Season 5

1983–1984

Oct 2, 1983 · 60m

A professional skater refuses treatment for a heart condition that could be fatal. Stanley and E.J. find out that they are going to be parents.

E2. ... And for Loyal and Devoted Service

Oct 9, 1983 · 60m

The new acting board chairman tries to pressure Arnold Slocum into retirement only four months short of his pension.

E3. All About Everett

Oct 16, 1983 · 60m

All About Everett is an episode of Trapper John, M.D.

E4. May Divorce Be With You

Oct 23, 1983 · 60m

Trapper's ex-wife starts a self-help group for the wives of doctors, and ends up with one of them on her doorstep. Stanley and E.J. may lose their baby.

E5. What a Difference a Day Makes

Oct 30, 1983 · 60m

Trapper gets called into the hospital on his birthday to deal with a possible epidemic. Stanley is finally able to track down the source of the problem, but that does not do much for John's mood, as everyone seems to have forgotten him.

E6. The Final Cut

Nov 6, 1983 · 60m

Gonzo is not happy when Trapper passes on to him the job of proctoring three Cardio-Thoracic surgery residents, and things get worse when he learns that he is required to cut one of the residents out of the programme because of budget cuts.

E7. Old Man Liver

Nov 13, 1983 · 60m

A 119-year-old man, seemingly in good health, says that he has come to the hospital to die. He changes his mind after media attention makes him feel important again, but Trapper discovers an aortic aneurysm that may kill him after all.

E8. The Agony of D'Feet

Nov 20, 1983 · 60m

As SFM fills with the casualties of the Bay City Marathon, E.J. Riverside goes into labour three weeks early. Stanley can't be found, because he has secretly decided to compete in the run.

E9. Mother Load (a.k.a.) If it Ain't Broke

Nov 27, 1983 · 60m

Andrea finds out who her real mother is, and wants to meet her. Trapper's concern over the emotional state of a Greek patient brings out the good samaritan in Gonzo, who decides to contact the man's daughter in Greece.

E10. Fat Chance

Dec 4, 1983 · 60m

Against his better judgement, Trapper agrees to staple the stomach of an obese woman. Gonzo goes to unusual lengths to save Andrea's dog.

E11. Supernurse

Dec 11, 1983 · 60m

Everyone is happy for Gloria when she earns her accreditation in Advanced Cardiac Life Support Care, except one doctor. He does not believe nurses should be doing this kind of work, and tries to have Gloria fired.

E12. Special Delivery

Jan 1, 1984 · 60m

A nurse/midwife who spreads herself too thin threatens her career and two lives, and may bring Gloria down with her. Gonzo sets up a homey ""birthing centre"" at the hospital.

E13. Play Your Hunch

Jan 8, 1984 · 60m

Trapper's old friend, a former workaholic, turns up after years. Trapper is confused when he finds that the man has quit his job and seems intent on nothing but having fun. An E.S.P. clinic set up in the hospital seems to be bringing out unwanted talents in Ernie.

E14. A Little Knife Music

Jan 15, 1984 · 60m

When an eight-month-old baby is brought to the hospital with respiratory problems, x-rays show that the child is a dwarf.

E15. Where There's a Will

Jan 29, 1984 · 60m

A cancer patient who dies at the hospital leaves all his worldly wealth to Gonzo, who discovers that most of it was obtained illegally. Jackpot, Ernie and Gloria conspire to trick Stanley into taking his annual physical.

E16. Send in the Clowns

Feb 12, 1984 · 60m

An elderly woman comes to visit with her husband, who died a year previously. A pediatrician has difficulty dealing with a young boy who has cancer.

E17. This Gland is Your Gland

Mar 4, 1984 · 60m

Gonzo is convinced that the paranoia of one of his patients has a physical cause. Slocum attempts to cut back on nursing costs by employing a robot nurse, who proves to be quite successful.

E18. The Fred Connection

Mar 11, 1984 · 60m

A patient at SFM who fancies himself a detective is determined to solve the mystery of missing medication, to the despair of the police working on the case.

E19. The Jackpot Pays Off

Mar 18, 1984 · 60m

For two years Jackpot has allowed an elderly friend to believe that $10 a month is paying for full medical insurance, but he runs into trouble when she becomes seriously ill and requires treatment he cannot afford.

E20. I Do, I Don't

Mar 25, 1984 · 60m

Trapper questions Ernie's motives when she accepts a proposal from a long-time suitor only after she finds out that he is dying.

E21. It's About Time

Apr 1, 1984 · 60m

When his office ends up as a temporary storage dump for medical equipment from the WWI era, Trapper imagines how routine cases would have been treated at that time, and decides that SFM isn't quite a dinosaur after all.

E22. Aunt Mildred is Watching You

May 6, 1984 · 60m

An expert brought in by the board to increase hospital productivity only makes life more difficult as the staff deals with a doctor who performs unnecessary surgeries and a shy man with an awkward problem.