China Beach

Sixty two hours about an evacuation hospital in Vietnam, kept off television for twenty two years by the cost of the songs in it.

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Where to start with China Beach

Start with the pilot and go straight on. The first season is six episodes, so the commitment before it either has you or does not is small.

  1. 1
    The 1988 pilot film China Beach

    Ninety seven minutes, and it is the first episode rather than a prologue to it.

  2. 2
    Seasons one and two, twenty three episodes China Beach

    The short spring run, then the first full season. Character driven rather than plot driven, so the order matters more than it looks.

  3. 3
    Seasons three and four, thirty eight episodes China Beach

    Season four has a seven month hole in it because ABC shelved it in December 1990 and burned the finale off the following July. The gap is real and the episodes are in order.

Then what? Nothing follows. No reunion film was ever made.

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The pilot

  • China Beach 1988

The series

  • China Beach 1988, 4 seasons, 61 episodes

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