Season 1
22 episodes · Sep 23, 1979
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- S1E1
Trapper John, M.D.
Sep 23, 197960mTwenty-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.
- S1E2
Flashback
Sep 30, 197960mTrapper and Gonzo deal with a deranged Vietnam vet, while Stanley tries to save on taxes by incorporating himself.
- S1E3
Deadly Exposure
Oct 7, 197960mWhen 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.
- S1E4
Love is a Three-Way Street
Oct 21, 197960mA persistent swain of his ex-wife, Melanie, causes both professional and romantic turmoil for Trapper. Stanley is determined to get rid of the ""Titanic"".
- S1E5
The Shattered Image
Oct 28, 197960mA 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.
- S1E6
What Are Friends For?
Nov 11, 197960mA medic who once saved Gonzo's life in Vietnam now wants his friend's help in a fraudulent medical claim.
- S1E7
One For My Baby
Nov 18, 197960mA 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.
- S1E8
Taxi in the Rain
Dec 2, 197960mA 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.
- S1E9
Licensed to Kill
Dec 9, 197960mA 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.
- S1E10
The Surrogate
Dec 23, 197960mAn 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.
- S1E11
Whose Little Hero Are You?
Dec 30, 197960mA brilliant improvisation saves a life but causes problems for Trapper and Riverside.
- S1E12
Boom
Jan 6, 198060mThere 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?
- S1E13
Have You Hugged Your Nurse Today?
Jan 13, 198060mGloria 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.
- S1E14
Missionary's Downfall
Jan 27, 198060mA 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.
- S1E15
Warning: I May Be Hazardous to Your Health
Feb 3, 198060mStanley 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.
- S1E16
'Till Life Us Do Part
Feb 10, 198060mA 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.
- S1E17
If You Can't Stand the Heat
Feb 17, 198060mAt 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.
- S1E18
Strike
Feb 24, 198060mA strike by the nurses at San Francisco Memorial is a threat to patient care and Gonzo's sex life.
- S1E19
It's a Wise Surgeon
Mar 2, 198060mA 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.
- S1E20
Short Odds
Mar 9, 198060mA 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.
- S1E21
Quarantine
Mar 23, 198060mWhen 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.
- S1E22
Hot Line
Mar 30, 198060mThe 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.