murdered, which initially made Harm uneasy, though he soon got past it. However, Mac was unaware of the resemblance until much later, during a case when Harm worked out who had really killed Schonke. Only Harm, Bud, and later, Sturgis Turner, were aware of the resemblance, and none of them said anything. Mac found out by finding a picture of Schonke in Harm's apartment, in an old shoebox. It was then that Harm told her everything. It was also during this time that Mac kept Harm from throwing his career away, by inadvertently appearing as the long deceased Lt. Schonke, showing up on the pier wearing one of Harriet's spare uniforms.
Mac possessed both Cherokee and Iranian ancestry, and was fluent in Persian, as well as speaking Russian very well. She was capable of recognizing a native Iranian speaker by her accent. Her grandmother was Muslim and taught her the basics of Muslim law. She also always knows what the time is, though she never wears a watch. Her friends and co-workers, particularly Harm, asked her on multiple occasions how she did that, and Mac variously replied, "It's a Marine thing," "My grandmother was Swiss," and simply "I don't know."
She and Harm eventually (after years of denial) proclaimed their love to each other and — despite Mac's small chance to have a child — decided to get married. Mac and Harm also decided to be fair about who would remain in service, and who would resign, or retire, by way of a coin flip. It's never revealed who retired and who didn't.
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Harm/Mac 101. Lt. Cmdr Harmon Rabb Jr first laid eyes on Major Sarah Mackenzie back in the episode "We The People" after he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by the President. Amazement & shock lit his face as he realized the uncanny resemblance between the then Marine Major and his dead girlfriend. Of course at this point began the flurry of shipper JAG fanfics being posted all over the Net. Six seasons later (Season 8 is the latest), no loose ends has been tied, and they are back at the beginning. (remember JAGathon?)
What! Of all the....
Ah well, the shippers lament. Ever since they first met, many proclaimed they are meant to be together. So many reasons. Yet nothing much has happened. One wonders. Of course many argue it would just kill off the series. So they developed the new Mac character. A tough by-the-book Marine. Major Sarah Mackenzie is not Lt. Diane Schonke, Harm realized. Oh yes, Harm can charm the birds off a tree but not this Marine. And thus began the new partnership of two equally headstrong and capable military lawyers. This was the premise of JAG. The dynamic duo of the JAG Corps. Plus with all the tension of working so closely together, it would make a helluva good drama.
JAG was certainly promising.
Unfortunately, good things do come to an end. Season 5 and 6 saw Mac & Harm having their relationship soured. Mac did approach Harm on confronting their feelings as early as in Season 4's "Silent Service" when she mentioned there might be 'some deeper issues'. She wanted to talk about it but Harm merely brushes her off saying 'This is not a marriage.' They were already in the cramped quarters of a submarine and Harm *still* wanted to run away from the issue.
Again in Season 5, Mac tries to make Harm connect the dots. On a ship sailing the Sydney Harbour. I think TPTB gave the shippers an answer. It seems eternity is how long they have to wait. Thus from there began the decline and the breaking up of the partnership.There was Mic Brumby who apparently pulled all stops to get Lt.Col Sarah Mackenzie's love and Renee Peterson who saw something in the charming grin of the handsome flyboy.
Thank god it all ended. No Mic and no Renee. Mic realized that he is Mac's second choice, packs his bags and returns to Australia. Renee left Harm too. Who wouldn't, seeing how commitment-phobe Harm is?
But most of all, I like to thank the writers for redeeming Mac....finally. "I am so SICK of this dance." For once, she has become more forthcoming about her feelings and not to mention, her frustration. Harm has obviously thought that Mac would wait for him..."You expect me to stay single forever?". Believe me, at this point of time, even the most die-hard shippers would think twice of whether Harm is the right one for Mac. I am not a shipper per se, some say a shipper in denial. But after six seasons, it gets nauseating watching them moving back & forth. Mac is right. Viewers are also sick of the dance.
I really hope by the time JAG ends the two of them will get together. For the sake of the stomach contents of the fans.