JAG

COME ON, GOOCH!

Boy: GOOCH.

GOOCH.

GOOCH.

DIGGER?

I'M HIT.

HELP ME UP, GOOCH.

HELP ME UP!

Man: YOUR HONOR, MY CLIENT FEARS

FOR HER SON'S LIFE.

I DOUBT THAT, COUNSELOR.

WANT TO HEAR IT UNDER OATH?

YOUR HONOR, SURELY A MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LIVES

OF SEVERAL THOUSAND MARINES

CAN BE ENTRUSTED WITH THE CARE

AND WELL-BEING OF ONE TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY

ESPECIALLY HIS OWN SON.

EVIDENTLY NOT

SINCE YOUR CLIENT APPARENTLY

VIOLATED MY CUSTODY COURT ORDER.

HE WANTED TO SPEND A FEW EXTRA DAYS WITH HIS SON

BEFORE THE BOY'S MOTHER MOVED HIM A THOUSAND MILES AWAY.

AND THE BOY'S MOTHER SAID NO.

WHICH SHE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO DO, COUNSELOR.

I'M NOT DEFENDING MY CLIENT'S ACTION, YOUR HONOR.

I'M ASKING FOR THE COURT'S UNDERSTANDING

GIVEN THE SITUATION.

DO YOU KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OF YOUR CLIENT

AND HIS SON, MR. RABB?

NO, YOUR HONOR, I DO NOT.

DO WE HAVE TO WAIT

TILL THIS BOY'S A VICTIM

00 NEWS?

THAT'S UNCALLED FOR.

THIS IS NOT A CASE OF CHILD ABUSE.

THIS IS A BIRD COLONEL IN THE MARINE CORPS WHO...

IS IN CONTEMPT OF COURT.

COUNSELOR, YOUR CLIENT

LEAVES ME NO CHOICE

BUT TO ISSUE A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

HOW WILL THAT GET TREVOR BACK?

POLICE ARREST YOUR EX-HUSBAND AND RETURN YOUR SON.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MATT'S GOING TO TAKE TO THAT.

YOU WANT YOUR SON BACK, DON'T YOU?

YES, BUT THAT COULD RUIN MATT'S CAREER.

: MRS. ANDERSON...

MOST EX-WIVES WOULD PAY ME DOUBLE FOR THAT.

BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND...

SO, HOW'S IT FEEL BEING A DIVORCE LAWYER?

I'D PUT IT ON A PAR WITH BEING A PROCTOLOGIST.

OUCH.

SO FAR DEFENDING STRIKER'S BUDDY

HAS COST ME 350 FOR A NEW SUIT

12 DAYS OF LEAVE, AND A BRUISED EGO.

YOU LOST?

JUDGE ISSUED A WARRANT

FOR THE COLONEL'S ARREST.

WOW.

FROM THE LOOK

ON HER FACE, I NEVER WOULD HAVE GUESSED THAT.

MAYBE SHE'S REALIZING WHAT SHE'S JUST DONE.

IT IS HIS FAULT, HARM, NOT HERS.

SHE COULD HAVE GIVEN HIM

A COUPLE OF LOUSY DAYS, MEG.

MAYBE NOT. SHE IS MOVING.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE HERE TO LEND MORAL SUPPORT?

YOU'RE STARTING TO SOUND LIKE OPPOSING COUNCIL.

SORRY.

WHAT'S TREVOR GOING TO THINK WHEN HIS FATHER'S ARRESTED?

DO YOU WANT YOUR SON BACK OR NOT?

OF COURSE I WANT HIM BACK.

THEN GO HOME AND WAIT FOR THE POLICE.

I DON'T HAVE A HOME.

EVERYTHING I OWN IS ON A VAN TO WISCONSIN.

THEN... I'D MAKE SURE THE POLICE HAVE

SOME WAY TO REACH YOU.

NOW, I HAVE ANOTHER CASE, BUT EVEN IF I DIDN'T

YOU DON'T WANT ME HOLDING YOUR HAND

FOR 150 BUCKS AN HOUR.

CHEER UP, MRS. ANDERSON.

YOU WON.

MRS. ANDERSON?

IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO, MA'AM?

YOU'RE HIS LAWYER.

YES, MA'AM, BUT WE ARE MILITARY OFFICERS.

WE LOOK OUT FOR OUR OWN.

WHY DID HE FORCE ME TO DO THIS?

YOU'RE TAKING HIS BOY AWAY FROM HIM.

HE DIDN'T GIVE ME A CHOICE.

YES, MA'AM, I UNDERSTAND.

I JUST... WISH YOU COULD HAVE GIVEN HIM A LITTLE MORE TIME.

ALL MATT EVER WANTS IS TIME.

WHEN HE ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM

I TOLD HIM I DIDN'T WANT TO BE A MILITARY WIFE.

HE SAID HE HAD

SIX YEARS TO GO TILL HE GOT HIS 20

AND IF I PROMISED TO HANG AROUND TILL THEN, HE WOULD RETIRE.

THE SIX BECAME EIGHT, THEN TEN, AND HE STILL HASN'T RETIRED.

WHY SHOULD I THINK IT WILL BE DIFFERENT WITH TREVOR?

YOU SHOULDN'T.

DO YOU HAVE SOMEWHERE TO STAY

UNTIL THE COLONEL BRINGS YOUR SON BACK?

I HATE SPENDING THE MONEY, BUT I COULD FIND A MOTEL.

HOW ABOUT THE HOSTESS HOUSE AT THE BASE?

IT'LL COST A LOT LESS

THAN ANY DECENT MOTEL.

I'M NOT A DEPENDENT ANYMORE, LIEUTENANT.

IT'S MEG, AND UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES

THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.

WHY DON'T I RIDE ALONG WITH YOU

AND HELP SET IT UP?

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM.

MRS. ANDERSON, DID YOU TELL YOUR LAWYER

YOU BELIEVED MATT MIGHT HURT TREVOR?

NO, NOT EXACTLY.

I TOLD HIM MATT SOUNDED CONFUSED ABOUT TREVOR

AND THAT FRIGHTENED ME.

HOW IS HE CONFUSED?

TWICE HE REFERRED TO TREVOR AS "DIGGER."

DIGGER?

WHO'S DIGGER?

WHAT?

YOU SAID, "HOW CAN YOU DO THAT, DIGGER?"

I DID?

YEAH, YOU DID, DAD.

MUST HAVE BEEN THINKING OF AN OLD BUDDY OF MINE.

HE USED TO POUR MUSTARD ALL OVER HIS FRIES TOO.

NEAT. GOOD TO KNOW SOMEBODY ELSE DOES IT.

KIDS AT SCHOOL THINK I'M WEIRD.

WE SAID THE SAME THING ABOUT DIGGER.

CAN I PHONE MOM?

SHE'S PROBABLY BUSY PACKING FOR THE MOVE.

WE PACKED LAST WEEK.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MOVE SATURDAY.

REMEMBER?

RIGHT. SATURDAY.

YOU DIDN'T TELL HER

WE WERE TAKING THE EXTRA DAYS, DID YOU?

YES, I DID.

AND SHE SAID OKAY?

NOT EXACTLY.

LOOK, TREVOR, I DON'T KNOW

WHEN I'M GOING TO BE SEEING YOU AGAIN.

I KNOW.

AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE

TO SPEND A COUPLE OF DAYS TOGETHER

DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL.

SINCE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN HUNTING...

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

I WAS ABOUT YOUR AGE

WHEN MY FATHER TOOK ME ON MY FIRST HUNT.

THIS IS TOO COOL.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO HUNT? BEARS?

DEER.

WHY NOT BEARS?

NOT IN SEASON.

IF A BEAR ATTACKS US, WE'D SHOOT IT, RIGHT?

IT WOULD BE LIKE...

SELF-DEFENSE.

OH, DEFINITELY SELF-DEFENSE.

SO WHERE'S MY GUN?

WELL, YOU'RE STILL A LITTLE YOUNG FOR THAT.

THEN HOW CAN I HUNT?

WELL... I HUNT, AND YOU'RE THE BAIT.

SEE, I TIE YOU TO A TREE.

WHEN THE DEERS COME TO EAT YOU... POW.

DEER DON'T EAT PEOPLE, DAD.

THEY DON'T?

MUST BE THINKING OF BEAR HUNTING.

DAD.

Man: COLONEL ANDERSON REQUESTED AN EMERGENCY LEAVE

FOR PERSONAL REASONS, SIR.

DID HE SAY WHAT THOSE REASONS WERE, CAPTAIN?

NOT TO ME, SIR.

AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHERE HE WENT.

NO, SIR.

ISN'T HE REQUIRED TO LEAVE A PHONE NUMBER?

YES, SIR. HE LEFT HIS HOME PHONE NUMBER.

WE KNOW HE'S NOT THERE, CAPTAIN.

THAT'S THE NUMBER HE LEFT, SIR.

LOOK, I'M HERE TO HELP COLONEL ANDERSON, NOT HURT HIM

BUT I CAN'T DO THAT IF YOU STONEWALL ME.

I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHERE HE WENT, COMMANDER.

MAYBE HUNTING.

HE CHECKED HIS RIFLE

OUT OF THE ARMORY BEFORE HE LEFT.

WHAT KIND OF RIFLE?

A BROWNING .308.

SAID IT WAS HIS FATHER'S DEER RIFLE.

Mrs. Anderson: OH, GOD.

I GOT HER INTO THE HOSTESS HOUSE.

I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME NEWS

SO I BROUGHT HER ALONG.

WHAT IS IT, MRS. ANDERSON?

THE RIFLE?

MATT'S FATHER COMMITTED SUICIDE WITH THAT RIFLE.

AND THAT WAS YOUR DADDY'S GUN?

YES.