China Beach

A 1985 reunion between Boonie and Dr. Richard stirs up memories of their first meeting, as well as questions for Boonie's 18-year-old adopted daughter, Karen. First of a two-part episode with "History, She Sells More Than Sea Shells" as the second part.

In 1985, Boonie's adopted daughter learns how her biological mother K.C. turned to Boonie when she was pregnant. Second of a two-part episode with "History - The Big Bang" as the first part.

K.C. gives birth in 1976 Saigon with McMurphy's help, and surrenders the baby to a foster mother.

At his father's funeral in 1970, Beckett reflects on his childhood and his time with the Graves Registration Unit in Vietnam.

McMurphy returns home in 1970 but finds she can't adjust to civilian life or make peace with her mother.

In 1972, Dr. Richard and his nurse take a romantic trip to Florida only to run into McMurphy, now living rough and working in a factory.

China Beach watches the first moon landing in 1969, but a jealous McMurphy's more interested in Dr. Richard's interest in a new nurse. Beckett entertains USO singers and Boonie meets with a tragic accident.

Back home, amputee Boonie begins a long and painful re-entry into civilian life, finding comfort in a loving nurse.

McMurphy and Dodger try to convince some Montagnard tribespeople to evacute. Back in the States, Frankie tries her hand at stand-up comedy but runs into the tragi-comic trial of the Chicago Seven.

At a 1983 wedding, McMurphy recalls Lila and Sarge Pepper's 1069 nuptials and the end of her relationship with Dr. Richard.

K.C. struggles to get her daughter out of Vietnam before the fall of Saigon. In 1980, McMurphy fights child abuse in New Mexico.

K.C. isn't pleased when a hard-drinking McMurphy arrives in 1969 Bangkok and disrupts her new life.

In 1976, McMurphy helps K.C. re-enter America and find her daughter, then heads to Montana for a visit with Dodger.

In 1985, Karen begins a video project interviewing China Beach vets about their Vietnam experiences and memories of her biological mother.

In 1985 an angry Colleen realizes she's suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from her final weeks in Vietnam.

McMurphy attends the China Beach reunion thrown by Boonie, and recalls her last day in Vietnam. The survivors travel to Washington, D.C. to visit the Vietnam Memorial, and Karen makes peace with the ghost of her absent mother. Two-hour series finale.