China Beach Season 4

China Beach Season 4 has built a real following on among viewers who want their action grounded in something real. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. With 34 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Dana Delany is the obvious draw, but the supporting cast gives the action its context. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

There is a reason China Beach Season 4 keeps coming up in conversation. China Beach Season 4 moves fast and earns its action sequences rather than just delivering them. Season 4 of China Beach includes 17 episodes. It aired from September 1990 to July 1991. This season stars Dana Delany, Marg Helgenberger and Michael Boatman. Dana Delany and Marg Helgenberger lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1990. China Beach Season 4 earns its bigger moments by making you care about the outcome before it happens. It rarely drops the ball, and when it does, it recovers fast.

Action fans who want craft and story alongside the spectacle will find exactly that in China Beach Season 4. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. Dana Delany anchors the chaos with real screen presence. Every set piece here is doing more than one job at once.

🎬 China Beach Season 4 — Episode Guide

History: Part I: The Big Bang

1990-09-29

In 1985, a reunion between Boonie and Dr. Richard stirs up memories of their first meeting in Vietnam in 1966. It also brings up questions for Boonie's 18-year-old adopted daughter, Karen.

History Part II-She Sells More Than Sea Shells

1990-10-06

Still in 1985, Karen learns how her natural mother, KC, coped with her pregnancy by turning to Boonie for help.

You, Babe

1990-10-13

In Saigon in 1967, KC gives birth with McMurphy's help and gives the baby over to a foster mother.

Escape

1990-10-27

While attending his father's funeral in 1985, Beckett reflects on his childhood and his tour of duty in Vietnam with the Graves Registration Unit.

Fever

1990-11-03

In 1970, McMurphy returns home to Lawrence, Kansas to make peace with her mother and try to settle down into civilian life, but finds both goals beyond her grasp.

Juice

1990-11-10

In 1972, Dr. Richard and his nurse take a romantic trip to Florida, where they run across a hard-livng McMurphy working at an orange-juice factory.

One Giant Leap

1990-11-17

In 1969, China Beach watches from afar as the first men land on the moon. McMurphy simmers jealously as Dr. Richard falls for a new nurse. Beckett entertains a group of USO singers in his G.R.U. hut. A disturbed Boonie meets with a tragic accident.

One Small Step

1990-12-01

Suddenly back home and missing one leg, Boonie begins a slow and painful re-entry into civilian life with the comfort of a loving nurse.

The Call

1990-12-08

Frankie returns to Chicago in 1969 to try her hand at being a standup comic but runs into the tragically funny trial of the infamous Chicago Seven. Back in Vietnam, McMurphy tries to help Dodger convince some Montagnard tribes people to evacuate their homes.

E10

I Could Have Danced All Night ... But Didn't

1991-06-04

McMurphy meets a sympathetic drummer at a 1983 wedding and recalls the 1969 wedding of Lila and Sarge Pepper, as well as the end of her relationship with Dr. Richard.

E11

100 Klicks Out

1991-06-11

The imminent fall of Saigon reunites KC with her daughter as she struggles to get the little girl out of Vietnam and safely to America and a waiting Boonie. In the 1980s, a cynical McMurphy tries to prevent further child abuse in New Mexico.

E12

The Always Goodbye

1991-06-18

The arrival in Bangkok in 1969 of a hard-drinking McMurphy and a young private disrupts KC's carefully developed new life and brings back unwanted memories.

E13

Quest

1991-06-25

In 1976, McMurphy helps KC re-enter the country and find her daughter before heading out to Montana to visit Dodger, who's coping with a disabled father and raising his son Archie alone.

E14

Rewind

1991-07-09

In 1985, Karen begins a videotape project interviewing China Beach veterans about their experiences in Vietnam and their memories of her natural mother.

E15

Through and Through

1991-07-16

In 1985, an increasingly angry Colleen torments herself and her husband until she discovers she's suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome and seeks help to deal with the memories of her final weeks in Vietnam.

E16

Hello, Goodbye (1)

1991-07-22

McMurphy agrees to attend a China Beach reunion planned by Boonie and recalls her last day in Vietnam, and travels to Washington DC with the others to visit the Vietnam Memorial. Karen comes to terms with the ghost of her absent mother, KC.

E17

Hello, Goodbye (2)

1991-07-22

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