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 figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran on CBS from September 23, 1979, to September 4, 1986.
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Trapper John, M.D." is "Forget Me Not", rated 8.6/10 from 15 user votes. It was directed by Leo Penn and written by N/A. "Forget Me Not" aired on 1/30/1983 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "A Fall to Grace".
8.4/10 18 votes#2 - A Fall to Grace
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/1984
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/10 14 votes
#3 - The Elusive Butterfly
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 9/4/1986
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10 26 votes
#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
- 8.2/10 17 votes
#6 - 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
- 8.1/10 19 votes
#7 - '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
- 8.1/10 14 votes
#8 - 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
- 8.1/10 15 votes
#9 - A Change of Heart
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1984
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 17 votes
#10 - 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
- 8.0/10 16 votes
#11 - 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
- 8.0/10 14 votes
#12 - 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
- 8.0/10 15 votes
#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
- 8.0/10 14 votes
#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
- 7.9/10 17 votes
#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
- 7.9/10 14 votes
#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
- 7.9/10 16 votes
#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
- 7.9/10 17 votes
#18 - All About Everett
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/1983
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 15 votes
#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
- 7.8/10 13 votes
#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
- 7.8/10 16 votes
#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
- 7.8/10 13 votes
#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
- 7.8/10 14 votes
#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
- 7.8/10 14 votes
#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
- 7.7/10 15 votes
#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