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Season 1

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Ep 1

Trapper John, M.D.

5.5
1979-09-2360m
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.
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Ep 2

Flashback

1979-09-3060m
Trapper and Gonzo deal with a deranged Vietnam vet, while Stanley tries to save on taxes by incorporating himself.
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Ep 3

Deadly Exposure

1979-10-0760m
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.
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Ep 4

Love is a Three-Way Street

1979-10-2160m
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"".
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Ep 5

The Shattered Image

1979-10-2860m
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.
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Ep 6

What Are Friends For?

1979-11-1160m
A medic who once saved Gonzo's life in Vietnam now wants his friend's help in a fraudulent medical claim.
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Ep 7

One For My Baby

1979-11-1860m
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.
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Ep 8

Taxi in the Rain

1979-12-0260m
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.
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Ep 9

Licensed to Kill

1979-12-0960m
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.
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Ep 10

The Surrogate

1979-12-2360m
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.
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Ep 11

Whose Little Hero Are You?

1979-12-3060m
A brilliant improvisation saves a life but causes problems for Trapper and Riverside.
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Ep 12

Boom

1980-01-0660m
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?
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Ep 13

Have You Hugged Your Nurse Today?

1980-01-1360m
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.
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Ep 14

Missionary's Downfall

1980-01-2760m
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 treatment, and nearly allows her to die before accepting that she needs help he cannot give her.
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Ep 15

Warning: I May Be Hazardous to Your Health

1980-02-0360m
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 reporter looking for dirt around the hospital gets more than he bargained for.
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Ep 16

'Till Life Us Do Part

1980-02-1060m
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.
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Ep 17

If You Can't Stand the Heat

1980-02-1760m
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.
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Ep 18

Strike

1980-02-2460m
A strike by the nurses at San Francisco Memorial is a threat to patient care and Gonzo's sex life.
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Ep 19

It's a Wise Surgeon

1980-03-0260m
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.
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Ep 20

Short Odds

1980-03-0960m
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.
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Ep 21

Quarantine

1980-03-2360m
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.
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Ep 22

Hot Line

1980-03-3060m
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.