The Ties That Bind
Episode 3 · 1989-10-07

- War & Politics
- Drama
- Action & Adventure
Episode overview
Col. Carl Brewster enters the local Vietnamese town to make the ""boom-boom"" parlor off-limits because of men catching the clap. Goldman and McKay attended the funeral for Alex who was killed in the bomb explosion. Anderson and the squad have been transferred to MACV-SOG, under the command of Col. Brewster. Brewster lets Hockenberry ""volunteer"" for a special assignment ,cleaning up the whore houses. Goldman has trouble dealing with his feelings about Alex's death. Anderson is thinking about using some of his leave to go visit his daughter, but he is concerned about Goldman. Goldman returns to the unit, both he and Anderson meets up with Brewster for the first time. Goldman breaks up a party when the unit meets up with Baker again -- by telling Johnson that he is in charge of the squad while Anderson goes home for some leave. Zeke visits his ex-wife, Carol, and their daughter, Katie. Johnson finds he has a hard time filling Zeke's shoes and dealing with Percell who is on a dangerous downward spiral.
60 minutes
Season 3 episodes
1. The Luck1989-09-23
2. Doc Hock1989-09-30
3. The Ties That Bind1989-10-07
4. Lonely at the Top1989-10-14
5. A Bodyguard of Lies1989-10-28
6. A Necessary End1989-11-04
7. Cloud Nine1989-11-11
8. Thanks for the Memories1989-11-18
9. I Am What I Am1989-12-02
10. World in Changes1989-12-09
11. Green Christmas1989-12-23
12. Odd Man Out1990-01-06
13. And Make Death Proud to Take Us1990-01-20
14. Dead Man Tales1990-02-03
15. Road to Long Binh1990-02-10
16. Acceptable Losses1990-02-17
17. Vietnam Rag1990-02-24
18. War is a Contact Sport1990-03-24
19. Three Cheers for the Orange, White, & Blue1990-04-14
20. The Raid1990-04-28
21. Payback1990-04-28