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The Best Episodes of China Beach Season 4

Every episode of China Beach Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of China Beach Season 4!

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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,

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    China Beach Season 4 Episode 1 - History: Part I: The Big Bang
    8.1/10(44 votes)

    #1 - History: Part I: The Big Bang

    S4:E1

    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.

    Director:John Sacret Young
    Writer:John Wells

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  2. China Beach Season 4 Episode 2 - History Part II-She Sells More Than Sea Shells
    8.0/10(40 votes)

    #2 - History Part II-She Sells More Than Sea Shells

    S4:E2

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

    Director:Mimi Leder
    Writer:Carol Flint

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  3. China Beach Season 4 Episode 3 - You, Babe
    8.2/10(44 votes)

    #3 - You, Babe

    S4:E3

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

    Director:Mimi Leder
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. China Beach Season 4 Episode 4 - Escape
    7.6/10(39 votes)

    #4 - Escape

    S4:E4

    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.

    Directors:John Sacret Young, John Wells
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. China Beach Season 4 Episode 5 - Fever
    8.1/10(38 votes)

    #5 - Fever

    S4:E5

    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.

    Director:Diane Keaton
    Writer:Lydia Woodward

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  6. China Beach Season 4 Episode 6 - Juice
    8.4/10(42 votes)

    #6 - Juice

    S4:E6

    In 1972, Dr. Richard and his nurse take a romantic trip to Florida, where they run across a hard-livng McMurphy working at an orange-juice factory.

    Director:John Sacret Young
    Writer:John Sacret Young

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  7. China Beach Season 4 Episode 7 - One Giant Leap
    8.4/10(40 votes)

    #7 - One Giant Leap

    S4:E7

    In 1969, China Beach watches from afar as the first men land on the moon. McMurphy simmers jealously as Dr. Richard falls for a new nurse. Beckett entertains a group of USO singers in his G.R.U. hut. A disturbed Boonie meets with a tragic accident.

    Directors:Michael Katleman, John Sacret Young, John Wells
    Writer:Josef Anderson

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  8. China Beach Season 4 Episode 8 - One Small Step
    8.6/10(35 votes)

    #8 - One Small Step

    S4:E8

    Suddenly back home and missing one leg, Boonie begins a slow and painful re-entry into civilian life with the comfort of a loving nurse.

    Director:Steve Dubin
    Writer:John Wells

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  9. China Beach Season 4 Episode 9 - The Call
    7.6/10(36 votes)

    #9 - The Call

    S4:E9

    Frankie returns to Chicago in 1969 to try her hand at being a standup comic but runs into the tragically funny trial of the infamous Chicago Seven. Back in Vietnam, McMurphy tries to help Dodger convince some Montagnard tribes people to evacuate their homes.

    Director:Robert Ginty
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. China Beach Season 4 Episode 10 - I Could Have Danced All Night ... But Didn't
    8.5/10(47 votes)

    #10 - I Could Have Danced All Night ... But Didn't

    S4:E10

    McMurphy meets a sympathetic drummer at a 1983 wedding and recalls the 1969 wedding of Lila and Sarge Pepper, as well as the end of her relationship with Dr. Richard.

    Director:Michael Fresco
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. China Beach Season 4 Episode 11 - 100 Klicks Out
    8.7/10(53 votes)

    #11 - 100 Klicks Out

    S4:E11

    The imminent fall of Saigon reunites KC with her daughter as she struggles to get the little girl out of Vietnam and safely to America and a waiting Boonie. In the 1980s, a cynical McMurphy tries to prevent further child abuse in New Mexico.

    Director:Mimi Leder
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. China Beach Season 4 Episode 12 - The Always Goodbye
    7.9/10(42 votes)

    #12 - The Always Goodbye

    S4:E12

    The arrival in Bangkok in 1969 of a hard-drinking McMurphy and a young private disrupts KC's carefully developed new life and brings back unwanted memories.

    Director:Gary Sinise
    Writer:Lydia Woodward

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  13. China Beach Season 4 Episode 13 - Quest
    8.2/10(49 votes)

    #13 - Quest

    S4:E13

    In 1976, McMurphy helps KC re-enter the country and find her daughter before heading out to Montana to visit Dodger, who's coping with a disabled father and raising his son Archie alone.

    Director:John Sacret Young
    Writer:John Sacret Young

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  14. China Beach Season 4 Episode 14 - Rewind
    8.3/10(48 votes)

    #14 - Rewind

    S4:E14

    In 1985, Karen begins a videotape project interviewing China Beach veterans about their experiences in Vietnam and their memories of her natural mother.

    Director:Mimi Leder
    Writers:John Wells, Carol Flint

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  15. China Beach Season 4 Episode 15 - Through and Through
    8.2/10(43 votes)

    #15 - Through and Through

    S4:E15

    In 1985, an increasingly angry Colleen torments herself and her husband until she discovers she's suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome and seeks help to deal with the memories of her final weeks in Vietnam.

    Director:Mimi Leder
    Writer:Carol Flint

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  16. China Beach Season 4 Episode 16 - Hello, Goodbye (1)
    8.6/10(67 votes)

    #16 - Hello, Goodbye (1)

    S4:E16

    McMurphy agrees to attend a China Beach reunion planned by Boonie and recalls her last day in Vietnam, and travels to Washington DC with the others to visit the Vietnam Memorial. Karen comes to terms with the ghost of her absent mother, KC.

    Director:John Sacret Young
    Writer:John Wells

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  17. China Beach Season 4 Episode 17 - Hello, Goodbye (2)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Hello, Goodbye (2)

    S4:E17

    McMurphy agrees to attend a China Beach reunion planned by Boonie and recalls her last day in Vietnam, and travels to Washington DC with the others to visit the Vietnam Memorial. Karen comes to terms with the ghost of her absent mother, KC.

    Director:John Sacret Young
    Writer:John Wells

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"History: Part I: The Big Bang" is the best rated episode of "China Beach" season 4. It scored 8.1/10 based on 44 votes. Directed by John Sacret Young and written by John Wells, it aired on 9/29/1990. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "History Part II-She Sells More Than Sea Shells".