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China Beach: Season 3 (1989)
IMDb Rating 8.2
Actor Crew
Producer Fred Gerber; Mimi Leder
Cinematography Richard Thorpe; Francis Grumman
Musician Nathan Wang; Shirley Walker
Plot
Welcome to China Beach. Part EVAC hospital, part USO entertainment center—this outpost of craziness and compassion introduces us to the Vietnam War through the eyes of the women who served there.Created by William Broyles, Jr., and Executive Producer John Sacret Young, the series captures an extraordinary group of characters in this unique, exotic place where so many things came together—horror and laughter, heroism and sacrifice, and unforgettable and iconic music.Season 3 explores the most unlikely relationship between nurse Colleen McMurphy (Dana Delany) and "entrepreneur" K.C. Kolowski (Marg Helgenberger). These most opposite women forge a comradeship through the year, starting in the first episode, "The Unquiet Earth," when both are held hostage in the notorious tunnels in Vietnam.The season also introduces Holly Pelegrino (Ricki Lake); brings a wonderful excursion into magical realism in "Skylark," featuring Ruby Dee; takes Dodger (Jeff Kober) home; and jumps back in "F.N.G." to when new "guys" Dr. Richard (Robert Picardo) and McMurphy first arrive in country, and freshly wounded soldier Boonie Lanier (Brian Wimmer) encounters K.C.
Movie Details
Genre Television; Drama; War
Studio
Warner Bros. Television
Sacret
Series China Beach
Movie Release Date 1989
Country   USA
Language English
Audience Rating NR
Running Time 1087
Color Color
Episodes Features
Disc 1:
Features Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Making Of...
Episode Commentary by series co-creator and executive producer John Sacret Young, story editor Carol Flint, executive script consultant Lydia Woodward, & Dana Delany. Recorded 11/2033 Episode Commentary by series co-creator and executive producer John Sacret Young & Robert Picardo. Recorded 02/2013 Interviews: Dana Delany Nancy Giles John Wells Season 3 Gag Reel
Episode 1 The Unquiet Earth
McMurphy and K.C. are kidnapped by the Viet Cong and taken underground into a warren of tunnels, where their captors expect McMurphy to operate on their wounded leader.
Episode 2 Skin Deep
McMurphy uses a little guilt and a little blackmail to get a reluctant K.C. to visit a wounded soldier whose face has been badly disfigured. Holly, the new doughnut dolly, challenges the nurses on behalf of the Red Cross Volunteers to compete in a Miss China Beach beauty pageant. Frankie is assigned to the motor pool and runs into Sarge Pepper, who's not very eager to have her there.
Episode 3 Dear China Beach
Dodger is left with an Amerasian baby that is supposedly his son; McMurphy makes a poor patient when she comes down with dysentery; and Holly badgers everyone into answering the letters sent by seventh-graders from Colorado.
Episode 4 Who's Happy Now?
Dr. Richard worries over a craniotomy that has permanently altered a patient's mental capacity; Lila faces an inspection that will determine if she gets a key promotion; Sarge Pepper asks for some advice about courting Lila and K.C. finds herself in a very awkward position when a senior officer goes AWOL on her permanently.
Episode 5 Independence Day
China Beach celebrates a soggy Independence Day with Boonie and Holly trying to keep everyone's spirits up, McMurphy dealing with a love struck private as she tries to sort out her feelings for Dr. Bernard, Lila and the Sarge discussing the future and Beckett and K.C. quarreling over registering the dead to vote.
Episode 6 Ghosts
K.C. avoids dealing with unpleasant memories of her father stirred up by a trunk of his belongings; Dr. Richard faces his ex-wife's remarriage with a ""black wedding""; Beckett ends his relationship with Mai; and McMurphy learns more about Dr. Bernard's life.
Episode 7 With a Little Help From My Friends
Holly is shaken when it appears that Hang is connected to the VC and has been using their friendship to gain information; Frankie is seriously injured by a booby trap; and McMurphy aids Dr. Bernard at a civilian clinic.
Episode 8 China Men
Dodger and Hyers square off after a battlefield incident; McMurphy spends an uncomfortable evening with Dr. Bernard's sophisticated civilian friends; and Boonie gets a surprise from the sexy Asian singer all the men in camp are longing for.
Episode 9 How to Stay Alive in Vietnam (1)
Beckett and a civilian photographer temporarily join Dodger's patrol; McMurphy gets to know a wounded POW.
Episode 10 How to Stay Alive in Vietnam (2)
The wounded Cambodian POW befriended by McMurphy is taken away by the South Vietnamese for interrogation as the photographer Cat pursues the story of his defection and a new commander arrives to take over the base, leaving Lila and K.C. unsure of their positions.
Episode 11 Magic
McMurphy finds herself caught up in a triangle affair with Dr. Bernard and Vinnie; Holly tells Boonie how she feels about him; and Lila copes with the disappointment of losing command of China Beach to Otis.
Episode 12 Nightfall
K.C. feels responsible for the death of a Vietnamese prostitute she sent out and takes things into her own hands when Otis refuses to investigate the matter.
Episode 13 Souvenirs
Dodger reaches the limit of his endurance and decides to leave Vietnam and faces a mountain of paperwork as he tries to get permission to take his Amerasian son home with him.
Episode 14 Holly's Choice
Holly has had an abortion and as her friends at China Beach try to deal with it, the circumstances that led up to it are gradually revealed.
Episode 15 A Rumor of Peace
China Beach reacts to the rumors of peace floated by Beckett and Frankie during their pirate radio broadcast.
Episode 16 Warriors
McMurphy is in an emotional and ethical turmoil when she delivers Vinnie's buddy from death but he falls into a terminal coma; and Frankie finds herself in charge of a squad of grizzled grunts.
Episode 17 The Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Dodger tries to reintegrate his life as a civilian but finds himself drifting as he tries to make sense of his experiences in Vietnam.
Episode 18 Skylark
A pair of ballroom dancers bring a note of grace and harmony to the uneasy relationship between McMurphy and Dr. Richard while completing a mysterious mission of their own.
Episode 19 Phoenix
K.C. finds herself in the middle of a C.I.A. assassination plot, and dependent on McMurphy to vouch for her innocence.
Episode 20 F.N.G.
In November 1966, fairly new guys Colleen McMurphy and Dr. Richard find themselves learning the ropes when they arrive at China Beach.
Episode 21 The Gift
McMurphy finds herself under suspicion when a wounded G.I. she doesn't remember names her as his beneficiary. Lila has mixed feelings about an old friend who now outranks her and has arrived at China Beach to do a recruiting film about Army nurses.
Episode 22 Strange Brew
With everyone else away for a distant USO show, K.C. and McMurphy indulge in an alcoholic binge that takes them to a dreamy landscape where a Native American guide tries to help them heal past and present wounds.
Edition Details
Region
1
Screen Ratio 1.33
Format DVD
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
Barcode 610583451498
Release Date 4/15/2013
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital
Commentary Dolby Digital
No. of Discs/Tapes 6
Personal Details
Seen It No
Index 1840
Collection Status In Collection
Purchase Date 6/13/2014
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