Original subtitles

He looks dead.

I saw him late. I

thought it was tomorrow.

Following in his father's footsteps as a naval aviator, Lieutenant Commander

Harmon Rabb, Jr. suffered a crash while landing his Tomcat on a storm -tossed

carrier at sea.

Diagnosed with night blindness, Harm transferred to the Navy's Judge Advocate

General Corps, which investigates, defends, and prosecutes the law of the

There, with fellow JAG lawyer Major Sarah McKenzie, he now fights in and out

the courtroom with the same daring and tenacity that made him a top gun in the

air.

Closer to home, top military and civilian officials will attend the

service of Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Vice Admiral Bill Clancy

Friends and colleagues are still struggling to understand what prompted

Clancy, a three -star admiral, to take his own life Saturday while on a hunting

trip on Shenandoah Mountain.

Three men were with Admiral Clancy on that morning.

WUSA reporter Tony Yashagawa is with one of those men now. Tony?

Laura, I'm here on Huckleberry Ridge, roughly four miles from the Shenandoah

Mountain, where Vice Admiral Bill Clancy took his own life with a shotgun.

I'm here with Craig Allenby. Mr. Allenby, you were with the Admiral

before his death. Can you tell us what happened?

I was guiding these fellas on a quail hunt.

Clancy, he went off over into the woods, and that was when I heard the shotgun

go off. So you were the first on the scene?

Yes, sir.

Until them other two fellas were, they caught up with us.

This is Tony Yoshigawa, WUSA, on Huckleberry Ridge. Back to you, Laura.

Thank you, Tony.

The other two men on the hunting trip with Admiral Clancy were Deputy Defense

Secretary Mitchell Schoenfeld and Rear Admiral Paul Whelan. Neither man was

available for comment.

Quite a turnout, sir.

Samuel Clancy had a lot of friends.

And enemies.

Funerals tend to attract both.

Sir, is that the widow?

Billy married her the day she graduated from high school.

Thank you.

I'd like to read from Psalm 71.

Clancy, of all people, go figure.

Never seen anything like it.

One minute we're shooting quail, the next he needs his shotgun.

You got problems, you handle them, period, end of sentence.

You don't check out and let someone else clean up your mess.

Gentlemen, you're interrupting the service. Would you mind shutting up?

There's going to be a lot of that, sir.

Not around me, there's not.

For how may we know the trials another endures unless we walk a mile in his

shoes?

Sir, is there any doubt it was suicide?

Yes, there's doubt. There's lots of doubt.

Bill Clancy was one of the most stable human beings I ever knew.

Well, sir, it's either suicide or an accident.

There's another possibility.

Sir, are you saying that Admiral Wheeling or Deputy Secretary Schoenfeld

have murdered Admiral Clancy? I'm saying I want a fair and complete

investigation. Can you handle that, Commander?

Yes, sir, I think I can.

Good. Be of assist, Major.

Sir, I have that wrongful appropriations hearing on Friday.

Get arms to cover for you.

But... No.

You have your assignment, Major.

Dismissed. And take your butt with you.

Aye, aye, sir.

I think you read my autopsy report.

Yes, sir.

So, what are you doing here?

Don't you believe it?

Yes, sir, I do, but I wanted to hear your conclusions firsthand.

Projectiles from a shotgun perforated the mandible, the maxilla sinuses, and

frontal lobe, resulting in brain avulsion.

In other words, the man blew his brains out.

Would you like some coffee or tea, sweetheart?

No, thank you. I'm fine.

And it's instant.

You ran a blood analysis.

Blood, urine, stomach. I sent samples to Richmond.

Could take up to a couple of weeks.

Then these findings are a little premature, don't you think?

Three -star admiral kills himself, you want to dot your I's, cross your T's.

Yes, sir.

Understandable. No, my finding was not premature.

In my humble opinion, based on 25 years as a pathologist, the wound was self

-inflicted.

Stuck my property with pheasant and quail.

City fellas, they come down here and they pay me to hunt them.

That's how I make my living, training them dogs.

Did Admiral Clancy ever go hunting with you before?

Yeah, three, maybe four times.

Experienced with a shotgun? If you're asking me if I think he might have shot

himself by accident, I seriously doubt it.

Cotton, you don't take the strangers there, Lieutenant.

I count my fingers by you.

Did Admiral Clancy's behavior seem strange to you that morning, Mr.

but the one thing I did notice was that he and that other admiral, it seemed

like they'd got along all that well.

Did they have words?

It was more of an attitude.

It's kind of bristly with one another, you know, like two old wolves circling.

Did you see him go into the woods?

I usually don't let my hunters just wander off like that. I thought he was

stepping behind a tree to... Well, you know, I'm really sorry.

It's all right, Mr. Hallenby. No one's blaming you.

I blame myself.

What could you have done?

Talked to him, gotten him help.

Did Admiral Clancy seem like he needed help?

No.

No, that's the thing. He seemed fine.

Maybe I paid closer attention.

To what?

Well, as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Bill felt responsible for

Navy's problems.

Academy scandals, aircraft accidents, sexual misconduct.

Oh, that'd be a heavy burden for everyone.

Did you know that North Korean spy plane was shot down?

We're familiar with the incident.

Well... When we thought it was a commercial airline, our Bill was ready

to Pyongyang and apologize in person.

Sounds like a man of integrity.

Yes, he was.

But I'm assuming, you know, very self -contained.

One of those people who were always in control.

Yeah.

Right up to the time he killed himself.

Admiral Clancy and I had ideological differences.

Windy, let up on the bed.

I understand the two of you surfed together.

Ten years ago.

On a destroyer.

He was the skipper, I was his XO. He was the best ship handler in the Navy.

Well liked by everybody.

Excuse me, sir. It's Jacob.

Yeah, Harry.

They're already 18 months behind.

You tell them to deliver by June the 1st.

I don't give a damn what Senator Whitman said.

I will pull the damn plug. You understand that? You tell them that.

Where was I?

He was well -liked, sir.

Yeah, especially by the younger officers and sailors.

Bill looked out for him. They knew that. What about the senior officer, sir?

He wasn't a graduate of the academy.

A lot of the old ring -knockers, they resented him being appointed deputy CNO.

Oh, he's a beauty, sir.

Wendy will lunge on him for a sing in the morning.

You know about the Sentinel ship?

Worship of the future.

Until Congress scuttled her.

That was Bill Clancy's pet project.

Well, he must have been disappointed.

Bill Clancy was trained in surface warfare, not in Washington politics.

Hey, Admiral, are you saying he was in over his head?

Commander, in light of what happened, I'd call that an understatement.

Really?

What's going on?

Sir, forensics and witness statements concur.

It was suicide.

At ease.

Sir, Admiral Clancy was unhappy over the loss of the Sentinel project.

He was unpopular with other flag officers, and he was very upset over

problems the Navy's been having.

Unhappy, unpopular, upset.

Sounds like a typical day in my life.

Was there a note?

Apparently not, sir.

Commander.

Suicide is not a sudden impulse decision.

Well, that's generally true, sir, yes.

As far as I'm concerned, this report is incomplete.

Sir, the facts support our findings.

Major, you can have all the facts in the world. You didn't know the man.

We'll continue the inquiry, sir. No.

No, that won't be necessary, Commander.

Sir, I'm going to conduct an investigation on my own.

That'll be all.

Whole grain.

Oh.

Yogurt, fruit, leecher.

It's good for you.

Is there any pizza left in the fridge?

You are not having pizza for breakfast.

Perfect breakfast food.

You're going to be trouble, aren't you? You bet.

Think you can handle it?

Yeah.

How's Josh?

You call him?

Scott's parents let him stay up until 10 .30, Mom.

It's the last time he gets to sleep over there.

Maybe your staying over wasn't a good idea.

No.

It's all right.

He approves of you.

Not that I need a 10 -year -old's approval.

I do.

I can get used to it.

Harm.

Where are you?

Sorry. What?

Work.

Yeah.

Chegwood.

He's not buying the suicide.

Sure it is?

You're a skeptic too?

Suppose you wake up tomorrow morning.

Are you there?

And I tell you Cheg Whitten killed himself.

Well, that would never happen, but go on. So you wouldn't believe me if I told

you he did it.

Carm,

the man killed himself. I'm not denying that.

I'm just saying we could have extended our investigation.

For what purpose?

Well, to remove all doubts, for one thing.

Do you doubt it was suicide?

No, but the Admiral does.

Well, Clancy was the Admiral's mentor, short of an eyewitness claiming that he

saw Clancy pull the trigger. He'll always have doubts.

Well, sir, this just came for you. It's from Dr.

Rowland. Who's Dr. Rowland? The Augusta County Medical Examiner.

Carbamazepine, sir.

Harriet looked it up.

You couldn't?

Are you going to show this to him, or shall I?

We both will.

But I want to know the doctor who prescribed this.

Aye, aye, sir.

They found traces of a drug called carbamazepine in Admiral Clancy's blood,

Which is?

It's a mood stabilizer. It's used to treat bipolar disorders.

So you're inferring suicide is not uncommon among people with this type of

disorder.

Is there something we can do, sir?

No, you've done enough.

Thank you.

AJ, I was beginning to think you were avoiding me.

Never.

I just thought you might need some time alone.

That's the last thing I need.

How are the boys?

Back at school.

They're having a hard time.

Evelyn.

Was Bill on medication?

Why do you ask that?

The lab found a prescription drug in his blood samples. Do you know anything

about it?

This is not strictly a social call, is it?

I don't believe Bill killed himself.

Why not?

Because he couldn't.

I know that you have to believe that because you admired him. You respected

Was Bill on medication for manic depression?

No. A .J., let him rest in peace.

Do you think Bill killed himself?

That is a cruel question to ask a dead man's wife.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

But I have to ask.

You know, Bill just didn't have much joy to share.

He... Constantly pushed himself. He doubted himself. He felt so unworthy,

couldn't help him.

Not only do I think he killed himself, I feel responsible for it.

How are we looking for the Admiral?

Have you seen him?

No, I don't know where he is. Why? Is there a problem?

We're trying to negotiate a plea.

And she's being hard -headed and unreasonable, as usual. And he's being

and irresponsible, which is why we need the Admiral's opinion.

Run it by me. I'll give you an unbiased opinion.

I'll give you forfeiture of pay in three months in the break.

Forget it, Major.

Just a judgment.

Admiral.

Admiral.

A .J.

Just for the record, I never had anything against Bill Clancy per se.

He was a good CO in his time. I'm sure he'd be glad to hear that. His problem

was he got weak.

Yeah, well, whatever you say.

Listen, the Navy's not a touchy -feely bureaucracy.

Sink ships, shoot down planes, punish the enemy. That is our purpose.

Wake up, Admiral.

That macho -tough warrior approach didn't work today.

Bill Clancy lacked the moral fiber to stand up for the boat whores on that

He was dangerous to the Navy.

I think you're cut from the same cloth.

You know, I never liked your methods, Wheeler, and I never liked you.

You keep pushing me, you're going to find out how dangerous I can be.

You lack the support to take me on, A .J.

With Bill Clancy gone, you lost your sponsor.

Oh, hell, Paul, I don't need support to take on your sorry butt anytime,

anyplace.

Now who's being a macho, tough warrior?

Problem is, I semi -agree with him. A lot of admirals do.

If the Navy is going to flourish in today's world, we have to accept that

ultimate constituency is the public.

Clancy, realize that.

The public is the one that scuttled his settleship.

Whoa, your old guard admirals did that. They branded him a cowardly bureaucrat

and laughed the project out of existence.

No, they were wrong.

The Navy needs a gray beard, A .J., someone the admirals respect.

And the public trusts.

We're looking for a replacement for Clancy.

The list of candidates is a short one.

Your name's on it.

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations?

That would mean a third star.

DCNOs come from the active duty list on the line. Jagged staff.

We can always get you back in the line.

Lee Jack.

Why me?

A .J., we've had our differences, God knows.

I may not always agree with you, but I trust you.

You have integrity.

Thank you, Mr. Secretary.

So do us both a favor.

End the suicide investigation. Move on.

We don't need the publicity.

I'm not sure I could do that, sir.

Windows of opportunity tend to slam shut quickly.

Think about it.

Yes, sir.

Oh, and A .J., keep in mind... Admiral Whelan's also on that list.

Major, look who I found.

I'm just going to go back to my desk now, okay?

Nice to see you again, Dalton. Nice to see you. Thanks for the escort.

Mm -hmm.

So, um, how are things at Lowell, Hanson, and Lowne?

You don't answer my calls, you don't return my email. What's going on, sir?

Well, it's been crazy around here, you know, coming back to JAG, getting

reacclimated. You're avoiding me.

I just... I feel bad leaving your firm the way I did.

I feel like I let you down.

Is that all?

Don't worry about it. We found a replacement three days after you left.

Well... I'm not here to talk about the firm.

I want to talk about us.

We had something going.

Something very precious to me.

And I don't want to lose that.

I don't want to lose you.

Should I stop calling?

No. No, I want you to call.

I care for you so much I can almost fool myself into believing that.

Is there someone else?

No.

No, there's no one else.

Well, then we should talk.

Can we get together, say, this weekend?

Yeah, sure.

Sure, this weekend is fine.

Okay, then.

We'll talk.

Or something.

There are bees What?

On the bridge

I'm being pressured to drop the investigation.

Well, sir, I can't say I'm surprised.

You think I'm making a fool of myself?

No, sir.

Good answer.

Now, tell me the truth.

Hey, Admiral, if I woke up one morning and I heard that you had committed

suicide, I would investigate.

That's a comforting thought.

What if it was going to ruin your career?

I'd investigate, sir.

Bet you would.

Sir, I still believe, based on the evidence, that our conclusion is

if you need my help, you have it.

Chegwin.

What?

was found in his driveway stabbed to death.

Not much chance of suicide there, Admiral.

Libris of Viola, NCIF.

I'm working with the locals.

So far,

not much.

Looks like he came out to get his newspaper around 0600, and someone

and left him to die in his driveway there.

Any witnesses?

All the neighbors were inside, either sleeping or showering or... Wasn't

robbery. Not unless he kept his wallet in his jammies.

I heard you had a little run -in with the deceased yesterday, Admiral.

Bad news travels fast.

When a couple of two -stars mix it up in front of half the Pentagon, where it

gets around.

You mind telling me what it was about?

Yes, I do.

Come on, guys, help me out here. I'm investigating a homicide.

They had a philosophical discussion.

Got a little heated.

Yeah, those philosophical discussions can really get out of hand.

I assume he can account for his whereabouts this morning. Does he need

You never know.

Three men go on a hunting trip. Two of them die violent deaths. Say the deaths

are related.

Say they're both homicides.

Well, then the third man, Mitchell Schoenfeld, could be the next victim.

Or the killer.

What do those three men have in common besides quail hunting?

Whelan and Clancy served on the same ship.

USS Jim Bridger. Did Schoenfeld serve on the Bridger?

No.

Schoenfeld was in the Air Force, not in the Navy.

Maybe something else he shared with Bill Clancy.

This is Evelyn Clancy, and my husband Bill had a prescription filled at your

pharmacy.

It's C -L -A -N -C -Y.

You don't.

Okay. I'm sorry. I must have the wrong store. Thank you.

Up next is number 16, Hadley Drugs.

Number 16.

Well, that's my lucky number.

Mine, too.

Hi. This is Evelyn Clancy.

And my husband, Bill, had a prescription pill at your pharmacy.

Anyway, the thing is, I can't find the pill bottle, and I need the name of the

doctor that's on it, please.

I coordinate with MTIAS. I want to know every scrap of information they dig up

on the wheel and all of that.

Done, sir.

Agent on deck.

Agent work.

So, did you realize that you were a suspect?

Agent violent, that is. Yes, sir. Good. That means she's doing her job.

Commander, can we talk to you for a second?

Yeah. Per your orders, I... Well, that is Harriet Knight.

The we. We.

Track down the doctor that prescribed the carbamazepine for Admiral Clancy.

name is Ronald Ravner. He's a neurologist.

Sir, carbamazepine is more than a mood stabilizer.

It's also used as an anticonvulsant. It's for seizures.

But you just couldn't leave it alone, could you, A .J.? Evelyn, I need your

help. Ma 'am, we have reason to believe your husband's death may be linked with

Admiral Whelan's homicide.

Six years ago, Bill was on an inspection tour of the Kitty Hawk.

A tie -down chain on the flight deck snapped and a link hit him in the head.

Doctors said he was fine.

Two weeks later, he... He had his first seizure.

Temporal lobe epilepsy.

You have done your homework, Commander.

The seizures were mild. You couldn't even tell he was having them unless you

knew.

But his career would have been over if the Navy found out.

Who else knew?

No one.

Not even our children.

What about Mitch Schoenfeld?

Mitch? Little close friends. Maybe Bill confided in him.

I suppose that's possible.

The apple clamp, he meant a lot to you.

After Vietnam.

I transferred out of the field to service warfare. I was a gunnery officer

the Farragut.

Clancy was my department head.

I was one fractious, messed -up son of a gun. I could not get my head around

shipboard law. I thought I was still in the jungle.

So one day, Clancy takes me out to the fantail to straighten me out.

He beat the crap out of you?

He tried, until I broke his nose.

I figured...

Guy cared enough about me to get his face bashed in. The least I could do is

listen to what he had to say.

Smartest decision I ever made.

Who is it?

Schoenfeld.

What's he doing here?

I don't know.

Let's stick around and ask him.

Annie. Where are you?

I was expecting you hours ago.

I know. I'm sorry.

I got caught up in something.

I'm okay, Annie.

Should I wait for you?

No, I wouldn't.

This could take all night.

I'll talk to you tomorrow.

Yeah, great.

Good. That's a plan.

Annie is one terrific woman.

Yeah. You two getting serious?

Oh, we're taking it one step at a time.

How about you?

Anyone in your life?

Name's Francesca.

Maybe you'll meet her someday.

You have to move on.

Not without you.

He was innocent.

Who was innocent?

It's too late.

Take your staff.

Run.

Yep.

What?

He's coming out.

Who? Schoenfeld.

It's nearly 0500.

Mr. Deputy Secretary.

AJ. What the hell are you doing here?

Can I ask you the same thing?

I was visiting a friend. Is that a crime?

Till 5 in the morning?

What do you want, AJ?

Bill Clancy's killer.

They've been seeing each other for two years.

Bill know about it? No, we were discreet.

I wasn't proud of the deception. I wanted to tell him, but Evelyn was

scandal would ruin his career. How thoughtful.

Evelyn married Bill when she was 17.

His career was the center of their lives for 30 years.

One day she decided she wanted a life of her own.

And there you were to provide it.

What's your problem, A .J.? That I got there before you did?

Careful, Schoenfeld.

You knew she'd never divorce her husband, so you took him out of the

Bill Clancy killed himself.

Well, you made it look that way. Was Whelan in on it?

That's insane.

Why, you set up the hunting trip. You knew Whelan hated Bill Clancy. The two

you put it together, and then you took Whelan out, so he couldn't incriminate

you. I am going now.

You do whatever you want to do.

Call the police or the tabloids.

I don't care.

But if you really believe someone killed Bill, well, you better get some help,

because you two are lousy detectives.

They tell me you nailed Matoni in that Article 32.

Kicked his butt.

Enough to make a grown man weep.

Yeah, you look tired. Yeah, I've been up all night.

Oh? Oh, it's not what you think, unfortunately.

I want to talk to that guy at Allenby.

Well, I already talked to him. Yeah, not about suicide. I want to talk to him

about murder.

Hello?

People really live like this?

Commander, what was the name of the destroyer that Clancy and Whelan were

USS Jim Bridger, wasn't it?

Yeah, that's right.

Be quiet, Bowler.

Howdy.

I think your car parked out there.

Sorry to barge in like this, Mr. Allenby. We got awfully cold outside.

I'm Lieutenant Commander Rabb from, uh...

The JAG Corps.

What can I do for you?

We have a couple more questions about the shooting, if you don't mind.

So it's the shooting now, is it? Yeah, how long was it between the time you

heard the shot and when you found the Admiral?

Oh, a minute, two at the most.

Hey, you folks like rabbit?

I like rabbits, not rabbit.

So there was about enough time to shoot the Admiral.

Make it look like a suicide and then disappear to the woods. Is that what you

think happened?

We're just exploring possibilities.

Well, I guess it could have happened that way.

Thanks.

That'll be it.

Y 'all come all the way out here just to ask me that?

That's all.

Major, Lieutenant.

Thank you. Lieutenant!

That's going to bring you good luck, you'll see.

Thanks.

USS Jim Bridger.

11?

12 years ago.

USS Jim Bridger.

Huh.

Clancy was Skipper. Wheeling was XO.

Second deployment of the year.

Fire in the boiler room. 14 sailors die.

I remember that.

It was our sin, wasn't it?

His demon name, Alan Broad, was accused of starting it.

Well, what was his reason?

Poker game.

Accusations of cheating. Broad was seriously beat up.

They renamed the attackers a week later the fire started.

Broad swore he was innocent.

But the Skipper XO, Jag prosecutor, formidable team.

Broad was...

Court -martialed. Sent to Levin with the life.

It sounds like he got what he deserved.

Two years later.

Similar fire on board the Grissom.

Only this time an inspector found a design flaw in the manifold valve.

Broke was exonerated.

So he was freed.

Would have been, except he died in prison.

Emonia.

This is Alan Broke.

And this is Alan B.

Alan. Broad, Allenby, Allenby.

During the court -martial, Broad's father was serving time in Petersburg

bootlegging, I think.

My guess is that's him.

How do you know about all this, sir?

It was the Jack prosecutor that put him away.

They're not going to do you any good.

I'm just trying to save you the time of tracking me down.

Look, I know this may not mean much to you, but I'm sorry your son died.

Al.

Al, he... He wasn't all that bright.

But he's a good boy.

Good boy.

We made a bad mistake.

He...

He wrote me this letter one time.

I got it right here.

He said that he is happy.

He said he's happy to be a sailor.

And he said that Captain Clancy was a decent man and that he treated everybody

else just like this as good as he was.

He didn't deserve to die.

Neither did my boy. I meant your boy.

This Clancy fellow, he mean something to you, Admiral?

He was a friend.

Good.

Because he killed my boy.

Him and that Whelan and you, Admiral.

You killed my boy. Nobody killed your boy.

Same as fellow on my cell block. He told me all about it.

You've been planning this a long time, haven't you?

I've been tracking you all for years.

I knew that someday you had to come to ground.

Sure enough, Clancy, he come to Washington.

You could have killed him any time.

I wanted to dishonor his name.

So I talked to him and talked him into hiring me and my dogs.

That's all she wrote.

And you murdered Whelan.

I didn't say that.

And I ain't confessing today.

All right, sir? Yeah.

I'll see.

His hunting days are over.

Nice work, Major.

Yes, sir.

Timing is everything.

I think Admiral Yarbrough will make a fine DCNO.

Thank you, Mr. Secretary.

Send him in.

Agent Viola, what brings you here? I wish I had better news.

The Commonwealth attorney's charge broke with two counts of murder, attempted

murder, and assault.

Sounds right.

There's just one small problem.

We can tie him to the murders motive -wise, but forensics can't connect him

Lack of evidence.

As for the attempted murder, you were on his property. He claims you attacked

him. It's iffy.

And that leaves a salt.

Which he copped to.

A class six felony.

He'll be out in a year and a half, sir.

You don't look surprised, Admiral.

Do you know how this system works? Anything else?

I guess not.

You figure he'll come after you again, sir?

I think we can count on that, Major.

That'll be all.

Commander Major.

Thank you.

Hi. Hi.

I was just going to wait for you outside.

I'll ride down with you.

Great.

How's your week?

Oh, you know, visual.

Yeah.

What's wrong?

I broke a nail on a piece of wood yesterday.

Here, let me take that for you.

Thanks.

You should be more careful.

I'm not sure I can do this.

Why? The other night when you didn't show up, I nearly lost it.

Annie. No.

You have no idea what it was like waiting for Luke night after night.

After a while, I stopped expecting him and started expecting a phone call.

Fair enough.

The call came.

Annie, that's not going to happen.

Can you guarantee it?

Annie, I'm a lawyer.

I've been trying to call you.

Papa, what's wrong?

Does something have to be wrong for me to call my daughter?

Of course not.

How are you, Papa?

I'm fine, sweetheart. I'm just fine.

It is great to hear your voice.