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Pulse Rate

Episode Number: 192    Season Num: 9    First Aired: Tuesday December 2, 2003    Prod Code: 910
The death of a sailor while repairing the ship's radar dish leads Mac to prosecute and Harm to defend the sailor charged with the death.

At the Naval Academy, Mikey Roberts' friendship is tested when his roommate introduces him to his sister and the two of them hit it off, causing fireworks between Mikey, his roommate and his sister Cassie.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Darcy Meyers
Director: LeVar Burton
Star: Scott Lawrence (Cmdr. Sturgis Turner (Year 7 - 10)),  John M. Jackson (Rear Admiral Albert Jethro "AJ" Chegwidden (Season 2-9)),  David James Elliott (Cmdr. Harmon "Harm" Rabb, Jr.),  Karri Turner (Lt. Harriet Sims-Roberts (Season 3-9)),  Patrick Labyorteaux (Lt./Lt. Commander Bud J. Roberts, Jr. (Season 2-10)),  Catherine Bell (Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzie (Year 2 - 10))
Recurring Role: Richard McGonagle (Judge),  Michael Bellisario (Midshipman "Mikey" Roberts),  Hallee Hirsh (Mattie Grace),  Isabella Hofmann (Meredith Cavanaugh),  Zoe McLellan (PO2 Jennifer Coates)
Guest Star: Jeffrey Scott Kelly (Seaman Duncan),  Vicellous Shannon (Midshipman Kevin DuPree),  Burnadean Jones (PO Demato),  Andrew Bowen (Lt. Jergenson),  Joseph Sikora (PO Atwood),  Reagan Gomez-Preston (Cassie),  Brooke Bloom (PO Farrier),  Patrick Flueger (PO Yates)

Notes

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Mac says Harm's client should quit smoking "cold turkey" and get over his addiction, Harm asks if that's how she did it twice. In "We, The People" Mac admitted to being a recovering alcoholic. In "The Stalker" she had a relapse. (edit)
The Director for this episode, LeVar Burton starred as Cmdr. Geordi LaForge on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and has become a respected Director in his own right since then, directing many of the episodes on other "Star Trek" series. This episode marks his first assignment as Director on "JAG". (edit)

Quotes

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Jennifer Coates: I'm planning the Admiral's wedding.
Harm: That's a losing proposition. (edit)
Jennifer Coates: (on the phone) Commander Rabb is out of the country, which is why you couldn't reach him at home. (edit)
Harriet: (about the USO show) These people are used to traveling on luxury tour buses. I can't tell them they have to potty in a bucket in the back of a C-130. (edit)
Lt. Jergenson: (to Harm, about his staff) I don't know why they'd lie, sir.
Mac: A man is dead, that's reason enough for some people. (edit)
Mac: A woman scorned is a force of nature. You should know.
Harm: Yeah, you can work side by side with someone and still not know what they're thinking.
Mac: I could say the same thing about you. (edit)

Trivia

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Mac is seen wearing her "real-life" wedding rings in one scene. However, since by the time it may have been seen on film, it would be too expensive to re-set & re-shoot the scene so it got left in the final episode. (edit)

Allusions

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Harriet is organizing the USO event and Mikey says she has started talking like Carson Daly. Carson Daly is a former MTV VJ who used to host "Total Request Live." He currently has his own show on NBC, "Last Call With Carson Daly." (edit)
Harriet tells Mikey Roberts that "all work and no play makes for a pretty dull guy." This is a reference to the famous line "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" from the Stephen King book and movie The Shining. (edit)
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