From: boyajian@ruby.enet.dec.com (Two days and a wake-up...)
Subject: CHINA BEACH Episode Guide, Part 5 of 7 (Fourth Season)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 02:09:31 GMT

Fourth Season


     Broadcast Schedule

     29 Sep 1990   Sat   9-10:00   4.1    46    "The Big Bang"
     06 Oct 1990   Sat   9-10:00   4.2    47    "She Sells More Than
                                                           Sea Shells"
     13 Oct 1990   Sat   9-10:00   4.3    48    "You, Babe"
     20 Oct 1990   Sat   scheduled pre-emption
     27 Oct 1990   Sat   9-10:00   4.4    49    "Escape"
     03 Nov 1990   Sat   9-10:00   4.5    50    "Fever"
     10 Nov 1990   Sat   9-10:00   4.6    51    "Juice"
     17 Nov 1990   Sat   9-10:00   4.7    52    "One Giant Leap"
     24 Nov 1990   Sat   scheduled pre-emption
     01 Dec 1990   Sat   9-10:00   4.8    53    "One Small Step"
     08 Dec 1990   Sat   9-10:00   4.9    54    "The Call"
     15 Dec 1990   Sat   unscheduled pre-emption

     on hiatus

     04 Jun 1991   Tue  10-11:00   4.10   55   "I Could Have Danced
                                                  All Night...But Didn't"
     11 Jun 1991   Tue  10-11:00   4.11   56   "100 Klicks Out"
     18 Jun 1991   Tue  10-11:00   4.12   57   "The Always Goodbye"
     25 Jun 1991   Tue  10-11:00   4.13   58   "Quest"
     09 Jul 1991   Tue  10-11:00   4.14   59   "Rewind"
     16 Jul 1991   Tue  10-11:00   4.15   60   "Through and Through"
     22 Jul 1991   Mon   9-11:00   4.16   61   "Hello Goodbye"

     Principal Cast:

     Dana Delany                          Colleen McMurphy
     Michael Boatman                      Sam Beckett
     Troy Evans                           Sarge Pepper
     Nancy Giles                          Frankie Bunsen
     Jeff Kober                           Dodger Winslow
     Robert Picardo                       Dr. Dick Richard
     Concetta Tomei                       Lila Garreau
     Brian Wimmer                         Boonie Lanier
     Marg Helgenberger                    K.C.


     Recurring Supporting Cast:

     Adam Arkin                           Joe Arneberg         [55,60,61]
     Shay Astar                           Karen (age 8)        [56,58,59]
     Finn Carter                          Linda Matlock Lanier [46,47,53,61]
     Kieu Chinh                           Trieu Au             [48,56,57,59]
     Christine Elise                      Karen (age 16)       [46,47,59,61]
     Colleen Flynn                        Colleen Richard      [46,51,61]
     Wings Hauser                         Lt. Col. Mac Miller  [46,47,59]
     Scott Jaeck                          Dr. Singer           [46,47,49]
     Kathy Molter                         Lt. Gloria Dawn      [52,55,61]


     Regular Production Credits:

     Executive Consultant                 William Broyles, Jr.
     Producer                             Carol Flint
     Producer                             Lydia Woodward
     Line Producer                        Geno Escarrega       [46-55]
     Supervising Producer                 Mimi Leder
     Co-Executive Producer                John Wells

     Executive Producer                   John Sacret Young
     Associate Producer                   Barbara Marshall     [46-55]
     Co-Producer                          Barbara Marshall     [56-61]
     Associate Producer                   Christopher Nelson   [54-61]
     Associate Producer                   Darryl Levine        [56-61]
     Executive Story Editor               Josef Anderson       [46-52]
     Photographed by                      Richard Thorpe
     Art Director                         Joe Wood             [46-56]
     Art Director                         Garreth Stover       [57]
     Art Director                         Joseph M. Altadonna  [58-61]
     Music by                             Paul Chihara         [46-60]
     Theme by                             John Rubinstein      [46-60]
     Music by                             John Rubinstein      [61]
     Additional Music by                  Paul Chihara         [46-60]
     Unit Production Manager              Paul Marks
     Film Consultant                      Christopher Nelson   [46-51]
     Supervising Editor                   Christopher Nelson   [53]

     46   "The Big Bang"

          Teleplay by   John Wells
          Story by      John Sacret Young & John Wells & Lydia Woodward &
                        Carol Flint
          Directed by   John Sacret Young

     It's 1985, and a one-legged Boonie and his family visit Dr. Richard
     and his family, which sparks the doctor's memories of McMurphy and
     their early days at China Beach.


          Special Guest Star:

              Wings Hauser               [Lt. Col. Mac Miller]

          Guest Starring:

              Finn Carter                [Linda Lanier]
              Christine Elise            [Karen Lanier]
              Colleen Flynn              [Colleen Richard]
              Scott Jaeck                [Dr. Singer]
              Debra Stricklin            [Jan Wyatt]

          Co-Starring:

              Richard Green               Third Doctor
              David Hollander             Jake [Richard]
              Oscar Jordan                Grunt

          Featuring:

              Sean Doherty                Kid
              Shannon Farrara             Gillian [Lanier]
              Coleby Lombardo             Boy [Lanier, Jr.]
              Patrick Y. Malone           Nick Cheeks
              Rick Marzan                 Sergeant
              Phi Nguyen                  VC Woman
              Sean B. Ryan                Adam [Lanier]


          Additional Production Credits:

              First  Assistant Director   Cara Giallanza
              Second Assistant Director   Mathew Dunne
              Edited by                   Jacque Toberon



          Note: This is usually listed as the first of a two-part
                episode, though it and the following episode have
                different titles, and no such "part" designation
                appears on either of the two episodes themselves.

    47    "She Sells More Than Sea Shells"

          Teleplay by   Carol Flint
          Story by      John Sacret Young & John Wells & Lydia Woodward &
                        Carol Flint
          Directed by   Mimi Leder

    Boonie's teenaged daughter Karen asks for Dr. Richard's help in finding
    out more about her mother, K.C.  Back in 1967, a pregnant K.C. finds
    her romance with the father, Mac, coming to a disasterous end when he's
    wounded.


          Special Guest Star:

              Wings Hauser               [Lt. Col. Mac Miller]

          Guest Starring:

              Finn Carter                [Linda Lanier]
              Christine Elise            [Karen Lanier]
              Scott Jaeck                [Dr. Singer]

          Co-Starring:

              Conni Marie Brazelton       Angie
              Martin Grey                 Ciamacco
              Chi-Muoi Lo                 Merchant

          Featuring:

              Shannon Farrara             Gillian [Lanier]
              Sean B. Ryan                Adam [Lanier]
              Coleby Lombardo             Lanier [Jr.]


          Additional Production Credits:

              First  Assistant Director   Chip Vucelich
              Second Assistant Director   Mark Glick
              Edited by                   Erwin Dumbrille



          Note 1: This is usually listed as the second of a two-part
                  episode, though it and the previous episode have
                  different titles, and no such "part" designation
                  appears on either of the two episodes themselves.

          Note 2: THE TELEVISION YEARBOOK gives this episode the title
                  "History, Part II -- She Sells More Than Sea Shells".

    48    "You, Babe"

          Teleplay by   Susan Rhinehart and Cathryn Michon
          Story by      John Sacret Young & John Wells & Lydia Woodward &
                        Carol Flint
          Directed by   Mimi Leder

    Back in 1967, McMurphy, desperate for a three-day leave to meet her
    friend Nellie in Saigon, steals a pass intended for Dr. Richard. She
    finds herself on the run from MPs, and handcuffed to K.C., who is
    about to give birth.


          Guest Starring:

              Kieu Chinh                  Trieu Au
              Kerry Noonan                Nellie
              Vic Polizos                 General Duchesne
              Ellen Crawford              Julie
              Patrick Lee James           Burly MP
              Richard Lineback            Jim
              Salvator Xuereb             Scrawny MP

          Co-Starring:

              Chi-Muoi Lo                 Bellhop

          Featuring:

              Catherine Ai                Lady #2
              Father James Phan Van Dai   Priest
              Quy Hoang                   Porter
              Jeff Hudson                 Bleary Soldier
              Christina Le                Street Kid #2
              Louis Mandylor              Aussie
              Tran Pham                   Hooker
              D. Thompson                 Medic
              Viet Truong                 Street Kid #1
              Lee Mary Weilnau            Lady #1


          Additional Production Credits:

              First  Assistant Director   Howie Horowitz
              Second Assistant Director   Mark Glick
              Edited by                   Erwin Dumbrille

    49    "Escape"

          Teleplay by   Paris Qualles
          Story by      John Sacret Young & John Wells & Lydia Woodward &
                        Carol Flint
          Directed by   Christopher Leitch

    In 1985, Beckett attends his father's funeral, and it sparks a memory
    of his job at China Beach with the Graves Registration Unit, a friend
    he had there, and the manner in which they dealt with death.


          Guest Starring:

              Scott Jaeck                [Dr. Singer]

              Gilbert Lewis               Reverend Beckett
              Kenny Ransom                Deadman
              Everette Lamar              Dookie
              Raynor Scheine              Cromwell
              Peter Lewis                 Soldier
              Tony T. Johnson             Young Beckett

          Featuring:

              Orlando Bonner              Pastor
              Geoff Meed                  Sergeant
              Ralph Meyering, Jr.         Colonel Broyles
              Jimmy Lee Newman, Jr.       Young Dookie
              Juan Padilla                MP


          Additional Production Credits:

              First  Assistant Director   Howie Horowitz
              Second Assistant Director   Mark Glick
              Edited by                   Morty Fallick



          Note: The closing credits carry the following remark:

                "Steve Baker survived Vietnam and continues
                 to perform as 'Mr. Escape'."

    50    "Fever"

          Teleplay by   Lydia Woodward
          Story by      John Sacret Young & John Wells & Lydia Woodward &
                        Carol Flint
          Directed by   Diane Keaton

    Out of the Army and back in Kansas, McMurphy finds that her experiences
    at China Beach didn't prepare her for the relative boredom of her job
    as a ward nurse, and her life in general.


          Guest Starring:

              Penny Fuller               [Margaret Mary McMurphy]

              Joanna Lipari               Nurse Webb
              Kerry Noonan                Nellie
              Drew Pillsbury              Ralphie

          Co-Starring:

              Christine Carman            Mindy
              Sany Chay                   Kieu
              Nick De Mauro               Folmsbee
              Shawn Modrell               Young Mother

          Featuring:

              Mary Ellen                  Nurse in E.R.
              Joe Lazenby                 Young Man in E.R.
              Michelle Mann               Charlotte
              Pascal Marcotte             Ambulance Driver
              Tommy Morgan                Corpsman


          Additional Production Credits:

              First  Assistant Director   Chip Vucelich
              Second Assistant Director   Mark Glick
              Edited by                   Jacque Toberon
              Assistant Editor            Irvin Paik

    51    "Juice"

          Teleplay by   John Sacret Young
          Story by      John Sacret Young & John Wells & Lydia Woodward &
                        Carol Flint
          Directed by   John Sacret Young

    In 1972, Dr. Richard is attending a medical convention in Miami, and
    accidently runs into McMurphy, who is working a dead-end job and living
    a dead-end life in the effort to bury her memories of Vietnam.


          Guest Starring:

              Colleen Flynn              [Colleen Flaherty]
              Gavan O'Herlihy            [Noon Gantry]

          Co-Starring:

              Andrew Buckley              Chaplain
              Joseph M. Hamilton          Vietnam Vet


          Additional Production Credits:

              First  Assistant Director   Chip Vucelich
              Second Assistant Director   Mark Glick
              Edited by                   Morty Fallick
                                          Deborah Romare

    52    "One Giant Leap"

          Teleplay by   Josef Anderson
          Story by      John Sacret Young & John Wells & Lydia Woodward &
                        Carol Flint
          Directed by   Michael Katleman

    Back at China Beach in 1969, everyone is eagerly awaiting the moon
    landing that's about to occur. But their excitement turns sour when
    Boonie's leg is trapped under a turned over truck and a rising flood
    threatens to drown him.


          Guest-Starring:

              Vanessa Bell Calloway       Sweet Hula
              Kathy Molter                Gloria Dawn
              Morgan Weisser              Everett, Jr.

          Co-Starring:

              Charles Holman              Soldier
              April Grace                 Palm Frond #1
              Gloria Reuben               Palm Frond #2
              Wynonna Smith               Palm Frond #3


          Additional Production Credits:

              First  Assistant Director   Howie Horowitz
              Second Assistant Director   Mark Glick
              Edited by                   Jacque Toberon
                                          Irvin Paik

    53    "One Small Step"

          Written by    John Wells
          Directed by   Steven Dubin

    Boonie, shipped back to the States, has to deal, both physically and
    emotionally, with his own loss, while trying to help his fellow
    disabled vets deal with theirs.


          Guest Starring:

              Michael Bowen               Stepakoff
              Alan Boyce                  Kinnett
              Sarah G. Buxton             Dottie
              Finn Carter                 Linda
              William Gallo               Ricco
              Bernard White               Goldman
              Rosalind Cash               Greene
              Alan Haufrect               Dr. Harbert

          Co-Starring:

              Andi Chapman                Navy Nurse
              Raymond Cruz                Lopez
              Christopher Murray          Navy Surgeon
              Michael Rapaport            Kravits

          Featuring:

              Phyllis Applegate           Nurse
              Dalit Berkowitz             Red Cross Worker
              Wendy Bowers                Flight Nurse
              Owen Bush                   General Lee


          Additional Production Credits:

              First  Assistant Director   Chip Vucelich
              Second Assistant Director   Mark Glick
              Edited by                   Erwin Dumbrille
              Assistant Editor            Michael Hall

    54    "The Call"

          Written by    Paris Qualles and Cathryn Michon
          Directed by   Robert Ginty

    Back home in Chicago, Frankie gets caught up in an incipient revolution
    in the wake of the Chicago Seven trial. Meanwhile, back in Vietnam,
    McMurphy gets a request for help from Dodger, who's back in country
    helping to build a hospital for Montagnard tribesmen.


          Special Guest Star:

              Viveca Lindfors            [Ilsa]

          Guest Starring:

              Scott Lawrence             [Eddie]
              Basil Wallace              [Rashid]

              M. K. Harris                Darrin
              Michael Aron                Gunner
              Brian Markinson             Del
              Tico Wells                  Bobby Seale        [see note]

          Co-Starring:

              Kristine Blackburn          Meg
              Steve Franken              [Judge] Hoffman     [see note]
              John Apicella              [William] Kunstler  [see note]
              Darren Epton                G.I.
              David Simpson               Corpsman

          Featuring:

              Will Jeffries               Schultz
              Christina Le                Child
              Chantara Nop                Villager
              Lee Mary Weilnau            Woman


          Additional Production Credits:

              First  Assistant Director   Howie Horowitz
              Second Assistant Director   Mark Glick
              Edited by                   Christopher Nelson
                                        & Irvin Paik



          Note: Bobby Seale, Judge Hoffman, and William Kunstler
                are all real people who were part of the famous
                Chicago Seven trial.

    55    "I Could Have Danced All Night...But Didn't"

          Teleplay by   Cathryn Michon
          Story by      Carol Flint
          Directed by   Michael Fresco

    In 1983, McMurphy meets Joe Arnenberg, the best man at a wedding at
    which she's the maid of honor, triggering memories of her final days
    with Dr. Richard at China Beach, the wedding of Lila and Sarge, and
    a production of "My Fair Lady".


          Guest Starring:

              Adam Arkin                  Tom [Joe Arneberg]  [see note]
              Kathy Molter                Gloria Dawn


          Additional Production Credits:

              First  Assistant Director   Chip Vucelich
              Second Assistant Director   Mark Glick
              Edited by                   Jacque Toberon
                                          Irvin Paik

          Note: Adam Arkin's character Joe Arneberg is introduced in
                this episode, but the credit reads "Tom".

    56    "100 Klicks Out"

          Teleplay by   Susan Rhinehart
          Story by      Susan Rhinehart  [uncredited]
          Directed by   Mimi Leder

    It's April 1975, and K.C., now running a nightclub in Bangkok, gets
    a call from her daughter's nanny in Vietnam. She returns to Saigon
    to help get them both out before the city (and country) falls to the
    Communists but has to deal with an enormous amount of red tape in
    order to do so, as well as trying to squelch her maternal feelings
    for the daughter that she barely knows. Meanwhile, Dodger arrives
    at a deserted China Beach, after making his way through enemy-held
    territory, and in Arizona, McMurphy tries to deal with a child abuse
    case involving a fellow vet.


          Guest Starring:

              Jesse Borrego               Hector
              Kieu Chinh                  Trieu Au
              Randolph Mantooth           Joaquin
              Shay Astar                  Karen
              Page Leong                  Cam Noi

          Co-Starring:

              Ed Beechner                 Marine #1
              Patrick John Hurley         O'Bannion
              Petra Porras                Innocencia

          Featuring:

              Thao Chu                    Vietnamese Clerk
              Loc Do                      Neighbor (Man)
              Michael Ennis               Embassy Clerk
              Randy Kirby                 American
              Donna Lew                   Thai Woman
              Peter Lewis                 Marine #2
              Jean-Pierre C. Nguyen       Citizen #1
              Kris Stevens                Joey
              Huy T. Vu                   NVA #1


          Additional Production Credits:

              First  Assistant Director   Janet Knutsen
              Second Assistant Director   Mark Glick
              Edited by                   Erwin Dumbrille



          Note: Rhinehart's story credit is per Warner Brothers, via
                THE TELEVISION YEARBOOK.


    57    "The Always Goodbye"

          Written by    Lydia Woodward
          Directed by   Gary Sinise

    Bangkok, 1969. McMurphy shows up on K.C.'s doorstep for R&R and to
    make her goodbyes, as her tour of duty is up soon. K.C.'s life as
    a nightclub owner seems to be going fine, while McMurphy's life as
    an alcoholic is getting worse. Meanwhile, in 1975, K.C. has managed
    to get out of Communist South Vietnam and back to Bangkok, only to
    find the life she had there in ruins.


          Guest Starring:

              Kieu Chinh                 [Trieu Au]
              Pat Skipper                [Tucker]

              Cynthia Gouw                Loretta
              Richmond Hoxie              Arnie Beachem
              David Newsom                Private Maltbie

          Featuring:

              Kelsey and Kirsten Dohring  2 year old Karen


          Additional Production Credits:

              First  Assistant Director   Chip Vucelich
              Second Assistant Director   Mark Glick
              Edited by                   Jacque Toberon

    58    "Quest"

          Teleplay by   John Sacret Young & Angela Ventresca
          Story by      John Sacret Young
          Directed by   John Sacret Young

    It's Christmas 1975, and K.C. has made it back to the U.S., worse
    for wear and asking McMurphy's help to get her back on her feet.
    A year later, when she gets word of K.C.'s success at starting a
    new life, McMurphy is inspired to do something with her own, and
    goes to Montana to join Dodger, hoping that his growing ministry
    will help her find the answers to the problems still haunting her.


          Guest Starring:

              Robert Knepper             [Squeaky Carver]
              Richard Jaeckel            [Archie Winslow (father)]

          Featuring:

              Shay Astar                  Karen
              Joseph Gordon-Levitt        Archie [Winslow (son)]


          Additional Production Credits:

              First  Assistant Director   Chip Vucelich
              Second Assistant Director   Mark Glick
              Edited by                   Erwin Dumbrille

    59    "Rewind"

          Written by    Carol Flint & John Wells
          Directed by   Mimi Leder

    In 1985, Karen is making a short documentary video about Vietnam
    as a school project, and finds that her search for the answers to
    what Vietnam was all about mirrors her search for her own identity
    vis a vis her mother, K.C.


          Special Guest Star:

              Wings Hauser               [Lt. Col. Mac Miller]

          Guest Starring:

              Kieu Chinh                 [Trieu Au]
              Christine Elise            [Karen Lanier]
              Amy Steel                  [Marla]

              Shay Astar                  Young Karen

          Co-Starring:

              Shannon Farrara             Gillian [Lanier]
              Coleby Lombardo             Lanier, Jr.


          Additional Production Credits:

              First  Assistant Director   Deborah Dell'Amico
              Second Assistant Director   Mark Glick
              Edited by                   Christopher Nelson
                                          Deborah Romare
              Interview Coordinator       Mindy Kanaskie

    60    "Through and Through"

          Written by    Carol Flint
          Directed by   Mimi Leder

    Colleen seeks professional help as she starts to experience
    nightmarish flashbacks about a time when China Beach was under
    attack by enemy fire.


          Guest Starring:

              Adam Arkin                 [Joe Arneberg]
              Vondie Curtis-Hall         [Bill]
              Ford Rainey                [Owen]
              Ned Vaughn                 [Jeff] Hyers

              Lorinne Vozoff              Norma
              Charles Noland              Ray
              Sy Richardson               Franklin
              James Staskel               Wags
              Tom Wright                  Robert
              Don Hanmer                  Kenneth
              Jack Ragotzky               Phil Sr.
              Marcia Magus                Nurse Kass
              Richard Zobel               Tony

          Co-Starring:

              Frederick Hall              P.F.C.
              Norman Merrill              Dave
              Mirron E. Willis            G.I.

          Featuring:

              Sean Gavigan                Tommy
              Laurie Souza                Nurse


          Additional Production Credits:

              First  Assistant Director   Deborah Dell'Amico
              Second Assistant Director   Mark Glick
              Edited by                   Jacque Toberon
                                          Irvin Paik

    61    "Hello Goodbye"

          Teleplay by   John Wells
          Story by      John Sacret Young & John Wells & Lydia Woodward &
                        Carol Flint
          Directed by   John Sacret Young

    In Ohio in 1988 the members of the 510th Evac, China Beach hold a
    reunion, which triggers memories of pain and joy of their wartime
    experiences. Afterwards, a small group of them decide to go on a
    road trip to visit "The Wall" -- the Vietnam Memorial in Washington,
    D.C., and pay their respects to their fallen comrades.


          Guest Starring:

              Adam Arkin                 [Joe Arneberg]
              Finn Carter                [Linda Lanier]
              Christine Elise            [Karen Lanier]
              Colleen Flynn              [Colleen Richard]
              Kathy Molter               [Gloria Dawn]
              John Slattery              [Dr. Bob Robert]
              Megan Gallagher             Wayloo Marie Holmes

              Neal McDonough              Lurch

          Co-Starring:

              Joseph Whipp                Top
              Troy Searcy                 Malcolm Beckett
              Tyrone Tan                  Archie Winslow

          Featuring:

              Susan Byun                  Receptionist
              Jensen Daggett              Jennifer
              Michael D. Hall             Lifeguard


          Additional Production Credits:

              Edited by                   Christopher Nelson
              First  Assistant Director   Chip Vucelich
              Second Assistant Director   Mark Glick
          2nd Second Assistant Director   Kim Shulman   



          Note: The closing credits carry the following remark:

                "To the staff and crew of CHINA BEACH and all
                 those who lent their invaluable contributions
                 - our thanks.

                "And to the Vietnam veterans, especially the
                 women who served and who inspired our show,
                 our thanks and respect.

                "You will not be forgotten."

-- 

	"She's my radiation baby.
	 She's my teenage fallout girl."

--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, "The Mill", Maynard, MA)

    boyajian@ruby.enet.dec.com