

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.
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- Ep 1
1.Trapper John, M.D.
5.523-09-197960mTwenty-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...
- Ep 2
2.Flashback
30-09-197960mTrapper and Gonzo deal with a deranged Vietnam vet, while Stanley tries to save on taxes by incorporating himself.
- Ep 3
3.Deadly Exposure
07-10-197960mWhen 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...
- Ep 4
4.Love is a Three-Way Street
21-10-197960mA persistent swain of his ex-wife, Melanie, causes both professional and romantic turmoil for Trapper. Stanley is determined to get rid of the ""Titanic"".
- Ep 5
5.The Shattered Image
28-10-197960mA 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.
- Ep 6
6.What Are Friends For?
11-11-197960mA medic who once saved Gonzo's life in Vietnam now wants his friend's help in a fraudulent medical claim.
- Ep 7
7.One For My Baby
18-11-197960mA 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.
- Ep 8
8.Taxi in the Rain
02-12-197960mA 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 ope...
- Ep 9
9.Licensed to Kill
09-12-197960mA 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.
- Ep 10
10.The Surrogate
23-12-197960mAn 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.
- Ep 11
11.Whose Little Hero Are You?
30-12-197960mA brilliant improvisation saves a life but causes problems for Trapper and Riverside.
- Ep 12
12.Boom
06-01-198060mThere 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 sav...
- Ep 13
13.Have You Hugged Your Nurse Today?
13-01-198060mGloria 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.
- Ep 14
14.Missionary's Downfall
27-01-198060mA 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 me...
- Ep 15
15.Warning: I May Be Hazardous to Your Health
03-02-198060mStanley 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 sleaz...
- Ep 16
16.'Till Life Us Do Part
10-02-198060mA 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...
- Ep 17
17.If You Can't Stand the Heat
17-02-198060mAt 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 emergenc...
- Ep 18
18.Strike
24-02-198060mA strike by the nurses at San Francisco Memorial is a threat to patient care and Gonzo's sex life.
- Ep 19
19.It's a Wise Surgeon
02-03-198060mA 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.
- Ep 20
20.Short Odds
09-03-198060mA 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.
- Ep 21
21.Quarantine
23-03-198060mWhen 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,...
- Ep 22
22.Hot Line
30-03-198060mThe 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.
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