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Trapper John, M.D. Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1979 - 1980
Episode 1
Pilot
Sun, Sep 23, 197960 mins
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.
Episode 2
Flashback
Sun, Sep 30, 197960 mins
Trapper and Gonzo deal with a deranged Vietnam vet, while Stanley tries to save on taxes by incorporating himself.
Episode 3
Deadly Exposure
Sun, Oct 7, 197960 mins
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.
Episode 4
Love Is a Three-Way Street
Sun, Oct 21, 197960 mins
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".
Episode 5
The Shattered Image
Sun, Oct 28, 197960 mins
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.
Episode 6
What Are Friends For?
Sun, Nov 11, 197960 mins
A medic who once saved Gonzo's life in Vietnam now wants his friend's help in a fraudulent medical claim.
Episode 7
One for My Baby
Sun, Nov 18, 197960 mins
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.
Episode 8
Taxi in the Rain
Sun, Dec 2, 197960 mins
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.
Episode 9
Licensed to Kill
Sun, Dec 9, 197960 mins
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.
Episode 10
The Surrogate
Sun, Dec 23, 197960 mins
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.
Episode 11
Whose Little Hero Are You?
Sun, Dec 30, 197960 mins
A brilliant improvisation saves the life of a hit-and-run victim, but causes problems for Trapper and Riverside.
Episode 12
Boom!
Sun, Jan 6, 198060 mins
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.
Episode 13
Have You Hugged Your Nurse Today?
Sun, Jan 13, 198060 mins
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.
Episode 14
Missionary's Downfall
Sun, Jan 27, 198060 mins
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.
Episode 15
Warning: I May Be Hazardous to Your Health
Sun, Feb 3, 198060 mins
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.
Episode 16
'Til Life Do Us Part
Sun, Feb 10, 198060 mins
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.
Episode 17
If You Can't Stand the Heat
Sun, Feb 17, 198060 mins
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.
Episode 18
Strike!
Sun, Feb 24, 198060 mins
A possible nurse's strike threatens the hospital as well as Gonzo's love life.
Episode 19
It's a Wise Surgeon
Sun, Mar 2, 198060 mins
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.
Episode 20
Short Odds
Sun, Mar 9, 198060 mins
Gonzo tries to date a new surgeon who suffers a loss of confidence after her first patient dies.
Episode 21
Quarantine
Sun, Mar 23, 198060 mins
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.
Episode 22
Hot Line
Sun, Mar 30, 198060 mins
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.
