This week, the cast of JAG stood at attention for paparazzi lenses at Skybar on the Sunset Strip. That's where they saluted themselves for hitting 200 episodes and wrapping filming on the CBS military drama's ninth season. The scene was David James Elliott & Co. sipping cocktails under the stars, while waitresses in geisha-style getups passed out fortune cookies. This was an homage to JAG's "What If" episode, in which Harm and his pals pictured themselves on life paths not taken. As for Party Boy, the dictates of my destiny were clearly twofold: Scarf down Chinese food and serve up May sweeps dish!

The big question of the night: Will this series live to see Season 10? CBS has made no renewal announcement yet. "I'm like a Zen master," Elliott charmingly shrugged. "I just take every day one day at a time. I'm not gonna commit hubris and just assume."

JAG's commander-in-chief — executive producer Don Bellisario — felt differently. "Yes, there's going to be a 10th season. It's just number-crunch time between Paramount and CBS, that's all. We're confident. We're already doing scripts and moving on."

Anyway, before we worry about next season, how does Season 9 conclude? "Instead of doing one cliffhanger in the last episode, we do about five," Bellisario grinned, then added: "One of the main characters will be leaving the show." Oooh! He wouldn't say who's out of a job, but reassures us it's not Elliott or resident sex symbol Catherine Bell. No surprise there, but still a relief.

Bell, by the way, looked luminous in a tight, white frock — so svelte for a new mom! Girlfriend's a hottie, and she knows it. That's why the actress is writing a book (with her personal trainer) to help your bod bounce back post-pregnancy. Its tentative title is Bikini After Baby. Cheeky, eh? While we're doing baby talk, Party Boy picked up some JAG-related stork news...

Not only will Karri Turner's Lt. Harriet Sims be preggers again — "I'm very fertile on the show," Turner jokes — but Sarah may also be headed for motherhood! And that means finally consummating her long-running sexual tension with Harm. "Five years ago, David and Catherine's characters made a promise that if neither one of them was involved or married in five years, they would have a baby together," Bellisario reminds us. "Five years is up! That is part of the big cliffhanger for them."