Episode:Shadow

Episode

Credits

Transcript

Recovery

Season

Episode

Season One

4

First aired

October 7, 1995

Written by

Donald P. Bellisario

Directed by

Donald P. Bellisario

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Desert Son

Shadow is the third episode of the first season of JAG which aired form NBC on September 30, 1995.

Synopsis

Harm and his new partner Lt. (J.G.) Meg Austin must prevent a civilian contractor from using a new experimental torpedo to sink a cruise ship.

Cast

David James Elliott as Lt. Harmon Rabb Jr.

Tracey Needham as Lieutenant J.G. Meg Austin

Co-starring

• W.K. Stratton as Cmdr. Ted Lindsey

Special guest star

• Rex Linn as Submarine Skipper
• Ryan Hurst as Dirk Grover
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Weapons Officer

Guest starring

• Travis Fine as Chief Petty Officer Grisham
• Christopher John Fields as Lieutenant Commander Scott
• Christopher Darga as COB
• John Roselius as Admiral Drake
• John Mossman as Crew Chief
• Chris Williams as Helmsman (credited as Christopher James Williams)
• D.V. Caitlyn as Secret Service Agent (credited as Deryl Caitlyn)
• Kenneth Dolin as Lookout
• Fred Garcia as Planesman

Major Events

• Many of the external shots of the submarine, including the scene where Harm and Meg are lowered into the submarine, the torpedo being launched and the maneuvers in the attempt to trick Grover, are lifted directly from the film The Hunt for Red October. This is because the shows producers did not have the resources to film their own scenes, so they re-used footage and sets from other T.V. Shows and Films, throughout the series.
• Most of the action here takes place aboard a fictional submarine, USS Tigershark (SSN-28). No vessel of the US Navy has ever borne the name Tigershark or Tiger Shark. However, four submarines have borne the name of USS Shark (SS-8, SS-174, SS-314, and SSN-591). Likewise SSN-28 does not yet exist. The highest number in the new series of hull numbers for submarines of the US Navy is SSN-23, assigned to USS Jimmy Carter, of the Seawolf class.

Trivia

• Rex Linn, who plays the sub skipper, would return as the continuing character Mark Sokol in Season 3 and beyond.