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Trapper John, M.D. Season 6 Episodes

23 Episodes 1984 - 1985

Episode 1

A Change of Heart

Sun, Sep 30, 198460 mins

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.

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Episode 2

My Son the Doctor

Sun, Oct 14, 198460 mins

When Trapper's son J.T. a recent medical school graduate who's a bit of a delinquent gets in trouble which causes him to lose the job he was hoping to get. So Trapper reluctantly gives him a job at the hospital and he continues to act immature.

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Episode 3

Moonlighting Becomes You

Sun, Oct 21, 198460 mins

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.

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Episode 4

Eternally Yours

Sun, Oct 28, 198460 mins

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

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Episode 5

School Nurse

Sun, Nov 4, 198460 mins

When a friend of Shoop's a nurse at a public school is attacked and when the police tell her no one is willing to come forward to say who her attacker is. She goes and fills in for her friend so that she could find the attacker. And the detective assigned to the case is telling her to be careful. And eventually her work at the hospital starts to suffer.

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Episode 6

Of Cats, Crashes and Creeps

Sun, Nov 18, 198460 mins

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.

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Episode 7

A Fall to Grace

Sun, Nov 25, 198460 mins

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

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Episode 8

Promises... Promises

Sun, Dec 9, 198460 mins

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.

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Episode 9

Dark Side of the Loon

Sun, Dec 16, 198460 mins

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

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Episode 10

Double Bubble

Sun, Dec 30, 198460 mins

A young boy is brought to the hospital, needing a transplant from a close relative. They discover that his father is a reclusive millionaire. J.T. calls his office and is taken to his home where he tries to implore the man to help his son.

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Episode 11

Long Ago and Far Away

Sun, Jan 6, 198560 mins

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.

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Episode 12

Muddle of the Knight

Sun, Jan 13, 198560 mins

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

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Episode 13

Buckaroo Bob Rides Again

Sun, Jan 20, 198560 mins

An actor who played a popular character on television is brought to the hospital and everybody id pleased to see him. Later he's informed by the company that owns the rights to the character he played is telling him to cease appearing as him. Also his old co-star who's now a successful businessman who didn't like being the butt of the joke comes to see him and tells him he's glad that when the show was canceled. And the man is left with nothing.

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Episode 14

Love Thy Neighbor

Sun, Feb 3, 198560 mins

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

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Episode 15

So Little, Gone

Sun, Feb 17, 198560 mins

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

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Episode 16

Bad Breaks

Sun, Feb 24, 198560 mins

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.

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Episode 17

High Time

Sun, Mar 3, 198560 mins

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

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Episode 18

The Unholy Ghost

Sun, Mar 10, 198560 mins

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.

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Episode 19

A False Start

Sun, Mar 17, 198560 mins

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

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Episode 20

In the Eyes of the Beholder

Sun, Mar 24, 198560 mins

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

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Episode 21

All the King's Horses...

Sun, Mar 31, 198560 mins

Trapper and J.T. go to Tahoe for a little R and R. While there, a girl falls into a frozen lake and J.T. saves her. She is brought to the hospital, but she's in a coma. Her uncle, a very outspoken TV personality, is upset that they either are responsible for his niece's condition or are not doing all they can. So he goes on his show attacking them.

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Episode 22

Go for Broker

Sun, Apr 21, 198560 mins

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

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Episode 23

All of Me

Sun, May 5, 198560 mins

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

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