JAG (TV Series) Survivors (1996) User Reviews

"Survivors"

[allmoviesfan · 7/10 · 4 May 2023]

An episode with a little less action, and more introspection.

Harm and Meg are out in the countryside, looking for a disturbed Marine colonel (played quite well by the always-reliable Dan Lauria) who is clearly suffering from PTSD due to his experiences in the Vietnam War, and has gone AWOL with his young son, who apparently has some similarities to a friend the colonel lost in Vietnam.

After a confrontation with a local sheriff - shades of the first Rambo film here - the situation gets more complicated.

Another episode that sheds light on the main characters. This time it's Meg, who reveals to the colonel's kid a rather important piece of information. I really like the Lieutenant Austin character. She has great chemistry with Harm, and I can't help but wonder what might have happened to her had NBC not cancelled JAG after one season.

if he's a marine colonel, i'm a 5 star general

[sandcrab277 · 3/10 · 12 December 2018]

Another unrealistic episode of jag ... ptsd indeed ... no way this colonel would still be on active duty ... i'm really tired of the garbage this show continues to provide ... jag officers are not line officers and cannot command ... and i assure you they are far less formal than portrayed here

96 or 86?

[robodudeable · 3/10 · 12 February 2021]

I would expect an episode like this in a wet 80's series. I know Jag is not ultra realistic but this is something else.

This episode is slow and boring, it does a crappy job of showing PTSD. As the other review says, we really just can't buy that guy as Marine colonel. The whole military aspect is entirely by the by in this episode except for it being the cause of the colonel's PTSD, and I'd imagine that for most fans, at least of the appeal is that this is a military series.

44:59 seconds that I'll never get back