JAG Season 3 quotes

Yours is not to reason why, yours is but...to do research.

Harm, Bud’s been at it nonstop for 32 hours and 24 minutes.

How do you do that?

My mother’s Swiss.

I wouldn't have bet anyone can confine you to a hospital bed for two days.

I slept the first day. After that the nurse threatened to tie me down if I so much as stuck my nose out the door.

Ooh, kinky.

Yellow light, Major.

Oh, c'mon, Harm. Haven't we reached the point where we can drop the traffic signals?

Absolutely. I ever tell you why a female Marine is like the energizer bunny?

On second thought, let's not.

You willing to let all this come out at trial?

What, that your client is a liar and an adulterer?

That my client is a victim of selective prosecution. I checked the records, Mac. There were four other male officers at Camp Pendleton guilty of the same infraction as Lt. Gilbert. None of those cases went to court. One officer was transferred to another command, two received reprimands, and the fourth left the service with an honorable discharge. There's a different set of rules for Lt. Gilbert because she is a woman.

Well, how many of them were given a direct order to stop the affair?

None! That's my point. C'mon, Mac, give her a break.

Harm, I may want to give her a break, but that is not my job. (mimicking Harm's statement from earlier:) 'Lt. Gilbert deserves a full and fair hearing just like everyone else, no matter how the chips fall, no special pleading, and no playing the gender card.'

You remember everything I say?

Only the good stuff.

So, you wanna tell me about Col. Farrow?

He was CO of Headquarters in Okinawa. I was his admin officer. How'd you know?

Your mouth does a funny little upturn thing when you're hiding something. So what's he like?

Excellent leader, honorable man. Overall, an outstanding officer.

What else?

What, what else?

Your mouth's doing that funny thing again.

Col. Farrow is the reason I’m a lawyer. The corps put me through law school based on his recommendation.

That's it?

What are you looking for?

Nothing. I just wanna make sure we're entering this inquiry with an open mind.

My mind's open. (walks into her office, closes the door, but opens it again sticking her head out) But if the politicians want a scapegoat, I'll be damned if I give them Col. Farrow.

Just as long as you have an open mind.

You could've told me.

There was no time.

You've been running this case without me from the get-go.

I know you're emotionally involved.

When have emotions ever stopped me from doing my job?

Well, they certainly didn't stop you today. Nice save on that sidebar.

Thank you.

Maybe I didn't give you benefit of the doubt.

No, you didn't.

Well, I know one thing. I'd rather have you on my team than oppose me.

Is that an apology?

Consider it more an acknowledgment.

Acknowledgment accepted.

First year law student mistake. Never ask a witness a question you don't know the answer to.

He knew, Sir. He knew.

He told me he wouldn't say anything unless I was screwing up, right? Ten minutes into the flight I haven't heard anything. I figure I'm acing it, right? Suddenly he clobbers me on the back of the helmet with his flight stick. He'd unscrewed it, put a note through it that said: "Plug in your headset."

How you feeling, Major?

Lighter. I apologize for all the flying jokes I ever made.How many G's was that? Twelve million?

Seven G's.

Ted Lanier deserves to know the truth about the death of his family. I owe him that as a human being, as a representative of my country, and as a man who hopes to one day have a wife and child of his own.

Bud, did you get the lab report on the Jelke court martial?

Bud

Yes, ma’am. It’s on your desk.

Oh, bad idea, Bud.

Bud

Why, ma’am?

Don’t put things on my desk. I’ll never find them.

Bud

Where should I put them?

Not on my desk!

There was a prisoner-of-war camp there in '70.

Willie

Now, how would you know that, commander? You'd be barely old enough to tie your shoes.

My father's MIA. I've been looking for him since I was old enough to tie my shoes.

(about his Dad) He was a strong man. Once on a fishing trip, he accidentally fell on a scaling knife. We were miles from any hospital. I watched him sew the wound up with a bass hook. He didn't wanna frighten me, so he told me shaggy dog stories while he was doing it.

Willie

You and your father must have had some relationship.

I didn't know him that long.

Willie

Well, he sure had a major influence on you.

Most parents influence their children. Your father, I take it, was a liar.

Willie

I grew up in foster homes.

Well, that would give you a reason to resent those who came from stable ones.

You didn't murder those men, Roscoe. You need to let go of it.

Willie

I'll tell you what, commander,you stop looking for your father and I'll let go of it. You see, we're the same, both obsessed in different ways. You keep searching for a place that I can never leave. It's supposed to be about starting over, beginning a new circle. Can you do that?

You have your closure, Roscoe. I need to find mine.