Cmdr. Caitlin Pike

Andrea Parker

Kate was Harm's first partner. Her first appearance was in the pilot episode. She also appeared in Brig Break and Ares. Since she appears only three times, we know relatively little about her. After being transferred from Washington, Kate turns up (in Brig Break) at Seatac Naval Base in Washington State.

She was, at some point, transferred to Okinawa, where we see her in Ares. All we find out about her personal life is that she had a romance with her senior partner in Okinawa, Cmdr. Brockman. When they broke up, he trashed her on her fitness report (Touch and Go).

Kate shows up again in the sixth season episode "Touch and Go." Here we find out that she is visiting JAG from her post in San Diego. In this episode, the admiral who is going to become the new Inspector General may have touched Kate inappropriately four year earlier when she served under his command. The situation was handled until someone (most likely Lt. Singer) leaked it to the press. There is not enough evidence at the trial to prove him guilty, but he does not get his promtion because he may have promoted Kate early, over objects from her former CO, to "make up for the incident."

In "Touch and Go," we find out that Harm and Kate shared a brief fling (a weekend) when they were first working together.

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Lt. (j.g.) Meg Austin

Tracey Needham

Meg was Harm's second partner - for the entire first season (after the pilot episode.) Meg (we never learn what Meg stands for, maybe Megan, could be Margaret) is from southwest Texas, where her family has a ranch. She is a computer weapons specialist, in addition to a lawyer. She was assigned to Weapons before joining JAG. We know (from Pilot Error) that Meg has at least one brother. Her father was killed in Vietnam. Meg is somewhere in her late twenties (in Recovery she mentions to Harm that she was just a baby at the time of the lunar landing, so that would put her in her late twenties.) In Shadow, we learn that she has claustrophobia. In Sightings, she mentions that she rides quarter horses and in Brotherhood, she tells Harm that she once dated an Italian pilot. Her father was friends with the mysterious Ollie, who showed up twice in season one (played by Olliver North. Was he playing himself? Who knows, his last name is never mentioned.), and Ollie was her mysterious contact in Desert Son. He showed up again in Hemlock, when Meg was shot in the head (luckily, her recuperative powers were amazing!) According to We The People, the second season opener, Meg was transferred from JAG Headquarters. We were not told what her current assignment or location is.

(Tracey Needham can be seen on the Lifetime television series "The Division" airing on Sundays at 9:00 PM EST.)

To find out more about Tracey Needham, please visit the The Tracey Needham Appreciation Society.

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Lt. (j.g) Harriet Simms

Karri Turner

We first see Harriet in the second season ep, Crossing the Line. She replaced Bud on the Seahawk

as Public Affairs officer. In the episode Washington Holiday, she and Bud go on their first date. In the third season, she was transferred to JAG HQ.

She and Bud began a serious (and often humorous) relationship. Bud proposed to her near the end of the third season (Tiger, Tiger).

Harriet, sweet and slightly naive, comes from a very rich (Yesterday's Heroes), Southern family. This caused a rift between her and Bud for a while because he was angry she did not tell him how wealthy her family was. Her mother, a pretty difficult woman, did not approve of Bud. This was resolved in time for them to get married in the next to last episode of the season (Wedding Bell Blues).

Since married couples can not work together, Harriet was transferred to the Inspector General's office, but Admiral Chegwidden arranged for her to still work out of JAG HQ.

In the fourth season, Harriet finds out that she is pregnant (Embassy ). After moving a something heavy, she feels pain and fears that she might loose the baby (The Martin Baker Fan Club). Despite this scare, everything is now doing well and she and Bud are awaiting the birth of their first child, a boy, (War Stories) later this season. The baby boy, AJ, was delivered by Admiral Chegwidden in the episode "Yeah, Baby".

Harriet is also promoted to Lt. (jg) in the fourth season.

At the beginning of the fifth season we find out that Harriet has gone off of active duty and on to Reserve Duty so that she can spend more time with baby AJ (King of the Greenie Board). She shows up in the episodes "Rogue", "The Colonel's Wife" and helps Mac "store" evidence in the episode "Contemptuous Words".

We also learn in "Ghosts of Christmas Past" that she bears an uncanny resemblance to Phyllis Diller (This is because Karri Turner played both roles).

Harriet also appeared in the fifth season episodes “Life or Death,” “Boomerang (Part 1)” and “The People v. Gunny”.

Harriet sees Renee’s soft side shows when Renee arranges for a pregnant Harriet to wear a dress Madonna wore in a video to the Surface Warfare Ball (Surface Warfare).

Bud and Harriet find out that they are expecting a second child in season five also (Promsies).

In season six, it is revealed that Bud and Harriet are having a girl (Legacy Part 1) and they ask Mac if it is okay if they name their girl Sarah (JAG TV).

Harriet goes into labor on November 14, but tragedy touches the Roberts when their baby dies after a botched delivery (The Princess and the Petty Officer). Bud is determined to know why their daughter died (A Separate Peace Part 2) and decides to sue Harriet’s doctor after he finds what he believes is evidence of negligence. While their doctor may not have done everything correctly, there is not enough evidence to show that he neglected his duty, so he is found not guilty (Family Secrets). It is also revealed that Harriet was pregnant once before, when she was younger, but she has a miscarriage(Family Secrets). In the sixth season, Harriet also returns to active duty (Touch and Go).

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