Shadow

Harm Rabb gets his second partner in as many episodes, teaming up with Lieutenant (j.g.) Meg Austin (played by Tracey Needham) a computer weapons specialist from Texas who is friends with Lieutenant Parker, who was his offsider on the USS Seahawk in the previous episode, and who is now working at JAG headquarters as Admiral Brovo's aide. Austin is similarly feisty, and she quickly forms a good rapport with Harm. Which is just as well, because they are thrown into a real mess: transported aboard a submarine held hostage by a rogue hacker whose programming allows for a missile to shadow it's target for a long period of time. He uses that ability to blackmail the US government and threaten to sink a nearby cruise ship with thousands on board if his demands are not met. Or if someone can't get hold of his laptop first, naturally.

Rex Linn, who in later JAG seasons will portray a Russian intelligence agent who crosses paths with Harm and Mac, is the submarine skipper. Interestingly, President Clinton has a cameo in the first scene post the new credit sequence, thanks to some nifty use of stock footage. Stock footage, too, from "The Hunt for Red October" in some of the external scenes.

Another good episode - a step down from the pilot, albeit only a slight one.