The Bridge at Kang So Ri - S5-E18
Trivia: When Harm is landing the 747, there is a camera shot of Air Force One. (The Presidential seal which is located near the forward doors is briefly visible) There is also a scene immediately afterwards of vehicles following the plane on the runway. These two scenes are from the Harrison Ford movie, Air Force One.
Trivia: The new neighbor moving into Harm's apartment building is played by Nanci Chambers, who is married to David James Elliott, who portrays Harm. Chambers later had a larger supporting role as Lt. Loren Singer, an ambitious lawyer in the JAG office.
Trivia: Beginning in season 8, Dean Stockwell appeared as Senator (and later, SECNAV) Edward Sheffield. This was the character he played on First Monday, another Donald Bellisario series.
Trivia: In addition to his regular role as Harm, David James Elliott also played Harm's father in flashbacks scattered throughout the show.
Trivia: David James Elliott, Catherine Bell, and Patrick Labyorteaux were the only actors to appear in all ten seasons. Except for a few special episodes, Elliott and Labyorteaux were the only ones to play the same character, while Elliott was the only actor to appear in every episode.
Trivia: Donald Bellisario makes an uncredited cameo as himself arriving at the Quantum Leap convention.
Trivia: Steven Culp cites the scene in which Webb gets decked by Admiral Chegwidden as the most memorable event of his career.
Trivia: Donald Bellisario was originally against casting Catherine Bell as Mac. Since Bell had played a murder victim in the last episode of season 1, Bellisario felt her re-appearance as Harm's new partner in the first episode of season 2 would confuse the audience. Bell eventually won Bellisario over, and she remained on the show for the rest of the show's run.
Ghosts of Christmas Past - S5-E11
Trivia: When the intruders go up to destroy the SAM depot, most of the scenes are reused from the movie Flight of the Intruder, including the SAM launch, some of the AA fire, and radar tracking.
Trivia: Although Mark Harmon (who appeared in season 8) became the focal point of the spinoff, John Ashton was the first actor to play an NCIS agent on the show.
Chosen answer: When landing on an aircraft carrier, a pilot "calls the ball" by confirming to the landing signal officer (LSO) that they have the carrier, and more specifically its landing guidance systems in sight. Carriers use a Fresnel lens system which is a light only visible at a certain angle, so if a pilot sees the "ball" they are at the correct altitude and glide slope for landing.
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