John Wells
Director
China Beach (1988)
Season 4
Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and hospital on China Beach filled with wounded soldiers and one very lovely but damaged Army Nurse Colleen McMurphy. Many heroes, dead and alive, try to make sense of life and death in between bourbon, bullets and battles.
Released April 26, 1988
Episode 54 min
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Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S4E1 - History: Part I: The Big Bang
In 1985, a reunion between Boonie and Dr. Richard stirs up memories of their first meeting in Vietnam in 1966. It also brings up questions for Boonie's 18-year-old adopted daughter, Karen.
Sept. 29, 1990, midnight
S4E2 - History Part II-She Sells More Than Sea Shells
Still in 1985, Karen learns how her natural mother, KC, coped with her pregnancy by turning to Boonie for help.
Oct. 6, 1990, midnight
S4E3 - You, Babe
In Saigon in 1967, KC gives birth with McMurphy's help and gives the baby over to a foster mother.
Oct. 13, 1990, midnight
S4E4 - Escape
While attending his father's funeral in 1985, Beckett reflects on his childhood and his tour of duty in Vietnam with the Graves Registration Unit.
Oct. 27, 1990, midnight
S4E5 - Fever
In 1970, McMurphy returns home to Lawrence, Kansas to make peace with her mother and try to settle down into civilian life, but finds both goals beyond her grasp.
Nov. 3, 1990, midnight
S4E6 - Juice
In 1972, Dr. Richard and his nurse take a romantic trip to Florida, where they run across a hard-livng McMurphy working at an orange-juice factory.
Nov. 10, 1990, midnight
S4E7 - One Giant Leap
In 1969, China Beach watches from afar as the first men land on the moon. McMurphy simmers jealously as Dr. Richard falls for a new nurse. Beckett entertains a group of USO singers in his G.R.U. hut. A disturbed Boonie meets with a tragic accident.
Nov. 17, 1990, midnight
S4E8 - One Small Step
Suddenly back home and missing one leg, Boonie begins a slow and painful re-entry into civilian life with the comfort of a loving nurse.
Dec. 1, 1990, midnight
S4E9 - The Call
Frankie returns to Chicago in 1969 to try her hand at being a standup comic but runs into the tragically funny trial of the infamous Chicago Seven. Back in Vietnam, McMurphy tries to help Dodger convince some Montagnard tribes people to evacuate their homes.
Dec. 8, 1990, midnight
S4E10 - I Could Have Danced All Night ... But Didn't
McMurphy meets a sympathetic drummer at a 1983 wedding and recalls the 1969 wedding of Lila and Sarge Pepper, as well as the end of her relationship with Dr. Richard.
June 4, 1991, midnight
S4E11 - 100 Klicks Out
The imminent fall of Saigon reunites KC with her daughter as she struggles to get the little girl out of Vietnam and safely to America and a waiting Boonie. In the 1980s, a cynical McMurphy tries to prevent further child abuse in New Mexico.
June 11, 1991, midnight
S4E12 - The Always Goodbye
The arrival in Bangkok in 1969 of a hard-drinking McMurphy and a young private disrupts KC's carefully developed new life and brings back unwanted memories.
June 18, 1991, midnight
S4E13 - Quest
In 1976, McMurphy helps KC re-enter the country and find her daughter before heading out to Montana to visit Dodger, who's coping with a disabled father and raising his son Archie alone.
June 25, 1991, midnight
S4E14 - Rewind
In 1985, Karen begins a videotape project interviewing China Beach veterans about their experiences in Vietnam and their memories of her natural mother.
July 9, 1991, midnight
S4E15 - Through and Through
In 1985, an increasingly angry Colleen torments herself and her husband until she discovers she's suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome and seeks help to deal with the memories of her final weeks in Vietnam.
July 16, 1991, midnight
S4E16 - Hello, Goodbye (1)
McMurphy agrees to attend a China Beach reunion planned by Boonie and recalls her last day in Vietnam, and travels to Washington DC with the others to visit the Vietnam Memorial. Karen comes to terms with the ghost of her absent mother, KC.
July 22, 1991, midnight
S4E17 - Hello, Goodbye (2)
McMurphy agrees to attend a China Beach reunion planned by Boonie and recalls her last day in Vietnam, and travels to Washington DC with the others to visit the Vietnam Memorial. Karen comes to terms with the ghost of her absent mother, KC.
July 22, 1991, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 54 min.
Season Runtime: 3456 min.
Released: April 26, 1988
Last Air Date: July 22, 1991, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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