Tour of Duty · SEASON 1
The Short Timer
Episode 18 · 1988-03-19
- War & Politics
- Drama
- Action & Adventure
Episode overview
Bravo company is on another S mission. A new man is on point, and he stops the patrol when he sees some blood, which he follows to a Vietnam booby trap. He's killed. Taylor takes over point, even though he is a short timer. Later, he manages to survive an encounter with an NVA machine gun nest after he destroys it. Taylor must address his mixed emotions about his near return to home. His fear and distaste for Vietnam is equaled only by the darkness of the life waiting for him at home. Taylor, after a ""Dear John"" phone call from home, signs up for another tour.
60 minutes
Season 1 episodes
1. Pilot1987-09-24
2. Notes from the Underground1987-10-01
3. Dislocations1987-10-08
4. War Lover1987-10-15
5. Sitting Ducks1987-10-29
6. Burn, Baby, Burn1987-11-05
7. Brothers, Fathers, and Sons1987-11-12
8. The Good, the Bad and the Dead1987-11-19
9. Battling Baker Brothers1987-12-10
10. Nowhere to Run1987-12-17
11. Roadrunner1988-01-07
12. Pushin' Too Hard1988-01-14
13. USO Down1988-01-21
14. Under Siege1988-02-11
15. Soldiers1988-02-18
16. Gray-Brown Odyssey1988-02-25
17. Blood Brothers1988-03-12
18. The Short Timer1988-03-19
19. Paradise Lost1988-03-26
20. Angel of Mercy1988-04-09
21. The Hill1988-04-30
