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Season 1 – Tour of Duty

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Young U.S. soldiers depend on one another in Vietnam.

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Ed Siegel Boston Globe There is something very unsettling and unsatisfying about this series... a quality that touches upon another difference between films and television. Rated: 2.5/4 Feb 9, 2024 Full Review Ron Weiskind Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A strong piece of work. It conveys the sense of unease and unseen dangers that soldiers faced. Feb 9, 2024 Full Review Lanny Larson Fresno Bee Terence Knox is extraordinary as the veteran platoon sergeant. But the other members of the big ensemble weren't up to his performance. Still, there were enough strong elements to build on. Feb 9, 2024 Full Review Diane Holloway Austin American-Statesman The show will probably go down in TV history as a semi-noble effort whose time has not yet come. Feb 9, 2024 Full Review Barry Garron Kansas City Star It's just an updated version of the Grade B combat films. That is too bad because the Vietnam War raised questions and issues that were unique to that conflict. Feb 9, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 24, 1987 Pilot Anderson goes to division headquarters to make a report and recruit replacements, who are soon under fire. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 1, 1987 Notes From the Underground To rescue Taylor from the North Vietnamese, B Company volunteers must infiltrate their complex tunnel system. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 8, 1987 Dislocations Bravo Co. is ordered to escort a group of villagers to a new location in a demonstration of U.S. technology helping the Vietnamese. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 15, 1987 Sitting Ducks An overzealous sergeant's enthusiasm for a dangerous mission endangers B Company. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 29, 1987 War Lover After several successful ambushes on them, the men of B Company suspect their Vietnamese scout of spying. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 5, 1987 Burn, Baby, Burn During race riots at home, platoon conflicts climax with a racist soldier's murder, for which Johnson stands accused. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 12, 1987 Brothers, Fathers and Sons Shot down in enemy territory, Anderson, Johnson and Baker find the sole survivor of a devastated village, a woman in labor. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 19, 1987 The Good, the Bad and the Dead Anderson soon regrets saving a boozing buddy (Tim Thomerson) from court-martial by getting him sent to B Company. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 10, 1987 Battling Baker Brothers Baker's twin visits for their birthday and competes with his sibling for a local girl. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 17, 1987 Nowhere to Run Percell goes AWOL after shooting a Vietnamese youth; Goldman meets a former lover, a nurse. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 7, 1988 Roadrunner Anderson shows signs of battle fatigue after receiving a letter from the young daughter he has never met. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 14, 1988 Pushin' Too Hard A TV news team accompanies B Company; Wallace continues a dangerous mission over the men's protests. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 21, 1988 USO Down Bravo Co. finds a USO band whose helicopter has been shot down and struggles to return the civilians to safety. Details Episode 14 Aired Feb 11, 1988 Under Siege A new commander's (Kristoffer Tabori) gung-ho strategy leaves the firebase ill-prepared to withstand an enemy siege. Details Episode 15 Aired Feb 18, 1988 Soldiers On leave in Hawaii, Percell, Taylor and Ruiz are shocked to see civilians' cold attitudes toward soldiers. Details Episode 16 Aired Feb 25, 1988 Gray-Brown Odyssey Blinded in an attack, Lt. Goldman must place his fate in the hands of a young Vietcong woman prisoner who wants him dead. Details Episode 17 Aired Mar 12, 1988 Blood Brothers A visit by Goldman's father (Jon Cypher), a decorated Army major general, coincides with the discovery of drug-dealing. Details Episode 18 Aired Mar 19, 1988 The Short Timer A brutal ambush and a tenacious recruiting sergeant highlight homeward-bound Taylor's last days of combat. Details Episode 19 Aired Mar 26, 1988 Paradise Lost A bitter American lives among local tribesmen who saved the platoon from ambush. Details Episode 20 Aired Apr 9, 1988 Angel of Mercy Goldman and his men capture an important North Vietnamese colonel shortly before the Tet offensive. Details Episode 21 Aired Apr 29, 1988 The Hill Morale plummets when the platoon repeatedly gets orders to take, then abandon, the same insignificant hilltop. Details
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Season Info

Director
Bill Norton, Randy Roberts, Jim Johnston, Reynaldo Villalobos, Aaron Lipstadt, Ronald L. Schwary, Robert Iscove, Charles Correll
Screenwriter
Steven Smith, Robert Burns Clark, Bill Norton, Rick Husky, Steve Bello, Steve Duncan, Bruce Reisman, Jim Beaver, Christian Darren, L. Travis Clark, David Wyles, Dennis Foley
Network
CBS
Rating
TV-14 (V)
Genre
Drama, War
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 24, 1987