[TYRES SQUEAL]
[SIREN WAILING]
Looks like we got two joy-riders doing 55 on Johnson's Mill, sheriff.
[CAR TYRES SCREECHING & HORNS HONKING OVER TV]
Go get them, Ray.
Yes, sir.
We gotta lose them.
- What if...? - What if history repeats?
I'm not getting dinged for another bogus traffic stop.
- They're not stopping. SHERRIFF [OVER RADIO] Damn it.
- You stay on them, Ray. RAY: Yes, sir.
[CHUCKLES]
[GRUNTS]
[CHUCKLES]
[PANTING]
[GRUNTS]
Get on the horn to base now.
PITTMAN: This is Petty Officer Pittman, SEAL Team 12.
We've got an emergency on Johnson's Mill Road.
We need an ambulance out here immediately.
Officer? Officer, can you hear me?
LOPEZ: Having been appointed to this office, do you solemnly swear
to serve and defend the Constitution of the United States
against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
SHEFFIELD: I solemnly swear to protect and defend
the Constitution of the United States of America...
Should have known when my butt was being served up in that committee,
my job was next on the menu.
Washington politics, sir.
All these years we've had our battles, admiral.
I know I've often been a pain in your neck.
Yes, you have, sir.
[CHUCKLES]
Well, it's all history now, admiral.
Yes, it is, Mr. Secretary.
SECNAV: You're gonna have to stop calling me that, A.J.
LOPEZ: And faithfully discharge the duties of the office,
which you are about to enter, so help you God?
I swear.
- Congratulations, Mr. Secretary. - Thank you, Your Honour.
- Congratulations. - Thank you, Mr. President.
PRESIDENT: Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to introduce to you
our new secretary of the Navy, Edward Sheffield.
[CROWD APPLAUDING]
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
- Congratulations, Mr. Secretary. - Uh, thank you, admiral.
Well, I guess having your accuser become your boss is a little odd.
That's one way to put it, sir.
Well, rest assured however I viewed my predecessor's judgement,
I hold you and JAG in the highest esteem.
I'll do my best to honour your trust, sir.
Well, if that's the case, you could start now.
There's a talented young attorney
I would like you to consider adding to your staff.
You won't be sorry.
CHEGWIDDEN: Colonel, commander, have a seat.
I assume by now that you've heard about this accident.
A SEAL team was conducting a guerrilla war game
among the civilian population,
had a run-in with a local deputy on a Virginia highway.
- Heard about it on the way in, sir. - The deputy was killed.
It should come as no surprise that, uh, Navy's taking a beating on this one.
Local authorities gonna prosecute, sir?
Actually, they're kicking this one back to us.
MAC: That's gotta be a first, admiral.
The Navy's presence in the area is important to local economy.
And it just so happens the state's attorney
is head of the local chamber of commerce.
Commander, you will prosecute.
The convening authority is referring charges
of disobeying orders and negligent homicide
against Lieutenant Reynolds,
the SEAL team leader that lead the chase.
Sir, it's my understanding that the deputy lost control of his car.
In pursuit of a fugitive, which opens up the lieutenant to possible culpability.
Colonel, you'll defend.
Commander Turner will be your second chair.
- Two against one, sir? CHEGWIDDEN: Actually, no.
I'm having Commander Rabb break in a new partner.
A Lieutenant Commander Tracy Manetti.
U. Va., Harvard Law Review,
two years in the public defender's office in Atlanta.
Comes recommended by the new SECNAV.
Oh-ho, Mata Hari in our midst.
Don't worry. I'll keep a close eye on her.
As a former SEAL, I have a special interest in this case.
Let's make sure justice is served. That'll be all.
- Aye, aye, sir. - Aye, sir.
Oh, by the way, uh,
Lieutenant Roberts is being released from Bethesda today, going home.
After he settles in, it might do him some good to see some friendly faces.
Yes, sir.
You sure you don't have other motives keeping eye on Commander Manetti?
Well, I've always had a thing for Italian women, Mac.
- I remember this girl in high school... - Oh, I don't need to hear about that.
Good news about Bud, huh? Looks like he'll be back soon.
He's gonna have to fight to stay in, Mac. It's not gonna be easy.
EAGAN: It was a war game, training to infiltrate an indigenous population.
MAC: In this case, Virginians.
EAGAN: We're testing our men in unconventional warfare.
That requires staging games in the local community,
using real-life scenarios.
It's impossible to replicate that on base.
Hmm, what was the mission?
The team was on the way to a rendezvous
and Lieutenant Reynolds was the lead vehicle.
The exercise had just begun.
The lieutenant was on the road leading from the base
when the deputy tried to pull him over.
Why didn't he stop?
Thought the deputy was part of the game.
- Does that happen much? - No.
Look, we want the police out of the way.
Local law enforcement authorities are notified before exercises happen.
Was notification sent?
A week ago by fax. I followed up by phone that morning.
What's your assessment of the lieutenant?
He's squared away. He's aggressive.
An over-achiever. Qualities you want in a SEAL.
You think it's possible he crossed the line this time?
I support my people, colonel.
That said, we have clear op orders on these war games.
Running from the police, doesn't fit any scenario I know.
BUD: Wow, it's even bigger than it looked in the photos.
SIMS: Let's go, sweetie.
Let's go show Daddy the house, okay?
A.J. Okay.
It's gonna be really fun when it comes time to repaint.
It's really close to work. There's plenty of room for Little A.J.
Please tell me you like it.
A lot more than I thought I would.
A. J: Daddy, come up and see my room.
Maybe later, okay, buddy?
SIMS: Maybe you could play in your room?
- Okay. SIMS: Thank you.
I moved everything you'll need into the den.
We got a big-screen TV.
[CHUCKLES]
Please tell me you bought it on sale.
My dad bought it for us.
You'll love it, you'll see.
Um...
I put a bed in here.
The kitchen's right there.
There's also a bathroom at the far end of the hall.
And I brought some clothes down...
Great.
Navy never notified us, commander. Come on in.
Hmm, you never received a fax?
DENTON: Doesn't surprise me. Damn thing's busted most of the time.
The SEAL commander told us he also called your office
three hours before the exercise started at 0700.
He got the machine. I wasn't here.
My other deputy had called me out on a domestic-disturbance call.
I came back and by the time I checked the machine, the whole thing was over.
Know why Deputy Gault tried to pull lieutenant over?
I heard Ray on the radio.
Said he was chasing two Navy boys out on Johnson's Mill Road.
How fast were they going?
Speed gun clocked them at 55 in a 45 zone.
Uh, you say two Navy boys. Did deputy know they were SEALs?
Road led out of the base. It's a safe bet.
Fits the M.O. Too.
SEAL boys like to push things. This time, one pushed too far.
CHEGWIDDEN: My, uh, yeoman will show you the rest.
Commander, I'd like you to meet, uh, Lieutenant Commander Manetti.
HARM: Oh, commander...
Commander Manetti.
Commander Rabb, it is a pleasure, sir.
The admiral was just singing your praises.
Well, you have an impressive bio yourself, commander.
Harvard Law Review.
Just the luck of the Irish.
It's a little joke, sir.
[CHUCKLES]
Excuse me, admiral. SECNAV's on the line.
I can tell him you're at lunch.
CHEGWIDDEN: I'll take the call, Tiner.
TINER: Yes, sir. Sorry, sir.
Thank you again, admiral.
Where are you from, commander?
Uh, Southern Virginia. Accent give me away?
[CHUCKLES]
Yeah, a little, heh.
Southerners are supposed to be polite,
if it's all the same to you, like to get up speed on this case.
Well, I applaud the initiative.
Why don't you start with these? They ought to bring you up to speed.
Aye, aye, sir.
MAC: Why didn't you stop?
REYNOLDS: I was intent on getting my team to the rendezvous point on time.
But you were in a police pursuit.
I thought they were part of the exercise, ma'am.
You were aware of the op orders. Authorities weren't part of the game.
In these exercises, they throw all different kinds of things at us, ma'am.
Last month, it was a fender-bender.
An EMS guy held us up while they loaded an ambulance.
We got to our rendezvous point a half an hour late.
It turns out the entire thing was staged.
My team got dinged
because we didn't find a creative solution to the problem.
Well, you certainly got more creative this time.
Sheriff said you were speeding, 55 in a 45 zone, lieutenant.
I don't see the humour, lieutenant.
You don't know the police in that town, commander.
MAC: Are you saying they're lying?
The good old boys with the tin badges have a way of adding miles per hour.
Still no excuse for leading them on a dangerous high-speed chase.
I am trained in handling speed, ma'am.
I regret the fact that the deputy did not possess same level of skill in training.
If he had, I wouldn't be sitting here.
I should warn you, displays of arrogance
won't win you friends in court.
I am sorry that you perceive me as arrogant.
I call it confidence.
Confident you're better than everyone else?
Because I made myself that way, ma'am.
I almost didn't make the SEALs.
I was a D-back in college and my knees took a beating.
Ten K runs damn near killed me.
It got so that every step was like a knife.
I realised I had to make a choice.
I could either ring that bell and quit or I could suck it up.
So I toughed it out.
And what's more, I made myself a leader.
In this case, lead poorly, lieutenant.
I regret what happened.
Truly.
But at the time,
I thought that what I was doing was the best thing for my team.
As defence counsel, that's a tough sell.
You do realise that?
I have assessed the situation, ma'am.
But I am a SEAL.
And that's all that I've ever wanted to be.
I made a mistake, a tragic mistake.
But I just hope that there is a way that I can stay a SEAL.
MANETTI: Commander Rabb, just finished these case files.
I'm feeling very confident about this case.
Hmm, I'm glad to hear it, commander.
- I have a question about the charges. MAN: Sir.
Negligent homicide too heavy for you?
Too light, sir.
Based on evidence, Lieutenant Reynolds crossed the line
into reckless endangerment,
with foreseeable and lethal consequences.
- Going for the homerun, huh? - Well, like my daddy says,
"Why throw a curve when you can bring on the heat?"
Your daddy was a baseball player?
Tobacco farmer, sir, here in Virginia.
Like my granddaddy and his daddy before him.
Well, I see you didn't go into the family business.
Uh, no. Got three brothers, commander.
All lawyers.
Of course, I'm the only one that's not suing the tobacco companies
so I still get a smile when I walk through the front door.
Well, I'll give your suggestion some consideration, commander.
Thank you, sir.
MANETTI: Colonel. - Commander.
How's Manetti doing?
She's enthusiastic.
Yeah, I don't get it. Manetti, that's Italian, isn't it?
Uh, she probably got divorced and kept the name.
Or it's more misinformation. Part of the spy package.
Are you sure you're not jumping to a conclusion?
All I see is a female officer doing her job.
You're not gonna start singing that old song again?
I'm just saying if the commander were a guy,
she'd be a part of the SECNAV's boys' club, not Mata Hari.
You're not gonna give it up, are you?
A woman with connections can't be powerful and well-positioned.
She has to be a spy, have an agenda.
Well, it's odd you should mention that
because the commander was just discussing her agenda with me.
Really? What?
She wants to raise the stakes to involuntary manslaughter.
What?
That's dishonourable discharge, Harm. Ten years' confinement.
Well, the charge fits the crime, Mac.
After all, she is just a female officer doing her job.
- I'm gonna win on character. - Good luck.
Harriet?
Yeah?
When did we get a piano?
My mom thought lessons might be nice for Little A.J.
So they bought us a piano?
Well, we talked about introducing him to music.
They loaned us the money to buy this house.
Now they're gonna furnish it for us?
Bud, it's just a piano.
How much did it cost, Harriet?
[DOORBELL RINGS]
I'll get it.
Admiral, Tiner. Hi. Come in.
I thought we'd come by and see how everything was going.
- Hope we're not imposing. BUD: No, sir. Hello.
- Hello. - Hey, lieutenant.
I brought you DVDs, sir.
Director's editions of first two Star Trek movies.
Came with a communicator keychain.
- Cool. Thanks, Tiner. - You're welcome, sir.
Heh, oh, Commander Turner sent his, uh, copy of Silent Triumph to you.
Pfft!
[CHUCKLES]
Seven hundred and fifty pages.
Mm-hm. I think the merlot should get you through the first hundred.
[BUD CHUCKLES]
That is really nice of you, admiral.
[SIMS CHUCKLES]
TINER: Great house, lieutenant.
Uh, it's not the old place, but it'll do.
How about the dime tour?
BUD: You got it, sir.
I've been, uh, bunking in the den here, so I haven't actually been upstairs.
But Harriet assures me there's a master bedroom up there.
Take a look.
Uh, I think we'll wait until you can show us the upstairs yourself.
Okay, sir. The kitchen is this way.
Sheriff, you're the head of Somerville Police Department, correct?
DENTON: Such as it is.
Just two men now, three old police cruisers,
two working radios.
My junior deputy's wife bought him a cell phone, he's our high-tech boy.
Your statement, sheriff, indicates you were unaware
of the Naval exercises being conducted that morning.
Me and my deputies were in the dark.
Our fax machine's pretty hinky most times.
HARM: And the phone call from the Navy?
DENTON: Missed it that morning.
Deputy Burr gave me a shout, needed help with a domestic-disturbance call.
I left the station. The machine took it.
We don't have anyone on duty answering phones.
HARM: But you do have a working radio.
You received dispatch from Deputy Gault, correct?
He was in pursuit of two white males in a car.
Out-of-state plates. They were speeding.
- How fast were they going, sheriff? DENTON: Fifty-five in a 45 zone.
Speeds well in excess of that during the pursuit.
HARM: And the deputy was unaware he was pursing Navy SEALs
involved in an official exercise, correct?
It was just a normal traffic stop.
Of course,
- it turned out not to be. HARM: Thank you, sheriff.
Commander, you're the officer who organised this exercise, correct?
That's correct, commander.
Now, when you conduct an exercise of this nature,
you notify local law enforcement?
We send a fax, we call the morning of the mission.
And if the local police fail to receive notification?
EAGAN: Well, there are written op orders
in the event that they cross paths with civilian authorities, SEALs are to obey.
And if need be, identify themselves and their activity.
So then when Lieutenant Reynolds evaded the police cruiser,
he was disobeying regulations?
Unfortunately, yes.
Thank you, commander. That'll be all.
Are you familiar with an exercise last month
where a traffic accident was staged
to prevent Lieutenant Reynolds' team reaching their objective...
Objection. Lieutenant Reynolds is on trial here, not the exercise.
I'm merely trying to supply context for my client's actions.
- I'll allow it. EAGAN: Yes.
I'm familiar with the staged accident, colonel.
A petty officer posed as an EMS worker.
Wouldn't you interpret that as a civilian authority?
In the broad sense.
The lieutenant was held up for half an hour.
Lieutenant Reynolds was dressed down
for arriving late to rendezvous, isn't that right?
It was a challenge. He failed.
Isn't it understandable lieutenant might interpret
a seemingly unwarranted traffic stop as yet another staged challenge?
I can see where he might arrive at that conclusion, colonel.
Thank you, commander.
- Miss Cavanaugh. MEREDITH: Relax, Jason.
- I can show myself in. TINER: Yes, ma'am.
A.J., I know you're busy,
but I just wanted to bring you a little morning pick-you-up.
Well, that's a pleasant surprise. Tiner?
I thought you might like
my grandmother's cinnamon breakfast loaf.
Mm, mm.
Smells so delicious. Is that, uh...? Is that vanilla?
No.
Oh, uh, I must have put it in the bag next to my vanilla votive candles.
- Ah! - Listen, A.J., about Saturday.
I've brought brochures.
And we can go horseback riding, sea kayaking or hang-gliding.
I say we do all three.
I was, uh, thinking of something a little quieter.
See A Midsummer's Night Dream in town
and maybe an intimate dinner afterwards?
An intimate dinner sounds nice.
But, A.J., I teach Shakespeare all week long
to heavy-lidded college kids.
- By the weekend, I need some action. - Yeah.
Do you think Commander Rabb can be talked into those flying lessons?
- I'll talk to him. - Great, heh.
We'll do this stuff next weekend.
MEREDITH: Ciao. - Bye.
[SIGHS]
[SCOFFS]
First, thank you, Miss Kendrick, for coming in.
I know that this is difficult for you.
I need you to paint a picture of your fiancé for the court.
Ray was a good man, commander.
He was going to be a good husband.
And he was a fine police officer.
HARM: Records show him to be a brave man,
one who didn't shy away from trouble.
He was good at his job.
Where most people could get hot-headed, he just stayed cool.
Did you ever know Ray to act negligently or irresponsibly?
- No. Never. Ask anyone. HARM: Thank you.
Your witness.
Miss Kendrick, I appreciate your being here.
Sorry for your loss.
You describe your fiancé as a man who kept his emotions in check.
JILL: That's right.
Did he ever talk to you about his experiences in the Navy?
HARM: Relevance? MAC: Government's raised the issue
of the deceased's emotional state of mind.
I am only continuing the discussion.
I'll allow it.
You may answer the question, Miss Kendrick.
I know Ray went into the Navy for two years after high school.
Did you know he tried to become a SEAL?
JILL: Yes.
He didn't make it. He rang the bell, correct?
That's right, colonel.
MAC: Did he talk about what happened?
He said he couldn't take it.
The exhaustion,
going days with almost no sleep,
swimming miles in the freezing ocean,
shivering on the beach until he almost passed out.
MAC: So he quit?
It's understandable, colonel.
Just as it would be understandable
if after an experience like that, the deputy might have hated SEALs,
resented them, maybe even had something to prove
when he raced after Lieutenant Reynolds that morning.
Ray hated washing out of the SEALs,
but he loved his time in the Navy
and he still loved the SEALs.
He respected them, colonel.
I have no further questions.
WOMAN [ON TV]: As the court martial of Lieutenant Brad Reynolds
stretches into a second week,
protesters gathered at this vigil today in Somerville, Virginia
for Deputy Sheriff Ray Gault,
the local lawman killed in a high-speed chase with Navy SEALs.
Today's protesters held prayer...
You can answer all those people's prayers now, Harm.
My offer is still on the table.
Heh, may it rest in peace.
I'm still gonna win on character.
Mac, if you go to character, it is really over.
I see your new colleague's putting in the hours.
Uh, well, she's motivated, Mac.
Her father's a farmer. Raises tobacco right here in Virginia.
He was a big contributor to the new SECNAV's last senate campaign.
- Really? - Hmm.
So Daddy got her the job.
MAC: I guess so.
I thought Sheffield was anti-tobacco when he was senator.
Huh!
You know, when facing fall elections, principles go out of season quickly.
Do I detect an anti-Manetti tone?
Well, I'll admit, Mac, I am having a problem with the commander.
MAC: Yeah? What is it?
I'm finding it difficult to dislike her.
Oh, I can help you with that.
What happened to female solidarity?
It went out the window when she decided my client was a killer.
[SCOFFS]
You've served with Lieutenant Reynolds.
- Is he a good leader? PITTMAN: Oh, yes, ma'am.
I found that there are two kinds of officers.
When you're dying at the end of a five-mile hike
uphill with a 50-pound pack,
there are those that will scream at you from the top
and those that will run down alongside you,
yank you up if need be.
The lieutenant leads by example, ma'am.
Do you believe on the morning in question
that he was acting like a good leader?
PITTMAN: He thought he was doing the right thing.
And that's good enough for me, ma'am.
Thank you, petty officer.
Did you think it was right, petty officer, running from the police?
Uh, we couldn't be sure they weren't part of the exercise.
Ah.
Did you think they were part of the exercise?
No, ma'am. I didn't.
Thank you, Petty Officer Pittman.
Deputy Burr,
Deputy Gault was camped out on Johnson's Mill Road
- that morning, correct? - That's right.
Other than Naval base traffic, there's not much activity on that road, right?
It's slow most times.
Two males in a sedan,
out-of-state plates on Johnson's Mill Road,
it's a safe assumption they were Navy personnel,
- SEALs, isn't it? - SEALs, yes.
SEALs on exercise, no.
Uh, Gault clocked the lieutenant's car going ten miles over the speed limit.
- Is that correct? BURR: Yeah, that's right.
The radar gun that was recovered from Deputy Gault's car undamaged.
Can I assume this is the radar gun that he used?
We've only got one. That's it.
TURNER: Have you used this gun? BURR: I sure have.
Would you show me how it works, please?
Go ahead. Point it at, uh...
Point it at Commander Rabb.
Take a reading.
What does the gun say?
It says ten miles per hour.
Didn't realise the commander moved that quick.
We had a lab check your department's radar gun.
Did you know that the calibration was off by ten miles per hour?
- No, I didn't. TURNER: That would mean
Lieutenant Reynolds was driving at the speed limit that morning.
BURR: If the gun was off that day, yeah.
Sheriff said your fax machine was hinky.
Guess your radar gun's kind of hinky, too, wouldn't you say?
I can understand how the deputy thought the lieutenant was speeding,
but if he was driving at the speed limit,
can't you understand how the lieutenant might have thought
the deputy was chasing him for another reason?
Like maybe he was a part of the exercise?
- Objection. Calls for speculation. - Withdrawn.
CHEGWIDDEN: Commander, do you have a second?
HARM: Yes, sir. - Um...
Walk with me.
I need to ask a little favour.
- Name it, sir. - Um...
Remember when Meredith, uh...?
Remember when Meredith mentioned
she was interested in taking flying lessons?
Oh, no. Please, sir.
Commander, I completely understand your reluctance,
but, uh, my back is against the wall here.
She's been dreaming up these weekend plans
hell, this is the safest one.
Safe for who, sir?
Ugh, look, all I'm suggesting is that...
This may sound mean, but just take her up, get her sick.
Cure her of this flying bug.
Is this an order, sir?
Of course not, commander, heh.
I'II, uh, come up with another idea.
When, sir?
1500 Saturday?
All right, admiral. I'll gas up Sarah.
Sarah? I didn't know you named your Stearman after Colonel Mackenzie.
- Uh, it's after my grandmother, admiral. - Oh, right.
I owe you one, commander.
COATES: It can't be easy, sir. BUD: Harriet's being great.
Except when she's babying me.
Sometimes I feel like a little kid.
COATES: She loves you, sir. She just wants to take care of you.
BUD: I guess you're right.
How are you surviving Lieutenant Singer?
COATES: It's not me you should worry about, sir.
She spent three days trying to find the Starbucks on the ship
before someone finally told her it doesn't exist.
BUD: I only looked for an hour.
COATES: And she gets seasick every day.
BUD: I don't believe it.
I'm actually feeling sorry for Singer.
COATES: Pretty scary, sir. BUD: That she is.
Take care of yourself, Jen.
COATES: You too, sir.
REYNOLDS: I thought that the police were a part of the exercise, ma'am.
I made a split-second decision.
Did you think the police cruiser would chase you?
Not like that. No.
I took it as another staged event, like the phoney accident last month.
When the police cruiser continued his pursuit at high speed,
why didn't you stop then?
Ma'am, at that speed with the deputy on top of me, it wasn't safe.
I've been trained in evasive manoeuvres,
and I was concerned for the safety of myself
and that of Petty Officer Pittman.
You refer to your SEAL training.
Do you believe what you did was in keeping with that training?
Yes, I do believe that my actions that day
were in keeping with what I have been trained to do.
Still, I deeply regret what happened.
Thank you, lieutenant.
Lieutenant.
- Commander. - May I have a moment, Your Honour?
- Wondered if you were gonna make it. - I'm sorry, sir.
HARM: Lieutenant, are you familiar with the op orders governing this exercise?
As they exist on paper, yes, sir.
"In the event of an encounter with law-enforcement authorities,
you are to identify yourself and your activity and offer no resistance."
- That's pretty clear, isn't it? - Yes, sir.
HARM: Yet you chose to disobey these orders, lieutenant.
I had cause to believe that that traffic stop was bogus, sir.
Your Honour, new information has just come to the government's attention.
Objection. We haven't seen this, Your Honour.
This has just come to light, Your Honour, and it goes to past acts.
I'll allow it. Go on, commander.
Are you familiar with the Red Lion Tavern in Somerville, lieutenant?
I've been there. Yes, sir.
I have an arrest report from ten days prior to the incident
in which a SEAL, Petty Officer Francis Garvey,
was arrested for assaulting an officer during a bar-room brawl.
Your name's mentioned.
Do you remember the incident?
REYNOLDS: I would not call it a brawl, sir.
What would you call it, lieutenant?
REYNOLDS: An altercation, sir.
I was on liberty with some of the guys, having beers.
Petty Officer Garvey saw Deputy Gault sitting with Deputy Burr.
He went over to them to have a discussion.
What did they discuss, lieutenant?
REYNOLDS: Speeding tickets, sir.
He told the deputies that he felt it was out of line
for them to be targeting SEALs.
Deputy Gault got in his face.
The petty officer pushed him.
He fell back, but there were no punches thrown, sir.
- Were any other SEALs arrested? REYNOLDS: No, sir.
I interceded. I was the ranking officer in the room.
How did you intercede, lieutenant?
I stepped between the deputies and the SEALs.
- Is that all? REYNOLDS: I told the deputies
that if they were to continue to harass the SEALs,
that they would be sorry.
You threatened the police officers?
You challenged them to a fight, is that it?
REYNOLDS: That was not my intent, sir, no.
Just like it wasn't your intent to engage the deputy
in a high-speed chase which led to his death?
Objection. Counsel is providing his own testimony.
Withdrawn.
Thank you. I have no further questions, Your Honour.
Do you, uh, wanna try and redirect? Damage control?
How do you patch the Titanic?
The budget hearings start soon.
I have every intention of getting more than our fair share.
Good to hear, Mr. Secretary.
Uh, how's Manetti working out?
She seems to know what she's doing.
I told you, she's an ace.
Hey, here she is. Tracy, hi.
Mr. Secretary.
Admiral.
- How are they treating you? - Fine, sir. Thank you for asking.
I've known her since she was this high and she was formidable even then.
- How does lunch sound next week? - You'll have to ask the admiral.
No, he can spare you for an hour.
- Good seeing you, admiral. - Yes, sir.
Admiral, if I may?
I'd like to say for the record, sir,
that whatever agenda the secretary is pursuing,
my dad is his long-time campaign donor, not me.
I'm grateful for the opportunity, but I don't expect any special treatment.
Well, commander, you won't be disappointed.
- Carry on. - Thank you, sir.
MAC: Why didn't you tell us about the run-in?
It was just guys being guys, ma'am.
It doesn't look like that now.
Looks like you had a beef with a deputy sheriff
whom you then sent crashing to his death.
We didn't have a beef, ma'am.
Nothing would have even happened if the sheriff hadn't showed up
and started stirring things up.
- The sheriff was involved? - He was the instigator, sir.
Petty Officer Garvey and Deputy Gault were arguing.
Just words. It ended. Deputy Gault backed off.
That's when the sheriff started goading him on.
Well, what did he do?
He shamed him in front of everyone.
He told all the SEALs how the deputy rang the bell
and washed out of the programme.
He then called the deputy a coward.
That's why the deputy got in the petty officer's face?
Yes, ma'am. That's what started the shoving match.
Let's pay the sheriff another visit tomorrow.
Yeah.
[WEAPONS FIRING OVER TV]
[DOORBELL RINGS]
[TURNS TV OFF]
I've got it, sweetie.
[OPENS DOOR]
SIMS: Commander, hi. HARM: Hey.
SIMS: How are you? HARM: I'm good.
- Come in. - Nice to see you. Thank you.
- Hey. - Hey.
- Bud, how are you feeling? - Great.
Great to see you, sir.
Wow! Whew!
- Look at that TV. - Heh.
HARM: Man, if you had surround sound, you could charge admission.
L... It does have surround sound, sir.
Whew! Whoa!
Nice. Hey, listen, I didn't know what you needed
so I got you something you didn't need.
Uh, I hope you like it.
[CHUCKLES]
The virtual tour of the starship Enterprise.
You know, Tiner brought around some DVDs.
I can probably start my own convention.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
You know, it has some cool features on the back.
SIMS: Colonel. Hi. MAC: Hi.
- How are you? - Good. Good to see you.
- You too. - Hey.
- Hi. How are you doing, Bud? - Hi. Good, colonel.
I thought since you and Little A.J. Were spending time together...
Oh, that's great. Thank you.
Sweetie, why don't you sit down?
Colonel, commander, I was about to make lunch.
- You like to stay? - Let's order Chinese.
They deliver.
- Okay. I'll make the call. - No, no. I'll call.
Okay. You guys, uh, can take a self-tour and, uh, we'll catch up in a minute.
- Okay. - Okay.
I guess everyone's struggling to deal.
Yeah.
So you got plans this weekend?
No, I've got a courtroom disaster to recover from.
- You? - Well, actually, uh, heh,
I have a potential disaster of my own brewing.
MEREDITH: Woo-hoo!
Commander, this is outstanding.
[CHUCKLES]
Ooh!
MEREDITH: Woo-hoo!
All right, Meredith, it's your turn.
Take the stick and gently ease it forward.
Oh, this is positively ethereal.
HARM: All right, Meredith... MEREDITH: I love this!
Meredith, let me have the stick back.
- Meredith, let go of the stick. - Oh!
- Meredith, let me have the stick. - Oh, I don't...
Oh, oh.
[HARM SIGHS]
Hey, I wonder if I can see A.J.
Look out. You're standing on the rudder.
There's a tall man standing over by the hangar.
Do you think that's A. J?
Meredith, get off the rudder!
Oh, sorry.
I think I'm getting the hang of this, commander.
Do you think I'm ready to solo the next one?
I think it's time for ground school.
Oh, you mean we're going down?
Landing, yes.
Well, do you need any help, commander?
No.
No, no, no.
No.
Good.
MEREDITH: Woo-hoo!
A.J., that was so exhilarating.
Can't wait to do it again.
DENTON: I thought we've been through this. I didn't get the fax, colonel.
You mind if we check the machine?
Help yourself.
[DIALLING]
This is Lieutenant Colonel Mackenzie, JAG.
I need the number for the fax machine used
to send out SEAL notifications of exercises.
Thank you.
BURR: What's going on?
[FAX MACHINE BEEPS]
MAC: Your fax-received log shows a call from the SEAL base
was received one week before Deputy Gault was killed.
Told you, colonel. Didn't get it.
[CELL PHONE RINGS THEN BURR CLEARS THROAT]
Hello? Yeah, now's not a good time, honey.
Let me call you back.
Sorry about that.
- Colonel? - I think we're done here.
Thank you, sheriff.
Y'all come back, you hear?
Tiner, thanks for giving up your Saturday night.
No problem, ma'am. I've got the deputy's cell phone records.
On a weekend?
You didn't break any laws, did you, Tiner?
The gunny left me a list of his contacts, sir.
Hard to break the law when you're talking to it.
There it is.
The call to the sheriff the morning the Navy sent notification.
A domestic disturbance.
Actually, he made two calls to the sheriff.
Look at the times.
- Good work, Tiner. - Thank you, ma'am.
In your statement, you said you received a cell-phone call
from Deputy Burr on the morning of the accident, correct?
DENTON: That's right. He needed help with a domestic disturbance.
What time did that call come in?
DENTON: A little before 7, I think. - Six fifty-eight.
We checked the records.
Actually, he made a second call, didn't he?
Yeah, I forgot. He'd scribbled down the address, left it back at the diner.
He had to go get it.
He called back five minutes later at 7:03.
Sounds about right.
MAC: And you were in the office then? DENTON: Yes, colonel.
Hmm, with the calls on that line, do you pick them up
or screen them and let the machine pick up?
Depends on the situation.
Like whether it's a call from the Navy notifying you of a SEAL exercise?
[WHISPERS] Should we object, sir?
According to their records, the Navy called at exactly 0700.
You were there. You heard the message. Isn't that right?
Not only were you notified, you knew when the SEALs were gonna be
on Johnson's Mill Road.
Why else would you have Deputy Gault staked out there?
According to your own statement,
you were in radio contact with Deputy Gault.
I responded to the call, yeah.
MAC: You told him to pursue the lieutenant
even though you knew the SEALs were on an exercise
and you were supposed to stay on the sidelines. Right?
You're the one who instigated the confrontation, aren't you, sheriff?
That night at the bar and again that morning
when you ordered your deputy to pull over the SEALs.
They were speeding, broke the law.
No, sheriff. You broke the law
when you lied under oath about the notification.
And you broke the public trust when you sent your deputy
on a reckless and fatal chase.
Nothing further, Your Honour.
The government has no questions for this witness, Your Honour.
Very well.
I'm sure the state's attorney will have plenty.
This court is adjourned.
[GAVEL BANGS]
MAC: The government's agreed to a deal.
You plead to negligent homicide.
Given the circumstances, there will be no confinement,
but you'll take a reduction in pay rate.
There's no guarantee you'll return to duty as a SEAL, lieutenant.
But the colonel and I will do everything during Navy's administrative review.
Thank you for everything that you've already done, colonel, commander.
MAC: You're welcome. TURNER: Glad to do it.
But I'm not sure that I can go back.
I've been thinking about Deputy Gault, that I'm responsible for his death.
Deputy washed out of the SEALs because he couldn't hack it.
My training holds me to a high standard,
one that I don't think I've met.
I think I rang the bell on myself that morning when I led that chase.
- Are you sure about that, lieutenant? REYNOLDS: I'm sure about one thing.
I still wanna serve my country.
I want to stay in the Navy.
I'm just not sure that I'm still worthy to be a SEAL.
Colonel. Commander.
- Did he take the deal? - On his own terms.
Lieutenant's taking responsibility for what happened.
He's volunteered to take a career hit.
Sounds like a SEAL.
Yes, it does.