7.7/1041 votes#1 - 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
- 6.8/1017 votes
#2 - 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
- 7.5/1021 votes
#3 - 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
- 7.5/1019 votes
#4 - 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
- 7.5/1017 votes
#5 - 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
- 7.3/1018 votes
#6 - 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
- 7.5/1017 votes
#7 - 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
- 6.8/1017 votes
#8 - 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
- 8.0/1017 votes
#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
- 7.1/1018 votes
#10 - 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
- 7.9/1017 votes
#11 - 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
- 8.0/1016 votes
#12 - 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
- 7.2/1014 votes
#13 - 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
- 7.4/1015 votes
#14 - 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
- 6.4/1016 votes
#15 - 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
- 8.1/1019 votes
#16 - '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
- 7.1/1015 votes
#17 - 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
- 7.6/1015 votes
#18 - 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
- 7.7/1015 votes
#19 - 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
- 7.7/1016 votes
#20 - 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
- 8.0/1014 votes
#21 - 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
- 7.3/1019 votes
#22 - 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
The Best Episodes of Trapper John, M.D. Season 1
Every episode of Trapper John, M.D. Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Trapper John, M.D. Season 1!
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
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Trapper John, M.D." is the best rated episode of "Trapper John, M.D." season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 41 votes. Directed by Jackie Cooper and written by Don Brinkley, it aired on 9/23/1979. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Flashback".