JAG season 6
The sixth season of JAG was premiered on CBS on October 3, 2000, and was concluded on May 22, 2001. The season, starring David James Elliott and Catherine Bell, was produced by Belisarius Productions in association with Paramount Television.
Plot
Lieutenant Colonel Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie and Commander Harmon "Harm" Rabb, Jr. are lawyers assigned to the headquarters of the Judge Advocate General, an office in the Department of the Navy, tasked with prosecuting and defending criminal cases under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Harm and Mac investigate numerous occurrences including espionage, stowaways, aircraft malfunctions, breaches of religious law, war crimes from the Vietnam War, and NATO collisions. Further in this season, Bud blames a Navy doctor for the death of his daughter, Commander Caitlin Pike returns to JAG HQ, Admiral Chegwidden heads a promotion board, and Mic and Mac become engaged. Also, Harm becomes lost at sea, Harriet is promoted to Lieutenant, and Mac prepares to give a historical lecture at the United States Naval Academy.Production
The real Judge Advocate General of the Navy at the time, rear admiral Donald J. Guter, visited the set during the production of episode eighteen, titled "Liberty".Also in this season, JAG filmed scenes at the Marine training facility Camp Pendleton, as "under an agreement with the Marine Corps, the show's producers get access to troops, combat equipment and military training in exchange for the service's approval of the scripts". Donald P. Bellisario credits the military as being particularly supportive, while series star Catherine Bell opined that JAG had become "the little show that could. It keeps going and growing".