China Beach

  • Premiered: Apr 1988
  • Episodes: 64
  • Followers: 19
  • Ended
  • ABC (US)
  • Unknown
  • Drama History War

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Season 4
4x1
The Big Bang
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 29, 1990
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.
4x2
She Sells More than Sea Shells
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 06, 1990
Still in 1985, Karen learns how her natural mother, KC, coped with her pregnancy by turning to Boonie for help.
4x3
You, Babe
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 13, 1990
In Saigon in 1967, KC gives birth with McMurphy's help and gives the baby over to a foster mother.
4x4
Escape
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 27, 1990
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.
4x5
Fever
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Air date
Nov 03, 1990
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.
4x6
Juice
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 10, 1990
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.
4x7
One Giant Leap
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 17, 1990
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.
4x8
One Small Step
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 01, 1990
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.
4x9
The Call
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 08, 1990
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 .. show full overview
4x10
I Could Have Danced All Night... But Didn't
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 04, 1991
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.
4x11
100 Klicks Out
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 11, 1991
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.
4x12
The Always Goodbye
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Air date
Jun 18, 1991
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.
4x13
Quest
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 25, 1991
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.
4x14
Rewind
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 09, 1991
In 1985, Karen begins a videotape project interviewing China Beach veterans about their experiences in Vietnam and their memories of her natural mother.
4x15
Through and Through
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 16, 1991
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.
4x16
Hello, Goodbye (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 22, 1991
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.
4x17 Show finale
Hello, Goodbye (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 22, 1991
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.

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