SEASON TWO- summary

2.01 "We the People"

A postal truck operated by the Secret Service is transferring the Declartation of Independence and is hijacked by a group called the "Defenders." Harm is teamed up with Marine Major Sarah MacKenzie and newly promoted Lt. Bud Roberts, and together with Special Assistant Webb, they are to negotiate the return. O'Hara, who turns out to be Mac's Uncle, claims he has taken control of the Declaration to remind the people and the politicians of its meaning and spirit. When Mac reveals that O'Hara is her uncle, she reluctantly tells Harm where he is (Red Rock Mesa). According to reports O'Hara is looking for $50 million, which is news to him. It turns out that not all of O'Hara's men have the same motives.

***When Harm meets Mac for the first time in the Rose Garden, he feels as if he's seen a ghost, the behaviour which is not lost on Mac. The ghost Harm is dealing with is that of his ex-girlfriend, Diane, who died a year or so before. We see some flashbacks throughout the episode.



2.02 "Secrets"

After 8 years in prison, Corporal Jason Magida, a Marine convicted of 20 years for spying for Israel, escapes (posing as Corp. Fletcher), from Groton brig and his way leads him straight to Rear Admiral Chegwidden's office, who was involved in his original court-martial.

Magida takes the Admiral, Mac and Bud hostage. Demanding that he was framed, he insists that they retry him. The Admiral decides to assist the court-martial realizing that Magida was set up.



2.03 "Jinx"

While flying off the USS America an F-14 crashes and the pilot Lt. Tess McKee is killed. The squadron is rumored "jinxed" since there have been six previous fatal mid-air accidents since the Gulf War, including one that killed Harm's best friend six months earlier.

Harm and Mac learn that the rumor of a jinx stems from an accidental bombing of an Iraqi mosque during Desert Storm. Since the death of McKee, Ayers is the only one of the fliers involved in the Mosque bombng that's left. Harm fly's with Ayers in order to restore the squadron's confidence. However, when a mid-air refueling goes wack, and Harm's injured, it seems that the squadron may be jinxed after all.



2.04 "Heroes"

When a Navy Seal is killed by friendly fire during a mission, murder is suspected. Harm prosecutes, convinced it wasn't an accident, while Mac, convinced that is was, defends. As new evidence (it was suicide) comes to light, Harm must make a decision. This is the infamous episode where Harm fires a weapon in the courtroom.

***There's a scene where Harm is working on his new apartment and Mac brings dinner. Harm flirts, stating that the only place not a mess, that she can sit is on his bed.



2.05 "Crossing The Line"

After a crossing-of-the-line ceremony, a Navy Aviator accuses her CAG of sexual harrassment. However, the investigation is impeded by Congresswoman DeLong, who insists that the Aviator be sent on missions, despite the CAG's protesting that the Aviator is an "accident waiting to happen."

*Bud meets Harriet Simms for the first time.



2.06 "Trinity"

A Navy Lieutenant's baby is kidnapped, and it appears that the child's father, a member of the Irish Real Army, is responsible. When Harm and Mac attempt to find the child, they find themselves in the middle of the struggle between the IRA and the British Government.