JAG Intro (Pilot) 

I was 12 years old when I saw this episode and especially this scene on TV for the first time and I fell in love with JAG at once. Great show, great actors, and always a part of my youth! Thanks for that! Greetings from Germany😃

Hard to believe it has been 17 years since the series ended great show miss it!

Man, that F14 was a beautiful bird.

The theme from JAG should deserve to be heard at least once on either NCIS,NCIS:Los Angeles,NCIS:New Orleans or maybe even Hawaii Five-0.

Love this scene with Harm. Almost like romance with the planes and all the action going on. It's also a great place to let the music shine.

I've watched this episode dozens of times over the years and just now realized Harm didn't don his cover when he stepped off the helo in order to avoid exactly what happened to Commander Pike's cover. FOD on a carrier deck is nothing to mess around with.

I just noticed they used footage from the Top Gun opening that's hilarious

Jag was a successful series and spawned the NCIS tv universe. That is a very impressive legacy.

It has taken me 7 or 8 years to find the name of this show. I am so happy to have found it now

This show made me want to go into the military when I was a kid. It's good to see a show that doesn't villianize the military.

Harmon Rabb Jr's dad would've been so proud of him for making it into the US Navy & becoming an aviator as well.

one of the best scenes in TV history

I’d rather have jag come back. The code doesn’t cut it

I love the extended version of the theme song in this scene, with the string portion that helps balance out the brassy first part.

This is an exeptional series just for the fact that it run 10 seasons - there aren't many shows to achieve that today (and back then, a season was 20+ episodes as opposed to 10-12 today)! I would have loved to see Andrea Parker as the female lead throughout the entire show - her character was much more fun and flirtatious than Needham's or Bell's, and although Harm's first partner, she was the youngest of the three...

Harm‘s father would‘ve been happy to see him on an aircraft carrier in a Navy dress uniform.

Pike's excitement at seeing the carrier is always fun. They could have had her be airsick or anxious like Jack Ryan in Hunt for Red October, but she's just having a ball.

I have had the privilege of talking to not only a supportive F-14 RIO but TOPGUN Instructor Lt Dave " BIO " Baranek a really kind caring professional man and friend

I love how almost all the F14 clips in JAG where pulled from Top Gun

I was always waiting for the ultimate crossover event; Admiral Harm meets Lt Lily Magnum to solve a crime that takes them Norfolk to work with NCIS agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. They could both coordinate with NYPD Commissioner Reagan (from a different timeline).

Strong entrance of amazing character

This show is the entire reason why my family watch NCIS. NCIS did the crossover with JAG. And then it just took off from there. We still watch NCIS to this day.

Wow talk about a major continuity error harms not wearing his wings on his uniform he was a pilot long before a jag lawyer so he should be wearing his wings

When this scene was seen first time I bet that a lot of people would assume that Harmon was naval aviator because he looks so happy.

I am re watching the show after many forgotten years and our family loves it. The main character is so handsome I keep dreaming of him :))) he was well chosen.

wow this brings back so many memories. Growing up i loved this show, i would watch it all the time with my family. I remember telling my dad that i thought of it as our family show because it was what we did together.

AND THE CARRIER IS THE CVN-65 UNITED STATES SHIP ENTERPRISE!

A ballet on a flight deck .

it real life they would be covering their ears & face from the loud noise of the carrier, helicopters, planes, & debris flying at their face

It would be great if the theme of JAG was heard in one of the JAG spinoffs,NCIS,NCIS: Los Angeles or NCIS:New Orleans with David James Elliot making a special guest appearance as Harmon Rabb,Jr.,and telling if he is still in the US Navy or not. Maybe it would be good if it were heard in Hawaii Five-0 with him making a special guest appearance as well,to see if he's still in the Navy and maybe reached the rank of Admiral,which Harmon,Sr. would've been if he didn't become MIA and later on officially deceased after Harmon,Jr. was too late to save him and bring him home.

Dress whites and no hearing protection? Welcome to the TV navy.

Andrea Parker always was gorgeous.

typical movie/tv fashion, you are able to keep your hearing on a aircraft carrier while jets take off (and land) and still able to communicate with others without yelling and loss of hearing.. Great show, a lot better then the spin-offs!

Man, Andrea Parker was *fine* (still is, I guess).

Jag is a great show thanks so much for it 😊

I'm going into the Navy Ina few years. I love JAG been watching it a LONG time. Anyone notice the Lieutant hit her head when getting off.

There is nothing more beautiful than an aircraft carrier at sea.

Harm had terrific entrance.

It would be good if there were an episode of Hawaii Five-0 in which would reveal if Harmon Rabb,Jr won the coin toss or not to retain his commission before marrying Sarah MacKenzie,a marine lawyer who also put her career on the line via a coin toss after she said yes to Harm‘s marriage proposal. If Harm won,it would be interesting to see Harm getting saluted by Steve McGarrett,a US Naval Reserve Officer in charge of the state police of Hawaii.

This is my favorite show JAG and theme song It was Best tv show ever

Dit someone recognize that the carier scenes are recycled from topgun?

If Kate Pike had been shown a picture of Harm and his father taken when he was a boy and put in a Navy jet for the 1st time, she would be surprised to see that Harm is a lookalike image of Harmon, Sr.

I have the Commander Box DVD with all 10 Seasons !!

Harm‘s father would‘ve been so proud of him for becoming an aviator and then a lawyer in the US Navy if he hadn‘t become M.I.A. in Vietnan when Harmon Rabb,Jr was a child.

NOT THE PILOT. Actually this appears to be the season 1 episode 1 "A New Life (part 1)" which has Andrea Parker as Lt Caitlin Pike (brunette), Raab's partner. The rest of 1995 episodes had blond Tracey Needham. The Pilot had a Navy helicopter land in a park where the president (Clinton?) was jogging with his secret service detachment. President thinks the helicopter was for him but it was for Lt Raab. Raab's partner in the pilot was a blond.

Really interesting to hear the extended, more orchestrated theme song. It’s a shame they didn’t use more of that throughout the series.

Nice clip. My first ship was the USS Enterprise in 1977.

Okay, this is wayyyyy better than the code.

Don't they need ear protection? Their eardrums are probably shattered right now.

Apparently, "Top Gun" flight footage was provided to the film at nominal cost. (The flight time and fuel were billed to USN as training costs, as they counted towards required flight time.) The Navy et al received the best recruiting film in decades (free positive media exposure). However there was an congressional investigation, of course, that the Navy should have charged the full costs of flight operations. Hence films with similar budgets ("Iron Eagle" used 3rd world planes). TV show doesn't have even that budget. Now movie budgets are so huge (and F18 cheaper to fly than F14?) that Top Gun 2 was finally filmed.

No lie. This show is why I joined the Navy

If Kaitlyn Pike's parents got to meet Harmon Rabb, Jr., they would've hoped for them to get married because of him being such an officer and a gentleman, just like his father was. Harmon Sr. probably would've liked Kaitlyn Pike if he did make it home from Vietnam when his son was a kid.

It would've been interesting to see Kate Pike's parents visit her in the U.S. Navy and she introduces them to Harmon Rabb, Jr., whether they would've asked him if he's dating Kate or not.

JAG Still Number 1 Show

I can't help but love that theme song, makes me patriotic for a country that isn't even mine.

I'm so glad i got the JAG dvd boxsets, i love this show.

The flashback sequence in the 2-hour pilot episode of JAG must take place in 1969, the year when Harm's father got captured and was missing in action in Vietnam for many years.

Have seen every episode, several times.😎

It would've been good if David James Elliott made a special guest appearance on NCIS,NCIS:Los Angeles,NCIS:New Orleans or even Hawaii Five-0 with the theme of JAG being heard. Also,it would be good to see Steve McGarrett giving a salute to Harm if he achieved the rank of Admiral and if Steve has heard of him and also that he has done for the United States Navy after following in his father's footsteps,though Harm,Sr. never came home to his family after becoming M.I.A,then later on officially deceased after Harm finally found his father,only to do it far too late.

Harmon Rabb, Jr's father would've been very proud of him for becoming not only a naval aviator but also a lawyer, if he did come back from Vietnam when Harm was a kid. Harmon, Sr probably would've been an Admiral by the time his son grew up.

Not sure what happened to this actor...he just disappeared after JAG. He seems just as handsome as any other Hollywood heart-throb actor to have gotten more roles somehow.

i remember the couple of time i step up on the deck of the old navy ship down in corpus christi so amazing feeling the ocean breeze from all the way up on the deck

0:24 the memories from the time Hammer was there before his deployment to Vietnam.

Too bad that when the pilot episode of JAG had shown a flashback when Harm was a little boy and that his father,who had a mustache when he put him in the plane,didn't shown on the screen the year that event happened.

The flashback of Harm as a kid being in his father's plane on an aircraft carrier probably takes place almost 6 months before Harmon Rabb, Sr. gets shot down and missing in action in Vietnam.

Harm's dad would've been an Admiral if he didn't become MIA in Vietnam and made it back home to his family.

If there were an episode of the reboot of Magnum, P.I. in which Thomas Magnum meets Harmon Rabb, Jr. while on a case as a private investigator, would Magnum salute Harm? Magnum transferred to the US Navy Reserve after returning from Afghanistan.

love this show

This *isn't the 'intro' to the series.* While *you* may consider *DJE's* initial appearance, the 'intro'. The episode was at least (15:00), into its run.

This show was great to watch whenever i had trouble sleeping

I must admit I have only seen one or two episodes but to see the F14 wow what a great aircraft 😊

It would've been good to see Harm in an episode of Hawaii Five-0 in which he comes to Five-0 HQ for their help, and they all put their uniforms on after they heard of him coming to see them and to hear Danny Williams' comment about how he feels about lawyers in the United States Military, though Harm sometimes defends & sometimes prosecutes. That would've made JAG's ratings skyroclet.

Excellent series.

If there had been a 2nd Hawaii Five-0-Magnum, P.I. crossover in which Steve McGarrett & Thomas Magnum are both summoned by Harmon Rabb Jr. on an important case, the ratings for those 2 shows would go so high.

Even with the reused footage, this is a great intro

Harm's mother would've like Kaitlyn Pike if she met her working with her son and would've asked if she & Harm are more than friends.

If Harm's mother had got to meet Caitlin Pike in this episode, she would've asked her if she's dating Harm and is going to marry him.

Gotta admire Donald Bellisario's creative work.

The Top Gun footage used is easily recognisable.

Awesome 👏

Lot of top gun scenes in it

My great grand uncle also served on a carrier in the Pacific during WWII. But on the losing side.

Eu adoro o Tema na Versão Orquestral, sempre volto para ouvir de novo.

It would've been good to see Harmon Rabb, Jr. to reach the rank of Admiral in the United States Navy.

It comes on every Monday morning at 11.00 am to 4.pm on channel 126 on dish

Man the women on this show were gorgeous.

My dad has the whole collection sadly some of the disks were damaged so we had to skip em, I still have to order em online.

Rabb's uniform is wrong. That's the fancy uniform, he should be using the black one.

God I loved that show!

Where’s Harms wings? Where is their hearing protection and float coats? This series got a lot better at being somewhat realistic.

that was the Top Gun seen when showing every 1 working any 1 notice that and plane landing and taking off

The same clips of of the planes taking off and landing and crew on the deck are the same clips played in the original top gun movie in the beginning opening credits once danger zone starts playing

Didn't realize he wasn't wearing his pilot wings.

that last scene, where Bud is saluting Harm with no covers on rankles this old sailor a bit, but it was a great show. Once it got on CBS :p

That look in his eye, any pilot knows that look.

Every female sailor’s worst nightmare. Someone stepping on that HIDEOUS cover. Yuck. That cover was a pain in the butt to hold, keep track of and clean.

Love this show while i was in P.N.G

Commander Caitlin "Kate" Pike was a regular character in the very first two episodes of JAG.

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Catherine Bell (not in this clip) were my two favorite reasons to watch this series.