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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
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Season 1

  • Trapper John, M.D.
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    Trapper John, M.D.

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1979

    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.

    Director: Jackie Cooper

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • Flashback
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    Flashback

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1979

    Trapper and Gonzo deal with a deranged Vietnam vet, while Stanley tries to save on taxes by incorporating himself.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • Deadly Exposure
    7.5/1021 votes
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    Deadly Exposure

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1979

    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.

    Director: Joseph Pevney

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • Love is a Three-Way Street
    7.5/1019 votes
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    Love is a Three-Way Street

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/1979

    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"".

    Director: Marc Daniels

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • The Shattered Image
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    The Shattered Image

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1979

    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.

    Director: Corey Allen

    Writer: Shimon Wincelberg

  • What Are Friends For?
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    What Are Friends For?

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/1979

    A medic who once saved Gonzo's life in Vietnam now wants his friend's help in a fraudulent medical claim.

    Director: Ralph Senensky

    Writer: N/A

  • One For My Baby
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    One For My Baby

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/1979

    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.

    Director: Bernard McEveety

    Writer: Charles Larson

  • Taxi in the Rain
    6.8/1017 votes
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    Taxi in the Rain

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/1979

    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.

    Director: Barry Crane

    Writer: Shimon Wincelberg

  • Licensed to Kill
    8.0/1017 votes
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    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

  • The Surrogate
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    The Surrogate

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/23/1979

    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.

    Director: Alex March

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • Whose Little Hero Are You?
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    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

  • Boom
    8.0/1016 votes
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    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

  • Have You Hugged Your Nurse Today?
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    Have You Hugged Your Nurse Today?

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/13/1980

    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.

    Director: Ralph Levy

    Writer: N/A

  • Missionary's Downfall
    7.4/1015 votes
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    Missionary's Downfall

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/1980

    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 allows her to die before accepting that she needs help he cannot give her.

    Director: Joseph Pevney

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • Warning: I May Be Hazardous to Your Health
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    Warning: I May Be Hazardous to Your Health

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/3/1980

    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 dirt around the hospital gets more than he bargained for.

    Director: Alf Kjellin

    Writer: N/A

  • 'Till Life Us Do Part
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    '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

  • If You Can't Stand the Heat
    7.1/1015 votes
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    If You Can't Stand the Heat

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/17/1980

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Strike
    7.6/1015 votes
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    Strike

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/24/1980

    A strike by the nurses at San Francisco Memorial is a threat to patient care and Gonzo's sex life.

    Director: Alex March

    Writer: N/A

  • It's a Wise Surgeon
    7.7/1015 votes
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    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

  • Short Odds
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    Short Odds

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/9/1980

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Quarantine
    8.0/1014 votes
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    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

  • Hot Line
    7.3/1019 votes
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    Hot Line

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/30/1980

    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.

    Director: Barry Crane

    Writer: N/A