JAG (TV Series)

Back in the Saddle (2003)

Zoe McLellan: Jennifer Coates

Quotes 

• P.O. Jennifer Coates : [Outside the Admiral's office, to Mac]  When someone is that angry, you know they're hurting inside.

  [Mac braces to attention as the Admiral appears in the door behind PO Coates] 

  Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden : Petty Officer?

  P.O. Jennifer Coates : [Coates executes a smart about-turn]  Sir, I'm so sorry!

  [the Admiral glares at her, thrusts a stack of files into her hands, steps back into his office and glares again before closing the door] 

  P.O. Jennifer Coates : [to Mac]  I can't do anything right, ma'am!

  Lt. Col. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie : None of us can.

• P.O. Jennifer Coates : [Urgently]  Admiral, talk to him!

  Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden : Petty Officer, you're not going to make me sorry I made you my Yeoman, are you?

  P.O. Jennifer Coates : I can't promise you that, sir.

  Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden : Petty Officer, you are flirting with in...

  P.O. Jennifer Coates : Insubordination, sir?

  Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden : Do you think I am incapable of finishing a...

  P.O. Jennifer Coates : Sentence? Sorry, sir. bad habit.

  Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden : I do not want...

  [the Admiral pauses deliberately to give Coates a chance to interrupt] 

  Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden : to hear what you have to say!

  P.O. Jennifer Coates : Yes, sir.

  Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden : Not one word!

  P.O. Jennifer Coates : No, sir

  Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden : I am not interested in you taking the Commander's side, or if you think I should take him back. I am not interested if... if you think I'm being unreasonable, or... or pig-headed, or... or unfair!

  P.O. Jennifer Coates : No, sir. There's no need for that. Because you already know it. Sorry, sir!

  Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden : [the Admiral reaches into his office to pick up his cover and coat]  You know, Petty Officer, people don't like to be *handled*.

  P.O. Jennifer Coates : Yes, sir.

  Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden : So if you do it, you damned sure better be right. As you were this time.

• Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden : [Seated at his desk as PO Coates enters his office]  What can I do for you, Petty Officer?

  P.O. Jennifer Coates : I wanted to explain my actions...

  Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden : No, let me explain them *for you*. You are meddling in affairs that are none of your business...

  P.O. Jennifer Coates : All I wanted was...

  Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden : No...

  [standing, removes his glasses and leans forward on his desk] 

  Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden : Petty Officer, I am not interested in what you want, I'm interested in what I need, and what I need is an administrative assistant who does her job and that job only. Is that understood?

  P.O. Jennifer Coates : Sir, I'm still defining the parameters of my duties...

  [the Admiral glares at her] 

  P.O. Jennifer Coates : with your input, of course, being paramount.

  Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden : [With rising incredulity]  Petty Officer, did... did you just *handle* me?

  P.O. Jennifer Coates : Of course not, sir.

  Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden : [Suspiciously]  You are not, by chance, going to law school at night, are you?

  P.O. Jennifer Coates : No, sir. Why do you ask?

  Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden : [Stands up and replaces his glasses, sighs, and then in a grumbling tone]  Starting to parse the truth like a lawyer!

  P.O. Jennifer Coates : No, sir. I am, however starting to look deeper into the truth, like a psychologist. 'The Human Mind, 101'; the course I'm taking on line.

  Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden : [Glares at her again, then in a forced whisper]  Dismissed!

  P.O. Jennifer Coates : Aye, aye, sir!