| Trapper John, M.D.* Season 6 | |
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| "Trapper John, M.D. - Season Six" | |
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| Season: | Season 6 |
| Original network: |
CBS-TV |
| Country/Language | United States |
| Original Run: | |
| First episode: | September 30, 1984 |
| Final episode: | May 5, 1985 |
| Number of episodes | 23 |
| Created by: | Richard Hooker |
| Executive producer(s): | Don Brinkley (executive producer) Frank Glicksman (executive producer) |
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Season 6 of Trapper John, M.D. consisted of a total of 23 episodes which was originally broadcasted on CBS-TV from the season premiere, "A Change of Heart" on September 30, 1984 to the season finale episode, "All of Me" on May 5, 1985.
Season 6: 1984–85[]
| Nº in series | No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 | 1 | "A Change of Heart" | Michael Caffey | Barry Pollack | September 30, 1984 | 3-L01 |
| When a 12-year-old could be saved with a heart from a brain dead patient, Gonzo and Trapper John argue over the ethics of such a procedure. | ||||||
| 111 | 2 | "My Son, the Doctor" | Leo Penn | Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns | October 14, 1984 | 3-L02 |
| Fired from an internship, Trapper's son, J.T. (Timothy Busfield), joins the staff at San Francisco Memorial. | ||||||
| 112 | 3 | "Moonlighting Becomes You" | Charles Siebert | Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns | October 21, 1984 | 3-L22 |
| Slocum tries to put a stop to Jackpot's moonlighting. When the owner of a favored hang-out undergoes surgery, the staff cover her shifts to keep her business afloat until she recovers. | ||||||
| 113 | 4 | "Eternally Yours" | Earl Bellamy | Holly Durham & Greg Thorneycroft | October 28, 1984 | 3-L05 |
| The staff are stymied by two suffering patients who have decided to cease treatment and let nature take its course. | ||||||
| 114 | 5 | "School Nurse" | Michael Caffey | Pamela Douglas | November 4, 1984 | 3-L04 |
| A friend of Shoop's, a school nurse, is attacked. When the police appear to be doing nothing to find her attacker, she goes and takes over at the school to investigate. | ||||||
| 115 | 6 | "Of Cats, Crushes and Creeps" | Michael Caffey | Robert M. Young | November 18, 1984 | 3-L06 |
| A secret revealed by an anesthetized patient puts J.T. in an ethical quandary, trapped between his desire to do what he feels is morally right and the bounds of doctor/patient confidentiality. | ||||||
| 116 | 7 | "A Fall to Grace" | Michael Caffey | Kimmer Ringwald | November 25, 1984 | 3-L08 |
| Crippled by Guillain-Barré syndrome, Trapper John worries his medical career may have come to an abrupt end. | ||||||
| 117 | 8 | "Promises, Promises" | Earl Bellamy | Clyde Phillips & John Whelpley | December 9, 1984 | 3-L07 |
| A young resident is torn between his desire to accept a high-profile medical position and his sense of duty to return home to serve the community that put him through medical school. | ||||||
| 118 | 9 | "Dark Side of the Loon" | Gregory Harrison | John Whelpley | December 16, 1984 | 3-L09 |
| A young patient confounds doctors when he presents with traditional symptoms of vampirism. | ||||||
| 119 | 10 | "Double Bubble" | Michael Caffey | Nancy Bond (teleplay) & John Breckfield (teleplay/story) | December 30, 1984 | 3-L10 |
| A 'bubble boy' needs a bone-marrow transplant to revitalize his immune system. | ||||||
| 120 | 11 | "Long Ago and Far Away" | Earl Bellamy | Emilie R. Small & Garn Stephens | January 6, 1985 | 3-L11 |
| When a nurse behaves erratically, Gonzo recognizes it as PTSD. He tries to help her but she refuses to admit that's what's wrong with her. | ||||||
| 121 | 12 | "Muddle of the Night" | Lorraine Senna (as Lorraine S. Ferrara) | Nancy Bond | January 13, 1985 | 3-L12 |
| An aging singer learns that she's pregnant. Meanwhile, Trapper John looks to secure funding for a laser center at San Francisco Memorial. | ||||||
| 122 | 13 | "Buckaroo Bob Rides Again" | Bob Sweeney | Kimmer Ringwald | January 20, 1985 | 3-L03 |
| A former cowboy (special guest star Noah Beery Jr.) who's given up on life is fading fast, and it's up to Trapper John to reignite his desire to live. | ||||||
| 123 | 14 | "Love Thy Neighbor" | Charles Siebert | John Whelpley | February 3, 1985 | 3-L13 |
| Gloria can't help falling for her landlord, even though he's forcing her to vacate her apartment. | ||||||
| 124 | 15 | "So Little, Gone" | Michael Caffey | Kimmer Ringwald | February 17, 1985 | 3-L15 |
| A former hippie (Ronee Blakley) suffers a stillborn fetus. A kidnapper brazenly takes the Riversides' son right out of his stroller. | ||||||
| 125 | 16 | "Bad Breaks" | Walter Graumann | Barry Pollack | February 24, 1985 | 3-L16 |
| A four-year-old's X-rays indicate that he may be an abuse victim. Riverside doesn't want his wife to know that he was a past contributor at a sperm bank. | ||||||
| 126 | 17 | "High Time" | Earl Bellamy | Holly Durham, Greg Thorneycroft, Nancy Bond & Kimmer Ringwald | March 3, 1985 | 3-L14 |
| Gloria finds out Andrea's issues are drug-related. Meanwhile, a homeless woman has been stealing supplies from the hospital. | ||||||
| 127 | 18 | "The Unholy Ghost" | Leo Penn | Robert M. Young (teleplay/story) & Nancy Bond (teleplay) | March 10, 1985 | 3-L17 |
| A surgeon dies during a complicated operation. The procedure he used was known only to him. Unless his notes can be found, the patient will die. After seeing the ghost of the deceased doctor, Gonzo frantically tries to locate the notes. | ||||||
| 128 | 19 | "A False Start" | Gregory Harrison | Deborah Gilliland & Robert Sonntag | March 17, 1985 | 3-L18 |
| Performance-enhancing drugs take a serious toll on two athletes. Meanwhile, a pair of birdwatchers take their hobby to the extreme. | ||||||
| 129 | 20 | "In the Eyes of the Beholder" | Arthur Allan Seidelman | Barry Pollack | March 24, 1985 | 3-L19 |
| Four witnesses give four very different accounts of what happened when an accident victim died at San Francisco Memorial. | ||||||
| 130 | 21 | "All the King's Men"
(also titled: "All the King's Horses...") |
Gregory Harrison | Carl Sautter | March 31, 1985 | 3-L20 |
| Trapper runs afoul of a bombastic television reporter when he desperately attempts to revive his seven-year-old niece. | ||||||
| 131 | 22 | "Go for Broker" | Charles Siebert | Gene O'Neill & Noreen Tobin | April 21, 1985 | 3-L21 |
| One of the hospital's doctors brings a mail order bride (Shuko Akune) from the Philippines. | ||||||
| 132 | 23 | "All of Me" | Gregory Harrison | Carl Sautter | May 5, 1985 | 3-L22 |
| J.T. discovers that he has two patients with the same wife. | ||||||