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Starring Pernell Roberts, Gregory Harrison
Season 6 (CBS) (1984-85)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:  Jorge Galindo
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive

########### Trapper John, M. D. #############
############ season 6 1984-85 ##############
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22 episodes  (Prod. nos. 3-L01 to 3-L22)(Episodes listed in Prod. no, order)
CBS Sundays 10:00 - 11:00 p.m ET.

6.01 [110] Trapper John MD: A CHANGE OF HEART
<3-L01>
28Sep84
produced by Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Michael Caffey.
written by Barry H. Pollack
guest stars
Jason Presson
Hunter Von Leer
Jack Andreozzi
special guest star
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Trapper and Gonzo clash over declaring a critically
injured hockey player dead so that his heart can be used
in a transplant.

6.02 [111] Trapper John MD: MY SON THE DOCTOR
<3-L02>
9Oct84
produced by Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Leo Penn.
written by Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
director of photography: Fred Gately
music: John Parker
guest stars
Carl Ballantine
Eric Christmas
and
Jessica Walter ......... Melanie
introducing
Tim Busfield ........... J.T. McIntire
Trapper's brash son J.T. (Tim Busfield) arrives to serve
his internship at San Francisco Memorial.

6.03 [112] Trapper John MD: BUCKAROO BOB RIDES AGAIN
<3-L03>
18Jan85
produced by Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Robert Sweeney.
written by Kimmer Ringwald
director of photography: Charles Young
music: John Parker
guest star
Noah Beery
Janet Machlachlan
special guest star
Ray Walson
and
Marcia Rodd ........... E.J. Riverside
Gonzo attempts to help an aging childhood television
hero (Noah Beery); Trapper takes on Riverside and Gonzo as
housemates.

6.04 [113] Trapper John MD: SCHOOL NURSE
<3-L04>
25Oct84
produced by Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Michael Caffey.
written by Pamela Douglas
director of photography: Frederick Gately
music: John Parker
guest stars
J. A. Preston
William E. Pugh
Forest Whitaker
James Martinez
Fran Bennett
special guest star
Rosalind Cash
Shoop moonlights as a high-school nurse to discover who
attacked her friend and other faculty members.

6.05 [114] Trapper John MD: ETERNALLY YOURS
<3-L05>
23Oct84
produced by Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Earl Bellamy.
written by Holly Durham & Greg Thorneycroft
director of photography: Charles Young
music: John Parker
guest stars
Calvin Jung
R. G. Armstrong
special guest star
Priscilla Lopez
and
Keye Luke ........... Ronald Kwan Mein
A Chinese undertaker falls prey to stress; a fortune
cookie convinces Gonzo he's a jinx.

6.06 [115] Trapper John MD: OF CATS, CRASHES, AND CREEPS
<3-L06>
9Nov84
produced by Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Michael Caffey.
written by Robert Malcolm Young
director of photography: Frederick Gately
music: John Parker
guest stars
Oliver Clark
Greg Monahan
Michael Laskin
special guest star
Toni Kalem
and
Mary Wickes ........... Rocky Flanagan
A patient reveals a secret to J.T. while under anesthesia;
Jackpot and Riverside try to place a dying woman's cats.

6.07 [116] Trapper John MD: PROMISES, PROMISES
<3-L07>
16Nov84
produced by Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Earl Bellamy.
teleplay by John Whelpley
story by Clyde Phillips & John Whelpley
director of photography: Charles Young
music: John Parker
guest stars
Bert Remsen
Edie McClurg
Bettye Ackerman
Sandy Ward
special guest star
Dennis Christopher ....... Daryl Kirby
A surgeon is torn between an obligation to his hometown,
which financed his medical schooling, and a prestigious job offer.

6.08 [117] Trapper John MD: A FALL TO GRACE
<3-L08>
23Nov84
produced by Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Michael Caffey.
written by Kimmer Ringwald
director of photography: Frederick Gately
music: John Parker
guest star
Barbara Barrie
and
Jessica Walter ........ Melanie
When a rare disorder paralyzes Trapper, J.T. is
shaken and Gonzo fills in as chief of surgery.

6.09 [118] Trapper John MD: DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
<3-L09>
11Dec84
produced by Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Gregory Harrison.
written by John Whelpley
director of photography: Charles Young
music: John Parker
guest stars
Marc McClure
William Marquez
Richard Schall
and
Marcia Rodd ........... E. J. Riverside
Hospitalized for a heart attack, a longtime resident
(Marc McClure) of J.T.'s new mansion claims he is a vampire.

6.10 [119] Trapper John MD: DOUBLE BUBBLE
<3-L10>
21Dec84
produced by Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Michael Caffey.
teleplay by Nancy Bond & Jon Breakfield
story by Jon Breakfield
director of photography: Frederick Gately
music: John Parker
guest stars
Nancy Bond
Lillian Lehman
Martin E. Brooks
special guest star
Albert Salmi
and
Lukas Haas ........... Nicholas
J.T. tries to find the reclusive father (Albert Salmi)
of a boy (Lukas Haas) desperately in need of a bone-marrow transplant.

6.11 [120] Trapper John MD: LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY
<3-L11>
31Dec84
produced by Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Earl Bellamy.
written by Emilie R. Small & Garn Stephens
director of photography: Charles Young
music: John Parker
guest star
Frances Lee McCain
A troubled nurse's (Frances Lee McCain)
flashbacks cause her to almost kill a patient.

6.12 [121] Trapper John MD: MUDDLE OF THE KNIGHT
<3-L12>
11Jan85
produced by Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Lorraine S. Ferrara.
written by Nancy Bond
director of photography: Frederick Gately.
music: John Parker.
guest stars
Pat Hingle
Jonathan Goldsmith
Gene Ross
special guest star
Edie Adams

6.13 [122] Trapper John MD: LOVE THY NEIGHBOR
<3-L13>
25Jan85
produced by Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Charles Siebert.
written by John Whelpley
director of photography: Charles Young.
music: John Parker
guest stars
Michael Halsey
Tanya Fenmore

6.14 [123] Trapper John MD: HIGH TIME
<3-L14>
1Mar85
produced by Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Earl Bellamy.
written by Kimmer Ringwald, Holly Durham,
Greg Thorneycroft & Nancy Bond.
guest stars
Tanya Fenmore
Katie O'Neill
Mark Everett
special guest star
Geraldine Fitzgerald
and
Kate Murtagh ........... Muley

6.15 [124] Trapper John MD: SO LITTLE, GONE
<3-L15>
15Feb85
produced by Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Michael Caffey.
written by Kimmer Ringwald.
guest stars
Ronee Blakley
James A. Watson Jr
special guest star
Dennis Cole
and
Marcia Rodd .......... E. J. Riverside

6.16 [125] Trapper John MD: BAD BREAKS
<3-L16>
22Feb85
produced by Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Walter Grauman.
teleplay by Barry H. Pollack & John Whelpley
story by Barry H. Pollack
director of photography: Frederick Gately
music: John Parker.
guest stars
Lance Kerwin
Lynnette Mettey
Freddye Chapman
Stuart Pankin
special guest
Karlene Crockett
and
Marcia Rodd .......... E. J. Riverside

6.17 [126] Trapper John MD: THE UNHOLY GHOST
<3-L17>
8Mar85
produced by Doborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Leo Penn.
written by Robert Malcolm Young & Nancy Bond
story by Robert Malcolm Young
guest stars
Sheree North
Tony Barr
Richard Schall
special guest star
Kathleen Lloyd
J.T. believes a surgeon's ghost helped Trapper complete an operation.

6.18 [127] Trapper John MD: A FALSE START
<3-L18>
15Mar85
produced by Debra Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Gregory Harrison.
written by Debra Gilliland & Robert Sonntag
director of photography: Frederick Gately
music: John Parker
guest stars
Jesse Vint
Renee Jones
Tom Simcox
Walter Brooke
special guest stars
Bob and Ray
and
Robert Morse ........ Honest Wayne McIntyre
Gonzo and Trapper suspect Shoop's friend, a coach, of giving steroids to his athletes.

6.19 [128] Trapper John MD: IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER
<3-L19>
22Mar85
produced by Deborah Zoe Dawson
directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
written by Barry H. Pollack
guest stars
Richard Alfieri
Joanna Barnes
Marta Kristen
Allan Rich
William Wintersole
Parents sue Trapper and J.T. after their injured son dies suddenly in the emergency room.

6.20 [129] Trapper John MD: ALL THE KING'S HORSES...
aka 'All the king's men'
<3-L20>
29Mar85
produced by Debra Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Charles Siebert.
written by Gene O'Neill & Noreen Tobin
director of photography: Frederick Gately
music: John Parker
guest stars
Tony Roberts
Pamela Dunlap
Miguel Ferrer
special guest star
Gwen Verdon
A TV personality (Tony Roberts) attacks Trapper's decision
to induce a coma to save a girl who fell into icy water.

6.21 [130] Trapper John MD: GO FOR BROKER
<3-L21>
19Apr85
produced by Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Gregory Harrison.
written by Carl Sautter
director of photography: Charles Young
music: John Parker
guest stars
Walter Olkewicz
Shuko Akume
A man's newly arrived Filipino fiancee is very ill;
Gloria and J.T. create a fictitious doctor.

6.22 [131] Trapper John MD: ALL OF ME
<3-L22>
4May85
produced by Deborah Zoe Dawson & Victoria Johns
directed by Michael Caffey.
written by Nancy Bond
story by Dawn Tarnofsky
guest star
Dick O'Neill
special guest star
Paul Sand
and
Joan Sweeny
J.T. learns that identical twins are one woman married to two men.

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