![]() Robert Picardo (with hair!) is Dick Richard, a womanizing surgeon. Michael Boatman is Samuel Beckett, who runs the Graves Registration Unit at the base. Koloski, a sometime prostitute who's in Vietnam to strike it rich. Her character is loosely based on Lynda Van Devanter, whose book Home Before Morning served as the inspiration for the show. Delaney played Colleen McMurphy, a nurse. ![]() ![]() The show was always respectful to the real people who had served in Souvenirs, from the third season, interviews with real-life veterans work into the story.ĭelany anchored the show, but like ER later (John Wells served as an executive producer for both), every character had his or her turn in the spotlight eventually. Plus, it often told its stories from the perspective of the women involved. The writing and acting are outstanding (Delany in particular shines), and the producers came up with storytelling devices that would be used in such later series as The West Wing but were genuinely innovative at the time. But I'm a sucker for military shows and movies, and was urged to give it a try.Ĭhina Beach isn't just a good show, it's a unique one, one that deserves a loftier place in the dramatic television pantheon. Too much like a M*A*S*H knockoff, I figured. ![]() (The list price starts at just under $200.)įull disclosure: I didn't own a television for most of the show's run. But finally the rights were cleared and the series became available, in a massive, pricey boxed set. ![]()
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