Trapper John episode guide part 2

Baby on the Line

An electrician who works for the hospital has a sick baby boy, who turns out to have the internal organs of a baby girl. Stanley spots the problem, but he let's Gonzo explain it to the parents, and Trapper help convince them to do the right thing. Jackpot, meanwhile, is trying to identify a secret admirer.

Life, Death and Vinnie Duncan

Stanley & EJ move out of his father's house after a patient dies who had been the center of a very public display of affection from a guy named Vinnie Duncan. EJ says they have only been married 3 months, but internal evidence (i.e., Trapper takes a month to recover after "Thanks for Giving") makes it a little weird. S'okay. It means I can play with the timeline. (evil grin)

It Only Hurts When I Love

Gloria adopts Andrea. Some nice byplay with Stan when Andrea first comes in.

Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow

Ernie becomes Nursing supervisor, but needs an ear operation. Gonzo's treating a musician, and has worked up a little in-hospital band, which Stanley desperately wants to join. He plays a really funny assortment of instruments.

The Spy Who Bugged Me

The hospital's being audited, and Gonzo's being sued. Stanley won't back him up on the diagnosis, either, which is pretty uncharitable, but typical of his reluctance to get in a malpractice suit. n.b. Stan pays bribe to a con artist, believing that the hospital will be closed and patients-and friends- will suffer otherwise.

Forget Me Not

One of the surgeons is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, and it's reached the point where it's causing problems. Really good scene with Stan when the surgeon calls for help and Stanley goes to pick him up.

Pasts Imperfect

A girl shows up claiming that Stan and she are former lovers -- only Stanley doesn't think so. She chains herself to his car and threatens suicide if she's cut loose, and also has ulcers which might kill her. Really good Stan episode. Also very nice for EJ.

Primetime

Gonzo's mom has a romance. A roller derby girl goes after Stan. And the nurses revolt when Ernie cracks down on the little things.

Blue Genes

Memorial Messenger newsletter in this episode n.b. "Someone needs to do something" about the bulletin board. Everyone complains Stan does something. There's a new researcher, who turns out to be experimenting on herself, She knows Riverside Senior who "never mentioned he had a son" (in front of Gonzo, Jackpot & Slocum).

Friends in High Places

Gonzo gets so wrapped up in a rich socialite, he starts neglecting his duties and Trapper fires him. Stan is one of his defenders.

South Side Story

Gonzo finds out the hospital owns some slum property, and has to convince a key member of the board to fix it up. Trapper's dealing with an inventor who's gratitude is driving him nuts. Stan rescues the inventor at the end. Nice bit in the Titanic when Gonzo throws a wine tasting party. Stan and Jackpot are last to leave, and it's pretty clear that Stan a: had a good time and b: is not much of a drinker.

I Only Have Ice for You

Gloria's in isolation because she's been exposed to something, so EJ and Stanley babysit Andrea. EJ wants to go to LA to study oral surgery and Stan's not happy about it, so they wrangle until EJ finds out that she is pregnant.

What a Difference A Day Makes

Trapper has a rotten birthday. Something is making patients sicker instead of better, and Stan figures out that it is contaminated plasma.

And for Loyal and Devoted Service

The board tries to fire Arnold before he can collect his retirement.

May Divorce Be With You

Melanie's running a seminar/gripe session for doctor's wives, and it's causing problems. Stan notices that EJ's acting funny, but it turns out she might lose the baby. Great scenes with Stan and EJ as they decide what to do. I especially like the bedroom scene -- even though, or probably because -- Stan hardly says a thing! That is a man with good sense!

All About Everett

One of Stanley's old medical schoolmates shows up with abdominal pain, and claiming to be an eastern mystic. The hospital also has a very rich, famous patient, and a backstabbing doctor is trying to take over Trapper's job.

Old Man Liver

Stanley is trying to figure out how to look more authoritative -- so he tries to grow a beard. Gonzo has a girl after him who wants him to father her baby. And the hospital has a patient who is 119 years old.

The Final Cut

Gonzo's got to decide between three surgical residency candidates. Jackpot's a little too popular with some patients. Not a lot of Stanley, but an interesting bit where he's trying to hang onto someone for emergency medicine and gets turned down.

Fat Chance

Trapper has a patient who has never been able to lose weight, and comes to the realization that maybe she should be taken as she is. Gloria and Andrea's dog needs to have surgery, and end up having it at the hospital. Stan is wildly disapproving when he first discovers the dog in the hospital, but caves in like Carlsbad when Gloria and Gonzo give him the job of telling Andrea no.

The Agony of Da'Feet

Trapper is in Sacramento and the hospital is preparing for the Bay City Marathon. Gloria, Gonzo, and Ernie are working the aid stations, and Jackpot is in charge of ER. Stanley runs in the marathon, unaware that EJ has gone into labor three weeks early. This is one of the all time great Stanley episodes. It's also great for EJ.

Mother Load (AKA) If It Aint Broke

Gloria is ready to finalize Andrea's adoption -- but Andrea wants to meet her real mom. Not a lot of Stanley, but in one scene he does call her "Miss B".

Supernurse

Gloria gets certified to do some things for cardiac patients without supervision and a new doctor objects. Stanley, interestingly enough, doesn't -- in fact, he assigns Gloria her first patient.

Special Delivery

Gloria's in trouble for helping a fellow nurse who has been acting as a midwife. Gonzo talks Stan into helping him pull a fast one on Arnold and establish a more home-like facility for expectant mothers.

Play Your Hunch

There are psychic researchers at the hospital and Ernie has to deal with the possibility that she qualifies. Stanley would like to be psychic, but shows no aptitude. Ernie does convince him, though, that she is, in a good scene with Gonzo, Ernie and Jackpot.

A Little Knife Music

Gonzo's dealing with a baby with dwarfism, and a fellow surgeon who isn't willing to try anything dangerous. Ernie's son is quitting the gyms to take up ballooning. Bit w/ Stan where son says he got landing rights at Riverside Senior's vineyard, and Stan says "he never invited me." Want to kick R senior! In front of Trapper, Jackpot and Gloria.

Send in the Clowns

Gonzo's dealing with a very sick child who wants to see a circus. Ernie, Gloria and Jackpot are trying to deal with a woman who is coming faithfully to visit the room where her husband died. Stanley is besotted with little Stanley, chosing books for him like Tolstory and Voltaire. Wonderful bit with Stanley and Arnold. "What elephant?"

Where There's a Will

Stanley's avoiding his annual physical, so Jackpot, Ernie and Gloria finagle to get the information they need. Gonzo finds himself the heir of a man who runs a numbers operation and wants to buy his way into heaven by having the money go for something worthwhile.

The Jackpot Pays Off

Stanley's running the hospital art show -- and being conned by a patient who claims to be an art psychologist. Jackpot is facing up to the consequences of having promised to get medical insurance to an old friend for low payments when she comes in ill.

This Gland is Your Gland

In one of the silliest moves the hospital board ever makes, a robot nurse is tested at SF Memorial. Stan and Jackpot consider using the robot for stockmarket and racing, and in fact, when the robot leaves, the staff has a farewell party. Gonzo's dealing with a paranoid patient who just might have something physically wrong with her causing her trouble.

The Fred Connector

The hospital is coping with an entire rugby team and an ecccentric visiting detective. Also, someone is stealing drugs. Good bit with Stan when the rugby team arrives.

I Do, I Don't

Another romance for Ernie -- and he's sick. Arnold coerces Gonzo, Jackpot, and Stan into being part of a charity fashon show.

It's About Time

Begins with ER practicing their disaster routine. Trapper gets an old watch which sometimes lets him see what he would be putting up with in World War I conditions. An oddball episode in some ways. But Stanley with a handlebar mustache is worth the admission...

Aunt Mildred is Watching You

Riverside Senior -- who would rather spend money on consultants than staff, hires Mildred Prosser (Proffer?) to look at the hospital. And she installs video cameras all over the place, which makes everyone paranoid. Good scene with Stan trying to convince her to remove the cameras. Another good sequence as he and Trapper do the detective work to remove an unscrupulous surgeon.

Moonlighting Becomes You

Jackson's moonlighting, and risking his job; Slocum's hired a "humor" therapist to help people, and the women who runs the diner across the way from the hospital needs medical care and won't take it if no one can cover for her at the diner. Wait til you see what Stan does with the pie... Directed by Charles Siebert

A Change of Heart

Trapper needs to do a heart transplant for a young patient. The hospital is losing money, in part because Bay General is advertising. Trapper is dead set against advertising, Slocum, and Stan both think it may be necessary. Gonzo has a brain dead patient who would be the perfect heart donor, but also an injunction that prevents him from pulling the plug.

My Son, The Doctor

[{tv guide}April 28, 1985 (repeat) JT signs on at San Fransisco Memorial after he's bounced from another hospital's intern program. Trapper, Gonzo, Riverside, Slocum Melanie McIntyre...Jessica Walter Dean...Eric Christmas Naylor....Andrew Parks Roland Shulman....Carl Ballantine]

Buckaroo Bob Rides Again

An old TV star needs help and support from his fans and his old sidekick, too. Stan and EJ have a fight and Stan ends up staying with Trapper. Not the best episode for him, as the writers have made him really nit-picky and it feels a little, well, off.

School Nurse

good Ernie episode, when she tries to find out who attacked a friend. Stanley's in conflict with a mad artistic room painter.

Eternally Yours

Gonzo thinks he's a jinx. At least until the last scene when Stanley gets the bad fortune cookie...

Cat, Crashes and Creeps

An ambulance driver has a medical problem, Jackpot's got a dying patient who's a cat lady. (and who talks Stan into helping her find a place for her cats -- proof, as if we needed it, that Stan is violently allergic to cats.)

Promises, Promises

The hospital has a particularly brilliant intern, who has a chance to go to a prestigious surgical team, but has promised to go back to practice in his home town. Stanley says his son is planning to go to med school in "the fall semester of 2002"...

A Fall to Grace

Trapper's temporarily paralyzed -- and Stan hasn't got a clue how to deal with it.

Dark Side of the Loon

JT finds a vampire.

Double Bubble

Jackpot is trying to find a marrow donor for an orphan.

Long Ago and Far Away

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Muddle of the Knight

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Love Thy Neighbor

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High Time

Andrea Brancusi is experimenting with drugs.

So Little, Gone

little Stanley kidnapped

Bad Breaks

Stanley deals with sperm donation

The Unholy Ghost

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A False Start

birdwatchers

In the Eyes of the Beholder

[[tv guide]March 24, 1985 (sun 9:00) A hearing probing the death of an auto-accident victim produces four different accounts of what happened in the ER. Trapper, JT, Gonzo Dr. Falsey....Richard Alfieri "Chesty" Quell.... Richard Brose Teresa Hillyer....Joanna Barnes (stanley hurts back)]

All the King's Horses

[[tv guide]March 31, 1985 (sun 9:00) Trapper's odds-defying measures to save an apparently brain dead 7-year-old who fell into an icy pond draw the wrath of the girl's uncle (Tony Roberts), a showboating investigative reporter. Trapper, JT Kathleen Hughes....Pamela Dunlap Megan Hughes....Maia Brewton Mrs. Taylor.....Gwen Verdon] (no stan) Gonzo and Jackpot are dealing with a triple divorcee with an eye for young doctors.

Go for Broker

JT is diverting supplies for charity, and invents an imaginary doctor to cover it, and then has to kill him off when the scam gets too hot. Stan delivers a eulogy for the doctor he never met... A researcher in the hospital gets a mail order bride who won't follow through when she gets sick.

All of Me

[[tv guide]May 5, 1985 Sunday 9:00 JT is entrusted with a disturbing secret: two patients are married to the same woman. Trapper, Gonzo, Shoop, Gloria Margaret/Peggy...Joan Sweeny Phillip Devonshire...Paul Sand Wade Ralston...Dick O'Neill Nurse Worley...Ruth Kobart] Stan tells Trapper to get JT to stop interfering in patients' private lives.

Game of Hearts, part 1

[[tv guide] June 19, 1986 Thurs 8:00/9:00 Return: Trapper prepares for his first artificial-heart transplant, but Gonzo may miss it because of his new love interest. Part 1 of two. Libby (Lorna Luft) Catherine (Janis Paige) (repeat) Jack Dearborne...Hoyt Axton Fran Brennan...Andrea Marcovicci Aunt Mo...Pat Carroll Claire Dearborne....Lynn Carlin] Stanley has a good diagnosis scene when Gonzo brings in his girlfriend.

Game of Hearts, part 2

Gonzo's new girlfriend has MS.

The Wunderkind

A doctor from the hospital may be a former Nazi. Stanley runs into a patient who reminds him of a girl he liked in high school.

Hot Shot

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Just Around the Coroner

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A Wheel in a Wheel

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Friends and Lovers

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The Second Best Man

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Heart and Seoul

[[tv guide]Jan 28, 1986 Tues 9:00 North Korea prevents a kidney donor from traveling to the U.S., which means Trapper must goe to Seoul, where he encounters his wartime flame. JT, Pagano (Beau Gravitte) Dr. Julie Lok...Irene Tsu Lee Park...Mark Kamiyama Tai Park...Jesse Dizon (time approximate)]

Billboard Barney

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Going, Going, Gonzo

last episode with Gonzo -- he has a stroke, and again, Stanley doesn't know how to deal.

Life Death and Dr. Christmas

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Research and Destroy

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Fall of the Wild

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Judgement Day

[[tv guide]March 4, 1986 Tues 8:00 Jackpot clashes on two fronts: with a terminally ill colleague who has enjoined artificial life support, and with the judge who granted her request -- Jackpot's own estranged father Trapper Dr. Mary Barnwell...Doran Clark E.J. Riverside....Marcia Rodd Alan Kaylins....Stanley Brock]

The Elusive Butterfly

[[tv guide]Sept 4, 1986 Thurs 10:00 JT considers altering his post-internship plans in light of his infatuation with a rock star (Jean Sagal) who's checked into the hosptial, suffering from exhaustion. Trapper, Riverside, Libby Mrs. McAndrew...Ann Doran Kussman...Ron Palillo Grahame....Anthony LaPaglia (Last show of the series)]

Self-Diagnosis

Stanley finally tells off his father.

The Curmudgeon

[[tv guide]March 18, 1986 Tues 7:00 Birds of a feather: an abrasive old doctor (John Randolph) gets a taste of his own medicine from Nurse Andrews (Sarah Cunningham); and JT and the Titanic have new neighbors -- a can recycler (Barney Martin) and his decripit RV. Trapper, Dr. Christmas, Catherine (Janis Paige), Shoop, Libby (Lorna Luft) Patient...Charlie Dell First Nurse...Marsha Clark Second Nurse...Odessa Cleveland New Father...Gregory Brinkley (Postponed from an earlier date. [march 11] The series is going on hiatus. Next week "Morningstar/Eveningstar premieres here.)]

Strange Bedfellows

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