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China Beach: Season 1

8 episodes Premiered Apr 26, 1988 Updated Jul 21, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

China Beach (1)

Apr 26, 1988 · 54 min

It's November 1967 and nurse Colleen McMurphy faces the last week of her tour of duty in Vietnam, dealing as usual with the dying boys, primitive conditions, and the sexual pressur

S1·E2

China Beach (2)

Apr 26, 1988

McMurphy decides that she can't leave China Beach even though she is eligible to go home. Cherry and Laurette arrive- Cherry to look for her brother whom her family lost contact wi

S1·E3

Home

Apr 27, 1988

Laurette auditions local entertainers to fill in the act and McMurphy struggles to overcome her feelings when a Viet Cong woman who was responsible for blowing up a friend is broug

S1·E4

Hot Spell

May 4, 1988

KC agrees to ask about Cherry's brother as she sets up a deal to buy an antique vase. Laurette prepares to perform for visiting brass. Lila, KC, Laurette, McMurphy and Cherry share

S1·E5

Somewhere Over the Radio

May 11, 1988

Lila, Cherry and Laurette find themselves pinned down with a combat squad whose leader is not dealing with reality. Back at China Beach, KC and a frightened Boonie prepare to mount

S1·E6

Waiting for Beckett

May 18, 1988

Cherry is taken in by a deserter who claims to know her brother, and who is pursued by a determined office from the CID. Laurette and Boonie try to help a stressed out Beckett get

S1·E7

Brothers

Jun 1, 1988

Laurette faces an important audition with laryngitis. Beckett battles the pressure of racial prejudice and financial coercion when he discovers someone has been using the body bags

S1·E8

Chao Ong

Jun 8, 1988

Despite distractions, McMurphy and Natch finally get together. Laurette gets a chance to join another, bigger USO tour. McMurphy gets blamed for a body that disappears on her shift