China Beach

4 Seasons 1988 - 1991 TV-14 2h 00m 8.2

The trials of a weary nurse, her friends and colleagues in a Vietnam War field hospital.

Dateline: November 1967, within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and hospital on China Beach. This is the 'Nam, filled with wounded soldiers and one very lovely but damaged Army Nurse Colleen Mc Murphy. Many heroes, dead and alive, in the forms of nurses, warriors, Donut Dollies, lifeguards, politicians, USO entertainers, Chopper Chicks, doctors, officers and enlisted men, brothers and sisters, Kool-Aid Kids, orderlies, medics, morticians, Army brass and one hostile prostitute named K.C. try to make sense of life and death in between bourbon, bullets and battles.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Home

1. Home

Aired: Apr 26, 1988

Cherry learns the difference between a clean wolf and a sweaty, battle-weary ...

Episode 2 Hot Spell

2. Hot Spell

Aired: Apr 26, 1988

K.C. agrees to ask about Cherry's missing brother as she sets up a deal on th...

Episode 4 Waiting for Beckett

4. Waiting for Beckett

Aired: May 4, 1988

Cherry is taken in by a deserter who claims have information on her missing b...

Episode 5 Brothers

5. Brothers

Aired: May 11, 1988

Beckett joins the company of two fellow black servicemen who preach brotherho...

Episode 6 Chao Ong

6. Chao Ong

Aired: May 18, 1988

When a celebrity USO tour starring Nancy Sinatra and Johnny Grant arrives at ...

Episode 7 Brothers

7. Brothers

Aired: Jun 1, 1988

Laurette faces an important audition with laryngitis. Beckett battles the pre...

Episode 8 Chao Ong

8. Chao Ong

Aired: Jun 8, 1988

Despite distractions, McMurphy and Natch finally get together. Laurette gets ...

Info about China Beach

Current Status: Ended

Network: ABC

Genres: Drama, War, History