Trapper John, M.D.

1. Girl Under Glass (a.k.a.) The Sex Act (1)

Air Date: 1980-11-23

Gonzo takes a leave from the hospital to supervise a very rich young woman with a rare medical condition, and is charged with sexual misconduct when he rejects her advances. Trapper looks for a new scrub nurse to replace Starch.

2. Girl Under Glass (a.k.a.) The Sex Act (2)

Air Date: 1980-11-30

The mother of a little girl who needs heart surgery refuses to let Gonzo operate because of sexual misconduct charges pending against him. Ernie agrees to take the job as Trapper's scrub nurse.

3. Slim Chance

Air Date: 1980-12-07

When an old friend of Gonzo's is checked into the hospital forty pounds slimmer but suffering from an overuse of amphetamines and diuretics, he looks for evidence that a famous ""diet doctor"" is responsible.

4. Call Me Irresponsible

Air Date: 1980-12-21

Stan is accused of malpractice after a woman has a severe allergic reaction, apparently to medication administered by him.

5. Creepy Time Gal

Air Date: 1981-01-04

Gonzo tries to heal a student who appears to be the victim of a curse. The staff at the hospital prepare for a costume ball.

6. Straight and Narrow

Air Date: 1981-01-11

The near-fatal shooting of a gay cop at a gay demonstration leaves an important question - was the gunman a demonstrator, or a police officer?

7. Earthquake

Air Date: 1981-01-18

Following an earthquake the hospital has to be evacuated, Trapper is pinned in a basement with an injured woman and Gonzo is picked up for looting.

8. The Pagoda Cure

Air Date: 1981-01-25

When a Vietnamese woman is operated on, very skillfully, without a consent form, the staff tries to find out the identity of the mystery surgeon.

9. Have I Got a Girl For You

Air Date: 1981-02-01

A young student nurse, who is the daughter of a friend of Trapper's, is making a serious play for the Chief of Surgery.

10. Who's the Lucky Father?

Air Date: 1981-02-15

A professional con artist is admitted to SFM, where he is outconned by Trapper and Gonzo, with help from his romantic interest.

11. A Family Affair

Air Date: 1981-02-22

Trapper's busy hospital schedule becomes even more hectic when family problems crowd in. Melanie arrives to inform him the their daughter Kim is planning to drop out of school.

12. Finders Keepers

Air Date: 1981-03-08

A young girl who has been in the care of a street gang is admitted after being hit by a car, but appears to have had pre-existing problems. Gloria hides some kittens in the office of Dr. Riverside, who happens to be very allergic.

13. Days of Wine and Leo

Air Date: 1981-03-15

Leo, Trapper's good friend from his days in Korea, comes to visit. Trapper offers him a job as Diagnostician. The fact that he is a double amputee could be a problem for the board of San Francisco Memorial Hospital.

14. A Case of the Crazies

Air Date: 1981-03-29

Gonzo talks Wendy from Personnel into taking the teaching job at the new Day Care Centre at San Francisco Memorial Hospital. She is unsure about her new role. An accident in the class room brings with it the news that she has spent time in a mental hospital. Meanwhile Trapper John is trying to savage his relationship with Ingrid.

15. Second Sight

Air Date: 1981-04-05

Jackpot convinces his friend, Sheila, to undergo radical surgery to return her eyesight. When things go wrong he becomes riddled with guilt almost costing him his Medical Board Exam. Meanwhile Trapper John has just hired a housekeeper who thinks he's a 'soft touch'.

16. King of the Road

Air Date: 1981-05-03

Hub Wendover arrives at San Francisco Memorial Hospital for treatment for his leg and to be close to his son, Gonzo. Trapper operates on Hub finding his body riddled with cancer. Gonzo and Hub have some issues to deal with. Gonzo can't help but love the Father that supposedly walked out when he was four years old.

17. The Albatross

Air Date: 1981-05-10

Gonzo accidentally runs down a homeless deaf girl. Trapper has to contend with Dr. Wang from Red China. Both share a history in North and South Korea.

18. Brain Child

Air Date: 1981-05-17

Seventeen year old Dr Schweitzer, is a new Intern at SFMH. He takes his work very seriously, pushing himself to the limit. Trapper tries to help him remember hat there is more to medicine than science and books.

1. Don't Rain on My Charade

Air Date: 1982-09-26

When Melanie's mother comes for a surprise visit, Trapper learns that Melanie has kept their divorce a secret from her for the last six years. Gonzo suggests that a doctor should work as a nurse for a week to get a better idea of the problems they are having, and he gets volunteered for the job.

2. Truth and Consequences (1)

Air Date: 1982-10-03

3. Truth and Consequences (2)

Air Date: 1982-10-10

4. Three on a Mismatch

Air Date: 1982-10-17

Trapper falls for a hospital scrubwoman Slocum falls for a patient.

5. The Object of My Affliction

Air Date: 1982-10-24

Jackpot recommends surgery for a man who suffers from Munchhausen's disease, a psychological disorder which leads him to fake symptoms.

6. You Pays Your Money

Air Date: 1982-10-31

A miserly industrialist with an obsession for anonymity badgers the hospital staff.

7. The Ransom

Air Date: 1982-11-07

A bitter former hospital employee takes Riverside hostage and demands $1 million ransom.

8. Thanks for Giving

Air Date: 1982-11-21

On a foggy Thanksgiving, Slocum hits Trapper with his car. As John fights for his life, staff members recall (in flashbacks) reasons they have to be thankful for his friendship and help.

9. The Good Life

Air Date: 1982-11-28

Doctor Albright dies from a heart attack. Gonzo and Shoop send Trapper on vacation to Geneva Springs. While Trapper substitutes for a small-town doctor, Riverside is fired and a former patient of Trapper's needs heart surgery.

10. Getting to Know You

Air Date: 1982-12-12

Talented neurosurgeon Russ Brandis enduring a deadly disease and fits of rage he shows are due to the drugs he must take. The surgeon's personal problems are uncovered as Riverside and Gonzo try to recruit him for the hospital staff.

11. Russians and Ruses

Air Date: 1982-12-19

A Soviet diplomat is admitted with pain from a liver tumor.

12. Life, Death and Vinnie Duncan

Air Date: 1983-01-02

Vinnie Duncan, Gonzo's good friend, leads a fund campaign for rare-disease drugs.

13. Baby on the Line

Air Date: 1983-01-09

A baby admitted to the hospital for a urinary tract infection turns out to be a hermaphrodite, sparking a battle between the parents over which sex it should be.

14. It Only Hurts When I Love

Air Date: 1983-01-16

When Gloria Brancusi learns that Andrea, the orphan girl, has come back to the hospital as a patient her first reaction is to run away. Gloria has second thoughts after deciding to adopt the troubled orphan.

15. Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow

Air Date: 1983-01-23

An emotionally troubled musician is released much too early from the hospital. Nurse Shoop suffers a hearing loss.

16. Forget Me Not

Air Date: 1983-01-30

A brilliant surgeon begins suffering from bouts of forgetful and disoriented behavior.

17. The Spy Who Bugged Me

Air Date: 1983-02-13

Gonzo's professional confidence and bedside manner are affected by a malpractice lawsuit, after a young patient asserts he has begun to feel worse from an emergency operation made him. A patient is mistaken for a hospital inspector.

18. Pasts Imperfect (a.k.a.) Past Imperfect

Air Date: 1983-02-20

A woman from Riverside's past is obsessed with him.

19. Blue Genes

Air Date: 1983-03-13

Trapper fears an epidemic after the leader of a research project becomes mysteriously ill.

20. Primetime

Air Date: 1983-03-20

Gonzo's mother introduces him to her new boyfriend, a sportswriter his age. Gonzo is not happy about the situation.

21. Friends in High Places

Air Date: 1983-03-27

Gonzo starts dating a high society woman who tries to convince him to leave the hospital and set up a private practice. She also talks him into selling the Titanic to Jackpot.

22. South Side Story

Air Date: 1983-04-03

Gonzo runs out of gas in front of a decrepit apartment building where a woman has been injured on the broken stairs. When he traces ownership to SFM and brings it to the board, they agree to do something - tear down the building and put up condos.