Heart and Soul, February 18, 2003

By Michele Blackburn

A winter storm, a missing SEAL, slips of the tongue, a golden heart and a dog are key points in this episode based on a true story.

Dana Cohen wrote this script. Radio and television ads call it the most adventurous JAG yet. As most viewers know by now, Harm and AJ's storyline is based on a real life occurrence.

Poor Admiral! He was ejected over the GW National Forest after loosening his safety belt to flatulate. That's how the real life story happened and they went right along with it. I did think it was funny that of all the things the Admiral found in his survival kit, he found a condom. Hey, it helped him get water to drink.

 

Harm went against orders to look for the Admiral and he checked in with Mac until his cell phone went out. Mac was trying to keep it away from the JAG team without much luck. By the time, she was ready to tell everyone what happened, they all knew. It turns out Mac told Coates, who told Tiner, who told Harriet, who told Bud. The only one that didn't know was Meredith.

Bud wasn't having a good day either. It turns out the PO he was defending lost them the case when a slip of the tongue made him guilty in his voyeurism case.

While the Admiral is struggling to survive, he has visions of him and Meredith in his house talking in the past tense about the accident. Meredith helps keep him on the right path and he uses her Valentine's present to keep warm. Harm keeps looking for the Admiral and finds both his camps minutes after the Admiral has already left them. He gets upset because the Admiral isn't staying in one place.
 

While at his last campsite, the Admiral meets a female dog who comes to warm herself by his fire. What a pair they made. In the end, the dog proved to be a lifesaver because she led the Admiral to a diner. It was Harm who found him in the diner sometime later after going in to start a search party.

In a great scene at the hospital, the Admiral professes his love for Meredith using the inscription from her Valentine's day present. He then tells her that its not just the two of them anymore and he shows her the dog which Harm is holding on a leash. Who says a dog isn't a man's best friend?

Four episodes until the BIG SHOCKER

Best Quotes of the show:

"I suggest you expel any gas you have before the next maneuver."~Harm
"Your kidding."~Admiral
"I'll wait."~Harm
(Admiral lets one)
"All right!"~Admiral

"Close your eyes, spin around and open them."~Harm
"No!"~Admiral

"A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart."~Meredith (reading inscription on her Valentine's gift to AJ)

"You dumb ass!"~Admiral (to himself)

"I take full responsibility."~Harm
"Your CO will insist on it."~Colonel
"It was my CO that punched out, sir."~Harm

"I want to ride along in the helicopter."~Harm
"You've dumped a two star over the George Washington National Forest, Commander. Haven't you done enough?"~Colonel

"Where the deer and the antelope play, where seldom is heard a discouraging word and the skies are not cloudy all day."~Admiral (singing)

"Do you anticipate the end of the world, Lieutenant?~Mac (to Bud after she calls a break and he doesn't want one)

"Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. . ."~Sturgis
(He stops when he sees Coates signaling Mac)
"So help me God, sir?"~PO Cantrell

"I was taught to show respect to the female body."~Cantrell
"Excuse me?! Did you say female or female body?"~Mac
"Which one did I say, ma'am?"~Cantrell
"The second one."~Mac

"I'm here to offer you a hand."~Sturgis
"Do me a favor and keep it away from my neck."~Bud

"Do you see anything to suggest I'm in a malleable state of mind?"~Mac (to Bud)

"I'm following you."~Admiral (to dog)

"He would want me to have faith in him."~Meredith (to Mac)

"How's my boyscout?"~Meredith (to AJ)

"I love you. Do I have to repeat that? I---love---you."~Admiral

"I had to run through fire and water to get to my feelings."~Admiral (to Meredith)
"I love you too."~Meredith

"There something else I have to tell you. It's not just the two of us anymore. I'm involved with another female."~Admiral (to Meredith as they look at the dog)

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