Trapper John, M.D.

- Season 6

(1984)

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.

Fired from an internship, Trapper's son, J.T., joins the staff at San Francisco Memorial.

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.

The staff are stymied by two suffering patients who have decided to cease treatment and let nature take its course.

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.

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.

Crippled by Guillain-Barré syndrome, Trapper John worries his medical career may have come to an abrupt end.

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.

A young patient confounds doctors when he presents with traditional symptoms of vampirism.

A 'bubble boy' needs a bone-marrow transplant to revitalize his immune system.

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.

An aging singer learns that she's pregnant. Meanwhile, Trapper John looks to secure funding for a laser center at San Francisco Memorial.

A former cowboy who's given up on life is fading fast, and it's up to Trapper John to reignite his desire to live.

Gloria can't help falling for her landlord, even though he's forcing her to vacate her apartment.

A former hippie suffers a stillborn fetus. A kidnapper brazenly takes the Riversides' son right out of his stroller.

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.

Gloria finds out Andrea's issues are drug-related. Meanwhile, a homeless woman has been stealing supplies from the hospital.

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.

Performance-enhancing drugs take a serious toll on two athletes. Meanwhile, a pair of birdwatchers take their hobby to the extreme.

Four witnesses give four very different accounts of what happened when an accident victim died at San Francisco Memorial.

Trapper runs afoul of a bombastic television reporter when he desperately attempts to revive his seven-year-old niece.

One of the hospital's doctors brings a mail order bride from the Philippines.

J.T. discovers that he has two patients with the same wife.