S01E01 Trapper John, M.D.
Twenty-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.
Trapper John, M.D.
S01E17: If You Can't Stand the Heat
At 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.
Overview
Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable doctor who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran on CBS from September 23, 1979, to September 4, 1986.
Episodes
S01E02 Flashback
Trapper and Gonzo deal with a deranged Vietnam vet, while Stanley tries to save on taxes by incorporating himself.
S01E03 Deadly Exposure
When 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.
S01E04 Love is a Three-Way Street
A persistent swain of his ex-wife, Melanie, causes both professional and romantic turmoil for Trapper. Stanley is determined to get rid of the ""Titanic"".
S01E05 The Shattered Image
A 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.
S01E06 What Are Friends For?
A medic who once saved Gonzo's life in Vietnam now wants his friend's help in a fraudulent medical claim.
S01E07 One For My Baby
A 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.
S01E08 Taxi in the Rain
A 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.
S01E09 Licensed to Kill
A 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.
S01E10 The Surrogate
An 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.
S01E11 Whose Little Hero Are You?
A brilliant improvisation saves a life but causes problems for Trapper and Riverside.
S01E12 Boom
There 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...
S01E13 Have You Hugged Your Nurse Today?
Gloria 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.
S01E14 Missionary's Downfall
A 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...
S01E15 Warning: I May Be Hazardous to Your Health
Stanley 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...
S01E16 'Till Life Us Do Part
A 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...
S01E17 If You Can't Stand the Heat
At 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.
S01E18 Strike
A strike by the nurses at San Francisco Memorial is a threat to patient care and Gonzo's sex life.
S01E19 It's a Wise Surgeon
A 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.
S01E20 Short Odds
A 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.
S01E21 Quarantine
When 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...
S01E22 Hot Line
The 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.
Cast
Pernell Roberts
"Trapper" John McIntyre
Gregory Harrison
George Alonzo 'Gonzo' Gates
Madge Sinclair
Ernestine Shoop, R. N.
Charles Siebert
Stanley Riverside III
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Justin "Jackpot" Jackson
Timothy Busfield
J.T. McIntyre Jr.
Lorna Luft
Libby Kegler
Kip Gilman
Jacob Christmas
Janis Paige
Catherine Hackett
