JAG (1995–2005): Season 8, Episode 19 - Second Acts - full transcript

Hurry up! Right behind you, Stu.

This is Stuart Dunston,

reporting from Camp
Stronghold Freedom,

in Karshi Khanabad, Uzbekistan,

where a contingent of
Navy Seabees is hard at work

on an essential but
little-seen part of the war effort,

creating a path for the
American ground forces...

( explosion)

SOLDIER: Incoming!

Hit the deck!

Get down!



DUNSTON: Keep rolling!

( machine gun fire)

( bullets ricocheting)

I hope you got that.

Oh, yeah!

( whooping)

Way to go!

Yeah!

( roars)

Man, look at this! Look at this!

Out of the way, out of the way.

Come around! Come around!

You saved my
life, Petty Officer!

I mean, you saved
all of our lives.



You're a hero!

What's your name?
Where you from?

( panting): Get away from me.

We're from ZNN! I mean...

Don't worry about it.

SECNAV: I've come
to a difficult decision.

I've decided to act

on Commander Lindsey's
recommendations

concerning your office
and its operations.

I'm sorry to hear that, sir.

I don't like it, A.J.,

but...

when you see it here,
in black and white,

it's, well, it's
just indefensible.

You can't blame
the messenger, A.J.

No, sir.

There's nepotism in the office,

conflicts of interest,
budget overruns.

Then there's the bad press,
the unpopular verdicts in court,

not to mention
lawyers flying jets.

Chief of Information
wants to detail

a new Public Affairs Officer
just to look into the fallout

from JAG Corps.

Obviously,
Mr. Secretary, you've, uh,

lost confidence in
my ability to command.

I haven't finalized
my decision yet.

I want you to take
this and review it.

Rebut it, if you can,
then come back to me

with something that'll get
CHINFO back in the box,

and maybe I'll reconsider.

Yes, sir.

And don't take too long, A.J.

Appropriations
hearings start next week.

I won't be able to get
the budget we need

with this hanging over my head.

Understood.

That'll be all.

Commander, I may
need to meet with you

in regards to this matter.

I'll be at your service, sir.

I'm sure you will.

DUNSTON: As our
brave men and women

carry out their mission to
liberate the people of Iraq,

there are heroes behind
the scenes, as well.

What we're about to show
you is actual raw footage

taken two days
ago in Central Asia.

Get down!

( machine gun fire)

( automatic gunfire)

DUNSTON: Shocking
as this footage is,

we wouldn't be here to show it

if it wasn't for the
courage and bravery

of one of those
fighting Seabees,

Petty Officer Third
Class Steven Wilson,

who single-handedly saved
the lives of dozens of men,

including my own.

Petty Officer Wilson declined
to speak with us at the time,

but in just a few hours,
his unit will be landing here

at the Norfolk
Naval Air Station,

home from deployment
in the Middle East.

That's why I'm
here: to greet a hero.

And you can see it live on ZNN.

Stay with us. This
is Stuart Dunston.

How'd your meeting go, sir?

Well, Commander
Lindsey has dredged up

every irrelevant smear
he could put his hands on.

( chuckles)

Never mind that Navy JAG
Corps handles more cases

with less personnel than
the Army or the Air Force.

We get too much bad press.

We're, uh... we're a problem

for the Chief of Information.

Hell, read the
damn thing yourself.

( knocking on door)

Excuse me, sir, could
this have anything to do

with the decision in
the friendly fire case?

Obviously, SECNAV wanted
a conviction and didn't get one.

Oh, Lieutenant, this
is about everything!

Unpopular verdicts,
for God's sake!

Never mind justice was served!

What's the SECNAV
going to do, sir?

Well, he's thinking
about firing me.

Well, I mean, it's, uh...
happened on my watch.

I got to take
responsibility for it, so...

best course of action
is for me to retire.

You can't be serious, sir.

Why not?

Well, Admiral...

What?

It appears to me, sir,

you're making a decision
in the heat of the moment.

No, not at all... I've been
thinking about it for weeks.

I haven't seen my daughter in
Italy for I don't know how long,

and, uh, Meredith and I are...

well, we're planning
to get married.

Oh, that's great, sir!

I mean, congratulations!
That's great.

Thank you. What the hell

are you all doing in
my office? Dismissed!

Aye, sir. Aye, sir.

Got any plans
for liberty, Wilson?

No.

No family around here?

No family. Period.

Just me.

( applause and cheering)

( chanting): USA! USA!

( whooping and cheering)

BOY: Yeah!

All right!

Petty Officer Wilson!
Stuart Dunston, ZNN news.

Come on, get me out of
here. How does it feel to be

America's latest hero?
Don't jostle the man, all right?

He's a finely tuned
fighting machine.

MacKENZIE: Well, one thing you
can say about Commander Lindsey:

he's thorough.

Obsessive-compulsive's
more like it.

You're a "security risk."

Hey, you're a "loose cannon."

Yeah, don't I know it.

I show "consistent and reckless
disregard for responsibility."

And I love this one:

"Unsupervised T.A.D. with
members of the opposite sex."

You and me.

( sighs)

This is all ridiculous.

I can't believe the
admiral would just roll over.

There's got to
be a reason for it.

He wants to get married.

No, that's not the reason.
There's something else.

Well, I don't know, Mac.

Whatever it is...

Lindsey's upset
because he believes

the admiral scuttled his
career, so he's out for revenge,

but he's acted too
hastily this time.

Revenge is a dish
best served cold.

Somehow, I don't feel better.

PETTY OFFICER: Hey, Wilson!

Yo! Front and center.

What's the deal?

You got a visitor.

Says her name
is Jennifer Bruder.

You're going to need
that charm, hero.

( chuckling quietly)

Hello, Jenny.

( voice quivering): I
saw you on television.

I figured.

Look, what's going on?!

I thought you were dead!

I thought you died in
the Tower with Tom!

I'm sorry.

You're sorry?!

Okay, so, if you're alive,

does that mean that Tom is?

He didn't make it, Jenny.

So he didn't make
it, but you did?

I told you I was sorry.

What are you sorry for?

For what? For surviving?

For not calling me and
telling me you were alive?

For not telling me my
husband was dead?

For all of that!

I put your name on the list
of the people that died in 9/11.

Were you even in the
World Trade Center?

Yes!

( sobbing)

I was there.

Then you know for
sure that he's dead.

Why are you pretending
to be someone you're not?

I don't, I don't get it.

And what happened to the money?

Money's gone, Jenny.

Millions of dollars
are just-just gone?

I don't believe you.

It's true.

Look...

I don't know how I got
out of that building alive.

I don't remember most of it.

I-I had what they
call survivor's guilt,

I-I think.

Tommy was my best friend,

and why he had
to die, and not me...

There's no answer for
that question, Jenny.

There just isn't.

No. I want to know
what happened!

I can't tell you. I
don't remember!

( door slams)

I don't care what
you call yourself now!

You were the last person
to see my husband alive,

and I want to know everything!

I want to know what
his last words were.

I want to know how he died.

Look, all I can tell you is
the man that I used to be

died in the World Trade
Center along with your husband.

I've started a new life.

That's all there is to it.

Well, that's not good enough.

It's all I can give you.

Then I'll find out for myself.

( door slams)

( sighs heavily)

CHEGWIDDEN: Petty
Officer Third Class

Steven Wilson.

You may have seen
him on television.

He single-handedly stopped

a suicide attack
on a Marine Camp

Stronghold Freedom
in Uzbekistan.

Incidentally,

he saved the life of ZNN
reporter Stuart Dunston

who has kept
Petty Officer Wilson

in the news ever since.

And as a result of that,

a woman by the name
of Jennifer Bruder

has come forward

to inform the command at Norfolk

that the Navy's newest hero

is, in fact, not
Petty Officer Wilson,

but a man by the name

of Matthew Divine

who is supposed
to have been killed

in the World Trade
Center attacks of 9/11.

A case of fraudulent
enlistment, sir?

Evidently.

The Navy's Chief
of Civil Engineers

likes his heroes
controversy-free

so he's asked for a discreet
JAGMAN investigation.

Understood, sir.

Commander Turner,

you'll proceed to
Norfolk and interview

Petty Officer Wilson

or Divine or whatever
the hell his name is.

Yes, sir.

And Commander Rabb,
you'll interview Mrs. Bruder

at her home in New Jersey.

Yes, sir. I need both of you

to report back to me ASAP.

That'll be all.

BOTH: Aye, aye, sir.

Tiner, are you sure
Commander Lindsey

didn't have access
to our personnel files?

Yes, ma'am. They're
under lock and key.

What about after hours?

Never happened,
Colonel. I checked.

He had to clear security
and sign the log book

every time he went in or out.

I just don't understand
how he could have found out

all this nasty personal
stuff about everybody.

All in a single week.

Yeah, well, he's probably
been keeping a list for years

and this was his big
chance to get even with us

and show off his
lawyering skills.

The sick thing is

is this is what we do
every day as lawyers.

He's turning our
technique's against us.

Which means he's
a clever lawyer,

but a lousy human being.

SHEILA LINDSEY: Teddy, honey?

There you are.

I was calling for you.

I'm sorry, sweetheart.

I didn't hear you.

Aren't you going into
the office at all today?

Uh, no, no.

I'm just going to, you
know, work from home.

Is everything okay, honey?

I mean, you seem kind of, I
don't know, distracted lately.

No, sweetheart.

Everything's fine.

Couldn't be better.

Okay, I'll see you.

Love you.

Love you, too.

JENNIFER BRUDER: The kids and I

almost lost the
house after Tom died.

If he hadn't been
one of the victims,

the bank probably
would have foreclosed.

I'm very sorry for
your loss, Mrs. Bruder.

Thank you.

We're all right right
now, financially.

The 9/11 Victim
Compensation Fund has been

a godsend.

( sighs)

Matt Divine, the man that's
calling himself Steven Wilson,

he was my husband's
business partner.

What business were they in?

Investment banking.

They were venture capitalists.

They ran what was
known as an angel fund.

They got new
ventures off the ground

with high-risk early investment.

Their office was in the
World Trade Center.

Were they both in the
building when the planes hit?

Yeah, they were
always there early.

They worked late.

For Matt, it was no problem

'cause he was single, no family.

He was a workaholic.

But for Tom...

it was different...

'cause he missed us...

and we missed him.

TURNER: Petty
Officer Steven Wilson?

Sir!

I'm Commander Turner
from the JAG Corps.

Good to meet you, sir.

Is Steven Wilson your
real name, Petty Officer?

No, sir.

Is Matthew Divine
your real name?

Yes, sir.

That presents us with
a problem, doesn't it?

How am I to address you?

Clearly, Petty Officer
Wilson doesn't work anymore,

and Matthew Divine
is listed as dead

in the World Trade
Center on 9/11.

With the Commander's
permission, sir,

I'd like to be referred to as
Petty Officer Matthew Divine.

For that to happen,

you have a lot of
explaining to do, sailor.

RABB: Did Matthew
Divine tell you

why he decided to
adopt the new identity?

He really didn't
tell me anything.

You put his name on
the 9/11 victims list.

Can I get in trouble for that?

No, no. You did what
you thought was right.

I have to pick up my
kids in a few minutes.

Well, we'll wrap it up then.

Thank you for your
time, Mrs. Bruder.

Commander, I don't
know if this is going

to make any sense to you.

Matt Divine, he
was the last person

that saw my husband alive,

and I just... I have so
many unanswered questions.

I mean, supposedly, they
had a successful business,

but there was no money
at all in our bank account

after Tom died.

And it's not that
we need the money,

I want to know why.

I understand.

Really, do you?

Am I just being morbid?

When my dad was
shot down over Vietnam,

I felt the same way.

And I'm going to do
everything I can to help you.

Thank you.

Okay.

DIVINE: My dad
was a Seabee, too.

Vietnam.

I guess I always
wanted to join the Navy.

Why not join up
as Matthew Divine?

'Cause Matthew
Divine had a story going

and after September 11th,

I didn't like that
story anymore.

What story was that?

Make money.

Get other people's money,
use it to make more money,

lose money, use other people's
money to cover the losses.

That's all there was.

You ever read any
F. Scott Fitzgerald?

Some.

He wrote "There are no
second acts in American lives."

Now, after September 11th,

I realized that I had a
chance at a second act.

I could remake myself
into a better person.

All I had to do was
go on the street

and buy myself a new
identity and start over.

And you had to go
and be a hero, huh?

Best thing I ever
did in my life.

Look what I get.

Tough assignment, being a hero.

Commander, any chance
I can stay in the Navy?

Might be. Might
be, Petty Officer.

But you're just going to
have to answer to the charges

and face an administrative
discharge board.

You up for that?

Yes, sir.

Hi. Is the admiral
in his office?

He is. Oh, and by the way,

congratulations!

Thank you.

We are just thrilled
for the both of you.

Well, as far as I know,

I think I'm the only
one getting this award.

Oh, I didn't know
anything about an award.

I was talking about
your engagement.

I mean, that's great.

It's good news all
the way around.

Huh.

( knocking)

Enter!

Hi!

Hey!

So is this Schuyler University's
Professor of the Year

I'm looking at?

( chuckles)

I'm confused.

About what?

Did you propose to me
when I wasn't present?

I'm sorry.

I said that for the
benefit of the staff.

I was trying to come
up with a reason

for my retirement.

You're retiring?

Well, I was going

to talk about all
of this over dinner.

Slip it in between courses?

I have all these
ideas in my head.

I'm trying to sort them out.

Pressures at work, visiting
Francesca, marriage,

things like that, so...

Who's Francesca?

My daughter in Italy.

Oh.

You know, you never
told me her name?

Well, now I have.

I know I've mentioned
my retirement.

I believe you said,

"One of these days
I'm going to retire."

Well, seems "one of
these days" is imminent.

Not to mention all those
wedding arrangements.

Sweetheart, I know
that we've danced

around the subject.

Well, maybe it's time
we stopped dancing

and started talking.

You're right.

Is there something
you want to say to me?

Interested?

( laughs)

Not under these circumstances.

Where are you going?

Why don't we get back to this

when you're more prepared

and I know more
about what's going on?

What about dinner?

Enjoy it.

Excuse me, Admiral.

Can we talk for a minute?

Why not? Come on in.

I've made up dossiers

rebutting the allegations
of Commander Lindsey's

extremely biased report, sir.

Nice work, Colonel.

I'll pass them along
to the SECNAV.

You still thinking
about resigning, sir?

Yes.

Those dossiers make
it abundantly clear

why you shouldn't resign,

and why the SECNAV
shouldn't fire you.

Well, I appreciate that.

Excuse me, sir,

but I believe you should
listen to what I have to say.

Have a seat.

You told the office this morning

that you were retiring

because you and Meredith
were getting married.

I saw Meredith on her
way out a few minutes ago

and she told me that

you made that
story up on the spot.

Guilty as charged.

You don't want to retire, sir.

And the only reason
you're even considering it

is to protect us, myself,
Commander Rabb,

Lieutenant Roberts,
Lieutenant Sims...

because we're the ones intentionally
smeared by Commander Lindsey.

You think Commander Lindsey
is out to get you personally.

That he's just dragging
us through the mud to do it.

Yes.

Well, it's his motive
I'm questioning, sir.

He told Commander Rabb that
he wanted this office broken apart

and us scattered
to the four winds.

Well, if that's the case,
then your resignation

is of no benefit
to us or the Navy.

Or to me?

It's absolutely not in
your character to cave in.

And I refuse to accept
that from you for any reason.

( clears throat)

Are you done?

No, sir.

You are offering to
sacrifice your career

and, with all due respect,
sir, that offer is not accepted.

I hope that'll be all.

Yes, sir.

Mac?

Thanks.

Brother.

Good to see you.

And here she is, my fiancee.

Galina...

( speaking Russian)

Harm, this is Galina Boricova.

It's a pleasure to meet you.

Come. Sit, sit.

Isn't she beautiful?

Yes.

On the Aeroflot flight,

all the businessmen
are flirting with her.

She's by far the prettiest
of the flight attendants.

Oh, I can see that.

So, Harm, you are
going to be my best man.

( chuckles slightly)

Are you sure about this?

I mean, we didn't exactly
part in the best of ways.

I told you I would get over it.

Then I was lonely.

Now, I'm not.

So, will you come to Russia

and stand beside me?

I'd be honored.

So, we need drinks for a toast.

I'm buying.

Hang on just a second.

So, uh, have you heard
from Lieutenant Singer

since she called
you back in January?

No. Why?

Is something bothering you?

What is it?

I forced her to make the call.

She made it outside here,
in fact, on my cell phone.

Sergei, I don't think she
was telling you the truth

about you not being
the baby's father.

( chuckles)

Why would she lie?

Well, you just can never
tell with Lieutenant Singer.

Oh, it was what you
call a one-stop shop.

It's a one-night stand.

Whatever. It wasn't
even the whole night.

It was nothing.

It was a way to say good-bye.

I don't know, Sergei.

The timing's...

Coincidence.

I mean, trust me, brother,

Lieutenant Singer is a woman
who would have no trouble

with more than
one man in her life.

All right?

All right.

So, have you heard the
scuttlebutt around town?

You're going to retire,
so I don't have to fire you.

Well, sir, this town
is a gossip factory.

Washington runs on gossip.

Mmm. So is it true?

Mr. Secretary, I
serve at your pleasure.

Now don't be coy with me, A.J.

We've got a problem.

All I want is what's
best for the Navy.

And so do I, sir.

And that's why
I've come to realize

that my resignation
wouldn't solve anything.

I think you'll find that
Commander Lindsey's report

is very biased.

Here's the point-
by-point rebuttal

of every one of his allegations

put together by my staff.

Good.

You and Commander Lindsey
go back a long ways, don't you?

We have a history.

I probably picked the wrong
person to handle this matter.

I should have realized that
Lindsey had an ax to grind.

But now the
issue's on the table.

I can't just take it off.

Now, this may help, but
what's it going to change?

Certainly not the facts.

No, sir, but it may change
your opinion of the facts.

A.J., I need more.

Scotch, I mean.

Want a refill?

I'll do the honors this time.

TURNER: Give me one good
reason why Matthew Devine

shouldn't stay in the Navy.

Fraudulent enlistment,
using fake I.D.

allowing his name to remain
on the 9/11 victim's list.

Did he benefit from it?

Did anyone make a
claim against him? No.

Matthew Devine is a hero, Harm.

He saved a lot of lives.

His service record is spotless.

It's what he did before he
got into the service, Sturgis.

And what was that?

Did he commit a
crime? Defraud anyone?

Is the law after him?

Not that I've found yet.

He failed in his business, Harm.

He wants to get
on with his life.

Look, so does Mrs. Bruder.

At the very least, he
needs to sit down with her,

answer her questions

and tell her what he knows.

We can't force him to do that.

( sighs)

BRUDER: He's in the Navy.

I mean, can't someone
just order him to talk to me?

It doesn't work that
way, Mrs. Bruder.

I've asked him again
and he's refused.

Now, according to Navy rules,

Petty Officer Devine
has a right to privacy.

So that's it, then?

He gets to have a new
life and I'm supposed to...

I'm supposed to what?

Spend the rest of
mine wondering?

I wish I could just accept
the fact that he's gone

and that I'll never know
anything more than that.

But I can't.

Not while I know that
Matt Devine is alive.

Have you ever considered

that, well, maybe you're
better off not knowing?

You said that
you had to find out

what happened to your father.

No, no, just tell me this:

You were able to
find out the truth.

Now, are you better off?

Or are you sorry?

I'm not sorry.

I think I have an idea.

WOMAN: The board
will come to order.

In the matter of
Constructionman Matthew Devine,

a.k.a. Petty Officer Third
Class Steven Wilson,

the respondent
is being processed

for administrative
separation by reason

of misconduct due to
fraudulent enlistment in the Navy.

Commander Turner, what
is the respondent's position

on the misconduct?

The respondent is
admitting the misconduct

and will present a case
for retention, Lieutenant.

Very well.

Commander Rabb, does
the government intend

to put on any evidence

on the issues of separation
and characterization?

We do.

You may call your first witness.

The government
calls Jennifer Bruder.

Commander Turner.

With the Senior
Member's permission,

I need a minute to confer
with the respondent.

Very well.

Thank you.

Do I have to be in
the room for this?

Why, is she going to say
something to hurt your case?

No, of course not.

It's just that...

why does she have
to even be here at all?

The government presents
aggravation to support

separating you from the Navy.

We present extenuation

and mitigation to
support keeping you in.

Is there something between
you two you haven't told me?

No, it's my partner's wife.

I don't even know her very well.

I don't care how uncomfortable
this makes you feel.

If you want a
career in the Navy,

then act like you
belong in this service.

We are ready, Lieutenant.

Mrs. Bruder, how long have
you known Matthew Devine?

About three years.

Three years before...

Before 9/11?

Yes.

Which is when you lost your
husband in the World Trade Center?

Yes.

Matt was with my
husband when he died.

They were best friends
and business partners.

So did you spend a lot of time

with Matthew Devine then?

No, not really.

He had his life,

and we had ours...

Tom had...

He had his family and Petty
Officer Devine was single.

Yes, so we didn't socialize
that much together.

Can you tell us, Mrs. Bruder,

why your husband is not here
today, but Matthew Devine is?

I can't, 'cause...

'cause Matt won't tell me
what happened that day.

Do you feel that Matthew Devine

is a person of good
character, Mrs. Bruder?

I don't know anymore.

My husband liked him,
and I think he trusted him,

but after Tom died, there was...

there was no more money
left in our bank accounts.

And I don't know why.

How did you feel,

Mrs. Bruder, when you saw
Matthew Devine on television

under the name of Steven Wilson?

I felt like I was dreaming.

I was wondering, if Matt was
alive, maybe Tom was, too.

I just couldn't understand
why he didn't call us

to tell us what happened.

For months after 9/11,

I couldn't sleep for
more than a few hours

without...

( voice breaking):
without waking up.

I kept imagining what
it must have been like

to be in that building
when those planes hit.

Was he one... was he one
of the ones who jumped?

Did he try to call me
on his cell phone...

but he just couldn't
get through?

I just couldn't
stand not knowing.

My life stopped on 9/11.

I felt like I was sleepwalking.

And then I'd wake up and
a month had gone by, and...

and my son was an inch taller
and my daughter lost a tooth,

and I couldn't remember
anything in between.

But in time, you got
over this, correct?

Until Matt Devine came
back from the dead.

And then it started
all over again.

And now,

I can't see the future,
so I can't move forward,

and I can't have the past,
so I can't make peace with it.

Thank you, Mrs. Bruder.

Has this helped at all?

I-I don't feel like any of this
has to do with Matt Devine.

Oh, on the contrary,
this has everything to do

with Matthew Devine.

MANETTI: Good morning, everyone.

Good morning, Commander Manetti.

Nice to have you back, ma'am.

Thank you.

Lieutenant.

Commander Manetti.

Is this still my office?

Yes, ma'am. Just
keeping it warm for you.

Well, thank you.

Don't you think this
is kind of funny, sir?

Funny?

The Commander's
been gone for weeks,

and now she comes back?

Right as this office is
about to be broken up?

We've been wondering
how Commander Lindsey

found so much dirt on
everybody in such a short time.

You think Commander Manetti...?

We've always wondered
if she was a SECNAV spy.

Welcome back, Commander.

Thank you, sir.

It's good to be back.

CINCPACFLEET sent me
a P-Four message yesterday

saying what a fine job you did.

That's good to hear, sir.

I trust that you found your
T.A.D. at Pearl not too difficult.

It was a pleasant
assignment, Admiral.

Well, nice to have you back.

Thank you, sir.

Don't you three have
something to be doing?

ALL: Yes, sir.

TURNER: This isn't a trial,

so I'm not going to ask
you a lot of questions.

Just tell us why you
want to stay in the Navy.

To do that, sir,
I have to explain

why I joined the
Navy in the first place.

Tommy Bruder and I were
fraternity brothers in college.

After I went belly-up
in the dot-com bust,

he suggested that I
go out to New York

and go into business with him.

He was into making money,

and I'd learned a lot
during the Internet bubble.

Mostly how gullible people were.

How you could sell
ideas and promises,

and then cook the books
to make it seem as though

the company was profitable.

I guess you could say
that I corrupted him.

If the markets
had turned around,

then we would have been
all right, but that didn't happen.

And every day we were
sinking deeper and deeper

until finally the
morning of 9/11.

I didn't know what
we were going to do...

File for bankruptcy,
start another scam...

There was just no money left.

We were arguing
when the plane hit.

Didn't know
what it was at first.

Building just... shook

like a giant earthquake.

So much...

smoke and dust, and...

I saw Tommy.

Part of the floor

had collapsed
down on top of him,

and he was... he was pinned.

I tried pulling him out,
but I couldn't budge him.

He was having trouble breathing,

so I got down on my
knees to hear him,

and he said...

he said, "Promise me
that Jenny never finds out

what we've done."

I made him that promise...

Before he died.

I'm going to break it now

because I know that
he'd never want his wife,

who he loved more than anything,

to suffer because
I stayed silent.

I joined the Navy
because I didn't want to be

Matthew Devine anymore.

Now I know you can't run away

from who you are.

The Navy's the best thing
that ever happened to me.

I'd like Matthew Devine to have
a chance to become the man

that Steve Wilson was.

Thank you.

TURNER: Lieutenant,
Constructionman Matthew Devine

has previously accepted
non-judicial punishment

of a reduction in rate,

forfeiture of half a
month's pay for two months

and 60 days restriction.

We now offer letters

from Constructionman
Devine's OIC

and members of his Seabee unit

attesting to his bravery
and courage under fire

at Camp Stronghold Freedom,

which we hope
the Board will take

into consideration in
making its recommendations.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Seaman Devine, by
a vote of three-zero,

this Board finds that there
is a basis for separation

as a result of
fraudulent enlistment.

However, also by a
vote of three to zero

this Board finds that
you should be retained

on active duty in the Navy.

These proceeding are concluded.

Thank you very much.

Congratulations. We did okay.

I'm glad that he
got what he wanted.

And I did, too.

Thanks for believing in me.

You took a chance.

Yeah, and I am not sorry.

I'm going to get better now.

Just like you.

It's not that you
want to forget... it's...

well, you don't want
grief to control you.

I don't think it will.

Thank you.

( phone ringing)

Da. Sergei?

No, no, it's Harm.

Is that you, Galina?

Yes, I am Galina.

Is Sergei there?

No.

I am wait for him.

Many hours now.

Oh, well, I was
hoping to see you both

before you leave.

Leave?

For Russia.

Ah, yes, we go tonight.

All right, tell
Sergei that I called.

Ask him to call me back, please.

Yes, you're welcome.

Thanks.

( knocking)

Sir, you wanted to see me?

Yes, come in.

I've put an end

to the inquiry into
the discrepancies

at JAG headquarters.

All of which, I now realize

were blown completely
out of proportion,

by you, for personal reasons.

Sir, please let
me... Do me a favor

and don't say anything.

Yes, sir.

Admiral Chegwidden,
I have regained

complete confidence
in your command.

A formal letter of apology

to you and your
staff is forthcoming.

Commander Lindsey,

I have started another
inquiry... Into you.

As of this moment, you're
relieved of your duties

in this office, and I want you

out of the building, ASAP!

Yes, sir.

Dismissed!

Aye, aye, sir.

Good-bye.

Surprised?

Yes, sir.

You want to know what
made up my mind for me?

I assumed it was the
defense put up by my staff.

Yes, there's that, but more.

A secret weapon
came to your defense.

Lieutenant Commander
Tracy Manetti.

And when I first asked you

to bring her on board,

you assumed that what I really
wanted was a spy in your midst.

Well, no, sir.

Well, you were right.

She was my eyes
and ears in your office.

And therefore, she was able

to give me an
objective evaluation

of Lindsey's report.

She was scathing.

She called it a "hatchet job."

I hope you're not too
disappointed in me.

No, sir.

Um, will Commander Manetti
be staying with us at JAG?

For another week or two.

I have another assignment
in mind for her shortly.

Well, I'll make sure that
I thank her for her work.

Oh, please do.

I'd appreciate that.

Keep up the good work, Admiral.

Aye, aye, sir.

And next time,
drinks are on you.