China Beach

1988 - 1991

China Beach (1)

26th April 1988

Episode 1

It's November 1967 and nurse Colleen McMurphy faces the last week of her tour of duty in Vietnam, dealing as usual with the dying boys, primitive conditions, and the sexual pressure from pilot Natch Austin. USO singers Georgia Lee and Laurette Barber arrive to entertain the troops in the base's new R&R center. Brand new Red Cross volunteer Cherry White also arrives, determined to find her brother, a marine no one can locate.

China Beach (2)

26th April 1988

Episode 2

McMurphy decides that she can't leave China Beach even though she is eligible to go home. Cherry and Laurette arrive- Cherry to look for her brother whom her family lost contact with and Laurette as a USO back up singer who gets promoted to lead when the lead singer can't cope with the war.

Home

27th April 1988

Episode 3

Laurette auditions local entertainers to fill in the act and McMurphy struggles to overcome her feelings when a Viet Cong woman who was responsible for blowing up a friend is brought into the hospital for treatment.

Hot Spell

Episode 4

KC agrees to ask about Cherry's brother as she sets up a deal to buy an antique vase. Laurette prepares to perform for visiting brass. Lila, KC, Laurette, McMurphy and Cherry share confidences as they wait out a mortar attack together.

Somewhere Over the Radio

Episode 5

Lila, Cherry and Laurette find themselves pinned down with a combat squad whose leader is not dealing with reality. Back at China Beach, KC and a frightened Boonie prepare to mount a rescue mission. Dr. Richard is injured just before he's scheduled to leave for R&R in Hawaii with Beth Ann.

Waiting for Beckett

Episode 6

Cherry is taken in by a deserter who claims to know her brother, and who is pursued by a determined office from the CID. Laurette and Boonie try to help a stressed out Beckett get some sleep.

Brothers

Episode 7

Laurette faces an important audition with laryngitis. Beckett battles the pressure of racial prejudice and financial coercion when he discovers someone has been using the body bags in his GRU. Dr. Richard returns from R&R in Hawaii disillusioned by the perceived changes in his wife. Dodger finally finds Rick, Cherry's long-lost brother.

Chao Ong

Episode 8

Despite distractions, McMurphy and Natch finally get together. Laurette gets a chance to join another, bigger USO tour. McMurphy gets blamed for a body that disappears on her shift.

Top Cast

Dana Delany•Marg Helgenberger•Michael Boatman

Drama War & Politics

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, dead and alive, try to make sense of life and death in between bourbon, bullets and battles.

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Dana Delany Image

Dana Delany

Colleen McMurphy

Marg Helgenberger Image

Marg Helgenberger

KC Koloski

Michael Boatman Image

Michael Boatman

Samuel Beckett

Troy Evans Image

Troy Evans

Bob Pepper

Nancy Giles Image

Nancy Giles

Frankie Bunsen

Jeff Kober Image

Jeff Kober

Dodger Winslow

Robert Picardo Image

Robert Picardo

Dick Richard

Concetta Tomei Image

Concetta Tomei

Lila Garreau

Brian Wimmer Image

Brian Wimmer

Boonie Lanier

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Joel Chernoff

Producer

John Sacret Young

Executive Producer

Geno Escarrega

Producer

Carol Flint Image

Carol Flint

Producer

Mimi Leder Image

Mimi Leder

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John Wells Image

John Wells

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Lydia Woodward

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Fred Gerber Image

Fred Gerber

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Patricia Green

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Chris Nelson

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