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Season 3

Trapper John, M.D.

Season 3

October 4, 1981
25Episodes

Episodes

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E1

1. That Old Gang of Mine

October 4, 1981
60 min

Gonzo is finally ready to settle down and get married, and his friends are planning a big bachelor party. Everything seems to be perfect, until the husband of the bride-to-be appears on the scene.

Guest Stars:

Ken Kercheval, Madolyn Smith Osborne

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E2

2. C.O.D.

October 11, 1981
60 min

A couple desperate for a child adopts a black-market baby, only to discover that the infant is addicted to heroin and has a heart condition. Stanley recruits Trapper and Gonzo to join him in a relay race against Bay General.

Guest Stars:

Lyle Alzado, Greg Mullavey, Herb Edelman, Joanna Cassidy

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E3

3. Give 'Till It Hurts

October 18, 1981
60 min

Gloria's Brother Brian flies in from Texas for a visit. He manages to turn Gloria's Life upside down. As a result of his drinking problem, her work at the Hospital suffers and she is given an official warning. Meanwhile a patient is trying to set Trapper up with her Daughter.

Guest Stars:

Pete Schrum, Cliff Potts, Carmen Zapata

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E4

4. Hate is Enough

October 25, 1981
60 min

Stanley wants to upgrade the hospital's image, and puts forth a talented staff surgeon as a ""typical"" SFM doctor - until he learns that the man is a local Ku Klux Klan leader.

Guest Stars:

Sandra Kerns, Warren Berlinger, Mary Wickes, Dick Sargent, Alan Stock

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E5

5. The Ego Experience

November 8, 1981
60 min

The leader of a pop-psychology programme becomes a patient at the hospital, resulting in threats against his and Gonzo's lives.

Guest Stars:

Constance Forslund, Don Stroud, Marianne McAndrew

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E6

6. Cooperative Care

November 15, 1981
60 min

San Francisco Memorial Hospital is endeavouring to put into place a co-operative care programme. Due to Arnold Slocomb and the Board of Directors, budget cuts. Mrs Fitch and her Neice, Liza are the perfect candidates. If Mrs Fitch would only accept Liza's help.

Guest Stars:

Andrea Marcovicci, Kaye Ballard, Marta DuBois, Jeanette Nolan, Diane Sommerfield

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E7

7. Is There a Doctor in the Big House?

November 29, 1981
60 min

A woman prisoner gives birth to a premature baby, who is rushed to SFM for care. The mother, upset at not being allowed to be with her child, beats the prison warden who refused to arrange for her to be taken to the hospital.

Guest Stars:

Leslie Ackerman, Mildred Natwick, Lew Gallo, Fionnula Flanagan, Dena Dietrich

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E8

8. Mother's Day (a.k.a.) Mother Dearest

December 6, 1981
60 min

Guest Stars:

Hermione Gingold, Eileen Heckart

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E9

9. 'Tis the Season

December 20, 1981
60 min

A street-corner Santa Claus worries more about a sick boy than his own ill health.

Guest Stars:

Lynne Moody, Paul Bryar

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E10

10. Future Imperfect

December 27, 1981
60 min

A respected cardiologist is so fearful of what he believes to be psychic visions that he has become unable to function at home or at work.

Guest Stars:

Paul Brinegar, Joseph Campanella

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E11

11. 42

January 3, 1982
60 min

A young man admitted to the hospital following an accident informs the staff that his name is ""42"", and he is an alien just visiting earth. While building a transmitter to contact his home planet, 42 befriends a sick and lonely lady.

Guest Stars:

Lance Kerwin, Nancy Walker, Wendy Phillips

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E12

12. Victims

January 10, 1982
60 min

Trapper buys himself a gun after being robbed, then has second thoughts.

Guest Stars:

David Ackroyd, Gretchen Corbett

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E13

13. Angel of Mercy

January 17, 1982
60 min

Someone is killing terminally ill patients at San Francisco Memorial, and it appears to be an inside job. A young woman with chronic pain is learning how to deal with it, but maybe not soon enough.

Guest Stars:

Peter Brocco, Edward Winter, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Joanna Miles, Gina Hecht

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E14

14. Danny

January 24, 1982
60 min

A mentally disabled man who works at the hospital is able to make friends with a crotchety old hermit who is dying of cancer, but gets embarrassed and quits his job when he misinterprets Gloria's feelings for him.

Guest Stars:

Brooke Bundy, Edward Andrews, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Ferrar, Daniel Keough

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E15

15. Ladies in Waiting

January 31, 1982
60 min

A woman who devotes her life to getting teenaged hookers off the street is badly beaten by a pimp. Gonzo's disgust at their apparent disinterest convinces the girls to get revenge on the attacker, while having two prostitutes show up at his house seriously hampers Trapper's love life.

Guest Stars:

Stephen Young, Philip Michael Thomas, Terri Nunn, Elaine Giftos, Debbi Morgan

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E16

16. The Peter Pan Syndrome

February 7, 1982
60 min

The mother of a 16-year-old boy with a gland disorder preventshim from having hormone injections that would cure his problem.

Guest Stars:

Kevin Brophy, Sparky Marcus, Brian Robbins, Ann Wedgeworth, William Prince

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E17

17. Medicine Man

February 21, 1982
60 min

A doctor that comes to SFM with an accident patient is so good that Slocum wants to bring him on staff, but he runs into a problem - the schools the man claims to have trained at have never heard of him. Jackpot is frustrated by a Jane Doe with a high fever and some unusual symptoms.

Guest Stars:

Ben Murphy, Jonelle Allen, Ann Dusenberry, Lew Saunders

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E18

18. Maybe Baby

March 7, 1982
60 min

A former lover names Gonzo in a paternity suit after learning she has a serious cardiac condition.

Guest Stars:

Lynne Marta, Bettye Ackerman, Keene Curtis, Larry Storch, Catherine Ferrar

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E19

19. Love and Marriage

March 14, 1982
60 min

Ernie is engaged to be married, but begins to have second thoughts when her fiancé expects her to take all of the responsibility for the house, his five children and their relationship while he relaxes after work and serves as nothing more than a playmate to his out-of-control kids.

Guest Stars:

Rosalind Cash, Bernie Casey, Irene Tedrow

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E20

20. Candy Doctor

March 21, 1982
60 min

A 74-year-old woman who is admitted with a blocked artery in her leg has another problem - she is hooked on prescription medications. When Trapper and Gonzo discover that her doctor is responsible, and treats all his patients the same way, they plot to drive him out of business.

Guest Stars:

Natalie Schafer, Michael Tucci, Paul Comi, Paddi Edwards, Henry Gibson

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E21

21. Doctors and Other Strangers

March 28, 1982
60 min

Jackpot is put in charge of Emergency Services while Trapper, Gonzo and Stanley attend a medical conference in Mexico. South of the border, Trapper falls in love with another doctor, but they may have too much in common for the romance to last.

Guest Stars:

Ronnie Schell, Gail Strickland

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E22

22. A Piece of the Action

April 11, 1982
60 min

Jackpot convinces several of the staff to invest in a promising young boxer he is managing, but after the fighter kills his opponent in his first professional match he begins to suffer mysterious injuries that may keep him out of the ring permanently.

Guest Stars:

LeVar Burton, David Andrews, Louise Sorel, Miguel Ferrer, Howard Morris

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E23

23. Cause for Concern

April 18, 1982
60 min

A rumour that Trapper may be leaving SFM for a hospital in Boston has several other staff considering new positions. After 72 hours on duty and the loss of a patient, Stanley is displaying psychotic symptoms, and ends up in jail.

Guest Stars:

Sally Hampton, John Matuszak, Jayne Meadows, Michael O'Hare, Norman Alden

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E24

24. John's Other Life

May 2, 1982
60 min

A man who needs a bone marrow transplant to survive claims that he has no relatives that can serve as donors. However, Gonzo soon discovers that the truth is a little more complicated: the man is in the Witness Protection Program, and cannot safely have contact with his family.

Guest Stars:

Brad Kesten, Rue McClanahan, Irene Miracle, Dick O'Neill, Bumper Robinson

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E25

25. The One and Only

May 16, 1982
60 min

A flower salesgirl, who works on the street, wakes up one day at the hospital. The girl is very ill yet refuses to be treated since she considers that doctors are Satan's henchmen. The estranged mother of a cult member has the girl kidnapped from the hospital.

Guest Stars:

Robin Gammell, Salome Jens, Jennifer Jason Leigh