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Cresswell dispatches Vukovic to Parris Island to investigate the case of Recruit Walter Evans (Zach Bostrom). At first Vukovic thinks it's an open and shut case for administrative separation, but soon he learns that Evans is in fact the 16-year-old son of a Marine killed in Iraq.
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Cresswell dispatches Vukovic to Parris Island to investigate the case of Recruit Walter Evans (Zach Bostrom). At first Vukovic thinks it's an open and shut case OpenAndShutCase for administrative separation, but soon he learns that Evans is in fact the 16-year-old son of a Marine killed in Iraq.
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* SeriesFinale: This is the final episode of the series. The producers wanted to continue the show for one more season, but by the start of the tenth season it was already obvious that ''JAG'' had been overshadowed by ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' and CBS just wasn't all that interested in ''JAG'' anymore. By the time this episode was written, it was clear ''JAG'' would not be renewed.
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* SeriesFinale: This is the final episode of the series. The producers wanted to continue the show for one more season, but by the start of the tenth season it was already obvious that ''JAG'' had been overshadowed by ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' and CBS just wasn't all that interested in ''JAG'' anymore. By the time this episode was written, it was clear ''JAG'' would not be renewed.renewed.
* WalkAndTalk: Lt. Vukovic and a lieutenant at MCRD Parris Island have a walking conversation upon Vukovic's arrival.
* WalkAndTalk: Lt. Vukovic and a lieutenant at MCRD Parris Island have a walking conversation upon Vukovic's arrival.
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary regarding MilitarySalute: Commander Turner talks to Captain Rabb in the parking lot. Turner doesn't salute Rabb at first because Rabb is looking down at the trunk of his car. They have a conversation and Turner acknowledges Rabb's new rank. They shake hands, but Turner still doesn't salute Rabb, as he would probably be expected to in real life. Maybe Rabb wouldn't insist on it because he's not used to his new rank, but here it's mostly because a salute doesn't quite fit with the dramatic vibe of two men departing as equals that the writer was going for.
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary regarding MilitarySalute: MilitarySalute, kind of averted: Commander Turner talks refers to Captain Rabb in the parking lot. Turner as "captain" but doesn't salute him. The promotion is not official yet and Rabb at first because Rabb is looking down at the trunk of hasn't updated his car. They have a conversation and Turner acknowledges Rabb's new rank. They shake hands, but Turner still doesn't salute Rabb, as he would probably be expected to in real life. Maybe Rabb wouldn't insist on it because he's not used to his new rank, but here it's mostly because a salute doesn't quite fit with the dramatic vibe of two men departing as equals that the writer was going for.uniform just yet.or.
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'''"Fair Winds and Following Seas"''' is an episode of ''Series/{{JAG}}'' that first aired on April 29, 2005. Directed by Bradford May
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The recruit's mother Mildred (Creator/JudithHoag) shows up to bring the young man home but he refuses, even as he is in the brig. General Rossing (Creator/MichaelONeill) presents Evans with a certificate proclaiming him an honorary Marine, and an invitation to come back to boot camp when he's old enough, provided that he goes home with his mother.
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The recruit's mother Mildred (Creator/JudithHoag) shows up to bring the young man home home, but he refuses, even as he is in the brig. General Rossing (Creator/MichaelONeill) presents Evans with a certificate proclaiming him an honorary Marine, and an invitation to come back to boot camp when he's old enough, provided that he goes home with his mother.
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* AmbiguousEnding: Did Rabb and Mac go to London or to San Diego to live happily ever after? [[spoiler: ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' "False Flag" reveals that the coin toss resulted in Rabb and Mac going to San Diego. But they were, according to Mac, "living separate lives," so they split up and Rabb returned to the Navy, eventually becoming executive officer of the USS Allegiance.]]
* AmbiguousEnding: Did Rabb and Mac go to London or to San Diego to live happily ever after? [[spoiler: ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' "False Flag" reveals that the coin toss resulted in Rabb and Mac going to San Diego. But they were, according to Mac, "living separate lives," so they split up and Rabb returned to the Navy, eventually becoming executive officer of the USS Allegiance.]]
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* AmbiguousEnding: Did Rabb and Mac go to London or to San Diego to live happily ever after?[[spoiler: ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' The ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' episode "False Flag" reveals that the coin toss resulted in Rabb and Mac going to San Diego. But they were, according to Mac, "living separate lives," so they split up and Rabb returned to the Navy, eventually becoming executive officer of the USS Allegiance.]]
* AmbiguousEnding: Did Rabb and Mac go to London or to San Diego to live happily ever after?
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* HeadsOrTails: Lt. Roberts tosses a JAG unit coin to help Rabb and Mac decide which one of them will leave active duty to follow the other to their next duty station. Mac calls it but we don't see how the coin lands, nor know the outcome, [[spoiler: at least not until ''NCIS: Los Angeles'']].
* RankUp: Rabb updates his uniform to reflect his promotion from the previous episode. Note that Rabb started ''JAG'' as a lieutenant (O-3), so he went from lieutenant to captain (O-6) in ten years. [[spoiler: Rabb returns to the Navy after leaving Mac, so perhaps his time as a civilian holds him back from promotion to admiral.]]
* RankUp: Rabb updates his uniform to reflect his promotion from the previous episode. Note that Rabb started ''JAG'' as a lieutenant (O-3), so he went from lieutenant to captain (O-6) in ten years. [[spoiler: Rabb returns to the Navy after leaving Mac, so perhaps his time as a civilian holds him back from promotion to admiral.]]
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* HeadsOrTails: Lt. Roberts tosses a JAG unit coin to help Rabb and Mac decide which one of them will leave active duty to follow the other to their next duty station. Mac calls it but we don't see how the coin lands, nor know the outcome, [[spoiler: at least not until ''NCIS: Los Angeles'']].
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* RankUp: Rabb updates his uniform to reflect his promotion from the previous episode. Note that Rabb started ''JAG'' as a lieutenant (O-3), so he went from lieutenant to captain (O-6) in ten years.[[spoiler: As ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' shows, Rabb returns to the Navy after leaving Mac, so perhaps his time as a civilian holds him back from promotion to admiral.]]
* RankUp: Rabb updates his uniform to reflect his promotion from the previous episode. Note that Rabb started ''JAG'' as a lieutenant (O-3), so he went from lieutenant to captain (O-6) in ten years.
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* SeriesFinaleSeriesFinale: This is the final episode of the series. The producers wanted to continue the show for one more season, but by the start of the tenth season it was already obvious that ''JAG'' had been overshadowed by ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' and CBS just wasn't all that interested in ''JAG'' anymore. By the time this episode was written, it was clear ''JAG'' would not be renewed.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Desaturated reminiscences going back to Season 2, when Sarah [=MacKenzie=] was introduced.]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Desaturated reminiscences going back to Season 2, when Sarah [=MacKenzie=] was introduced.]]
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* HeadsOrTails: Lt. Roberts tosses a JAG unit coin to help Rabb and Mac decide which one of them will leave active duty to follow the other to their next duty station. Mac calls it but we don't see how the coin lands, nor know the outcome, [[spoiler: at least not until ''NCIS: Los Angeles'']].
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary regarding MilitarySalute: Commander Turner talks to Captain Rabb in the parking lot. Turner doesn't salute Rabb at first because Rabb is looking down at the trunk of his car. They have a conversation and Turner acknowledges Rabb's new rank. They shake hands, but Turner still doesn't salute Rabb, as he would probably be expected to in real life. Maybe Rabb wouldn't insist on it because he's not used to his new rank, but here it's mostly because a salute doesn't quite fit with the dramatic vibe of two men departing as equals that the writer was going for.
* ContinuityNod to [[Recap/JAGS10E16StraitsOfMalacca "Straits of Malacca"]], in which Midshipman Roberts met Midshipman Cresswell.
* TheGeneralsDaughter: Literally Midshipman Cresswell, mentioned but not seen in this episode, the daughter of General Cresswell. Both Rabb and Lt. Roberts think Midshipman Roberts is crazy to want to date the general's daughter.
* ContinuityNod to [[Recap/JAGS10E16StraitsOfMalacca "Straits of Malacca"]], in which Midshipman Roberts met Midshipman Cresswell.
* TheGeneralsDaughter: Literally Midshipman Cresswell, mentioned but not seen in this episode, the daughter of General Cresswell. Both Rabb and Lt. Roberts think Midshipman Roberts is crazy to want to date the general's daughter.
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* {{Retcon}}: In "Straits of Malacca", Midshipman Cresswell cheated at paintball, but Midshipman Roberts seemed to decide to let it slide. But dialogue in this episode suggests that he did take some action or else he wouldn't have mentioned it to General Cresswell. It could be that Midshipman Roberts did call out Midshipman Cresswell for cheating but that was cut from the episode for time. Or, just as likely, writer Creator/DarcyMeyers meant for Midshipman Roberts to not press the issue but writer Stephen Zito was unaware of that intent.
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The recruit's mother Mildred (Judith Hoag) shows up to bring the young man home but he refuses, even as he is in the brig. General Rossing (Michael O'Neill) presents Evans with a certificate proclaiming him an honorary Marine, and an invitation to come back to boot camp when he's old enough, provided that he goes home with his mother.
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The recruit's mother Mildred (Judith Hoag) (Creator/JudithHoag) shows up to bring the young man home but he refuses, even as he is in the brig. General Rossing (Michael O'Neill) (Creator/MichaelONeill) presents Evans with a certificate proclaiming him an honorary Marine, and an invitation to come back to boot camp when he's old enough, provided that he goes home with his mother.
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* RankUp: Rabb updates his uniform to reflect his promotion from the previous episode. Note that Rabb started ''JAG'' as a lieutenant (O-3), so he went from lieutenant to captain (O-6) in ten years. [[spoiler: Rabb returns to the Navy after leaving Mac, so perhaps his time as a civilian holds him back from promotion to admiral.]]
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* RankUp: Rabb updates his uniform to reflect his promotion from the previous episode. Note that Rabb started ''JAG'' as a lieutenant (O-3), so he went from lieutenant to captain (O-6) in ten years. [[spoiler: Rabb returns to the Navy after leaving Mac, so perhaps his time as a civilian holds him back from promotion to admiral.]]]]
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* The ambiguous ending became FanficFuel. Some authors, like Annarita in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13120511/1/Together "Together"]] hypothesized Mac left the Marine Corps and went to London with Rabb. Other authors, like Lisa Havelock in "[[https://www.ncisfiction.com/viewstory.php?sid=5013&chapter=1 Around the World in 80 Hours]]" hypothesized that Rabb went with Mac to San Diego but then went back to the East Coast to join Gibbs's NCIS team. This would mesh with what Mac said on her first ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' appearance.
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Directed by: Bradford May
Written by: Stephen Zito
Cresswell dispatches Vukovic to Parris Island to investigate the case of Recruit Walter Evans (Zach Bostrom). At first Vukovic thinks it's an open and shut case for administrative separation, but soon he learns that Evans is in fact the 16-year-old son of a Marine killed in Iraq.
The recruit's mother Mildred (Judith Hoag) shows up to bring the young man home but he refuses, even as he is in the brig. General Rossing (Michael O'Neill) presents Evans with a certificate proclaiming him an honorary Marine, and an invitation to come back to boot camp when he's old enough, provided that he goes home with his mother.
The episode begins with the same scene from the previous episode, edited slightly different, and continued with Cresswell telling Rabb and Mac they can choose anyone from JAG HQ to take to their assigned commands. Vukovic asks Mac to take him with her to San Diego but she refuses him.
Bud Roberts is asked by both Rabb and Mac, but after talking it over with his wife, turns down both. Rabb and Mac decide to get married, and that one of them must give up their Navy career. At [=McMurphy=]'s, they announce their engagement to the Robertses, Turner, Coates and Cresswell. Bud Roberts tosses a JAG unit coin that will decide who resigns their commission. The series ends with the JAG unit coin in mid-air.
Bud Roberts went on to appear on three ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' episodes. But Rabb and Mac don't make another appearance in the NCIS franchise until the end of ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' Season 10.
! This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
* AmbiguousEnding: Did Rabb and Mac go to London or to San Diego to live happily ever after? [[spoiler: ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' "False Flag" reveals that the coin toss resulted in Rabb and Mac going to San Diego. But they were, according to Mac, "living separate lives," so they split up and Rabb returned to the Navy, eventually becoming executive officer of the USS Allegiance.]]
* The ambiguous ending became FanficFuel. Some authors, like Annarita in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13120511/1/Together "Together"]] hypothesized Mac left the Marine Corps and went to London with Rabb. Other authors, like Lisa Havelock in "[[https://www.ncisfiction.com/viewstory.php?sid=5013&chapter=1 Around the World in 80 Hours]]" hypothesized that Rabb went with Mac to San Diego but then went back to the East Coast to join Gibbs's NCIS team. This would mesh with what Mac said on her first ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' appearance.
* RankUp: Rabb updates his uniform to reflect his promotion from the previous episode. Note that Rabb started ''JAG'' as a lieutenant (O-3), so he went from lieutenant to captain (O-6) in ten years. [[spoiler: Rabb returns to the Navy after leaving Mac, so perhaps his time as a civilian holds him back from promotion to admiral.]]
Written by: Stephen Zito
Cresswell dispatches Vukovic to Parris Island to investigate the case of Recruit Walter Evans (Zach Bostrom). At first Vukovic thinks it's an open and shut case for administrative separation, but soon he learns that Evans is in fact the 16-year-old son of a Marine killed in Iraq.
The recruit's mother Mildred (Judith Hoag) shows up to bring the young man home but he refuses, even as he is in the brig. General Rossing (Michael O'Neill) presents Evans with a certificate proclaiming him an honorary Marine, and an invitation to come back to boot camp when he's old enough, provided that he goes home with his mother.
The episode begins with the same scene from the previous episode, edited slightly different, and continued with Cresswell telling Rabb and Mac they can choose anyone from JAG HQ to take to their assigned commands. Vukovic asks Mac to take him with her to San Diego but she refuses him.
Bud Roberts is asked by both Rabb and Mac, but after talking it over with his wife, turns down both. Rabb and Mac decide to get married, and that one of them must give up their Navy career. At [=McMurphy=]'s, they announce their engagement to the Robertses, Turner, Coates and Cresswell. Bud Roberts tosses a JAG unit coin that will decide who resigns their commission. The series ends with the JAG unit coin in mid-air.
Bud Roberts went on to appear on three ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' episodes. But Rabb and Mac don't make another appearance in the NCIS franchise until the end of ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' Season 10.
! This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
* AmbiguousEnding: Did Rabb and Mac go to London or to San Diego to live happily ever after? [[spoiler: ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' "False Flag" reveals that the coin toss resulted in Rabb and Mac going to San Diego. But they were, according to Mac, "living separate lives," so they split up and Rabb returned to the Navy, eventually becoming executive officer of the USS Allegiance.]]
* The ambiguous ending became FanficFuel. Some authors, like Annarita in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13120511/1/Together "Together"]] hypothesized Mac left the Marine Corps and went to London with Rabb. Other authors, like Lisa Havelock in "[[https://www.ncisfiction.com/viewstory.php?sid=5013&chapter=1 Around the World in 80 Hours]]" hypothesized that Rabb went with Mac to San Diego but then went back to the East Coast to join Gibbs's NCIS team. This would mesh with what Mac said on her first ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' appearance.
* RankUp: Rabb updates his uniform to reflect his promotion from the previous episode. Note that Rabb started ''JAG'' as a lieutenant (O-3), so he went from lieutenant to captain (O-6) in ten years. [[spoiler: Rabb returns to the Navy after leaving Mac, so perhaps his time as a civilian holds him back from promotion to admiral.]]
