Trapper John, M.D. - Season 5

Trapper John, M.D. - Season 5

Season 5

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Episodes22
DatesOct 2, 1983 - May 6, 1984
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Episodes

I Only Have Ice for You
Season 5Episode 160 min

I Only Have Ice for You

(Season Premiere) Trapper advises Dani, a professional ice skater (Lynn-Holly Johnson), with a critical heart ailment to curtail her career.

Oct 2, 1983
... And for Loyal and Devoted Service
Season 5Episode 260 min

... And for Loyal and Devoted Service

The new acting board chairman tries to pressure Arnold Slocum into retirement only four months short of his pension.
Oct 9, 1983
All About Everett
Season 5Episode 360 min

All About Everett

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Oct 16, 1983
May Divorce Be With You
Season 5Episode 460 min

May Divorce Be With You

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.
Oct 23, 1983
What a Difference a Day Makes
Season 5Episode 560 min

What a Difference a Day Makes

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.
Oct 30, 1983
The Final Cut
Season 5Episode 660 min

The Final Cut

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.
Nov 6, 1983
Old Man Liver
Season 5Episode 760 min

Old Man Liver

A beautiful doctor (Lori Hallier) takes a keen interest in two specimens—a 119-year-old patient (Whitman Mayo) and Gonzo (Gregory Harrison), whose delight turns to dismay when he learns the nature of her attraction to him.

Nov 13, 1983
The Agony of D'Feet
Season 5Episode 860 min

The Agony of D'Feet

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.
Nov 20, 1983
Mother Load (a.k.a.) If it Ain't Broke
Season 5Episode 960 min

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

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.
Nov 27, 1983
Fat Chance
Season 5Episode 1060 min

Fat Chance

Against his better judgement, Trapper agrees to staple the stomach of an obese woman. Gonzo goes to unusual lengths to save Andrea's dog.
Dec 4, 1983
Supernurse
Season 5Episode 1160 min

Supernurse

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.
Dec 11, 1983
Special Delivery
Season 5Episode 1260 min

Special Delivery

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.
Jan 1, 1984
Play Your Hunch
Season 5Episode 1360 min

Play Your Hunch

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.
Jan 8, 1984
A Little Knife Music
Season 5Episode 1460 min

A Little Knife Music

When an eight-month-old baby is brought to the hospital with respiratory problems, x-rays show that the child is a dwarf.
Jan 15, 1984
Where There's a Will
Season 5Episode 1560 min

Where There's a Will

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.
Jan 29, 1984
Send in the Clowns
Season 5Episode 1660 min

Send in the Clowns

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.
Feb 12, 1984
This Gland is Your Gland
Season 5Episode 1760 min

This Gland is Your Gland

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.
Mar 4, 1984
The Fred Connection
Season 5Episode 1860 min

The Fred Connection

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.
Mar 11, 1984
The Jackpot Pays Off
Season 5Episode 1960 min

The Jackpot Pays Off

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.
Mar 18, 1984
I Do, I Don't
Season 5Episode 2060 min

I Do, I Don't

Trapper questions Ernie's motives when she accepts a proposal from a long-time suitor only after she finds out that he is dying.
Mar 25, 1984
It's About Time
Season 5Episode 2160 min

It's About Time

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.
Apr 1, 1984
Aunt Mildred is Watching You
Season 5Episode 2260 min

Aunt Mildred is Watching You

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.
May 6, 1984

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