I loved this episode. I think this will
rank as one of my favourite, if not all time favourite episodes. I
certainly hope that TPTB will offer other contenders for the title. It's
packed with humour; the story itself is just a minor vehicle. The real
story is how Harm makes it through a day and night at the hospital,
juggling terrorists, a doddering old man, and a pregnant woman, with
wonderful comic results.
Harm's scenes with the pregnant woman, whose name we never learn, are
simply priceless. After this, no one can have the least doubt that DJE can
do comedy, and do it well. We've had glimpses of his faultless sense of
timing - and comedy is timing - in many of the humorous sequences with
Bud, JAG's designated funnyman. Here we are treated to the whole nine
yards, and without Bud. This guy is good.
I have so many favourite scenes. Here are a couple: the scene where poor
Harm has to check the mother-to-be for dilation, and we see the antenna on
the cell phone wiggling in embarrassment and fascination as he peers at
her, then his chat with the obstetrician, complete with her indignant
interruptions; Harm on the phone to the bomb disposal expert 'I won't
touch that wire ... again!'. Hilarious.
This is an odd episode in that only Harm and Mac are featured from the
regular cast. Bud is mentioned, but only in passing. Honestly, I did not
miss the other members of the cast.
It's rather cute, TPTB are finally allowing ordinary females who come into
contact with Harm to show that they are attracted to him. The result, we
have the doctor in emergency making a mild pass at him.
Mac gets a real chance to flex her Marine muscles. Nice bit of thinking
and kicking there. The heart surgeon, of course, was our very easily
intimidated Under Secretary Baird from Season One (Smoked and The
Prisoner).
And what do you know, Mac speaks Farsi, legacy of her Persian heritage.
Interesting.
