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When the Bough Breaks, November 19, 2002 |
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By Michele Blackburn A carrier mishap, Shakespeare vs. Star
Trek, and the question of paternity make for this episode of JAG entitled
When The Bough Breaks previous episode review//next episode review
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Singer
is witness to a mishap involving the snapping of a third wire during a
Hornet landing. She automatically charges everyone on the deck that night
with the death of an officer. That means seven men are going to be
charged. 
As
Harm, Mac and the Admiral discussed Singer's pregnancy, viewers saw the
wheels in Harm's head turning as he thought about who the father could be.
It wasn't that hard to figure out. I'm surprised Mac didn't think of it.
Nanci Chambers pregnancy is very evident as is, I noticed, Catherine
Bell's. Her uniform is getting tighter. 
Harm
enlists the help of Manetti to find out the father of Singer's baby. He
thinks it might be Sergei, but he needs to make sure. Manetti goes to
Tiner. I have to admit I thought she was going to ask Tiner if he and
Singer were close, but she asked who Singer hung out with before she left
for ship. Tiner tells her Bud. 
Manetti
brings Bud a fruit basket and asks him about Singer. Bud directs her to a
bar that a lot of officers hang out in. Manetti goes to the bar and finds
out that Singer was very chummy with a man who had brown hair and
non-descript features. She tells Harm about the guy and, instantly, Harm
thinks of Sergei. 
Calling
all of them together, Harm tells them that the third wire was on the brink
of snapping because of the force of so many traps. A different Hornet
called a RINO came in on the trap last night. It's a LOT more powerful
than a Hornet and with the force of the other traps on the wire, the RINO
snapped the cord. It was an accident. Accidents happen, Harm points out.
The CAG decides not to retire. 
Meanwhile,
Meredith helps Bud entertain himself until his PEB by giving him several
Shakespearian plays to read. The Admiral knows Bud. He likes science
fiction. The Admiral's afraid that he won't like the stories, but he gives
them to Tiner to take to Bud anyway. However, Bud does like the stories
and returns them to Meredith and informs her that each Shakespeare play is
like an episode of Star Trek. Meredith thinks he's come up with a
wonderful teaching aide and Bud leaves to go home to work on a fan fiction
he got the idea for from the plays and Star Trek: TNG.