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Premiered

Wednesday, November 30, 1988

Ended: Wednesday, May 3, 1989

When does China Beach Season 2 come out?

China Beach Season 2 premiered Wednesday, November 30, 1988 on ABC and ended Wednesday, May 3, 1989. The season has 17 episodes.

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China Beach Season 2 episode release dates
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1. Lost and Found (1)

Lila takes over command of China Beach and orders KC off the base. McMurphy finally lets herself admit how much she cares for Natch when she receives some disturbing news about him. Wayloo Marie Holmes, former Saigon weather girl, arrives at China Beach to handle her first journalism assignment, extolling the recreational facilities at the base.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

2. Lost and Found (2)

Wayloo Marie becomes a casualty as she shoots her assignment. Frankie Bunsen arrives for temporary duty. McMurphy finds a badly injured Dodger.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

3. Limbo

McMurphy continues her vigil by Dodger's bedside as he stays in a coma. KC agrees to get Boonie some black market penicillin for a native hospital in exchange for his help in building her a beauty salon on base.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

4. X-Mas Chnbch VN '67

Christmas '67 brings a steady supply of casualties and a crazed Santa to China Beach.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

5. Women in White

McMurphy fights jealousy, envy and fear when a confident woman doctor comes in from the States and takes over Dr. Richard and Dodger's case. Wayloo Marie tries to win a position as a armed forces tv reporter with a report on the war from a woman's point of view. Frankie debuts as a disk jockey

Wednesday · 37 years ago

6. All About E.E.V.

A dashing lieutenant colonel parachutes into China Beach for some R&R and disrupts the lives of Lila, KC and Wayloo Marie. Dr. Richard and McMurphy play a game of sexual brinksmanship. Frankie falls for a GI who thinks he's Chuck Berry.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

7. Tet '68

Wayloo Marie tries to keep reporting, McMurphy and KC are trapped in an officer's restroom, Beckett is held prisoner by Mai's brother and Dr. Richard and the wounded Dodger prepare to defend the hospital during the fierce fighting of the 1968 Tet offensive. Cherry comforts another Red Cross volunteer at a firebase.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

8. Cherry

Wayloo Marie becomes intimidated by the war as its reality sinks in following Cherry's death. McMurphy tries to fight the bureaucracy to keep Dodger from going to Japan for more medical help. KC fights her heroin habit as she tries to locate Cherry's brother and prepares to accompany her body home to Iowa for burial.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

9. Crossing the Great Water

Dr. Richard throws himself into helping a Vietnamese orphanage when his wife Beth Ann serves him with divorce papers. McMurphy tries to reconcile Dodger and herself to his uncertain future after his stay in Japan.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

10. Psywars

An Army psychiatrist visits the Five and Dime and touches off McMurphy's inability to deal with Natch's death. Wayloo Marie learns something about Boonie's past service in Vietnam.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

11. Where the Boys Are

As McMurphy's enforced R&R continues with the help of an 18-year-old medic, Boonie tries to recreate a combination spring beach frolic and senior prom. KC warns Boonie that Wayloo Marie has learned part of his story. A chopper pilot shows Frankie that joys of flying.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

12. Vets

The accounts of life in Vietnam by real vets are intercut with scenes from old episodes showing how closely the show has mirrored reality.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

13. Twilight

Wayloo Marie's digging results in a medal ceremony for Boonie and an unwelcome investigation into his lost jungle patrol. McMurphy sees Dodger again as he prepares to go back into action. Frankie befriends a captured deserter.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

14. After Burner

McMurphy goes through the emotional wringer when Natch Austen returns to China Beach after six months as an MIA. Lila cares for the ""pet"" of a wounded G.I. Boonie and KC have trouble with the on-the-make hustler who's now in command of the Jet Set.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

15. Promised Land

Beckett faces going home when his tour ends in April 1968, as the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr polarizes black-white relations in the nation and at China Beach.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

16. The World (1)

Wayloo Marie prepares to return the world and a new job at BBC news. She's unexpectedly joined by McMurphy, who's returning to her unsettled family in Kansas following her father's heart attack.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

17. The World (2) Finale

McMurphy reassesses her life as she tries to decide whether or not to return to Vietnam following her father's death.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

China Beach Season 2 guest stars

  • Tim Ryan

    Tim Ryan

    Natch Austen

  • Robin Strasser

    Robin Strasser

  • Dennis Farina

    Dennis Farina

    Lt. Colonel Edward Edward Vincent

  • Kim Wayans

    Kim Wayans

  • Richie Allan

    Richie Allan

  • John Marshall Jones

    John Marshall Jones

  • Perry Lang

    Perry Lang

  • Jack Blessing

    Jack Blessing

  • Fred Thompson

    Fred Thompson

  • Donald Moffat

    Donald Moffat

  • Stephen Baldwin

    Stephen Baldwin

  • Mykelti Williamson

    Mykelti Williamson

  • Annabelle Gurwitch

    Annabelle Gurwitch

  • Kevin McCarthy

    Kevin McCarthy

  • Larron Tate

  • Kevin Scannell

    Kevin Scannell

China Beach Season 2 FAQ

When does China Beach Season 2 come out?

China Beach Season 2 premiered Wednesday, November 30, 1988 on ABC.

How many episodes are in China Beach Season 2?

China Beach Season 2 has 17 episodes.

Are new episodes of China Beach Season 2 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the China Beach Season 2 finale?

The China Beach Season 2 finale (Episode 17) aired Wednesday, May 3, 1989.

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