China Beach (1988)

Drama · History · War

Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and hospital on China Beach filled with wounded soldiers and one very lovely but damaged Army Nurse Colleen McMurphy. Many heroes, dead and alive, try to make sense of life and death in between bourbon, bullets and battles.

IMDb rating: 8.2 (4,433 votes)
Episode average: 8.2 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 4
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 4 seasons indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (1988)

8.00 avg 7 episodes 8.5 → 8.3 55 min avg

U-shaped

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Pilot	8.5	577
1	Home	8.0	90
2	Hot Spell	7.7	73
3	Somewhere Over the Radio	7.9	67
4	Waiting for Beckett	7.7	63
5	Brothers	7.9	63
6	Chao Ong	8.3	68

Season 2 (1988)

8.28 avg 17 episodes 8.3 → 8.8 47 min avg

Rebound

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Lost and Found	8.3	62
2	Lost and Found: Part 2	8.4	63
3	Limbo	8.1	59
4	X-Mas Chn. Bch. VN, '67	8.2	62
5	Women in White	8.3	60
6	All About E.E.V.	7.9	54
7	Tet '68	8.4	65
8	Cherry	8.1	60
9	Crossing the Great Water	7.8	51
10	Psywars	8.0	54
11	Where the Boys Are	8.3	57
12	Vets	8.9	71
13	Twilight	8.4	57
14	Afterburner	8.1	54
15	Promised Land	8.0	52
16	The World: Part 1	8.7	60
17	The World: Part 2	8.8	61

Season 3 (1989)

8.09 avg 22 episodes 8.4 → 7.6 47 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Unquiet Earth	8.4	61
2	Skin Deep	8.3	50
3	Dear China Beach	7.9	51
4	Who's Happy Now?	7.9	47
5	Independence Day	7.7	48
6	Ghosts	7.8	50
7	With a Little Help from My Friends	7.8	46
8	China Men	8.0	44
9	How to Stay Alive in Vietnam: Part 1	8.5	55
10	How to Stay Alive in Vietnam: Part 2	7.8	48
11	Magic	7.9	50
12	Nightfall	8.3	49
13	Souvenirs	8.2	50
14	Holly's Choice	8.0	53
15	A Rumor of Peace	7.8	50
16	Warriors	8.2	46
17	The Thanks of a Grateful Nation	8.4	55
18	Skylark	8.3	52
19	Phoenix	8.0	50
20	F.N.G.	8.8	64
21	The Gift	8.3	51
22	Strange Brew	7.6	47

Season 4 (1990)

8.18 avg 16 episodes 8.0 → 8.5 50 min avg

Rebound

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Big Bang	8.0	52
2	She Sells More Than Sea Shells	8.0	48
3	You, Babe	8.2	52
4	Escape	7.6	48
5	Fever	8.1	46
6	Juice	8.3	51
7	One Giant Leap	8.3	48
8	One Small Step	8.5	44
9	The Call	7.6	44
10	I Could Have Danced All Night... But Didn't	8.5	55
11	100 Klicks Out	8.7	60
12	The Always Goodbye	7.9	50
13	Quest	8.2	57
14	Rewind	8.3	57
15	Through and Through	8.2	50
16	Hello Goodbye	8.5	74

China Beach (1988)

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