In 1985, a reunion between Boonie and Dr. Richard stirs up memories of their first meeting in Vietnam in 1966. It also brings up questions for Boonie's 18-year-old adopted daughter, Karen.
Guest Stars:
Wings Hauser, Christine Elise, Colleen Flynn, Scott Jaeck
Still in 1985, Karen learns how her natural mother, KC, coped with her pregnancy by turning to Boonie for help.
Guest Stars:
Wings Hauser, Christine Elise, Conni Marie Brazelton, Scott Jaeck
In Saigon in 1967, KC gives birth with McMurphy's help and gives the baby over to a foster mother.
Guest Stars:
Ellen Crawford, Richard Lineback, Kerry Noonan
While attending his father's funeral in 1985, Beckett reflects on his childhood and his tour of duty in Vietnam with the Graves Registration Unit.
Guest Stars:
Reiner Schöne, Peter Gray Lewis, Scott Jaeck
In 1970, McMurphy returns home to Lawrence, Kansas to make peace with her mother and try to settle down into civilian life, but finds both goals beyond her grasp.
Guest Stars:
Penny Fuller, Kerry Noonan
In 1972, Dr. Richard and his nurse take a romantic trip to Florida, where they run across a hard-livng McMurphy working at an orange-juice factory.
Guest Stars:
Gavan O'Herlihy, Colleen Flynn
In 1969, China Beach watches from afar as the first men land on the moon. McMurphy simmers jealously as Dr. Richard falls for a new nurse. Beckett entertains a group of USO singers in his G.R.U. hut. A disturbed Boonie meets with a tragic accident.
Guest Stars:
Vanessa Bell Calloway, Morgan Weisser, April Grace, Gloria Reuben
Suddenly back home and missing one leg, Boonie begins a slow and painful re-entry into civilian life with the comfort of a loving nurse.
Guest Stars:
Bernard White, Sarah Buxton, Michael Rapaport, Michael Bowen, Finn Carter
Frankie returns to Chicago in 1969 to try her hand at being a standup comic but runs into the tragically funny trial of the infamous Chicago Seven. Back in Vietnam, McMurphy tries to help Dodger convince some Montagnard tribes people to evacuate their homes.
Guest Stars:
Viveca Lindfors, Michael Harris
McMurphy meets a sympathetic drummer at a 1983 wedding and recalls the 1969 wedding of Lila and Sarge Pepper, as well as the end of her relationship with Dr. Richard.
Guest Stars:
Adam Arkin
The imminent fall of Saigon reunites KC with her daughter as she struggles to get the little girl out of Vietnam and safely to America and a waiting Boonie. In the 1980s, a cynical McMurphy tries to prevent further child abuse in New Mexico.
Guest Stars:
Randolph Mantooth, Jesse Borrego, Shay Astar
The arrival in Bangkok in 1969 of a hard-drinking McMurphy and a young private disrupts KC's carefully developed new life and brings back unwanted memories.
Guest Stars:
David Newsom
In 1976, McMurphy helps KC re-enter the country and find her daughter before heading out to Montana to visit Dodger, who's coping with a disabled father and raising his son Archie alone.
Guest Stars:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Robert Knepper, Richard Jaeckel, Shay Astar
In 1985, Karen begins a videotape project interviewing China Beach veterans about their experiences in Vietnam and their memories of her natural mother.
Guest Stars:
Wings Hauser, Amy Steel, Christine Elise, Shay Astar
In 1985, an increasingly angry Colleen torments herself and her husband until she discovers she's suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome and seeks help to deal with the memories of her final weeks in Vietnam.
Guest Stars:
Adam Arkin, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Ford Rainey
McMurphy agrees to attend a China Beach reunion planned by Boonie and recalls her last day in Vietnam, and travels to Washington DC with the others to visit the Vietnam Memorial. Karen comes to terms with the ghost of her absent mother, KC.
Guest Stars:
Adam Arkin, John Slattery, Christine Elise, Joseph Whipp, Colleen Flynn
McMurphy agrees to attend a China Beach reunion planned by Boonie and recalls her last day in Vietnam, and travels to Washington DC with the others to visit the Vietnam Memorial. Karen comes to terms with the ghost of her absent mother, KC.
Guest Stars:
Adam Arkin, John Slattery, Joseph Whipp, Colleen Flynn