All language subtitles for JAG S09E10 Pulse Rate

I hate this part.

Duncan, you only pass your PRT because
you have to leave it up here once in a

while. And be quick about it. The ship
can't afford to have the radar down for

long. You know what they say.

Can't rush precision.

I know what else they say. The cable
guy's always late.

Sir, ma 'am, Captain Astley to
Greenfield. Lieutenant Jurgensen, Combat

Information Center Divisional Officer.

Staffing on my watch, I'm afraid.

You have someone on the app, ma 'am?

Petty Officer D 'Amato. She was Steven
Duncan's work partner.

Finishing up what he started.

We're all playing maintenance safety
system procedures being followed?

Every one of my staff claims so,
Commander.

You believe him?

I don't know why they'd lie, sir.

Man is dead. That's the reason enough
for some people.

I'm going to take a look up top.

Follow me, ma 'am.

Repairs to the radar array can only take
place when the power is turned off.

Once that's happened, the technicians
are supposed to affix a tag -out sheet

the console so everyone will know that
the repairs are in progress.

For some reason, the tag -out sheet for
this test wasn't in place at the time of

the accident. Can you say for certain
that there ever was a tag -out sheet on

the radar console?

Yeah, the log record will prove a tag
-out sheet was issued, ma 'am. It takes

three signatures to authorize the kind
of work we were doing that day, leading

to your communications technician, a guy
we call Second Man, and myself.

I saw the tag -out sheet on the console.

Apparently, ten minutes later, it was
gone.

And Stephen Duncan was dead.

Yeah.

Eddie, Officer D 'Amato?

Yes, sir.

I'm investigating Stephen Duncan's
death.

I know you were with him at the time.
I'd like to hear your take on what

happened. Sir, Stephen Duncan and I were
repairing a casualty to the radar

array, so the power was off. The radar
is shut down while repairs are being

performed. That's right, Commander.

These AN Spitz 49 long -range units run
at 360 kilowatts.

You don't want them starting up unless
you're a safe distance away.

So how do you know it's shut down now?

I don't, sir.

I just have to trust that the guys in
CFC are trying not to get me killed.

Um, have a seat.

Coat, um... You ever been married?

No, sir.

Are you a... a romantic?

It's my wedding. It's coming up in May,
but... With this Commander

Irons business, I'm up to my...
Eyeballs, I know, sir. And Meredith,

the same way.

I'd love to help, sir.

Well, no, I can't... Ask me to work on
it during duty hours, I know, sir. But I

will pay. I wouldn't hear of it, sir.

I'd be honored to help, free of charge.

And, sir, I won't disappoint you.

I can't believe I'm going to miss the
dance this year.

This year of auto -remediation is going
to be tougher than I thought.

You having second thoughts about
agreeing to it? Oh, no way.

I'm still better off than these guys.

My little sister's not too happy about
it, though.

She started her freshman year at Bowie
State, and up until all the honor board

business, she was going to be my date,
so... I'll take your sister to

Thanksgiving dance.

Come on, look, we can't fraternize with
female midshipmen that haven't been off

campus in months.

Give me a civilian girl.

Besides, I need a dick. Come on, set us
up.

Yeah, all right.

She'll want to meet you first.

All right.

All right, give me her number.

I'll call after class.

I wouldn't miss it for the world.

Hi, ma 'am.

Do you have a moment? I'm on my lunch
hour.

Uh, sure. Sure, Jennifer. What, uh...

What's all this?

Well, I spoke with three different
dressmakers.

They agree that for your figure, this
would be the most flattering style.

That looks like a parade float. May I
suggest toasted almonds.

Jennifer, when A .J. said that you were
helping... But ma 'am, this will match

the groomsman's cummerbund.

Uh -huh. And exactly how many groomsmen
are we talking about?

Well, for a formal military wedding in
Annapolis, ma 'am, you probably

go if you were in 12.

Huh.

Petty Officer Atwood, you were the
second man on the repair that killed

Duncan? Yes, ma 'am. How do you explain
that while you knew radar array repair

was happening, you stood by while Petty
Officer Farrier turned on the microwave

unit to initiate a test? I didn't know
what Petty Officer Farrier was planning

to do, ma 'am.

I assumed everyone in the division could
see the tag -out sheet on the console.

Except Petty Officer Farrier,
apparently.

I saw the tag -out sheet there earlier,
ma 'am.

But if Petty Officer Farrier says it
wasn't there, then it wasn't there, ma

This was not her fault.

I assume that's Petty Officer Farrier.

Yes, ma 'am.

Petty Officer?

Do you mind if I ask you a few
questions? Yes, ma 'am. I know my

rights and I waived them.

Where exactly were you when Seaman
Duncan was killed?

High -power output test, ma 'am. Had you
ever run that test before? Yes, ma 'am,

many times.

To the point where you'd become
overconfident? No, ma 'am. I think I

healthy respect for how dangerous array
maintenance can be.

Everybody here does.

But you never thought to ask the other
technicians if it was safe to proceed.

That is in the protocol, ma 'am. When
the radar repair is in progress, there's

supposed to be a tag -out sheet on the
control console.

It wasn't there, ma 'am.

So Lieutenant Jorgensen is doing ten
things at once in this?

Second man operating four tests
simultaneously. Was there any one person

job it was to watch that tag -out sheet?

You know, I couldn't believe it when
Kevin called me. You know, in high

he never would have set me up.

Protective big brother, huh?

Yeah. He was worse than our mother.

I mean, it's not my place to say this,
but maybe after your dad died, he felt

like he had to step in.

You're pretty insightful.

The guy's my best friend, Kat. I mean, I
know he cares about his family.

No, I know that he does it all out of
love. I know that. But, you know, I'm

a little girl anymore.

He doesn't need to take care of me like
that.

Oh, gosh. My roommate locked herself out
again.

Guess you gotta go, huh?

No, it's not an excuse.

You know, you make me wish I didn't have
a 7 o 'clock lecture tonight.

The significance of Jacob Reese to the
labor movement. Wow.

You a business major? I'm a pre -law.

But I don't bite.

So, listen,

are you going to be around tomorrow?

Oh, I'm going to D .C. to see my
brother.

But I'll be back around 5 or 6.

You know, I'd like to get together if
you want.

I want.

Bye. Okay.

Picture this.

And post it on.

Well, uh... Looks like a cantaloupe
blown up by a... Landmine, sir?

This is what Meredith wants?

Sir, I've taken the liberty of creating
a checklist.

Checklist? I mean, what the hell do you
need? The bride and the ring?

Sir, getting married can be very
complicated.

Oh, getting married is simple.

Staying married is very complicated.

Sir, I think you'll find that a lot is
expected of the modern bridegroom. For

instance, who have you named as your
best man?

Well, I haven't given that much thought
yet.

I'm sure you've at least considered the
bridal shower, sir.

Co -ed is the new catchphrase for that.

You do have your prenuptial agreements
in place, sir?

Petty Officer Yates, your only task at
the time of the incident was to make

your co -workers knew repairs were being
done to the radar.

I thought I had, sir.

Tag -out sheet was here at 0820. But it
wasn't here at 0830 when I commenced my

test. The test wasn't scheduled until
1010.

What were you doing in here at 0830?

Sir, I thought I was helping by getting
it out of the way early.

Where were you, Petty Officer Yates, at
0830?

I was here, sir.

There was just so much going on.

In the midst of our regular operations,
we had gear -tooth damage to the

mechanical linkage on the array.

The ship was blind in the water without
its radar.

Everything just had to be fixed so
quickly.

This is ridiculous.

The tag -out sheet has got to be here,
so... Right.

Tag out sheet for repairs to the radar
array.

See, I told you I'd put it up.

It might have fallen.

Should have stayed at the console, Petty
Officer Yates.

Yes, ma 'am.

So what happens to me now?

You neglected your primary
responsibility, Petty Officer, and a man

Just like old times, you know, me and
you, sea duty.

We had to get out of Washington more
often.

Well, it sounds to me like you got out
of Washington plenty when you were off

playing spy.

You'll never tell me what you were doing
with the CIA, will you? I can't imagine

Clay brings his work home with him.

I thought we decided to travel light,
leaving the baggage behind.

I left my baggage in Paraguay.

And some deep, dark secret you left
stateside, but all respect to privacy on

that one.

Well, I guess there is a first time for
everything.

Excuse me, sir?

Ma 'am?

I heard you were leaving.

Well, we're filing the incident as
accidental and recommending lessons

Nothing we found warrants a dereliction
of charge. Did you reconsider, sir?

You had your man. You just let him off
the hook.

Petty Officer Yates. Yes, sir.

The thing you don't know is that this
happened before.

A few weeks ago.

A tag out sheet fell off? Yes, ma 'am.
When Petty Officer Yates was previously

conducting radar array maintenance.

Just that...

Last time, no one happened to be on the
port top, so no one got hurt.

Sir, ma 'am, if you'll excuse me, I'm on
duty in ten minutes.

Go ahead, Petty Officer, but make
yourself available. We might want to

you later.

Yes, ma 'am. We're the Fantail standby
to launch helo.

We're the Fantail standby to launch
helo. Our flight's leaving.

There'll be another one tomorrow.

Hold, hang on, hang on a second, hang
on.

Hey, come in. It says, when do you
knock?

Hey, listen, these people are used to
traveling on luxury tour buses. I can't

tell them that they have to potty in a
bucket on the back of a C -130.

Hey, Mikey. Hey.

It's like living with Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus. How are you?

Good. Harry's been working with the USO
putting together this Christmas show in

Iraq, squeezing it in on coffee breaks
and after hours, kind of cutting into

quality time.

Hey, will AJ do that? Yeah, before he
went off to his play date.

Do you believe that between teasing the
new baby and wandering away from the

babysitter, he's actually learning how
to spell?

You should ask him to help with my
homework.

Are you having trouble keeping up with
your studies?

I was kidding.

Good. Just because it's tough keeping up
your grade, you know, semester after

semester like you have been.

It's getting tougher.

Second year.

And a social life.

You know, I met a girl.

Uh -huh.

Freshman at Bowie.

Pre -law?

Mikey, you know that I'm proud of your
accomplishments, but you know that

not always the most... The most what?

The most mature.

Is a girl a place you ought to be
focusing all your energies right now?

relax. We've been on, like, one date.

Besides, maybe it'd be a little more
mature if you stopped calling me Mikey.

How about Mike?

You know, I'm 21 years old now, bud.

Okay.

Mike, this house is mute testimony to
the difficulties of balancing a work

with a personal life. Yeah, okay. Hey,
lunch in five, guys?

Listen, if you send me a press kit, then
I can get some buzz started on this

thing.

When did Harriet start talking like
Carson Daly?

It's been a slow progression.

My workload is nuts, too. I mean, we've
had this problem at Jaguar, having to

retry all these old cases.

No matter how much you might want it,
You can't have it all, Mike.

In the office on a Saturday, A .J.? It's
just me. Sorry, ma 'am.

I had to come into the office because
there's a wait for the phone at my

I share an apartment with three other
girls.

Ma 'am, can I put you on hold for a
second?

Jagoffs, Petty Officer Croaks.

Commander Rabb is out of the country,
which is why you couldn't reach him at

home. I can take a message.

Miss Grace.

Got it.

Thank you.

Dr. Cavanaugh, I'm so sorry.

Uh, what is it you need, Jennifer?

Well, I have a menu to show you. You
know how the Admiral loves French food.

Well, I do, but... I can drop them by
your house on my way home.

Uh, no.

Uh... I'm sorry, Jennifer. Today is not
a good day. I'll call you, okay?

Okay. Bye, ma 'am.

What can you tell me about Petty Officer
Yates?

He's not the most popular guy, I guess,
but I don't spend enough time in the CIC

to get involved in their politics.

What about the second man, Petty Officer
Atwood?

He's mouthy, kind of a blowhard.

You ever hear him mouth off to Petty
Officer Yates?

Yeah, I caught Atwood and Yates at each
other's throats a few times.

Over anything in particular?

Petty Officer Atwood accused Petty
Officer Yates of shirking, being a

sir.

Maybe he was right.

Maybe he knew something like this was
bound to happen.

Excuse me.

Have you ever known Petty Officer Atwood
and Petty Officer Yates to argue?

Nothing beyond a spat here or there, ma
'am. Were you aware of a previous

incident where the tag -out sheet went
missing during radar repairs?

I knew about the missing notice when it
happened last time.

Petty Officer Yates left the console
during the test.

Petty Officer Atwood found the tag -out
sheet on the floor.

Doesn't it seem strange to you that the
same mishap would befall the same sailor

twice in a month?

What are you suggesting, ma 'am? Do you
think it's possible that someone

sabotaged the tag -out sheet so that
Petty Officer Yates would get the blame?

I can't imagine that, ma 'am. Can you
imagine anyone in this division

intentionally making Petty Officer Yates
look incompetent?

Petty Officer?

Ma 'am, can we step in here?

Ma 'am, no one would have to stage
anything to make Petty Officer Yates

incompetent. The day of the accident, he
left the radar console so he could go

and have a cigarette.

In the middle of his watch?

Oh yeah, and it's not the first time
either.

Pack a day, ten minutes, a cigarette,
you do the math.

He's absent more than he's present, and
a lot of being listed are getting tired

of covering for him.

Well, Bud says you've been really busy.

Yeah, well, I shouldn't complain.

Some of these headliners that the USO
have booked for this tour play 200 dates

year, and they still find time to
volunteer.

So, Bud and I are just going a little
bit crazy right now, that's all.

You know, what was it like when you
first met?

I mean, you're both still working, Bud
was in law school.

How did you find time for each other?

Well, it was...

although we were bending the rules just
a little bit. Why are you asking all

these questions?

Thinking about going to Corton?

I like this girl.

How serious is it?

We just met.

Well, you must think there's a
possibility of it being serious, but you

be asking all these questions.

I mean, I could see myself spending time
with her, sure.

But Bud doesn't think I can handle my
class load and the personal life at the

same time.

But he still thinks of you as a little
kid.

Yeah, he mentioned that.

I was just looking out for you, that's
all.

By turning me into a monk?

Not that, I mean, I wasn't thinking
about that.

About what?

What did you think I was thinking?

About sex.

Hey, stop.

About sex, sex, sex, sex, sex. Harriet,
please.

All work and no play makes for a pretty
dull guy.

And Bud knows that. So if you like this
girl and she likes you, don't let Bud

convince you not to see her.

Deep down, that's not what Bud wants
anyway.

Thought we'd find you out here.

What's that, sir?

At ease.

Process of elimination, Petty Officer
Yates.

At how many places aboard this ship can
you take a smoke break without being

seen?

You'd be surprised at how creative you
can get.

Smoking calms me down, Colonel
Commander.

I can't get through the day without it.

Apparently, you left your workstation in
the middle of radar maintenance just to

have one. Twice.

Actually, to tell the truth, ma 'am, it
was more than twice.

Yeah, your nasty little habit got a man
killed.

Don't think I don't feel like crap about
it, ma 'am. It's not good enough, Petty

Officer. Not by a mile. We're reversing
our original findings. We're

recommending you be brought up on a
charge of dereliction of duty.

And involuntary manslaughter.

Manslaughter? While you were out here
killing yourself, another man died.

Excuse me, ma 'am.

Here are the cases that Commander Imes
argued against Commander Minetti.

sealed, and delivered.

Thanks, bud.

This one shouldn't take long to put to
bed.

A petty officer with a monkey on his
back and no excuses?

He was out smoking when he should have
been monitoring a tag -out sheet.

Sounds like an open -and -shut
dereliction case, ma 'am. Forget that. I

this guy for involuntary manslaughter.

He's shown culpable negligence and a
reckless disregard for human life.

Satisfies the standard.

under the most expansive interpretation,
ma 'am. Petty Officer Yates is weak,

bud. His lack of self -discipline
resulted in a fatality.

You seem to be very emotional about this
case, ma 'am. Not at all. I have never

felt more analytical.

Thanks for your help with my retrial
motions, and please tell Harriet that

sorry for keeping her husband at night.

She barely noticed, ma 'am. Her work
with the USO has taken up most of her

time.

It's only till Christmas, bud.

I know.

Thanks, ma 'am.

Hey,

bud, I need you to pick up the boys at
the babysitter. I'm going to be late

again tonight. Little AJ's having such a
hard time. Could you? I'm going to be

working late, too, honey.

Honeymoon insurance.

I don't think I need insurance in that
department.

Sir, you really should consider... I
love Meredith, but this whole thing is

way out of control.

That'll be all.

Yes, sir.

Manor.

Sir, a girl called for you on Saturday,
said she couldn't reach you at home.

Thank you.

Uh, Admiral, did you read the memo I put
with Petty Officer Yates, Paul?

Yeah. Admiral, I've agreed to
dereliction of duty charge, but Mac will

nothing to do with it. She's after this
guy with a vengeance.

So, what do you think the colonel's
problem is with your nicotine -addicted

client? I think you just hit the nail on
the head, sir.

Do you have a second, ma 'am?

Sure.

Is that for the admiral's wedding?

Yeah, Meredith asked me to help plan it.

Wow, they must think a lot of you,
Jennifer, to trust you with their

doesn't feel that way, ma 'am. They're
both becoming very uncooperative.

Well, most men don't get excited about
flowers and place cards. Most women are

afraid to force the issue.

That is why it's up to you to drag the
admiral, kicking and screaming if

necessary, into the kind of connubial
bliss that Meredith wants, but is afraid

to ask for.

Another skirmish in the battle of the
sexes, ma 'am? For his own good.

Married men live longer.

Ma 'am.

Thank you.

Grace Aviation. Hey, Maddie.

Harm, I tried to call you. Your
secretary said you were out of the

Yeah, I was on a ship all weekend, and I
don't have a secretary that was any

officer called.

Where were you?

In the Med.

In the Mediterranean Sea.

That's nice.

What's wrong?

Just...

You live a pretty fast life, Harm.

Don't being my guardian sort of slow you
down?

Well, maybe I'm ready to slow down.

This court thing is sure taking a long
time.

You're not... Changing my mind? No.

And look, Maddie, if we're going to be a
family, you're going to have to stop

doubting me.

Little fake, huh?

Mikey!

Yo. Got in late last night?

Since when are you the dead mother?

Since never.

Just don't see you much anymore.

Bro, I had a 6 a .m. drill this morning,
and you were asleep when I left.

As I know, you're not waiting up Warren
about me.

You been seeing Cassie?

Yeah, yeah. She's here about, uh, three
times now.

Well, I guess I haven't had time to tell
you.

Look, she's only 18. She's still a kid.

You set us up. Just for the dance. Why
don't you expect you guys to go behind

back? Behind your back? Hold up.

Are you asking me to dump your sister?

If you were my friend, you wouldn't have
gotten this involved with her in the

first place.

Cap.

Kev.

Article 92 of the UCMJ provides that a
person is derelict in his duties when he

willfully or negligently fails to
perform a duty imposed by standard

procedure. Now, I don't believe that
even the defense will dispute that Petty

Officer Yates willfully and knowingly
violated standard operating procedure

he left his appointed place of duty
during radar repairs to smoke a

Evidence will establish the accused
dereliction of duty.

The UCMJ further defines manslaughter as
a death that results from an act or

omission by the accused, which
constitutes culpable negligence.

The government will show that when the
accused abandoned his station for

personal reasons, his culpable
negligence was a direct cause of a

death. And a petty officer Yates should
also be found guilty of involuntary

manslaughter.

The CDC and at least a dozen research
scientists have issued statements to the

effect that nicotine is more addictive
than cocaine or heroin.

Every year in this country, defendants
are found not guilty or are convicted of

lesser crimes based on their having been
under the influence of narcotics at the

time their offenses were committed.

Additionally, mental defect or disease
is considered an extenuating

in virtually every jurisdiction.

Addiction is informally recognized by
the medical community as a disease.

It is the defensive contention that
Petty Officer Yates exhibited a lack of

mental responsibility at the time of his
actions based on an uncontrollable

addiction to nicotine and should
therefore not be held criminally

for the fatal accident aboard the USS
Gilchrist.

Thanks for driving down here.

I don't think I came all this way just
to see you, dude.

But, um, actually, I was hoping to speak
with Kevin.

You know, he's been really strange with
me on the phone, you know, like, remote.

So I'm just gonna wait here until he
gets out of class.

And I think something's bugging him.

Yeah, we're bugging him, Cassie.

He told you that?

I thought he wanted me to be happy.

Happy on his terms.

I'm gonna find someone as special as
you.

I don't know, maybe I feel the same way.

You really think I'm special?

I think you already know that.

Hey, hey, hey!

I knew this was gonna happen. I left you
a note.

I got your note.

Hey, this is family business, okay? My
family. Yeah, and I'm part of this

too, Kevin.

And I'm old enough to make my own
decisions. And you know what? If you

lighten up on this big brother crap,
you're gonna have to find yourself

sister because I'm over it.

Kev. Kev!

Where you going?

That's just grown, Kev. You just leave
her alone.

She's trying to make something of
herself. She can't afford to be getting

involved. Getting involved or getting
involved with me?

Have it any way you want.

Go ahead, say it.

I'm not good enough for your sister.

Dad, I don't plan to go to law school or
medical school.

I'm just a career sailor who's going to
drag her from one base to the next. Go

ahead, Kevin.

Say it.

Don't have to say it.

Petty Officer Atwood, how often did
Petty Officer Yates use maintenance and

periods as a chance to take a cigarette
break?

More often than not, ma 'am. Petty
Officer Atwood, do you ever know someone

a bad habit?

I guess I'm what they call a chocoholic,
ma 'am. Do you eat chocolate when

you're supposed to be working?

No, ma 'am. They don't allow food in
with the equipment.

But as a chocoholic, by definition, you
are addicted to chocolate.

Your Honor. It's a means to a
permissible end, Your Honor.

Get me there soon, Counselor. Well, just
as Petty Officer Atwood controls his

desire for a candy bar while on the job,
an alcoholic can decide not to take a

drink. It is possible to deny one's
addiction for the greater good.

Petty Officer Yates abdicated
responsibility willingly.

He decided to leave his workstation to
cater to his desires. He is therefore

culpable for his actions, nicotine
addiction or not.

Would you agree, Petty Officer?

Aside from counsel testifying, the
witness is not a substance abuse expert.

Not asking for an expert opinion.

A drunk drinks to self -medicate. Victim
or perpetrator?

Victim until that same drunk gets behind
the wheel of a car and kills someone.

Counsel. Yeah, I'm sorry, Your Honor.

There's nothing more annoying than a
reformed addict.

How dare you?

Both counsel is a sidebar now.

It's part of the defense of goading the
witness.

Sounded to me like defense was goading
prosecuting counsel.

You think you can use my alcoholism in a
sympathy bid for your chain -smoking

client? Addiction is a disease, Colonel.

Addiction can be controlled. Mind over
matter.

Guard, get an ambulance.

You complain about not feeling well? He
looks sick, but I thought it was pre

-court jitters.

Nicotine patches.

Looks like your addict just OD'd.

Hey. Petty Officer Yates is recovering
from his nicotine overdose.

Your client is still using his drug of
choice, Commander.

If he wants to impress me, he can quit
cold turkey.

Oh, like you did?

Twice? You can't understand unless this
thing has a hold of you, sir.

I would... panic if I couldn't smoke.

My pulse would race and my hands would
shake.

I needed it like I needed air, sir.

Your witness.

Petty Officer Yates, how many cigarettes
have you had today?

None, ma 'am.

I've actually quit.

No patches, no gum.

I've learned my lesson. If I'm going to
quit this thing, I have to find the

strength within myself without relying
on substitutes.

So you can control your addiction when
you choose to, like when you're standing

trial in a smoke -free facility.

It's strange how you can conquer this
demon of yours when it's your freedom on

the line, not just another sailor's
life.

Argumentative. Sustained.

Tell me about what happened just before
you abandoned your workstation on the

day Seaman Duncan died.

I remember sitting there, and I was
thinking that I have to get through

Petty Officer Atwood was already on my
case for taking too many breaks.

So you decided to show up for work, huh?

What, do you think you're a teamster,
Yates?

You didn't think Petty Officer Atwood
was justified in his complaint?

You don't understand, ma 'am. It wasn't
just the smoking.

It was something else.

You and Petty Officer Atwood didn't get
along. You want to tell me why?

It's the fraternization, ma 'am.

Hey, Anna.

Hey, Mark.

You okay?

It was no big deal. It was just a fling.

We ended it right away, stayed friends.

But Petty Officer Atwood was just hard
on me after that.

Just can't do it.

Sorry, Anna.

Come on, Farrier.

We're trying to do a job here.

You're such a stickler for the rules.

You wouldn't stop glaring at me.

I just... I needed a cigarette.

City Officer Farrier is the one who
initiated the radar test that killed

Duncan.

Yes, that's right, ma 'am.

There you go.

Requested room reassignment.

If you want to be ready, you want to get
approval?

Kevin, this is stupid.

It's not worth losing a friend over.

You know, you're not the first person to
tell me it's not easy to have a

personal life when you're in school.

My brother gave me the same lecture you
gave Cassie. You know what I figure?

The two guys I respect can't both be
wrong.

Just shut up, okay?

I blew it with Cassie.

I shouldn't have said those things to
you or her.

Man, you just want what's best for her.
So do I. Then try and make her happy. I

can't.

Because I took you at your word, and I
broke it off with Cassie.

And now she's mad at both of us.

Are

you

following me, coach?

Just a little, sir.

Hoping for some insight.

I'm planning the Admiral's wedding.

Well, that's a losing proposition.

I'm finding that, sir.

They don't agree on things, and they're
shooting the messenger.

Let me tell you something, petty
officer.

Someday, some guy is going to fall madly
in love with you, buy you a ring, and

ask you to marry him. I hope so, sir.

You'll spend the equivalent of a down
payment on a house, on a party, that

friends will all go to out of
obligation. You'll wake up the next

15 toasters, a champagne hangover.
You'll look at the lump next to your

you'll go, oh, my God.

I could have bought a house for the
amount of money I spent to tie myself to

this for the rest of my life.

Have your relationships been going
badly, sir?

The mysterious Miss Grace, perhaps?

I know it's none of my business, but she
sounds so young.

You get the same caveat about marriage
from Colonel McKenzie.

Actually, sir, the Colonel seemed very
sentimental about matrimony.

Really?

Well, how unlike her.

Maybe she met someone who changed her
mind.

Excuse me, sir.

I decided for once I'd give your client
the benefit of the doubt.

Did a little follow -up on Petty Officer
Anna Farrier.

Never mind that she started the test
early. She wasn't even supposed to be on

duty at the time of the accident.

Now, I wonder what she would say about
Petty Officer Yates' assertion that

relationship was no big deal.

A woman scorned is a force of nature.
You ought to know.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

You can work side by side with someone
every day and still not know what

thinking. I could say the same of you.

A jab in there.

It was below the belt.

You're right.

And, uh, I'm sorry.

Truce?

Yeah.

What was the nature of your relationship
with Petty Officer Yates?

We were co -workers, sir.

Beyond that?

There was nothing beyond that. You are
under oath, Petty Officer Ferrier.

Petty Officer Yates and I had dated
while on the Gilchrist, sir.

Against regulations.

What are your career plans, Petty
Officer Ferrier?

I hope to continue my education after
the Navy, sir.

Study electrical engineering.

That's a lot to put on the line for a
fling, isn't it?

A fling, sir?

Your relationship with Petty Officer
Yates.

I mean, you both knew you'd be
disciplined if you were caught.

But you were willing to risk it all for
a meaningless fling. Commander. A romp,

a grope, a few quick... Stop it.

Sir.

It was more than that to you, wasn't it,
Petty Officer Ferrier?

It was everything to me, sir.

But Petty Officer Yates didn't share
those feelings, did he?

What were you doing in the CIC at the
time of the incident?

I told you, sir, I was trying to get
things out of the way. You were angry.

felt used.

You knew Petty Officer Yates would be
there. You knew there'd be an

to discredit him by removing the tag
-out sheet. I was there because I wanted

see him, just to see him, not to
sabotage the repairs.

You'd removed a sheet before.

Unfortunately, the only one who noticed
was Petty Officer Atwood.

Desperate for others to know, you
thought you'd turn the radar on.

Maybe you didn't even know that Seaman
Duncan would be on the half -mast at the

time. You were just so determined to get
even with the man who had broken your

heart. It's not true. I didn't do it.
Then who did?

Who else has motive to want to have
Petty Officer Yates removed from the

Gilchrist? One tag -out sheet missing is
an accident. Two sounds to me like

deliberate sabotage. And the only one
who has motive, Petty Officer Farrier,

you.

It started out as a friendship sort of
thing. I would cry my eyes out about

Miles and he'd listen.

Then it started getting scary.

He would follow me.

He was watching me all the time.

Who were you talking about?

You asked me who I thought would have a
reason to want to get rid of Miles and

it wasn't me because I still loved him.

It was Petty Officer Atwood, sir.

He thought that if it weren't for Miles
then maybe he and I would...

How do you know that?

Because when I was called to stand
witness, he told me.

And then he threatened to hurt me if I
told the truth.

Mr. McRoberts.

I've got a surprise for you.

I bought the dress before you dumped me.
I didn't.

You look... You look amazing.

The dance doesn't start for another
three hours, so I figured you two might

to get some dinner first.

You're not angry?

Kevin explained to me that he's the one
that I should be angry with. And for

whatever reason, she's decided to
forgive me.

Well, I can have my dress uniform on in
15 minutes.

Okay. But look, it's just a dance. It
doesn't mean that we're an item.

We're students first, and we should just
take it slow.

Right. The slower, the better.

For all of us.

Come here.

We need to talk, AJ.

And I'd like you to stay, too.

I don't want it, AJ.

I don't want a big wedding.

Well, you don't. I thought I didn't.

What? But you're the one who's been
picking out antebellum dresses and

restaurants. Well, I thought that's what
you wanted. Me?

I... I was so honored, sir, when you
asked me to plan your wedding. I guess I

just got carried away.

Well, Meredith and I want to...

To be our wedding few close... Close
friends. I know. I'm... I'm sorry. I

just... I want it to be perfect.

Oh, and it will be, Jennifer.

Yes, ma 'am.

Better go tell the caterer we won't be
feeding... 200. Gotcha.

Dismissed. Aye, aye, sir.

Well, you know, there's something else I
wanted to talk to you about, A .J., now

that you've... Mentioned it?

It's not about the honeymoon, is it? No.

The drama department at the University
of Bologna is doing a student -produced

series of the Italian plays, and I have
been invited to attend.

Oh, that's great. When?

It's over Christmas.

I know we talked about this being the
first Christmas together as a... as a

betrothed couple.

You know, there's no way I can...

Get away to go with you.

I know, which is why I'm asking you to
give me your blessing to go by myself.

Well, don't need my permission.

I know that, too.

But maybe I... I want it.

Sweetie?

I just got off the phone with the Marine
liaison in Baghdad.

He says based on concert grosses, the
show we're putting together would be

over $700 a seat if it were a civilian
gig.

Did you just say gig?

And then he asked me to call his wife
and tell her how much he misses her.

All he wants to do is be home with his
family.

I feel the same way, honey.

So do I, bud.

Get your coat.

Let's go home.

Your retrial cases can wait till
tomorrow.

Petty Officer Atwood confessed to
sabotaging the tag -app sheet. I prefer

charges. He's being moved to D .C. to
await trial.

This whole court case pretty much proves
your point, doesn't it?

I don't know about how badly things turn
out when co -workers cross the line.

It wouldn't happen if they just ain't
good friends.

Well, hey, good friend. What do you say
to a platonic bowl of pasta?

I'd love to, but I'm having dinner with
Clay.

Hey, there.

You coming?

I'll get the next one.

No, you couldn't have called at a better
time.