China Beach
China Beach
China Beach
Reflections of the way life used to be.
Drama
War & Politics
74
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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.
Status: Ended
First Air Date: 1988-04-26
Runtime: 0h 42m
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
Top Cast
Dana Delany
Dana Delany
Colleen McMurphy
Marg Helgenberger
Marg Helgenberger
KC Koloski
Michael Boatman
Michael Boatman
Samuel Beckett
Troy Evans
Troy Evans
Bob Pepper
Nancy Giles
Nancy Giles
Frankie Bunsen
Jeff Kober
Jeff Kober
Dodger Winslow
Robert Picardo
Robert Picardo
Dick Richard
Concetta Tomei
Concetta Tomei
Lila Garreau
Brian Wimmer
Brian Wimmer
Boonie Lanier
Episodes - Season 1
China Beach (1)
China Beach (1)
Episode 1
It's November 1967 and nurse Colleen McMurphy faces the last week of her tour of duty in Vietnam, dealing as usual with the dying boys, primitive conditions, and the sexual pressure from pilot Natch Austin. USO singers Georgia Lee and Laurette Barber arrive to entertain the troops in the base's new R&R center. Brand new Red Cross volunteer Cherry White also arrives, determined to find her brother, a marine no one can locate.
China Beach (2)
China Beach (2)
Episode 2
McMurphy decides that she can't leave China Beach even though she is eligible to go home. Cherry and Laurette arrive- Cherry to look for her brother whom her family lost contact with and Laurette as a USO back up singer who gets promoted to lead when the lead singer can't cope with the war.
Home
Home
Episode 3
Laurette auditions local entertainers to fill in the act and McMurphy struggles to overcome her feelings when a Viet Cong woman who was responsible for blowing up a friend is brought into the hospital for treatment.
Hot Spell
Hot Spell
Episode 4
KC agrees to ask about Cherry's brother as she sets up a deal to buy an antique vase. Laurette prepares to perform for visiting brass. Lila, KC, Laurette, McMurphy and Cherry share confidences as they wait out a mortar attack together.
Somewhere Over the Radio
Somewhere Over the Radio
Episode 5
Lila, Cherry and Laurette find themselves pinned down with a combat squad whose leader is not dealing with reality. Back at China Beach, KC and a frightened Boonie prepare to mount a rescue mission. Dr. Richard is injured just before he's scheduled to leave for R&R in Hawaii with Beth Ann.
Waiting for Beckett
Waiting for Beckett
Episode 6
Cherry is taken in by a deserter who claims to know her brother, and who is pursued by a determined office from the CID. Laurette and Boonie try to help a stressed out Beckett get some sleep.
Brothers
Brothers
Episode 7
Laurette faces an important audition with laryngitis. Beckett battles the pressure of racial prejudice and financial coercion when he discovers someone has been using the body bags in his GRU. Dr. Richard returns from R&R in Hawaii disillusioned by the perceived changes in his wife. Dodger finally finds Rick, Cherry's long-lost brother.
Chao Ong
Chao Ong
Episode 8
Despite distractions, McMurphy and Natch finally get together. Laurette gets a chance to join another, bigger USO tour. McMurphy gets blamed for a body that disappears on her shift.
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