China Beach

1988
China Beach

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 History: Part I: The Big Bang 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.

EP2 History Part II-She Sells More Than Sea Shells Oct 06, 1990

Still in 1985, Karen learns how her natural mother, KC, coped with her pregnancy by turning to Boonie for help.

EP3 You, Babe Oct 13, 1990

In Saigon in 1967, KC gives birth with McMurphy's help and gives the baby over to a foster mother.

EP4 Escape 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.

EP5 Fever 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.

EP6 Juice 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.

EP7 One Giant Leap 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.

EP8 One Small Step 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.

EP9 The Call 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 help Dodger convince some Montagnard tribes people to evacuate their homes.

EP10 I Could Have Danced All Night ... But Didn't 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.

EP11 100 Klicks Out 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.

EP12 The Always Goodbye 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.

EP13 Quest 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.

EP14 Rewind 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.

EP15 Through and Through 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.

EP16 Hello, Goodbye (1) 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.

EP17 Hello, Goodbye (2) 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.
Synopsis

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.

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  • Top Credited Cast
Dana Delany as Colleen McMurphy
Marg Helgenberger as KC Koloski
Michael Boatman as Samuel Beckett
Troy Evans as Bob Pepper
Nancy Giles as Frankie Bunsen
Jeff Kober as Dodger Winslow
Robert Picardo as Dick Richard
Concetta Tomei as Lila Garreau
Brian Wimmer as Boonie Lanier