Trapper John, M.D.
This series brought the character of "Trapper John" from M*A*S*H in as the Chief of Surgery at San Francisco Memorial Hospital. Joining him on the surgical staff was a brilliant young surgeon, G. Alonzo "Gonzo" Gates, who had also served in a MASH unit - in Vietnam. The show covered standard medical stories, but it also took chances with such subjects as AIDS, the Epstein-Barr Virus, and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome.
- 1979-1986
- 7 seasons
- 20th Television
- Drama
This series brought the character of "Trapper John" from M*A*S*H in as the Chief of Surgery at San Francisco Memorial Hospital. Joining him on the surgical staff was a brilliant young surgeon, G. Alonzo "Gonzo" Gates, who had also served in a MASH unit - in Vietnam. The show covered standard medical stories, but it also took chances with such subjects as AIDS, the Epstein-Barr Virus, and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome.
Season 7 Episode Guide
19 Episodes 1985 - 1986
Episode 1
Game of Hearts: Part 1
Sun, Oct 6, 1985 60 mins
Gonzo's love life may prevent him from taking part in Trapper John's first implant of an artificial heart.
Episode 2
Game of Hearts: Part 2
Sun, Oct 13, 1985 60 mins
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.
Episode 3
Hot Shot
Sun, Oct 20, 1985 60 mins
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.
Episode 4
Just Around the Coroner
Sun, Oct 27, 1985 60 mins
Trapper John thinks that the coroner is stalling in investigating the death of one of his patients.
Episode 5
Friends and Lovers
Sun, Nov 3, 1985 60 mins
Libby is crushed to discover an old boyfriend is both homosexual and suffering from AIDS.
Episode 6
The Wunderkind
Sun, Nov 10, 1985 60 mins
A female Nazi hunter thinks that one of the hospital's surgeons who is a friend of Trapper is a Nazi.
Episode 7
A Wheel in a Wheel
Sun, Dec 1, 1985 60 mins
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.
Episode 8
The Second Best Man
Sun, Dec 15, 1985 60 mins
Melanie is about to marry a very serious politician but suddenly begins receiving gifts from a secret admirer. Also, a teenage gang member is admitted to SFM after a fight claiming to be named Jesus Riverside and that he is Stanley's brother.
Episode 9
Billboard Barney
Sun, Dec 29, 1985 60 mins
A Little League outfielder chasing a fly ball gets a whiff of what's beyond the fence -- and collapses. He's been poisoned by a chemical spill from a pipeline just beyond the fence which is carrying illegal toxic chemicals. The boy's father chains himself to a company billboard to get attention to the company's policies.
Episode 10
Going, Going, Gonzo
Sun, Jan 5, 1986 60 mins
Gonzo suffers a major stroke while walking in a hospital corridor. He lives, but his mobility, speech and cognitive skills are severely impaired. His bride Fran (who has multiple sclerosis) and his group at the hospital try to help him rehabilitate and succeed to a degree, but he goes on a permanent vacation to try to see what he wants to do if he can no longer operate.
Episode 11
Heart and Seoul
Tue, Jan 28, 1986 60 mins
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.
Episode 12
Life, Death and Dr. Christmas
Tue, Feb 18, 1986 60 mins
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.
Episode 13
Judgement Day
Tue, Mar 4, 1986 60 mins
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.
Episode 14
Fall of the Wild
Tue, Mar 11, 1986 60 mins
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.
Episode 15
The Curmudgeon
Tue, Mar 18, 1986 60 mins
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.
Episode 16
Self-Diagnosis
Thu, Aug 14, 1986 60 mins
An intern is scared that she may have cancer, but even more afraid of entering the hospital and losing her internship.
Episode 17
Research and Destroy
Thu, Aug 21, 1986 60 mins
The hospital is besieged by protesters. They appear to be targeting a particular doctor who performed dangerous and unauthorized experiments in the past.
Episode 18
Strange Bedfellows
Thu, Aug 28, 1986 60 mins
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.
Episode 19
Elusive Butterfly
Thu, Sep 4, 1986 60 mins
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.