Trapper John, M.D.

The Korean War M*A*S*H unit veteran operates as Chief Surgeon in a major city hospital with his colleagues.

Genre: Drama

Cast:Pernell Roberts , Brian Stokes Mitchell , Charles Siebert , Gregory Harrison , Christopher Norris , Madge Sinclair , Chris Hutson , Simon Scott , Timothy Busfield , Sarah Cunningham , Peter Harrell , Mary McCarty , Lorna Luft , Bebe Kelly , Janis Paige , Marcia Rodd , Lisa L. Nelson , Cassandra Gava

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Pilot

Sun, Sep 23, 1979

San Francisco Memorial Hospital handles incoming mass casualties from a hotel fire. Chief of Surgery Trapper John McIntyre welcomes aboard an ambitious and unorthodox young surgeon, Gonzo Gates.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Flashback

Sun, Sep 30, 1979

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

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Deadly Exposure

Sun, Oct 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. Meanwhile, Riverside must contend with a very distrusting Gypsy.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Love Is a Three-Way Street

Sun, Oct 21, 1979

A persistent swain of his ex-wife, Melanie, causes both professional and romantic turmoil for Trapper, as his hopes for a reconciliation dwindle when she asks him to treat her new fiancé. Meanwhile, Stanley is determined to get rid of the "Titanic".

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Shattered Image

Sun, Oct 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.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ What Are Friends For?

Sun, Nov 11, 1979

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

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ One for My Baby

Sun, Nov 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.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Taxi in the Rain

Sun, Dec 2, 1979

A local street person known as "Harry the Hinge" is admitted to SFM with kidney failure. Meanwhile, Trapper and Gonzo decide to protest a decision to divert free-clinic funds to the pet project of a one of the hospital's major benefactors.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Licensed to Kill

Sun, Dec 9, 1979

A group of radicals kidnap Melanie and give Trapper an ultimatum: either he kills a policeman who has survived two earlier murder attempts or they will kill his ex-wife.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ The Surrogate

Sun, Dec 23, 1979

A boy is brought in and he calls his father to come. He offers to donate blood if he needs it. But tests reveal the man is not the boy's father. He tells them he found him a few years ago and took him in. And he eventually would think of him as his son. Trapper tells the authorities and they learns that the boy ran away from his mother. When she comes he doesn't want to be with her. But the man doesn't have any rights so he tells him he has to go with her. And he becomes catatonic.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Whose Little Hero Are You?

Sun, Dec 30, 1979

A brilliant improvisation saves the life of a hit-and-run victim, but causes problems for Trapper and Riverside.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Boom!

Sun, Jan 6, 1980

There is a bomb somewhere in the hospital set to go off at midnight, the night of Trapper's 10th anniversary as chief of surgery. The bomb squad can't find it, and the man who planted it is dying from bullet wounds.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Have You Hugged Your Nurse Today?

Sun, Jan 13, 1980

Gloria falls for a man in a wheelchair - who happens to already have a wife. Gonzo firmly believes that he can cure a disabled man with surgery, but said patient is against the operation. Trapper resents Starch labelling him "predictable", and decides to do something about it.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ Missionary's Downfall

Sun, Jan 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. The patient 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. Meanwhile, SFM admits a gang member who likes to draw graffiti and does so on hospital property.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Warning: I May Be Hazardous to Your Health

Sun, Feb 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.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ 'Til Life Do Us Part

Sun, Feb 10, 1980

A patient who is diagnosed with a serious form of cancer finds inspiration in a woman with Lou Gehrig's disease.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ If You Can't Stand the Heat

Sun, Feb 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. Meanwhile, San Francisco Memorial is flooded with patients from a nearby hospital, after it is damaged by fire.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ Strike!

Sun, Feb 24, 1980

A possible nurse's strike threatens the hospital as well as Gonzo's love life.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ It's a Wise Surgeon

Sun, Mar 2, 1980

Gonzo is suspicious of a young Korean man who comes to the hospital claiming to be the long-lost son of Trapper. A woman with a history of faking illness is surprised when she is diagnosed with a rare disease.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ Short Odds

Sun, Mar 9, 1980

Gonzo tries to date a new surgeon who suffers a loss of confidence after her first patient dies.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ Quarantine

Sun, Mar 23, 1980

Trapper's ex-wife Melanie finds a baby in a fitting room and the hospital is put at risk when the baby is found to have a form of the plague.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ Hot Line

Sun, Mar 30, 1980

Gonzo and the staff decide to start a hot-line for people to anonymously call with their problems. Trapper takes a risk by bringing in a retired doctor with an alcohol problem to help perform a rare eye operation.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Girl Under Glass: Part 1

Sun, Nov 23, 1980

A controlling millionaire publisher gives the hospital a large donation in exchange for Gonzo watching over his daughter who has a rare blood disorder that needs round-the-clock care and is smitten with Dr. Gates. Trapper must find a replacement for Starch who has gotten married and retired.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Girl Under Glass: Part 2

Sun, Nov 30, 1980

With Gonzo accused of sexual misconduct, the hospital faces a public relations nightmare.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Slim Chance

Sun, Dec 7, 1980

When Gonzo learns that an old classmate has put her health and sanity at risk by following a strict diet which encourages the use of diuretics, he goes after the well-respected doctor who founded the diet.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Call Me Irresponsible

Sun, Dec 21, 1980

Riverside comes under fire after he takes over one of Gonzo's patients who happens to be dating his father and she ends up almost dying from an allergic reaction to fluorine.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Creepy Time Gal

Sun, Jan 4, 1981

Gonzo and Trapper are unsure how to treat a college student who has gotten mysteriously sick while doing a research paper on satanic rituals.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Straight and Narrow

Sun, Jan 11, 1981

When a cop who is found to be homosexual is shot at a gay rally, Gonzo believes that he may have been shot by someone on the force and may be in danger at the hospital.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Earthquake

Sun, Jan 18, 1981

Trapper and Gonzo go on a trip to a cabin which becomes an adventure when an earthquake hits and the woman staying at the cabin needs serious medical care. At the hospital, Riverside leads the evacuation when the earthquake hits.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ The Pagoda Cure

Sun, Jan 25, 1981

Members of the staff are baffled when a Vietnamese woman, who had initially refused surgery, is mysteriously operated on overnight without anyone seeing it. Trapper recognizes a politician who checks in under a false name and is brought in by a younger woman that is not his wife.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Have I Got a Girl for You

Sun, Feb 1, 1981

A shy and clumsy nurse asks Trapper for advice on how to attract Gonzo. A woman who is obsessed with her appearance is reluctant to have a tumor in her face removed.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Who's the Lucky Father?

Sun, Feb 15, 1981

A noted con man believes that the hospital is trying to pull one over on him when he is told that he needs a life-saving operation and his girlfriend is pregnant.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ A Family Affair

Sun, Feb 22, 1981

Trapper's busy hospital schedule becomes even more hectic when family problems crowd in. Melanie arrives to inform him the their daughter Kim is planning to drop out of school.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Finders Keepers

Sun, Mar 8, 1981

Gonzo and Trapper try to track down the family of a 10-year old girl who was hit by a car and is exhibiting erratic behavior. The only leads they have are gang members with whom she was living with.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Days of Wine and Leo

Sun, Mar 15, 1981

Trapper convinces the board to fill the position of diagnosing physician with a former war buddy who is a double amputee.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ A Case of the Crazies

Sun, Mar 29, 1981

There is plenty of excitement at the hospital for the opening of the day care center. However, the excitement is short-lived when a child is injured in a fall and it is found out that the day care director was once in a mental institution.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Second Sight

Sun, Apr 5, 1981

Instead of using his spare time to study for his medical boards, Jackpot looks into a sight restoring operation for his blind girlfriend.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ King of the Road

Sun, May 3, 1981

Hub Wendover arrives at San Francisco Memorial Hospital for treatment for his leg and to be close to his son, Gonzo. Trapper operates on Hub finding his body riddled with cancer. Gonzo and Hub have some issues to deal with. Gonzo can't help but love the Father that supposedly walked out when he was four years old.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ The Albatross

Sun, May 10, 1981

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

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ Brain Child

Sun, May 17, 1981

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

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ That Old Gang of Mine

Sun, Oct 4, 1981

Gonzo is finally ready to settle down and get married, and his friends are planning a big bachelor party. Everything seems to be perfect, until the husband of the bride-to-be appears on the scene.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ C.O.D.

Sun, Oct 11, 1981

A couple desperate for a child adopts a black-market baby, only to discover that the infant is addicted to heroin and has a heart condition. Stanley recruits Trapper and Gonzo to join him in a relay race against Bay General.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Give Till It Hurts

Sun, Oct 18, 1981

Gloria's brother Brian flies in from Texas for a visit. He manages to turn Gloria's life upside down. As a result of his drinking problem, her work at the hospital suffers and she is given an official warning. Meanwhile, a patient is trying to set Trapper up with her daughter.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Hate Is Enough

Sun, Oct 25, 1981

A man is brought in who claims to be writing a book on the KKK. Later someone comes and sees him and threatens him. When Gonzo tries to talk to him about what he said, he denies it. Later Gonzo finds in his things that he's telling the truth and that one of the hospital's brilliant doctors is the head.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ The Ego Experience

Sun, Nov 8, 1981

The leader of a pop-psychology programme becomes a patient at the hospital, resulting in threats against his and Gonzo's lives.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Cooperative Care

Sun, Nov 15, 1981

San Francisco Memorial Hospital is endeavouring to put into place a co-operative care program, due to Arnold Slocomb and the Board of Directors' budget cuts. Mrs Fitch and her niece, Liza, are the perfect candidates, if Mrs. Fitch would only accept Liza's help.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Is There a Doctor in the Big House?

Sun, Nov 29, 1981

A female prisoner gives birth to a premature baby, who is rushed to SFM for care. The mother, upset at not being allowed to be with her child, beats the prison warden who refused to arrange for her to be taken to the hospital.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Mother Dearest

Sun, Dec 6, 1981

A con artist, working for Dr. Riverside as his nanny, attempts to pass off her partner-in-crime as his mother.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ 'Tis the Season

Sun, Dec 20, 1981

A street-corner Santa Claus worries more about a sick boy than his own ill health.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Future Imperfect

Sun, Dec 27, 1981

A surgeon and friend of Trapper comes to operate on someone he knows. But he's experiencing having visions of actual things. He is told that because of head trauma he sustained, he has gained a sixth sense which he doesn't believe in. And it also causes tension between him and his wife, and she turns to Gonzo whom she knows for solace.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ 42

Sun, Jan 3, 1982

A young man admitted to the hospital following an accident informs the staff that his name is "42" and that he is an alien who is stranded on Earth. While building a transmitter to contact his home planet, 42 befriends a sick and lonely woman.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Victims

Sun, Jan 10, 1982

Trapper buys himself a gun after being robbed but he later has second thoughts.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Angel of Mercy

Sun, Jan 17, 1982

Someone is killing terminally ill patients at San Francisco Memorial, and it appears to be an inside job. A young woman with chronic pain is learning how to deal with it, but maybe not soon enough.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Danny

Sun, Jan 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.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ Ladies in Waiting

Sun, Jan 31, 1982

A woman who devotes her life to getting teenage hookers off the street is badly beaten by a pimp. Gonzo's disgust at their apparent disinterest convinces the girls to get revenge on the attacker, while having two prostitutes show up at his house seriously hampers Trapper's love life.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ The Peter Pan Syndrome

Sun, Feb 7, 1982

The mother of a 16-year-old boy with a gland disorder prevents him from having hormone injections that would cure his problem.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ Medicine Man

Sun, Feb 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 that 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.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ Maybe Baby

Sun, Mar 7, 1982

A former lover names Gonzo in a paternity suit after learning she has a serious cardiac condition.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ Love and Marriage

Sun, Mar 14, 1982

Ernie is engaged to be married, but begins to have second thoughts when her fiancé expects her to take all of the responsibility for the house, his five children and their relationship while he relaxes after work and serves as nothing more than a playmate to his out-of-control kids.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ Candy Doctor

Sun, Mar 21, 1982

A 74-year-old woman who is admitted with a blocked artery in her leg has another problem - she is hooked on prescription medications. When Trapper and Gonzo discover that her doctor is responsible, and treats all his patients the same way, they plot to drive him out of business.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Doctors and Other Strangers

Sun, Mar 28, 1982

Jackpot is put in charge of Emergency Services while Trapper, Gonzo and Stanley attend a medical conference in Mexico. South of the border, Trapper falls in love with another doctor, but they may have too much in common for the romance to last.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ A Piece of the Action

Sun, Apr 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.

23Season 3

S3.E23 ∙ Cause for Concern

Sun, Apr 18, 1982

A rumor that Trapper may be leaving SFM for a hospital in Boston has several other staff considering new positions. After 72 hours on duty and the loss of a patient, Stanley is displaying psychotic symptoms, and ends up in jail.

24Season 3

S3.E24 ∙ John's Other Life

Sun, May 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.

25Season 3

S3.E25 ∙ The One and Only

Sun, May 16, 1982

A flower salesgirl, who works on the street, wakes up one day at the hospital. The girl is very ill yet refuses to be treated since she considers that doctors are Satan's henchmen. The estranged mother of a cult member has the girl kidnapped from the hospital.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Don't Rain on My Charade

Sun, Sep 26, 1982

When Melanie's mother comes for a surprise visit, Trapper learns that Melanie has kept their divorce a secret from her for the last six years. Gonzo suggests that a doctor should work as a nurse for a week to get a better idea of the problems they are having, and he gets volunteered for the job.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Truth and Consequences: Part 1

Sun, Oct 3, 1982

Trapper John and Gonzo discover the vineyard they bought was a scam, finding both infertile soil and evidence of criminal behavior in a basement.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Truth and Consequences: Part 2

Sun, Oct 10, 1982

Trapper John and Gonzo are captured while at their vineyard. A representative for survivors of nuclear radiation exposure tries to get help from San Francisco Memorial.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Three on a Mismatch

Sun, Oct 17, 1982

Trapper falls for a hospital scrubwoman, while Slocum falls for a patient.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ The Object of My Affliction

Sun, Oct 24, 1982

Jackpot recommends surgery for a man who suffers from Munchausen syndrome, a psychological disorder which leads him to fake symptoms.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ You Pays Your Money

Sun, Oct 31, 1982

A miserly industrialist with an obsession for anonymity badgers the hospital staff.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ The Ransom

Sun, Nov 7, 1982

A bitter former hospital employee takes Riverside hostage and demands $1 million ransom.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Thanks for Giving

Sun, Nov 21, 1982

On a foggy Thanksgiving, Slocum hits Trapper with his car. As John fights for his life, staff members recall (in flashbacks) reasons they have to be thankful for his friendship and help.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ The Good Life

Sun, Nov 28, 1982

Gonzo and Shoop send Trapper on vacation to Geneva Springs. While Trapper substitutes for a small-town doctor, Riverside is fired and a former patient of Trapper's needs heart surgery.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Getting to Know You

Sun, Dec 12, 1982

Talented neurosurgeon Russ Brandis enduring a deadly disease and fits of rage he shows are due to the drugs he must take. The surgeon's personal problems are uncovered as Riverside and Gonzo try to recruit him for the hospital staff.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ Russians and Ruses

Sun, Dec 19, 1982

A Soviet diplomat is admitted with pain from a liver tumor.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Life, Death and Vinnie Duncan

Sun, Jan 2, 1983

Vinnie Duncan, Gonzo's good friend, leads a fund campaign for rare-disease drugs.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ Baby on the Line

Sun, Jan 9, 1983

A baby admitted to the hospital for a urinary tract infection turns out to be a hermaphrodite, sparking a battle between the parents over which sex it should be.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ It Only Hurts When I Love

Sun, Jan 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.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow

Sun, Jan 23, 1983

An emotionally troubled musician is released much too early from the hospital. Nurse Shoop suffers a hearing loss.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ Forget Me Not

Sun, Jan 30, 1983

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

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ The Spy Who Bugged Me

Sun, Feb 13, 1983

Gonzo's professional confidence and bedside manner are affected by a malpractice lawsuit, after a young patient asserts that he has begun to feel worse after an emergency operation. A patient is mistaken for a hospital inspector.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ Pasts Imperfect

Sun, Feb 20, 1983

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

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ Primetime

Sun, Mar 13, 1983

Gonzo's mother introduces him to her new boyfriend, a sportswriter his age. Gonzo is not happy about the situation.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ Blue Genes

Sun, Mar 20, 1983

Trapper fears an epidemic after the leader of a research project becomes mysteriously ill.

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ Friends in High Places

Sun, Mar 27, 1983

When Gonzo starts dating a high society woman she tries to convince set up his own private practice and into selling the "Titanic" to Jackpot.

22Season 4

S4.E22 ∙ South Side Story

Sun, Apr 3, 1983

Gonzo rescues a woman who was injured on some broken stairs inside a rundown apartment building. After he traces the ownership of said building to SFM, the board decides that the best solution is to tear down the building and build condos in its place.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ I Only Have Ice for You

Sun, Oct 2, 1983

A professional skater refuses treatment for a heart condition that could be fatal. Stanley and E.J. find out that they are going to be parents.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ ...And for Loyal and Devoted Service

Sun, Oct 9, 1983

The new acting board chairman tries to pressure Arnold Slocum into retirement only four months short of his pension.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ All About Everett

Sun, Oct 16, 1983

Trapper's contract is up for renewal, and a jealous surgeon is trying to discredit him and take over his position as Chief of Surgery.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ May Divorce Be with You

Sun, Oct 23, 1983

Trapper's ex-wife starts a self-help group for the wives of doctors, and ends up with one of them on her doorstep. Stanley and E.J. may lose their baby.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ What a Difference a Day Makes

Sun, Oct 30, 1983

Trapper gets called into the hospital on his birthday to deal with a possible epidemic. Stanley is finally able to track down the source of the problem, but that does not do much for John's mood, as everyone seems to have forgotten him.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ The Final Cut

Sun, Nov 6, 1983

Gonzo has been training three doctors for cardiac surgery. But he is told due to budget reasons, he has to cut one of them. So he sets out to do that by getting to know them personally.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Old Man Liver

Sun, Nov 13, 1983

A 119-year-old man, seemingly in good health, says that he has come to the hospital to die. He changes his mind after media attention makes him feel important again, but Trapper discovers an aortic aneurysm that may kill him after all.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ The Agony of D'Feet

Sun, Nov 20, 1983

As SFM fills with the casualties of the Bay City Marathon, E.J. Riverside goes into labour three weeks early. Stanley can't be found, because he has secretly decided to compete in the run.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ Mother Load

Sun, Nov 27, 1983

Andrea finds out who her real mother is, and wants to meet her. Trapper's concern over the emotional state of a Greek patient brings out the good Samaritan in Gonzo, who decides to contact the man's daughter in Greece.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ Fat Chance

Sun, Dec 4, 1983

Against his better judgement, Trapper agrees to staple the stomach of an obese woman. Gonzo goes to unusual lengths to save Andrea's dog.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ Supernurse

Sun, Dec 11, 1983

Everyone is happy for Gloria when she earns her accreditation in Advanced Cardiac Life Support Care, except one doctor. He does not believe nurses should be doing this kind of work, and tries to have Gloria fired.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ Special Delivery

Sun, Jan 1, 1984

A nurse/midwife who spreads herself too thin threatens her career and two lives, and may bring Gloria down with her. Gonzo sets up a homey "birthing centre" at the hospital.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ Play Your Hunch

Sun, Jan 8, 1984

Trapper's old friend, a former workaholic, turns up after years. Trapper is confused when he finds that the man has quit his job and seems intent on nothing but having fun. An E.S.P. clinic set up in the hospital seems to be bringing out unwanted talents in Ernie.

14Season 5

S5.E14 ∙ A Little Knife Music

Sun, Jan 15, 1984

When an eight-month-old baby is brought to the hospital with respiratory problems, x-rays show that the child is a dwarf.

15Season 5

S5.E15 ∙ Where There's a Will

Sun, Jan 29, 1984

A cancer patient who dies at the hospital leaves all his worldly wealth to Gonzo, who discovers that most of it was obtained illegally. Jackpot, Ernie and Gloria conspire to trick Stanley into taking his annual physical.

16Season 5

S5.E16 ∙ Send in the Clowns

Sun, Feb 12, 1984

An elderly woman comes to visit with her husband, who died a year previously. A pediatrician has difficulty dealing with a young boy who has cancer.

17Season 5

S5.E17 ∙ This Gland Is Your Gland

Sun, Mar 4, 1984

Gonzo is convinced that the paranoia of one of his patients has a physical cause. Slocum attempts to cut back on nursing costs by employing a robot nurse, who proves to be quite successful.

18Season 5

S5.E18 ∙ The Fred Connection

Sun, Mar 11, 1984

A patient at SFM who fancies himself a detective is determined to solve the mystery of missing medication, to the despair of the police working on the case.

19Season 5

S5.E19 ∙ The Jackpot Pays Off

Sun, Mar 18, 1984

For two years, Jackpot has allowed an elderly friend to believe that $10 a month is paying for full medical insurance but he runs into trouble when she becomes seriously ill and requires treatment that he cannot afford.

20Season 5

S5.E20 ∙ I Do, I Don't

Sun, Mar 25, 1984

Trapper questions Ernie's motives when she accepts a proposal from a long-time suitor only after she finds out that he is dying.

21Season 5

S5.E21 ∙ It's About Time

Sun, Apr 1, 1984

Trapper lets his imagination run wild when vintage medical equipment stored in his office makes him wonder how doctors in 1917 dealt with issues considered routine in the 1980s.

22Season 5

S5.E22 ∙ Aunt Mildred Is Watching

Sun, May 6, 1984

The doctors of San Francisco Memorial find themselves under the glare of a productivity analyst whose desire to get more work from staff leads her to bring back a doctor suspended for operating unnecessarily.

1Season 6

S6.E1 ∙ A Change of Heart

Sun, Sep 30, 1984

When a 12-year-old could be saved with a heart from a brain dead patient, Gonzo and Trapper John argue over the ethics of such a procedure.

2Season 6

S6.E2 ∙ My Son the Doctor

Sun, Oct 14, 1984

Fired from an internship, Trapper's son, J.T., joins the staff at San Francisco Memorial.

3Season 6

S6.E3 ∙ Moonlighting Becomes You

Sun, Oct 21, 1984

Slocum tries to put a stop to Jackpot's moonlighting. When the owner of a favored hang-out undergoes surgery, the staff cover her shifts to keep her business afloat until she recovers.

4Season 6

S6.E4 ∙ Eternally Yours

Sun, Oct 28, 1984

The staff are stymied by two suffering patients who have decided to cease treatment and let nature take its course.

5Season 6

S6.E5 ∙ School Nurse

Sun, Nov 4, 1984

A friend of Shoop's, a school nurse, is attacked. When the police appear to be doing nothing to find her attacker, she goes and takes over at the school to investigate.

6Season 6

S6.E6 ∙ Of Cats, Crashes and Creeps

Sun, Nov 18, 1984

A secret revealed by an anesthetized patient puts J.T. in an ethical quandary, trapped between his desire to do what he feels is morally right and the bounds of doctor/patient confidentiality.

7Season 6

S6.E7 ∙ A Fall to Grace

Sun, Nov 25, 1984

Crippled by Guillain-Barré syndrome, Trapper John worries his medical career may have come to an abrupt end.

8Season 6

S6.E8 ∙ Promises... Promises

Sun, Dec 9, 1984

A young resident is torn between his desire to accept a high-profile medical position and his sense of duty to return home to serve the community that put him through medical school.

9Season 6

S6.E9 ∙ Dark Side of the Loon

Sun, Dec 16, 1984

A young patient confounds doctors when he presents with traditional symptoms of vampirism.

10Season 6

S6.E10 ∙ Double Bubble

Sun, Dec 30, 1984

A 'bubble boy' needs a bone-marrow transplant to revitalize his immune system.

11Season 6

S6.E11 ∙ Long Ago and Far Away

Sun, Jan 6, 1985

When a nurse behaves erratically, Gonzo recognizes it as PTSD. He tries to help her but she refuses to admit that's what's wrong with her.

12Season 6

S6.E12 ∙ Muddle of the Knight

Sun, Jan 13, 1985

An aging singer learns that she's pregnant. Meanwhile, Trapper John looks to secure funding for a laser center at San Francisco Memorial.

13Season 6

S6.E13 ∙ Buckaroo Bob Rides Again

Sun, Jan 20, 1985

A former cowboy who's given up on life is fading fast, and it's up to Trapper John to reignite his desire to live.

14Season 6

S6.E14 ∙ Love Thy Neighbor

Sun, Feb 3, 1985

Gloria can't help falling for her landlord, even though he's forcing her to vacate her apartment.

15Season 6

S6.E15 ∙ So Little, Gone

Sun, Feb 17, 1985

A former hippie suffers a stillborn fetus. A kidnapper brazenly takes the Riversides' son right out of his stroller.

16Season 6

S6.E16 ∙ Bad Breaks

Sun, Feb 24, 1985

A four-year-old's X-rays indicate that he may be an abuse victim. Riverside doesn't want his wife to know that he was a past contributor at a sperm bank.

17Season 6

S6.E17 ∙ High Time

Sun, Mar 3, 1985

Gloria finds out Andrea's issues are drug-related. Meanwhile, a homeless woman has been stealing supplies from the hospital.

18Season 6

S6.E18 ∙ The Unholy Ghost

Sun, Mar 10, 1985

A surgeon dies during a complicated operation. The procedure he used was known only to him. Unless his notes can be found, the patient will die. After seeing the ghost of the deceased doctor, Gonzo frantically tries to locate the notes.

19Season 6

S6.E19 ∙ A False Start

Sun, Mar 17, 1985

Performance-enhancing drugs take a serious toll on two athletes. Meanwhile, a pair of birdwatchers take their hobby to the extreme.

20Season 6

S6.E20 ∙ In the Eyes of the Beholder

Sun, Mar 24, 1985

Four witnesses give four very different accounts of what happened when an accident victim died at San Francisco Memorial.

21Season 6

S6.E21 ∙ All the King's Horses...

Sun, Mar 31, 1985

Trapper runs afoul of a bombastic television reporter when he desperately attempts to revive his seven-year-old niece.

22Season 6

S6.E22 ∙ Go for Broker

Sun, Apr 21, 1985

One of the hospital's doctors brings a mail order bride from the Philippines.

23Season 6

S6.E23 ∙ All of Me

Sun, May 5, 1985

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

1Season 7

S7.E1 ∙ Game of Hearts: Part 1

Sun, Oct 6, 1985

Gonzo's love life may prevent him from taking part in Trapper John's first implant of an artificial heart.

2Season 7

S7.E2 ∙ Game of Hearts: Part 2

Sun, Oct 13, 1985

Trapper John fights exhaustion and his patient's destabilized condition following the artificial heart implant. Meanwhile, Gonzo seeks to assure Fran that his feelings for her aren't out of pity.

3Season 7

S7.E3 ∙ Hot Shot

Sun, Oct 20, 1985

Trapper John and Gonzo's push to get a gung-ho new doctor on staff at San Francisco Memorial may be derailed by a skeleton in his closet.

4Season 7

S7.E4 ∙ Just Around the Coroner

Sun, Oct 27, 1985

Trapper John thinks that the coroner is stalling in investigating the death of one of his patients.

5Season 7

S7.E5 ∙ Friends and Lovers

Sun, Nov 3, 1985

Libby is crushed to discover an old boyfriend is both homosexual and suffering from AIDS.

6Season 7

S7.E6 ∙ The Wunderkind

Sun, Nov 10, 1985

A female Nazi hunter thinks that one of the hospital's surgeons who is a friend of Trapper is a Nazi.

7Season 7

S7.E7 ∙ A Wheel in a Wheel

Sun, Dec 1, 1985

A nurse who was paralyzed in an accident returns to work without letting anyone know she is now in a wheelchair. Meanwhile, Jackpot considers becoming a professional musician.

8Season 7

S7.E8 ∙ The Second Best Man

Sun, Dec 15, 1985

Melanie's about to get married. But she's getting anonymous love notes. She assumes it's Trapper but it's not.

9Season 7

S7.E9 ∙ Billboard Barney

Sun, Dec 29, 1985

When a young boy is poisoned by toxic waste, his father climbs a billboard to protest the company who did the dumping and won't come down. Meanwhile, Gonzo and Fran get engaged.

10Season 7

S7.E10 ∙ Going, Going, Gonzo

Sun, Jan 5, 1986

Following a stroke, Gonzo is forced to re-evaluate his career as a surgeon.

11Season 7

S7.E11 ∙ Heart and Seoul

Tue, Jan 28, 1986

A Korean refugee is in desperate need for a kidney from his brother back home and Trapper is sent to Korea to set up the surgery. At the hospital, he soon meets the woman he fell in love with 30 years ago and wanted to bring back to America with him.

12Season 7

S7.E12 ∙ Life, Death and Dr. Christmas

Tue, Feb 18, 1986

Neurosurgeon and recent new father Jake Christmas is angry and scared because of his wife's sudden death in a car accident and begins lashing out at Trapper and J.T.

13Season 7

S7.E13 ∙ Judgement Day

Tue, Mar 4, 1986

When a doctor who is a friend of Jackpot's is dying and she appears to have given up any hope and wants to die. She goes to court asking that she be allowed to die. And the judge presiding over the case is Jackpot's estranged father.

14Season 7

S7.E14 ∙ Fall of the Wild

Tue, Mar 11, 1986

J.T. finds a boy who is suffering from malnutrition living in a dumpster and brings him to San Francisco Memoral for care. His mother arrives to claim him but seems to be in the same strange condition that he is: very violent and without language.

15Season 7

S7.E15 ∙ The Curmudgeon

Tue, Mar 18, 1986

The doctor who left Nurse Andrews at the altar 38 years ago becomes one of her patients for rehab following his heart attack and has never stopped loving her.

16Season 7

S7.E16 ∙ Self-Diagnosis

Thu, Aug 14, 1986

An intern is scared that she may have cancer, but even more afraid of entering the hospital and losing her internship.

17Season 7

S7.E17 ∙ Research and Destroy

Thu, Aug 21, 1986

The hospital is besieged by protesters. They appear to be targeting a particular doctor who performed dangerous and unauthorized experiments in the past.

18Season 7

S7.E18 ∙ Strange Bedfellows

Thu, Aug 28, 1986

Stanley is greatly impressed that Jesus has gotten a job as an orderly. However, soon the teen is admitted for stomach pains and it turns out that the cause is the drug-filled balloons he swallowed. Meanwhile, J.T. is elected the intern representative to the hospital board, and discovers that there is more involved than free donuts.

19Season 7

S7.E19 ∙ Elusive Butterfly

Thu, Sep 4, 1986

After J.T. begins taking care of a well-known rock singer with melanoma, he realizes the man is different than he expected him to be. Meanwhile, Jackpot wins a lottery, but cannot find the ticket to claim the prize.