China Beach

The Viet Cong kidnap McMurphy so she can operate on their wounded leader.

New Red Cross volunteer Holly challenges the nurses to compete in a beauty pageant; McMurphy blackmails K.C. into visiting a disfigured soldier.

Holly pesters the base to answer a batch of letters sent by American children while a sick McMurphy irritates everyone by being a bad patient and Dodger tries to cope with the abandoned Amerasian baby who might be his son.

Dr. Richard worries about a craniotomy patient, Lila faces a vital inspection and K.C. is put in a difficult position when a customer dies in her company.

Boonie and Holly try to cheer up the base on a wet 4th of July; McMurphy struggles with her feelings for Dr. Bernard and an infatuated soldier.

McMurphy learns more about Dr. Bernard, K.C. tries to avoid the memories stirred up by her father's trunk and Dr. Richard faces his ex's re-marriage.

Holly is upset when she thinks Hang's been using their friendship to get information for the Viet Cong; McMurphy and Bernard work at a civilian clinic.

McMurphy is uncomfortable with Dr. Bernard's sophisticated friends; a sexy Asian singer springs a surprise on Boonie. A battlefield incident puts Dodger and Hyers at each others' throats.

McMurphy befriends a wounded P.O.W.; Beckett and a civilian photographer accompany Dodger's patrol. First of a two-part episode.

McMurphy's new Cambodian friend is taken away for interrogation as the photographer chases the story of his defection. Lila and K.C. are uneasy when a new commander takes control of the base.

Lila struggles with the disappointment of losing command of China Beach; McMurphy is stuck in a triangle with Dr. Bernard and Vinnie; Holly confesses her feelings to Boonie.

Otis refuses to investigate the death of a Vietnamese prostitute, so a guilt-stricken K.C. sets out to discover the truth for herself.

A burnt-out Dodger decides to leave Vietnam, but faces a tangle of red tape if he wants to take his Amerasian son with him.

Holly's friends try to understand Holly's abortion, and the circumstances leading up to it.

Beckett and Frankie repeat peace rumors on their pirate radio broadcast, setting the base to speculating.

McMurphy saves Vinnie's buddy only to see him lapse into a terminal coma. Frankie finds herself commanding a squad of battleworn grunts.

Dodger drifts as he tries to adjust to civilian life and make sense of his Vietnam experiences.

A pair of ballroom dancers help soothe McMurphy's relationship with Dr. Richard while furthering a mysterious mission of their own.

McMurphy has to help K.C. extricate herself from a CIA assassination plot.

Fairly new guys Colleen McMurphy and Dr. Richard arrive at China Beach in November, 1966 and learn the ropes.

A wounded G.I. causes trouble for McMurphy when he names her as his beneficiary; Lila is unsure how she feels when an old friend who now outranks her arrives to do a recruiting film about Army nurses.

K.C. and McMurphy have a lost weekend when everyone else is away at a USO show, and they enter a dreamscape with a Native American guide who helps them heal psychic wounds.