China Beach is an American dramatic television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War.
The title refers to My Khe beach near the city of Da Nang, Vietnam, which was nicknamed by unknown foreigners. The ABC TV drama aired for three years, from 1988 to 1991.
The show did not shy away from showing the gruesomeness of war, providing a very gritty view of the experience there.
The producers of the show sought out advice from former Army nurses stationed in Vietnam, notably Diane Carlson Evans.
Unusual story-telling methods were sometimes used: scenes presented in reverse chronology; insertion of animated cartoons to express a character's state of mind; alternating between interviews with former military nurses and scripted scenes; and a visit by the cast to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C..
The show was a critically lauded but poorly rated series. ABC stuck with the show for four seasons, but the final season was put on hiatus in fall 1990 and did not air its finale until July 22, 1991.
Season 1
1. China Beach - Part 1
2. China Beach - Part 2
3. Home
4. Hot Spell
5. Somewhere Over the Radio
6. Waiting For Beckett
7. Brothers
8. Chao Ong
Season 2
9. Lost and Found - Part 1
10. Lost and Found - Part 2
11. Limbo
12. X-Mas Chinbeach '67
13. Women in White
14. All About E.E.V.
15. Tet '68
16. Cherry
17. Crossing the Great Water
18. Psywars
19. Where the Boys Are
20. Vets
21. Twilight
22. After Burner
23. Promised Land
24. The World - Part 1
25. The World - Part 2
Season 3
26. The Unquiet Earth
27. Skin Deep
28. Dear China Beach
29. Who's Happy Now?
30. Independence Day
31. Ghosts
32. With a Little Help From My Friends
33. China Men
34. How to Stay Alive in Vietnam - Part 1
35. How to Stay Alive in Vietnam - Part 2
36. Magic
37. Nightfall
38. Souvenirs
39. Holly's Choice
40. The Rumor of Peace
41. Warriors
42. The Thanks of a Grateful Nation
43. Skylark
44. Phoenix
45. F.N.G.
46. The Gift
47. Strange Brew
Season 4
48. The Big Bang
49. History Part II
50. You, Babe
51. Escape
52. Fever
53. Juice
54. One Giant Leap
55. One Small Step
56. The Call
57. I Could Have Danced All Night ... But Didn't
58. 100 Klicks Out
59. The Always Goodbye
60. Quest
61. Rewind
62. Through and Through
63. Hello Goodbye (2 Part Finale)
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Intro Lyrics
China Beach
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Through the mirror of my mind
Time after time
I see reflections of you and me
Reflections of
The way life used to be
Reflections of
The love ...
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