China Beach

Name: China Beach
Genre: Drama, War & Politics
Released: 1988-04-26
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Dana Delany, Marg Helgenberger, Michael Boatman, Troy Evans, Nancy Giles

“Reflections of the way life used to be.”

★ 7.5 /10 (35) • 1988–1991

Drama War & Politics

Creator John Wells, John Sacret Young

At a U.S. military evacuation hospital and recreation facility on the South China Sea during the Vietnam War, Army nurse Colleen McMurphy patches up the wounded while civilians, soldiers and Red Cross volunteers pass through the base known as China Beach. Created by William Broyles Jr. and John Sacret Young, the series ran four seasons on ABC from 1988 to 1991, telling the war largely through women's eyes, a rarity then and since. Dana Delany won two Emmys as McMurphy, and the final season flashes forward to the veterans' uneasy lives back home.

Seasons

Episodes

Country

United States of America

Status

Ended

Cast

Dana Delany

Colleen McMurphy · 64 eps

Marg Helgenberger

KC Koloski · 64 eps

Robert Picardo

Dick Richard · 64 eps

Concetta Tomei

Lila Garreau · 64 eps

Michael Boatman

Samuel Beckett · 64 eps

Brian Wimmer

Boonie Lanier · 64 eps

Jeff Kober

Dodger Winslow · 60 eps

Nancy Giles

Frankie Bunsen · 56 eps

Troy Evans

Bob Pepper · 39 eps

Nan Woods

Cherry White · 25 eps

Ned Vaughn

Jeff Hyers · 23 eps

Ricki Lake

Holly Pelegrino · 22 eps

Megan Gallagher

Wayloo Marie Holmes · 17 eps

Tim Ryan

Natch Austen · 10 eps

Derek de Lint

Dr. Gerard Bernard · 9 eps

Chloe Webb

Laurette Barber · 8 eps

Tom Sizemore

Sgt. Vinnie Ventresca, the Dog Man · 6 eps

Colleen Flynn

· 4 eps

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Episode Guide

China Beach (1)

26 Abr 198854 min★ 10.0

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 pressure from pilot Natch Austin. USO singers Georgia Lee and Laurette Barber arrive to entertain the troops in the base's new R&R center. Brand new Red Cross volunteer Cherry White also arrives, determined to find her brother, a marine no one can locate.

China Beach (2)

26 Abr 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 with and Laurette as a USO back up singer who gets promoted to lead when the lead singer can't cope with the war.

Home

27 Abr 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 brought into the hospital for treatment.

Hot Spell

04 May 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 confidences as they wait out a mortar attack together.

Somewhere Over the Radio

11 May 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 a rescue mission. Dr. Richard is injured just before he's scheduled to leave for R&R in Hawaii with Beth Ann.

Waiting for Beckett

18 May 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 some sleep.

Brothers

01 Jun 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 in his GRU. Dr. Richard returns from R&R in Hawaii disillusioned by the perceived changes in his wife. Dodger finally finds Rick, Cherry's long-lost brother.

Chao Ong

08 Jun 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.