China Beach

Reflections of the way life used to be.

7.5(34)|1988-04-26|4 seasons, 64 episodes

DramaWar & Politics

Overview

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.

Episodes

Season 1(8)Season 2(17)Season 3(22)Season 4(17)

S4E1 · 1990-09-29

History: Part I: The Big Bang

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.

S4E2 · 1990-10-06

History Part II-She Sells More Than Sea Shells

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

S4E3 · 1990-10-13

You, Babe

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

S4E4 · 1990-10-27

Escape

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.

S4E5 · 1990-11-03

Fever

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.