Trapper John, M.D.

  • Premiered: Sep 1979
  • Episodes: 151
  • Followers: 3
  • Ended
  • CBS
  • Unknown
  • Drama

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Season 1
1x1
Trapper John, M.D.
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 23, 1979
Twenty-eight years after the Korean War, former M*A*S*H surgeon ""Trapper"" John McIntyre, now Chief of Surgery at San Francisco Memorial Hospital, is faced with a younger copy of himself - Vietnam vet Dr. ""Gonzo"" Gates.
1x2
Flashback
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 30, 1979
Trapper and Gonzo deal with a deranged Vietnam vet, while Stanley tries to save on taxes by incorporating himself.
1x3
Deadly Exposure
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 07, 1979
When an employee from a local nuclear power plant is admitted to SFM with signs of radiation poisoning, Gonzo cannot understand why it appears that nothing is being done to protect other workers from exposure.
1x4
Love is a Three-Way Street
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 21, 1979
A persistent swain of his ex-wife, Melanie, causes both professional and romantic turmoil for Trapper. Stanley is determined to get rid of the ""Titanic"".
1x5
The Shattered Image
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 28, 1979
A wealthy socialite injured in a car accident tries to cover up the fact that she has no real friends by sending herself flowers and gifts.
1x6
What Are Friends For?
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 11, 1979
A medic who once saved Gonzo's life in Vietnam now wants his friend's help in a fraudulent medical claim.
1x7
One For My Baby
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 18, 1979
A young widow with a stomach tumor leans heavily on her 14-year-old son, who has dealt with the pressure by becoming a closet alcoholic.
1x8
Taxi in the Rain
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 02, 1979
A local street person known as ""Harry the Hinge"" is admitted to SFM with kidney failure, and manages to convince to convince a wealthy hospital patron to keep the free clinic open.
1x9
Licensed to Kill
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 09, 1979
A group of radicals kidnaps Melanie, and gives Trapper an ultimatum: either he kills a policeman who has survived two earlier murder attempts, or they will kill his ex-wife.
1x10
The Surrogate
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 23, 1979
An injured boy is torn between the mother he ran away from and the man he considers to be his father. A grateful sheik gives Gonzo a present he can't refuse - his daughter.
1x11
Whose Little Hero Are You?
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 30, 1979
A brilliant improvisation saves a life but causes problems for Trapper and Riverside.
1x12
Boom
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 06, 1980
There is a bomb somewhere in the hospital set to go off at midnight. The bomb squad can't find it, and the man who planted it is dying from bullet wounds. Can Trapper and Gonzo save his life in time to save San Francisco Memorial?
1x13
Have You Hugged Your Nurse Today?
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 13, 1980
Gloria falls for a man in a wheelchair - who happens to already have a wife. Trapper resents Starch labelling him ""predictable"", and decides to do something about it.
1x14
Missionary's Downfall
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 27, 1980
A former patient who recovered from terminal cancer using a holistic approach he devised has written a book and is looking for converts. He convinces a lupus patient to stop all medical .. show full overview
1x15
Warning: I May Be Hazardous to Your Health
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 03, 1980
Stanley thinks he has finally found the love of his life in the hospital's excellent new neurosurgeon, until he learns how she made the money to get through medical school. A sleazy .. show full overview
1x16
’Til Life Do Us Part
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 10, 1980
A man diagnosed with terminal cancer tries to come to terms with the fact that he only has months to live, then must deal with something almost equally disturbing: he has gone into remission while the new friend he has made continues to get worse.
1x17
If You Can't Stand the Heat
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 17, 1980
At first Trapper is not concerned when an old friend starts to behave erratically, but Gonzo suspects that something is wrong, especially when the doctor freezes during an emergency.
1x18
Strike
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 24, 1980
A strike by the nurses at San Francisco Memorial is a threat to patient care and Gonzo's sex life.
1x19
It's a Wise Surgeon
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 02, 1980
A young half-white Korean man comes to the hospital claiming to be Trapper's son, but when John accepts and tries to help him, he runs.
1x20
Short Odds
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 09, 1980
A new female surgeon at SFM suffers a crisis of confidence after she loses a young patient and has to deal with a cowboy who believes all women belong in the kitchen.
1x21
Quarantine
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 23, 1980
When Melanie finds an abandoned baby in the department store she works for, she is ready to adopt him. However, she runs into a couple of problems - the baby has pneumonic plague, and a mother who wants him back.
1x22 Season finale
Hot Line
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 30, 1980
The only hope for a girl going blind from a brain tumour is an alcoholic retired surgeon. Gonzo starts a telephone help line service at SFM.

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