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The Best Episodes of Trapper John, M.D.

Every episode of Trapper John, M.D. ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Trapper John, M.D.!

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...
Genre:Drama
Network:CBS

Best Episodes Summary

"Forget Me Not" is the best rated episode of "Trapper John, M.D.". It scored 8.6/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by Leo Penn and written by N/A, it aired on 1/30/1983. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Fall to Grace".

  • Forget Me Not
    8.6/1015 votes
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    #1 - Forget Me Not

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/30/1983

    A brilliant surgeon begins suffering from bouts of forgetful and disoriented behavior.

    Director: Leo Penn

    Writer: N/A

  • A Fall to Grace
    8.4/1018 votes
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    #2 - A Fall to Grace

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/1984

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Elusive Butterfly
    8.4/1014 votes
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    #3 - The Elusive Butterfly

    Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 9/4/1986

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Brain Child
    8.3/1026 votes
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    #4 - Brain Child

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 5/17/1981

    Seventeen year old Dr Schweitzer, is a new Intern at SFMH. He takes his work very seriously, pushing himself to the limit. Trapper tries to help him remember hat there is more to medicine than science and books.

    Director: Barry Crane

    Writer: N/A

  • My Son, the Doctor
    8.3/1015 votes
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    #5 - My Son, the Doctor

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/1984

    No description available

    Director: Leo Penn

    Writer: N/A

  • 'Till Life Us Do Part
    8.1/1019 votes
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    #6 - 'Till Life Us Do Part

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/10/1980

    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 the new friend he has made continues to get worse.

    Director: Bernard McEveety

    Writer: N/A

  • A Piece of the Action
    8.1/1014 votes
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    #7 - A Piece of the Action

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 4/11/1982

    Jackpot convinces several of the staff to invest in a promising young boxer he is managing, but after the fighter kills his opponent in his first professional match he begins to suffer mysterious injuries that may keep him out of the ring permanently.

    Director: Bernard McEveety

    Writer: N/A

  • A Change of Heart
    8.1/1015 votes
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    #8 - A Change of Heart

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1984

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Licensed to Kill
    8.0/1017 votes
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    #9 - Licensed to Kill

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/1979

    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.

    Director: Bernard McEveety

    Writer: N/A

  • Boom
    8.0/1016 votes
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    #10 - Boom

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/1980

    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 save his life in time to save San Francisco Memorial?

    Director: Seymour Robbie

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • Quarantine
    8.0/1014 votes
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    #11 - Quarantine

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/23/1980

    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 mother who wants him back.

    Director: Seymour Robbie

    Writer: N/A

  • Girl Under Glass (a.k.a.) The Sex Act (1)
    8.0/1018 votes
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    #12 - Girl Under Glass (a.k.a.) The Sex Act (1)

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/23/1980

    Gonzo takes a leave from the hospital to supervise a very rich young woman with a rare medical condition, and is charged with sexual misconduct when he rejects her advances. Trapper looks for a new scrub nurse to replace Starch.

    Director: Bernard McEveety

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • The Pagoda Cure
    8.0/1015 votes
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    #13 - The Pagoda Cure

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 1/25/1981

    When a Vietnamese woman is operated on, very skillfully, without a consent form, the staff tries to find out the identity of the mystery surgeon.

    Director: Seymour Robbie

    Writer: N/A

  • It Only Hurts When I Love
    8.0/1014 votes
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    #14 - It Only Hurts When I Love

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/16/1983

    When Gloria Brancusi learns that Andrea, the orphan girl, has come back to the hospital as a patient her first reaction is to run away. Gloria has second thoughts after deciding to adopt the troubled orphan.

    Director: Bernard McEveety

    Writer: N/A

  • Whose Little Hero Are You?
    7.9/1017 votes
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    #15 - Whose Little Hero Are You?

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/30/1979

    A brilliant improvisation saves a life but causes problems for Trapper and Riverside.

    Director: Robert Douglas

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • The Albatross
    7.9/1014 votes
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    #16 - The Albatross

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 5/10/1981

    Gonzo accidentally runs down a homeless deaf girl. Trapper has to contend with Dr. Wang from Red China. Both share a history in North and South Korea.

    Director: Michael Preece

    Writer: Charles Larson

  • South Side Story
    7.9/1016 votes
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    #17 - South Side Story

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 4/3/1983

    Gonzo runs out of gas in front of a decrepit apartment building where a woman has been injured on the broken stairs. When he traces ownership to SFM and brings it to the board, they agree to do something - tear down the building and put up condos.

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: N/A

  • All About Everett
    7.9/1017 votes
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    #18 - All About Everett

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/1983

    All About Everett is an episode of Trapper John, M.D.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Second Sight
    7.8/1015 votes
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    #19 - Second Sight

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 4/5/1981

    Jackpot convinces his friend, Sheila, to undergo radical surgery to return her eyesight. When things go wrong he becomes riddled with guilt almost costing him his Medical Board Exam. Meanwhile Trapper John has just hired a housekeeper who thinks he's a 'soft touch'.

    Director: Jeff Bleckner

    Writer: N/A

  • Danny
    7.8/1013 votes
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    #20 - Danny

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/24/1982

    A mentally disabled man who works at the hospital is able to make friends with a crotchety old hermit who is dying of cancer, but gets embarrassed and quits his job when he misinterprets Gloria's feelings for him.

    Director: Bernard McEveety

    Writer: Jeffrey Ferro

  • Medicine Man
    7.8/1016 votes
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    #21 - Medicine Man

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/21/1982

    A doctor that comes to SFM with an accident patient is so good that Slocum wants to bring him on staff, but he runs into a problem - the schools the man claims to have trained at have never heard of him. Jackpot is frustrated by a Jane Doe with a high fever and some unusual symptoms.

    Director: Barry Crane

    Writer: N/A

  • John's Other Life
    7.8/1013 votes
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    #22 - John's Other Life

    Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 5/2/1982

    A man who needs a bone marrow transplant to survive claims that he has no relatives that can serve as donors. However, Gonzo soon discovers that the truth is a little more complicated: the man is in the Witness Protection Program, and cannot safely have contact with his family.

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: Jerry Ross

  • Pasts Imperfect (a.k.a.) Past Imperfect
    7.8/1014 votes
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    #23 - Pasts Imperfect (a.k.a.) Past Imperfect

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/20/1983

    A woman from Riverside's past is obsessed with him.

    Director: Gregory Harrison

    Writer: Robert Bielak

  • All of Me
    7.8/1014 votes
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    #24 - All of Me

    Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 5/5/1985

    J.T. discovers that he has two patients with the same wife.

    Director: Michael Caffey

    Writer: Nancy Bond

  • It's a Wise Surgeon
    7.7/1015 votes
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    #25 - It's a Wise Surgeon

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/2/1980

    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.

    Director: Robert Douglas

    Writer: N/A