Trapper John, M.D. - Season 3

Episodes

The Ego Experience

Andrew Ridley (Dick Gautier), the high priest of pop psychosociology, is coming apart, and Trapper and Gonzo draw the assignment of trying to put him back together. The trouble is that Gonzo may not be around for the operation. He has received a death threat, and so has Ridley, who could cash in his chips if the operation is successful or never takes place.

Nov 8, 1981

Season 3Episode 660 min

Cooperative Care

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.

Nov 15, 1981

Season 3Episode 760 min

Is There a Doctor in the Big House?

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.

Nov 29, 1981

Season 3Episode 860 min

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

Two swindlers (Hermione Gingold, Eileen Heckart) choose gullible Riverside as their next target by posing as his former nanny and his long-lost mother,

Dec 6, 1981

Season 3Episode 960 min

'Tis the Season

An alcoholic sidewalk Santa (Ray Walston) becomes a real St. Nick to an 11-year-old boy suffering from a chronic blood disease.

Dec 20, 1981

Season 3Episode 1060 min

Future Imperfect

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.

Dec 27, 1981

Season 3Episode 1160 min

42

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.

Jan 3, 1982

Season 3Episode 1260 min

Victims

A young man may lose his arm if Trapper and Gonzo can't calm a microvascular surgeon who accidentally shot his wife.

Jan 10, 1982

Season 3Episode 1360 min

Angel of Mercy

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.

Jan 17, 1982

Season 3Episode 1460 min

Danny

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.

Jan 24, 1982

Season 3Episode 1560 min

Ladies in Waiting

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.

Jan 31, 1982

Season 3Episode 1660 min

The Peter Pan Syndrome

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

Feb 7, 1982

Season 3Episode 1760 min

Medicine Man

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.

Feb 21, 1982

Season 3Episode 1860 min

Maybe Baby

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

Mar 7, 1982

Season 3Episode 1960 min

Love and Marriage

Ernie is engaged to be married, but begins to have second thoughts when her fiancÃ© 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.

Mar 14, 1982

Season 3Episode 2060 min

Candy Doctor

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.

Mar 21, 1982

Season 3Episode 2160 min

Doctors and Other Strangers

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.

Mar 28, 1982

Season 3Episode 2260 min

A Piece of the Action

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.

Apr 11, 1982

Season 3Episode 2360 min

Cause for Concern

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.

Apr 18, 1982

Season 3Episode 2460 min

John's Other Life

A patient (Rick Lohman) needs bone-marrow transplant but refuses to give the names of relatives; and Riverside (Charles Siebert) takes a stand when the garbage collectors strike.

May 2, 1982

Season 3Episode 2560 min