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Directed by Creator/RodHardy
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'''"Standards of Conduct"''' is an episode of ''Series/{{JAG}}'' that first aired on January 21, 2003. Directed by Creator/RodHardy
Creator/RodHardy. Written by Philip [=DeGuere=] Jr.
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* GrandTheftPrototype: The acoustic pattern recognition software code intended for use in a tactical helmet was [[spoiler: stolen by Lt. Duncan so it could be used in a shooter game instead.]]
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* GrandTheftPrototype: The acoustic pattern recognition software code intended for use in a tactical helmet was [[spoiler: stolen by Lt. Duncan so it could be used in a shooter game instead.]]
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Commander Rabb accidentally rear-ends an old lady on the road, Elena Motley (Creator/AngelaPaton), causing him to be late for the award ceremony in which he's given the Bronze Star. That's right after Commander Turner (Creator/ScottLawrence) is given the Silver Star (for their heroics in [[Recap/JAGS07E24EnemyBelow "Enemy Below"]]).
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Commander Rabb accidentally rear-ends an old lady on the road, Elena Motley (Creator/AngelaPaton), causing him to be late for the award ceremony in which he's given the Bronze Silver Star. That's right after Commander Turner (Creator/ScottLawrence) is given the Silver Bronze Star (for their heroics in [[Recap/JAGS07E24EnemyBelow "Enemy Below"]]).
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* FiveFiveFive: Mad Hampster's phone number (410) 555-9706. The address is 1400 LeBlanc Drive, Kensington MD 20891.
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* FiveFiveFive: Mad Hampster's phone number (410) 555-9706. The address is 1400 LeBlanc [=LeBlanc=] Drive, Kensington MD 20891.
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Commander Rabb is awarded the Silver Star in this episode of ''Series/{{JAG}}'' while Commander Sturgis Turner (Creator/ScottLawrence) gets a Bronze Star.
Lt. Colonel [=MacKenzie=] takes on the case of Lt. Duncan (Steve Monroe), a supposed whistleblower who claims that a new advanced tactical helmet being made for the Marines is dangerously defective. Duncan then makes this statement to the media and is charged with the contemptuous words.
Mac prepares to defend Duncan as if he were a courageous whistleblower, but then instead he accepts a punitive letter of reprimand, resigns his commission, and seemingly disappears. Mac tracks him down to a video game company, where she finds out that he had a sinister ulterior motive for blowing the whistle.
Meanwhile, Rabb deals with an ambulance chaser's lawsuit after a fender bender.
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* AmbulanceChaser: A sleazy one pulls the usual personal injury scam on Harm, and apparently other Navy personnel.
Lt. Colonel [=MacKenzie=] takes on the case of Lt. Duncan (Steve Monroe), a supposed whistleblower who claims that a new advanced tactical helmet being made for the Marines is dangerously defective. Duncan then makes this statement to the media and is charged with the contemptuous words.
Mac prepares to defend Duncan as if he were a courageous whistleblower, but then instead he accepts a punitive letter of reprimand, resigns his commission, and seemingly disappears. Mac tracks him down to a video game company, where she finds out that he had a sinister ulterior motive for blowing the whistle.
Meanwhile, Rabb deals with an ambulance chaser's lawsuit after a fender bender.
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* AmbulanceChaser: A sleazy one pulls the usual personal injury scam on Harm, and apparently other Navy personnel.
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Directed by Creator/RodHardy
Written by Philip [=DeGuere=] Jr.
Commander Rabbis awarded accidentally rear-ends an old lady on the Silver Star road, Elena Motley (Creator/AngelaPaton), causing him to be late for the award ceremony in this episode of ''Series/{{JAG}}'' while which he's given the Bronze Star. That's right after Commander Sturgis Turner (Creator/ScottLawrence) gets a Bronze Star.
is given the Silver Star (for their heroics in [[Recap/JAGS07E24EnemyBelow "Enemy Below"]]).
At the ceremony, Admiral Chegwidden presents the medals after Lt.Colonel [=MacKenzie=] takes on Roberts, at a lectern with a microphone, reads the case medal citations for the personnel assembled in front of the JAG headquarters building.
In Virginia, Lt. Jeremy Duncan (SteveMonroe), Monroe) gives a supposed whistleblower who claims that reporter (Chip O'Neil) a hands-on demonstration of a new advanced tactical high-tech battle helmet being made system that the Navy's developing for the Marines is dangerously defective. in collaboration with Psycoustics, a Department of Defense contractor.
Duncanthen makes this statement loads in a simulation. The reporter is in some urban war zone. The helmet alerts him to two snipers. The reporter shoots one of the media snipers, but the second sniper kills the reporter. Fortunately it was just a simulation. But the system is defective, and is charged if it's deployed to combat, Marines will die, Duncan tells the reporter.
Duncan speaks contemptuously of the Secretary of the Navy and the Governor of Virginia, claiming that their failure to do due diligence with thecontemptuous words.
Psycoustics contract will result in the needless deaths of several Marines.
The Secretary of the Navy wants the matter dealt with quietly rather than let it go to a court-martial on Article 88 charges [[note]] 10 USC 888, better known as Article 88 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, makes it a felony for an officer to speak contemptuously of the president or other officials, like the Secretary of the Navy; the article also gives wide latitude for punishing an officer convicted of this[[/note]]. Lt. Colonel Sarah [=MacKenzie=] meets with Duncan and is convinced by the demonstration that the system is flawed and will get Marines killed. Duncan is a whistleblower and Macprepares to will defend him. The Psycoustics contract is cancelled.
Mac is surprised that Duncanas if he were a courageous whistleblower, but then instead he accepts a punitive letter of reprimand, resigns reprimand and a suggestion to resign his commission, commission with no fight at all. Duncan has gotten a civilian lawyer, Harlan Bradford (Mark Humphrey), just to download a boilerplate letter of resignation and seemingly disappears. present it to Mac.
If he saved even just one Marine's life, Duncan is satisfied he's done the right thing and is ready to move on to the next chapter of his life. Mac buys Duncan's act. As soon as Mac is gone, Duncan smiles in an evil manner.
The contractor files a grievance with the Navy, accusing Duncan of sabotaging the helmet's software. Duncan lied to the Navy, to the press, and, worst of all, to Mac.
So Mac goes to Duncan's apartment but he has already left: he paid his landlady (Creator/WendieJoSperber) to take over his car lease, and didn't care about getting his cleaning deposit for the apartment.
Mac trackshim Duncan down to Mad Hampster, a video game company, development company where she finds Duncan is now employed. There, he works on a video game that is obviously based on the helmet system. Mac plans to pay Mad Hampster a visit tomorrow, Chegwidden urges her to take Rabb along.
Duncan seems very happy as a civilian now. As a lieutenant he was making something like $50K annually. As a civilian he makes more than twice that. Duncan asks Mac and Rabb how much money they make as military lawyers [[note]] of course he knows the answer to that by cross-checking the O-5 rank against a basic pay chart, such as were published in military newspapers like the ''Navy Times'', and which were probably also available online back then; in 2003, even with 26 years of service, which obviously neither of them has, their pay would only have been $6,519.60[[/note]] and calls it "chump change." Duncan is indifferent to the lawyers' talk of ethics.
Mac and Rabb visit the practically empty Psycoustics offices. The lead programmer, Ashok Pradesh (G. Anthony Joseph), shows the lawyers how Duncan's sabotage caused the helmet to misplace sound sources.
Pradesh is rather chill about the whole thing. Duncan cheated Psycoustics, but in the high tech world one must move on and not wallow in regret. Mac, on the other hand, wants to make sure that Duncan is punished, but sees no way to go about it.
Mac gives up, thinking that Duncan has successfully gotten away with defrauding the Navy and Psycoustics. The next day, Rabb tells Mac that Duncan was in such a hurry to get out that hehad a sinister ulterior motive for blowing neglected to attend the whistle.
Meanwhile, Rabb deals with an ambulance chaser's lawsuit afteroutbriefing and collect his final Navy checks. Because of his unused leave, the Navy owes Duncan $8,000.
This means that because of such afender bender.
! Tropestiny amount of money, he's still in the Navy, and subject to court-martial, much to his dismay.
Fast-forward to the court-martial verdict: Duncan is foundhere are
guilty of damaging government property and sentenced to confinement for one year. Turner defended, and of course Mac prosecuted.
Rabb sees a gift Mac has bought for little A. J. Roberts and remembers his deal with Mac "to go halves on a kid" a few years back. Somewhat like Series/AllyMcBeal, Rabb begins imagining every woman around him as pregnant. In a nightmare, Rabb sees Lt. Singer (Creator/NanciChambers) pregnant, Petty Officer Coates (Creator/ZoeMcLellan) also pregnant, Lt. Sims (Creator/KarriTurner) pregnant, Renee Peterson (Cindy Ambuehl, uncredited) pregnant and of course Mac also pregnant.
Elena Motley hires lawyer Raymond Harrick (Creator/GavinMacLeod) to sue Rabb for the car accident. Rabb asks Turner to represent him, but Turner can't.
After some hesitation on Rabb's part, Roberts takes Rabb's case and discovers that Harrick is running a scheme staging accidents with people whose insurance recently lapsed, and that the old lady has sued a few others and had physical therapy for the same kind of injury.
This leads Elena Motley to admit that she wasn't really injured in the 'accident' and that she was in on Harrick's scheme. She realizes she's going to need a lawyer other than Harrick, who will.
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* FiveFiveFive: Mad Hampster's phone number (410) 555-9706. The address is 1400 LeBlanc Drive, Kensington MD 20891.
* AcronymAndAbbreviationOverload: Mac and later Chegwidden are completely befuddled by the acronyms HRA and DSP, which stand for high resolution audio and digital signal processing, respectively. Of course as servicemembers they got plenty of their own acronyms they use on a daily basis.
* AmbulanceChaser: A sleazyone lawyer pulls the usual personal injury scam on Harm, Rabb, and apparently other Navy personnel.
Written by Philip [=DeGuere=] Jr.
Commander Rabb
At the ceremony, Admiral Chegwidden presents the medals after Lt.
In Virginia, Lt. Jeremy Duncan (Steve
Duncan
Duncan speaks contemptuously of the Secretary of the Navy and the Governor of Virginia, claiming that their failure to do due diligence with the
The Secretary of the Navy wants the matter dealt with quietly rather than let it go to a court-martial on Article 88 charges [[note]] 10 USC 888, better known as Article 88 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, makes it a felony for an officer to speak contemptuously of the president or other officials, like the Secretary of the Navy; the article also gives wide latitude for punishing an officer convicted of this[[/note]]. Lt. Colonel Sarah [=MacKenzie=] meets with Duncan and is convinced by the demonstration that the system is flawed and will get Marines killed. Duncan is a whistleblower and Mac
Mac is surprised that Duncan
If he saved even just one Marine's life, Duncan is satisfied he's done the right thing and is ready to move on to the next chapter of his life. Mac buys Duncan's act. As soon as Mac is gone, Duncan smiles in an evil manner.
The contractor files a grievance with the Navy, accusing Duncan of sabotaging the helmet's software. Duncan lied to the Navy, to the press, and, worst of all, to Mac.
So Mac goes to Duncan's apartment but he has already left: he paid his landlady (Creator/WendieJoSperber) to take over his car lease, and didn't care about getting his cleaning deposit for the apartment.
Mac tracks
Duncan seems very happy as a civilian now. As a lieutenant he was making something like $50K annually. As a civilian he makes more than twice that. Duncan asks Mac and Rabb how much money they make as military lawyers [[note]] of course he knows the answer to that by cross-checking the O-5 rank against a basic pay chart, such as were published in military newspapers like the ''Navy Times'', and which were probably also available online back then; in 2003, even with 26 years of service, which obviously neither of them has, their pay would only have been $6,519.60[[/note]] and calls it "chump change." Duncan is indifferent to the lawyers' talk of ethics.
Mac and Rabb visit the practically empty Psycoustics offices. The lead programmer, Ashok Pradesh (G. Anthony Joseph), shows the lawyers how Duncan's sabotage caused the helmet to misplace sound sources.
Pradesh is rather chill about the whole thing. Duncan cheated Psycoustics, but in the high tech world one must move on and not wallow in regret. Mac, on the other hand, wants to make sure that Duncan is punished, but sees no way to go about it.
Mac gives up, thinking that Duncan has successfully gotten away with defrauding the Navy and Psycoustics. The next day, Rabb tells Mac that Duncan was in such a hurry to get out that he
Meanwhile, Rabb deals with an ambulance chaser's lawsuit after
This means that because of such a
! Tropes
Fast-forward to the court-martial verdict: Duncan is found
Rabb sees a gift Mac has bought for little A. J. Roberts and remembers his deal with Mac "to go halves on a kid" a few years back. Somewhat like Series/AllyMcBeal, Rabb begins imagining every woman around him as pregnant. In a nightmare, Rabb sees Lt. Singer (Creator/NanciChambers) pregnant, Petty Officer Coates (Creator/ZoeMcLellan) also pregnant, Lt. Sims (Creator/KarriTurner) pregnant, Renee Peterson (Cindy Ambuehl, uncredited) pregnant and of course Mac also pregnant.
Elena Motley hires lawyer Raymond Harrick (Creator/GavinMacLeod) to sue Rabb for the car accident. Rabb asks Turner to represent him, but Turner can't.
After some hesitation on Rabb's part, Roberts takes Rabb's case and discovers that Harrick is running a scheme staging accidents with people whose insurance recently lapsed, and that the old lady has sued a few others and had physical therapy for the same kind of injury.
This leads Elena Motley to admit that she wasn't really injured in the 'accident' and that she was in on Harrick's scheme. She realizes she's going to need a lawyer other than Harrick, who will.
!! Tropes
* FiveFiveFive: Mad Hampster's phone number (410) 555-9706. The address is 1400 LeBlanc Drive, Kensington MD 20891.
* AcronymAndAbbreviationOverload: Mac and later Chegwidden are completely befuddled by the acronyms HRA and DSP, which stand for high resolution audio and digital signal processing, respectively. Of course as servicemembers they got plenty of their own acronyms they use on a daily basis.
* AmbulanceChaser: A sleazy
* ContinuityNod to the episode in which Rabb and Mac make a deal to have a baby in five years. %% I don't remember the title of that episode
* {{Foreshadowing}}, very subtle: Early on, the high-tech battle helmet is compared to a video game. But Duncan says this is very serious, men will die as a result of the system's flaws. At that point in the episode, Duncan had probably already lined up the job at the video game company.
* {{Foreshadowing}}, very subtle: Early on, the high-tech battle helmet is compared to a video game. But Duncan says this is very serious, men will die as a result of the system's flaws. At that point in the episode, Duncan had probably already lined up the job at the video game company.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Mac and Harm use the fact that the Lieutenant is technically on terminal leave while some back pay issues are sorted out, to get him court martialed.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Bud uncovers a larger conspiracy to defraud naval personnel, while looking into Harm’s accident lawsuit. Turns out, the opposing lawyer colluded with someone in the insurance firm to deliberately withhold auto insurance policy expiration notices from deployed personnel, so they won’t know to renew their policies, thereby creating a pool of uninsured vehicle owners. Those uninsured drivers would then be targeted with staged fender benders, and be pressured to monetarily settle out of court, due to a lack of insurance coverage.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Bud uncovers a larger conspiracy to defraud naval personnel, while looking into Harm’s accident lawsuit. Turns out, the opposing lawyer colluded with someone in the insurance firm to deliberately withhold auto insurance policy expiration notices from deployed personnel, so they won’t know to renew their policies, thereby creating a pool of uninsured vehicle owners. Those uninsured drivers would then be targeted with staged fender benders, and be pressured to monetarily settle out of court, due to a lack of insurance coverage.
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* InterServiceRivalry, mentioned: Pradesh mentions that the Army is also developing a high-tech battle helmet (presumably with a different contractor) . Of course Duncan wasn't interested in helping the Army beat the Marines at getting a helmet system finished and deployed first.
* LoopholeAbuse: Mac andHarm Rabb use the fact that the Lieutenant Duncan is technically on terminal leave while some back pay issues are sorted out, to get him court martialed.
court-martialed.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot:Bud Roberts uncovers a larger conspiracy to defraud naval personnel, while looking into Harm’s Rabb's accident lawsuit. Turns out, the opposing lawyer out that Harrick colluded with someone in the insurance firm to deliberately withhold auto insurance policy expiration notices from deployed personnel, so they won’t won't know to renew their policies, thereby creating a pool of uninsured vehicle owners. Those uninsured drivers would then be targeted with staged fender benders, and be pressured to monetarily settle out of court, due to a lack of insurance coverage.coverage.
* TitleDrop, almost but not quite: In his first confrontation with Duncan, Rabb says that as a naval officer, he's held to a high "standard of conduct." The title of the episode is exactly that, except as plural.
* TooUnhappyToBeHungry: After updating Chegwidden on the case (that Duncan lied and stole and he's gotten away with it), Rabb urges Mac to eat something. But she doesn't want to eat, she wants to take a long, hot shower, as if to wash off the stink of Duncan.
* TVTelephoneEtiquette: Herrick hangs up on Rabb right after saying "Bring the checkbook." Of course it is quite realistic that a lawyer like Herrick would hang up without saying "bye" or "see you" or anything like that.
* LoopholeAbuse: Mac and
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot:
* TitleDrop, almost but not quite: In his first confrontation with Duncan, Rabb says that as a naval officer, he's held to a high "standard of conduct." The title of the episode is exactly that, except as plural.
* TooUnhappyToBeHungry: After updating Chegwidden on the case (that Duncan lied and stole and he's gotten away with it), Rabb urges Mac to eat something. But she doesn't want to eat, she wants to take a long, hot shower, as if to wash off the stink of Duncan.
* TVTelephoneEtiquette: Herrick hangs up on Rabb right after saying "Bring the checkbook." Of course it is quite realistic that a lawyer like Herrick would hang up without saying "bye" or "see you" or anything like that.
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* FamilyVersusCareer: Singer wants to give up her baby for adoption, so it doesn’t stall her career. Harm, who thinks the baby is Sergei’s wants her to either keep it, or let him raise it.
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Commander Rabb is awarded the Silver Star in this episode of ''Series/{{JAG}}'' while Commander Sturgis Turner (Creator/ScottLawrence) gets a Bronze Star. Then they all get to work.
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Commander Rabb is awarded the Silver Star in this episode of ''Series/{{JAG}}'' while Commander Sturgis Turner (Creator/ScottLawrence) gets a Bronze Star. Then they all get to work.
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Meanwhile, Rabb deals with an ambulance chaser's lawsuit after a fender bender. He also publicly argues with Lt. Singer (Creator/NanciChambers) about the possibility of her giving up her (and probably Sergei's) baby for adoption.
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Meanwhile, Rabb deals with an ambulance chaser's lawsuit after a fender bender. He also publicly argues with Lt. Singer (Creator/NanciChambers) about the possibility of her giving up her (and probably Sergei's) baby for adoption.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Rabb arguing with Singer in this episode will be mentioned in a later episode.
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* GrandTheftPrototype: [[spoiler: The Lieutenant that Mac is helping out, stole acoustic pattern recognition software code intended for use in a tactical helmet, so it could be used in a shooter game instead.]]
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* GrandTheftPrototype: [[spoiler: The Lieutenant that Mac is helping out, stole acoustic pattern recognition software code intended for use in a tactical helmet, helmet was [[spoiler: stolen by Lt. Duncan so it could be used in a shooter game instead.]]
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Harm gets awarded the Silver Star in this episode of Series/{{JAG}} while Sturgis gets a Bronze Star. Then they all get to work.
Mac takes on the case of a supposed whistleblower who claims that a new advanced tactical helmet being made for the marines is dangerously defective. He then makes this statement to the media and is being charged with the usage of Contemptuous Words. As Mac prepares to defend him as a courageous whistleblower, the Lieutenant accepts a punitive letter and resigns his commission. As Mac tracks him down, she finds out that the whistleblower had a more sinister ulterior motive.
Meanwhile, Harm deals with an ambulance chaser’s lawsuit after a fender bender. He also publicly argues with Lt Singer about the possibility of her giving up her (and probably Sergei’s) baby for adoption.
Mac takes on the case of a supposed whistleblower who claims that a new advanced tactical helmet being made for the marines is dangerously defective. He then makes this statement to the media and is being charged with the usage of Contemptuous Words. As Mac prepares to defend him as a courageous whistleblower, the Lieutenant accepts a punitive letter and resigns his commission. As Mac tracks him down, she finds out that the whistleblower had a more sinister ulterior motive.
Meanwhile, Harm deals with an ambulance chaser’s lawsuit after a fender bender. He also publicly argues with Lt Singer about the possibility of her giving up her (and probably Sergei’s) baby for adoption.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Rabb arguing with Singer in this episode will be mentioned in a later episode.
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* [[spoiler: GrandTheftPrototype: The Lieutenant that Mac is helping out, stole acoustic pattern recognition software code intended for use in a tactical helmet, so it could be used in a shooter game instead.]]
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* [[spoiler: GrandTheftPrototype: [[spoiler: The Lieutenant that Mac is helping out, stole acoustic pattern recognition software code intended for use in a tactical helmet, so it could be used in a shooter game instead.]]
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** ObfuscatingDisability: His old lady client limos around with a cane and wears a neck brace. She is actually a retired failed actress, playing at being injured quite well.
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** ObfuscatingDisability: His old lady client limos limps around with a cane and wears a neck brace. She is actually a retired failed actress, playing at being injured quite well.
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* MinorPlotRevealsMajorCrime: Bud uncovers a larger conspiracy to defraud naval personnel, while looking into Harm’s accident lawsuit. Turns out, the opposing lawyer colluded with someone in the insurance firm to deliberately withhold auto insurance policy expiration notices from deployed personnel, so they won’t know to renew their policies, thereby creating a pool of uninsured vehicle owners. Those uninsured drivers would then be targeted with staged fender benders, and be pressured to monetarily settle out of court, due to a lack of insurance coverage.
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* MinorPlotRevealsMajorCrime: MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Bud uncovers a larger conspiracy to defraud naval personnel, while looking into Harm’s accident lawsuit. Turns out, the opposing lawyer colluded with someone in the insurance firm to deliberately withhold auto insurance policy expiration notices from deployed personnel, so they won’t know to renew their policies, thereby creating a pool of uninsured vehicle owners. Those uninsured drivers would then be targeted with staged fender benders, and be pressured to monetarily settle out of court, due to a lack of insurance coverage.
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** ObfuscatingDisability: His old lady client limos around with a cane and wears a neck brace. She is actually a retired failed actress, playing at being injured quite well.
** StagedPedestrianAccident: Not technically pedestrian, instead the hustler got into a fender bender, then faked her injuries.
** StagedPedestrianAccident: Not technically pedestrian, instead the hustler got into a fender bender, then faked her injuries.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Mac and Harm use the fact that the Lieutenant is technically on terminal leave while some back pay issues are sorted out, to get him court martialed.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Mac and Harm use the fact that the Lieutenant is technically on terminal leave while some back pay issues are sorted out, to get him court martialed.martialed.
* MinorPlotRevealsMajorCrime: Bud uncovers a larger conspiracy to defraud naval personnel, while looking into Harm’s accident lawsuit. Turns out, the opposing lawyer colluded with someone in the insurance firm to deliberately withhold auto insurance policy expiration notices from deployed personnel, so they won’t know to renew their policies, thereby creating a pool of uninsured vehicle owners. Those uninsured drivers would then be targeted with staged fender benders, and be pressured to monetarily settle out of court, due to a lack of insurance coverage.
* MinorPlotRevealsMajorCrime: Bud uncovers a larger conspiracy to defraud naval personnel, while looking into Harm’s accident lawsuit. Turns out, the opposing lawyer colluded with someone in the insurance firm to deliberately withhold auto insurance policy expiration notices from deployed personnel, so they won’t know to renew their policies, thereby creating a pool of uninsured vehicle owners. Those uninsured drivers would then be targeted with staged fender benders, and be pressured to monetarily settle out of court, due to a lack of insurance coverage.
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Harm gets awarded the Silver Star in this episode of Series/{{JAG}} while Sturgis gets a Bronze Star. Then they all get to work.
Mac takes on the case of a supposed whistleblower who claims that a new advanced tactical helmet being made for the marines is dangerously defective. He then makes this statement to the media and is being charged with the usage of Contemptuous Words. As Mac prepares to defend him as a courageous whistleblower, the Lieutenant accepts a punitive letter and resigns his commission. As Mac tracks him down, she finds out that the whistleblower had a more sinister ulterior motive.
Meanwhile, Harm deals with an ambulance chaser’s lawsuit after a fender bender. He also publicly argues with Lt Singer about the possibility of her giving up her (and probably Sergei’s) baby for adoption.
! Tropes found here are
* AmbulanceChaser: A sleazy one pulls the usual personal injury scam on Harm, and apparently other Navy personnel.
* FamilyVersusCareer: Singer wants to give up her baby for adoption, so it doesn’t stall her career. Harm, who thinks the baby is Sergei’s wants her to either keep it, or let him raise it.
* [[spoiler: GrandTheftPrototype: The Lieutenant that Mac is helping out, stole acoustic pattern recognition software code intended for use in a tactical helmet, so it could be used in a shooter game instead.]]
* LoopholeAbuse: Mac and Harm use the fact that the Lieutenant is technically on terminal leave while some back pay issues are sorted out, to get him court martialed.
Mac takes on the case of a supposed whistleblower who claims that a new advanced tactical helmet being made for the marines is dangerously defective. He then makes this statement to the media and is being charged with the usage of Contemptuous Words. As Mac prepares to defend him as a courageous whistleblower, the Lieutenant accepts a punitive letter and resigns his commission. As Mac tracks him down, she finds out that the whistleblower had a more sinister ulterior motive.
Meanwhile, Harm deals with an ambulance chaser’s lawsuit after a fender bender. He also publicly argues with Lt Singer about the possibility of her giving up her (and probably Sergei’s) baby for adoption.
! Tropes found here are
* AmbulanceChaser: A sleazy one pulls the usual personal injury scam on Harm, and apparently other Navy personnel.
* FamilyVersusCareer: Singer wants to give up her baby for adoption, so it doesn’t stall her career. Harm, who thinks the baby is Sergei’s wants her to either keep it, or let him raise it.
* [[spoiler: GrandTheftPrototype: The Lieutenant that Mac is helping out, stole acoustic pattern recognition software code intended for use in a tactical helmet, so it could be used in a shooter game instead.]]
* LoopholeAbuse: Mac and Harm use the fact that the Lieutenant is technically on terminal leave while some back pay issues are sorted out, to get him court martialed.
