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   • Season 1 overview

     Sep 24, 1987-Apr 29, 1988

     21 episodes

     Season 1 episodes
     

     1. Pilot Sep 24, 1987
     • Anderson goes to division headquarters to make a report and recruit replacements.
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     2. Notes From the Underground Oct 1, 1987
     • To rescue Taylor, B Company volunteers must infiltrate a complex tunnel system.
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     3. Dislocations Oct 8, 1987
     • The men are affected by South Vietnamese villagers they must escort from enemy territory.
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     4. Sitting Ducks Oct 15, 1987
     • An overzealous sergeant's enthusiasm for a dangerous mission endangers B Company.
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     5. War Lover Oct 29, 1987
     • The men of B Company suspect their Vietnamese scout of spying.
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     6. Burn, Baby, Burn Nov 5, 1987
     • Platoon conflicts climax with a racist soldier's murder, for which Johnson stands accused.
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     7. Brothers, Fathers and Sons Nov 12, 1987
     • Anderson, Johnson and Baker are shot down in enemy territory.
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     8. The Good, the Bad and the Dead Nov 19, 1987
     • Anderson soon regrets saving a boozing buddy from court-martial by getting him sent to B Company.
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     9. Battling Baker Brothers Dec 10, 1987
     • Baker's twin visits for their birthday and competes with his sibling for a local girl.
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     10. Nowhere to Run Dec 17, 1987
     • Percell goes AWOL after shooting a Vietnamese youth; Goldman meets a former lover, a nurse.
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     11. Roadrunner Jan 7, 1988
     • Anderson receives a letter from the young daughter he has never met.
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     12. Pushin' Too Hard Jan 14, 1988
     • A TV news team accompanies B Company; Wallace continues a dangerous mission over the men's protests.
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     13. USO Down Jan 21, 1988
     • The platoon finds USO performers aboard an Army helicopter shot down behind enemy lines.
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     14. Under Siege Feb 11, 1988
     • A new commander's gung-ho strategy leaves the firebase ill-prepared to withstand an enemy siege.
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     15. Soldiers Feb 18, 1988
     • On leave, Percell, Taylor and Ruiz are shocked to see civilians' cold attitudes toward soldiers.
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     16. Gray-Brown Odyssey Feb 25, 1988
     • A Viet Cong woman (Rosalind Chao) is blinded Goldman's only hope of getting to safety.
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     17. Blood Brothers Mar 12, 1988
     • Lt. Goldman's major general father arrives on a fact-finding mission.
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     18. The Short Timer Mar 19, 1988
     • A brutal ambush and a recruiting sergeant highlight homeward-bound Taylor's last days of combat.
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     19. Paradise Lost Mar 26, 1988
     • A bitter American lives among local tribesmen who saved the platoon from ambush.
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     20. Angel of Mercy Apr 9, 1988
     • Goldman and his men capture an important North Vietnamese colonel shortly before the Tet offensive.
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     21. The Hill Apr 29, 1988
     • Morale plummets when the platoon gets orders to take, then abandon, the same hilltop.
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