All language subtitles for JAG S01E20 The Prisoner

Captain, I am putting you on a new
prisoner.

No, no, I'm already working. It doesn't
change anything.

Poila! Captain,

for the next five days, he will be your
only assignment.

He must be very important.

Beijing went to extraordinary lengths to
procure him.

He will know whether the Americans will
intervene if we take back Matsu and

Kimoi. And that's all? I need to extract
him. Yes.

He will resist and try to trick us.

His answer will be yes when he means no
and no when he means yes.

Your future depends on you getting the
troubles again.

Yes, sir.

Welcome to Hong Kong, Secretary Bear.

I'm sure you remember Lieutenant Austin
from our mission in Cuba. Oh, yes, I do.

I remember the entire three -ring JAG
circus, including Lieutenant Commander

Rabb. Where is he?

Missing.

Missing. Taiwan's demanding to know
where we stand if the Chinese invade

and Kamui, and JAG's maritime law expert
has gone AWOL. Not AWOL, sir.

Missing. Since when?

I left Commander Rabb Saturday night. He
was supposed to sail with a friend.

Maria Elena Carmelita... Lorena
Gutierrez, an Iberian Airlines

evidently finds attractive.

Her flight schedule changed and Harm
sailed alone Sunday morning. No one's

from or seen him since then.

If this is another jag game to
humiliate... This is no game, Mr.

The sailboat he rented was discovered
this morning. Rather, what was left of

was found floating on the South China
Sea.

Was his body recovered?

But I'm glad to see you're as concerned
about Commander Rabb as we are.

Of course I'm concerned.

His opinion of our legal position on
those islands is a major factor in

formulating my recommendation to the
president.

That's the other reason I'm here. Like
the commander, I too am an expert in

maritime law.

Good. Then you can leave the search for
Commander Rabb to Lieutenant Austin

while you and I draw up a position paper
for the president.

I assume you've set up an office? I've
reserved an office with a steer line to

Taiwan and Washington on the third
floor, sir.

Then let's get to it.

Wondering why you're here?

Wondering why I haven't seen someone
from the American Embassy, which I've

demanding for the past 24 hours.
Probably because you're being accused of

espionage. That's ridiculous.

I'm an American citizen who was pleasure
sailing in international waters when

Chinese naval forces destroyed my boat
and kidnapped me. And how do you define

international waters?

I don't define them. The law of the sea
does, which most countries accept as

customary law.

You seem to know a lot about maritime
law.

Every blue water sailor does.

Especially when they're a JAG officer.

Lieutenant Commander Rav.

You were observed the moment you arrived
in Hong Kong.

Our intelligence people know why you
came to Asia, Commander.

To spend my leave sailing.

You were on your way to provide legal
advice to your State Department on

upcoming talks with the Taiwanese
renegade government.

Your intelligence is mistaken.

At these talks...

Taiwan will learn if America will
intervene when we reclaim Kamui and

Matsu.

Something you already know.

I do?

Yes, I do.

And that's all you want from me, is an
answer to that question? That's all.

Then the answer is yes.

Prove it.

You might be interested to know,
Randall, that... Some of my colleagues

been processing Americans through here
since the Vietnam War.

Perhaps someone you knew came through
here.

Maybe even your father.

Would you like to know more about your
father?

Of course I'd like to know more about my
father.

But how could I ever know if what you
were telling me was the truth?

There is a way.

How? Will the United States interfere
when we take back the island?

At this time, a one -word answer will
knock the fight.

Harmon Rabb, Jr., Lieutenant Commander
in the United States Navy.

989 -548 -301.

October 25th, 1963.

Too bad time will not allow us to play
our game more slowly.

I would have found that much more
pleasurable.

A fishing barge pulled up the wreckage
in its net and contacted the harbor

patrol immediately.

Have you been able to determine what hit
it? Probably an oil tanker. It happens

quite often.

Really, Inspector?

We're able to piece together enough of
the hull to identify if Commander Rapp's

boat. At which point you called off the
search.

Your coastline would have been the same.
Not while there was any chance someone

was still alive out there. Survival
would have been highly unlikely after a

collision like this. But possible.

The water's warm and Commander Rapp was
an experienced trans -fax sailor. You

may change your mind after you see the
wreckage.

It's been cataloged and photographed?

It will be, Commander.

I'll want everything released to our
custody as soon as possible.

Every nail and splinter.

I will do what I can.

Whatever collided with this boat was
painted gray.

Are our oil tankers painted gray,
Inspector Chang?

Not that I'm aware of, Lieutenant.

Military fleets are gray.

Pavilion ships stay away from that color
just for that reason.

Military ships have even more
sophisticated radar and may not watch

commercial vessels.

It is highly unlikely they would be
involved in such an accident.

Unless there was any accident.

Commander, how are you feeling?

Fine.

Commander, sounds so formal.

What do your friends call you?

Harm. Rad.

Pain in the butt.

Let's talk about why you were in Hong
Kong.

Maria Elena Carmelita Moreno Gutierrez.

A lover?

Sometimes. When?

Whenever we can get together.

Do you get together often?

Not often enough.

So after you met with Maria... Elena
Carmelita Moreno

Gutierrez. You were to go on to Taiwan.

Tell me about Matsu and Kimoy, huh?

Very difficult position.

Both China and Taiwan have valid claims
to them.

How will the United States respond if
China takes them back by force?

Right now, the Navy has six carrier
groups at sea.

Two in this region.

The independents at Yokosuka, Japan, and
the Nimitz in the western Pacific.

They use them to defend Matsu and Kimoi
for Taiwan.

But they also have 27 attack subs at
sea.

Representing 34 % of the fleet. You're
not answering my question.

They're all Los Angeles -class
submarines.

360 feet in length. Enough!

Come on.

We go. Go.

He was resisting the drug.

I disagree, Captain.

He was giving information. You stopped
too soon.

Information I could get in five minutes
on the Internet.

The Navy teaches them to give
information like that in their POW

Increase the dosage.

I have to be careful. It could kill him.
If you do not get the correct answer,

Captain, it could kill us.

U -A -M -E -R.

Are you American?

Yes.

How you doing, pilgrim?

There's some things a man just can't run
away from.

They outnumber us four to one.

Do we talk or fight?

I'm not gonna hit you.

The hell I ain't.

I'm losing it.

That'll be the day.

Every time you turn around, expect to
see me.

Because one time you'll turn, and I'll
be there.

Ready to set him apart even.

Who are you?

Who are you?

In time, they may or may not give us an
answer.

Then your investigation is over.

Officially. But I am making other
inquiries.

Other?

That's all I can say at this time. Thank
you, Inspector.

Mr. Secretary?

Good evening, Commander.

Inspector.

Well?

Well, what, Commander?

You heard him. The Chinese rammed
Commander Rad's sailboat. No, no, that's

quite right.

A ship with Chinese paint evidently
rammed his sailboat.

I don't think the Vietnamese or the
Cambodians would have any warships in

waters off Hong Kong, sir.

All right.

Probably not.

I'll see what I can do to expedite
Chinese answers to the inspector's

on this unfortunate accident.

This may not have been an accident, Mr.
Secretary.

If the Chinese knew Commander Rabb was
on that boat, they could have abducted

him and made the sinking look like an
accident.

To what end?

To interrogate him, hoping to learn our
position on Matsu and Kamui.

You people are trained to resist
interrogation. Resist, yes, but no one

out for long against the drugs that are
available today.

So what do we do?

You inform China that we know they have
him.

But we don't know.

This is just a theory based on a few
chips of paint.

It's all we have. We must act on it.
Commander, my job is to avoid

incidents, not to create them.

Then you won't help us?

Not without more evidence.

No.

Why not?

Mind games?

Like this one?

No.

But keep thinking like that.

Don't trust anyone, including me.

Where are you?

Obviously somewhere below you.

Are you a prisoner?

No, I'm here on vacation.

I wanted something dank and dark for a
change.

Of course, I'm a prisoner.

The U .S. Navy, just like you.

How'd you know I was Navy?

I heard the guards talking.

You speak Chinese.

Well, you've been here as long as I
have. You'll pick it up, too.

You don't believe me?

No. Well, I don't blame you.

My first thought was that you were
another mind game parent while I was

on me.

And I realize I've been here too long
for him to bother anymore.

How long?

I don't know.

I lost track of time long ago.

Yeah, don't tell me what year it is. I
don't want to know.

Either way, it'll be too depressing.

I can tell you I was captured in 69.

Vietnam?

No, Kansas City.

Oh, wait.

I hear footsteps.

Someone's coming for you.

Taiwan's held Matsu and Kamui for 47
years, which gives them a firm

claim and makes a U .S. action in their
defense highly justifiable.

The gray area would be Chinese actions
in Kamui's coastal waters.

Why? Well, the islands are close to the
mainland.

While within the 12 -mile sea limit,
most nations claim that they're watered.

This can't be a unique occurrence.

No, it isn't. In any other case, when
one country's sea limit ran into

land limit, they would simply
acknowledge a mean line in between.

But China isn't any other case.

All right.

Make up a list of examples and
precedents where the land limit has

domain. Assistant Secretary Behr, you've
got your wife on the line. Oh.

Hello? Hi, honey. I can't talk now.

I'm in a meeting.

You too.

I'll call you tonight.

Are you taking me out of the point of
departure, Commander Krennic?

They're doing it to me again.

Please, let's walk.

For the last year, we've been working
under the assumption the mainland has

police stations under surveillance.

And no one wants to accept a new Boston.
Correct.

The mainland has promised to give Hong
Kong autonomy for 50 years, but no one

believes that.

You were correct.

It was not an accident.

Commando Rapp is being held in a local
Chinese garrison.

How accurate is your source?

Impossible to know. They say Commander
Raab will soon be shipped to Beijing.

But there is a possibility he can be
returned to us before then.

For a price?

Of course.

Who is this source?

Since China began to tolerate capitalism
in its free economic zone, a network of

people have emerged who buy and sell
anything.

Black marketeers? Free marketeers.

Men and women.

We're dealing information, not $100 blue
jeans.

May I assume, with Secretary Baer's
help, you can raise whatever is needed?

The Navy takes care of it, though.

They will contact you directly within
the next few hours.

Please understand, I will now have to
close the case.

Because the free marketeers are
involved?

The Hong Kong government tactically
acknowledges they provide a service.

No one expects mainland to have such
lenient impulse.

Can you speak?

Tell me, Commander.

This is not an interrogation. We just
want to know if your memory was

Harmon Rapp, Jr.

You were administered drugs incorrectly
and overdosed. You've been in a coma 27

days. The doctor responsible is in a
cell near yours.

You were shaved daily, even given a
haircut.

Some bed sores were unavoidable.

Does my mother know I'm okay? Your
mother thinks you're dead.

Commander, it was assumed you were lost
at sea.

You're lying.

To what point?

To break me down.

It's no longer necessary.

We successfully reclaimed Matsu and Kim
Wai from Taiwan.

Your government protested, but did not
respond with force.

You're both so obvious.

I can assure you, Commander, it is the
truth.

Then I can be released.

Unfortunately, your release at this time
would prove most embarrassing.

Are you going to keep me?

Would you prefer to be shot?

Take solace in knowing, Commander.

You're not the first.

nor will you be the last.

Where you been?

I missed you.

How long have I been gone?

There's no way to keep track of time
down here.

A couple of days, a couple of weeks, a
month.

God, it's true.

What?

I've been in a coma for a month.

No, that's another mind game.

Like you?

You got bed sores?

Yeah. Well, look at them. They're fake.

And you're not weak because you weren't
in a coma.

They drugged you.

How do you know?

Colonel Hahn did it to me.

Only I didn't have anyone to tell me it
was a trick.

I can't think.

It's the drugs.

How do I know you're not part of the
mind game?

If I were, why would I be telling you
this?

I don't know.

I don't know.

My finger's cut.

What?

My finger.

The cut is still fresh.

Can't be more than a couple of days old.

I couldn't have been in a coma for a
month.

Whatever you do, don't let them know
you're on to them.

Start doing some push -ups. You've got
to get those drugs out of your system.

Good idea.

All right.

Don't you think it's time we got to know
each other?

Harm.

Harm and Rob.

I'm a lieutenant commander in the United
States Navy.

What's so funny? You tell him, Colonel
Hunt.

I've been here too long to play a game
like this anymore.

Why are you saying that?

Because I'm Lieutenant Commander Harmon
Rapp.

Do it, Snape.

Hello? I thought we were meeting your
free marketeer contact, Inspector.

You are.

Most of the police force will be
replaced by the mainland next year.

Our pensions probably dissolve.

I've begun my transition to my next
career.

Please. You don't see any conflict of
interest?

Next year, everyone will be on the other
side of the street. Until then, I keep

my moonlighting absolutely separate.

Do you know where Commander Rav is being
held?

No. Please understand, I do not
represent his captive.

I'm a middleman trying to bring the two
parties together.

Who's the other party?

Someone serving in the local garrison
where your man is being held.

If they are to be believed, they are in
a position to break your commander out

of captivity.

Are they to be believed?

I cannot guarantee that.

But my instinct is yes. If this were a
scam, they would have wanted money.

What do they want instead?

Asylum in the U .S., no questions asked.

Apparently, local garrison duty is less
than desirable.

We get Commander Rav, they get asylum.

What do you get?

A phone number I can ring up day or
night that will get me instant sanctuary

your embassy.

Shall I ever desire it?

Do you find these terms acceptable?

Only if we get Commander Rav back alive.

Agreed.

For obvious reasons, we can never speak
of this again.

Try to bow.

It's excellent.

Wait.

Look.

He said yes.

But I'm not told what the truth is. He
said yes. We have it on tape. That is

I need, Captain. And if he was lying?

If the Americans will not interfere, and
because he says they will, we decide to

take more drastic steps.

Such as?

If the Americans will go to war for the
island, Beijing may as well invade

Taiwan.

How much time do you need, Captain?

I need months, but since I only have
days, I'll have to take some big risks.

Do what you have to do, Captain.

When did you vote down?

Christmas Eve, 1969.

What carrier was your squadron attached
to?

Ticonderoga.

Who was your wingman?

Tom Boone.

What's your birthday?

October 25th, 1963.

Where was I stationed when you were
born?

Bidertown, USA.

Miramar.

So far.

You haven't told me anything that
couldn't have been uncovered by Chinese

intelligence. Then ask me something they
couldn't know.

Where did my father take me the day
before he sailed from Vietnam?

Belmont Park, San Diego.

On Mission Boulevard.

I wanted to show you the roller coaster
before they tore down the park.

And we carved our initials in one of the
cars.

This is impossible.

You remember exactly what initials we
carved?

HR.

But a little too squared.

I never understood what it meant four
years later.

Right. I must be losing my mind.

Or I am.

No, you're not.

I hear them coming for you.

You can't. You can't. Now listen to me.
Listen to me.

You're going to suck it up.

If I could do it all these years, you
can too, son.

It's 3 .30.

This is not very promising.

I don't want to turn back yet,
Commander.

This is a waste of time.

We should be at the consulate helping
Bear prepare his position paper on Matsu

and Kamui.

How can you say that?

I'm being realistic and not forgetting
we're here to do a job.

I don't see what's to be gained by any
other approach.

He wasn't your partner.

He served under me, Lieutenant.

With all due respect, it's not the same
thing.

Excuse me, Lieutenant. Are we having a
competition over who cares more about

harm?

I'm just as upset as you are.

I'm just not as good at showing it as
you are.

I never was.

I've grown to care very much about harm.

I understand.

I'm not sure you do, Meg.

I know how that sounded.

Now, you're wondering if Harm and I were

sleeping together.

No, Miss.

Yes.

Unfortunately, no.

Were you?

We never slept together.

But you thought about it?

Yes.

Too bad.

Why? For admitting to the same desires
as you?

No.

For telling me.

You wouldn't say that if you thought he
was still alive.

Did that woman just leave her baby?

It's her.

What now?

Commander Rapp's been found and we need
your help.

Is he alive?

Being held in Nantau in a Cijing Army
Province garrison not far from the new

territory. I know where Nantau is.

Where did you get this information?

We have someone willing to break him out
tomorrow if you'll guarantee them

asylum. Oh, well, wait a minute.

Asylum by tomorrow is impossible.

Why impossible?

This isn't like issuing a driver's
license, Commander.

For one thing, a background
investigation has to be done. That takes

Why does everyone outside of Washington
think it's so simple?

Mr. Secretary, you will guarantee this
person asylum by tomorrow, or... Or

Commander? Or your wife will find out
you've been having an affair in Hong

That's a lie!

With me.

She'll never believe you.

Dear Mrs. Bear, I've been getting up the
courage to write this letter for a long

time. I love your husband, and he loves
me.

It all began in Cuba.

When you put a call in to her, would you
like me to get that?

No. No.

No.

Make a decision, Mr. Secretary.

Please, sit and eat.

Is this how I am to live from now on?

If you prove useful.

I thought my cooperation was no longer
needed.

I'm sure there will be other
opportunities for Beijing to use your

knowledge. I'm not a traitor.

Maybe not today, but in time, who knows?

The rewards may prove too tempting.

Blunt and to the point.

I arranged for a guard to short the
electricity to these cells so the

cannot monitor us.

We only have a minute.

What is this, the game within the game?

You were never in a coma. You were
drugged.

They still need to know the American
position on Matsu and Kimoi. Now do you

believe this is not a game? I already
figured the coma was a lie and you knew

it. Commander, I can get the three of us
out of here.

The three of us?

You, me, and your father.

Did you think it was just a coincidence
you were brought here?

No.

That doesn't make sense.

Nothing will.

You still have too many drugs in your
system.

Tonight, I was supposed to give you
more.

Tomorrow, we'll cross the border into
Hong Kong.

Why are you doing this?

If you were me, would you rather spend
the rest of your life here or in

What could she gain if her offer's a
trick?

That sounds like you don't believe her.

I want to.

It's getting hard to separate reality
from fantasy.

Remember what I used to tell you when
you were little?

Always address the adult as sir or ma
'am and never play with matches?

And that our instincts are always right.

We just learn to ignore them.

And that deep down, if you know
something's not right... It isn't. But I

know what my instincts are telling me.

It may be a chance for us to get out of
here.

Now I'm not sure, but right now it's the
only chance we've got. Maybe you're the

one who can't believe this is real after
all this time.

It's possible.

The fantasy is completely logical within
its own rules.

He has created his father in his mind.

Just like you said he would.

And now we shall use it to learn the
truth.

Dad!

He's on his way to the border.

Why isn't he coming with us?

Moving you together would be too
dangerous.

Would you lower the gun, please?

He told me not to trust you. He said it
wouldn't happen.

It won't happen if we don't leave now.

How are we getting out of here?

Through the front gate. I have papers
authorizing your transfer to Beijing.

Let me see them.

Do you read Chinese?

Judo. Shoot him.

Shoot him now.

You fool.

He'd have given me a lock. So would my
gunshot.

I didn't think of using a pillow.

Next time I tell you to do something.

Do it.

Now move.

Why would China keep my dad a POW all

this time?

After all these years, it would be too
embarrassing to release him.

Are there others?

Yes. How many?

Only Beijing knows.

If we make it to Hong Kong, the world
will demand to know.

Which is why they won't hesitate to kill
both of us.

This doesn't feel right.

Are you going to doubt me all the way to
Hong Kong?

Wouldn't you in my shoes?

I suppose so.

Headlines. You think that's them?

We'll have to wait and see.

You know, I knew you were lying, Han.

You resisted well, but no one can hide
the truth from me and my drugs.

Your navy will not interfere if we take
Matsun Kimoi.

Did you tell the colonel?

He would have sent you on to Beijing and
I wouldn't have anyone to trade for my

freedom.

Well, at least I tried.

Is my father in

that van?

You're free to see.

There yet stay put lieutenant, but it's
harm still on the other side of the

border You

really didn't expect to find him that
did you

Drop the pistol commander before they
shoot you it's only loaded with blanks

anyway

There are times when I do tell the
truth.

Where is he?

In your mind.

I talked to him.

It was the drug you talked to. He knew
things only he could know.

He was in that cell. Never.

Once I planted the thought in your head,
the drug did the rest.

He was lying, Colonel.

The Americans will not interfere if we
take back the island.

Your weapon, Captain.

What?

What is going on, sir?

You made a deal with the Americans.

What are you talking about?

You were trying to escape to Hong Kong
with the American commander.

I was following our plan.

What plan?

You are under arrest, Captain.

Colonel, what are you doing? We no
longer need to continue the trade. I

truth. Commander, now.

Come on.

Here we go.

Keep moving if you want to get home.

Oh,

thank you, Commander.

Who is she?

I never knew her name.

Captain Lacey.

She was my interrogator. The best we
had.

Did you tell her? No.

She was certain she knew the truth.

She couldn't have, Colonel Hart.

I didn't know yet myself. I still hadn't
formulated my recommendation when you

picked me up. I am not Han.

My name is Colonel Yang Chi. I replaced
Colonel Han ten years ago.

Ten years ago? Yes.

Who told you about Colonel Han?