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Tour of Duty

Season 1 Episode 2: Notes from the Underground

A U.S. Platoon on reconnaissance patrol with Goldman's platoon is ambushed by the NVA, the enemy soldiers appearing to vanish before Goldman and his men can intersect them, the inexperienced Lieutenant mistakenly calling fire on the...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Pilot

1. Pilot

Aired: Sep 24, 1987

After the platoon are hit in a nighttime raid, Sgt. Anderson recruits some fr...

Episode 3 Dislocations

3. Dislocations

Aired: Oct 8, 1987

Bravo Company are tasked with moving the inhabitants of a village to a safer ...

Episode 4 War Lover

4. War Lover

Aired: Oct 15, 1987

Bravo Company have to team up with a gung-ho special forces team in order to ...

Episode 5 Sitting Ducks

5. Sitting Ducks

Aired: Oct 29, 1987

After getting what they think is an easy mission, Bravo Company discover that...

Episode 6 Burn Baby, Burn

6. Burn Baby, Burn

Aired: Nov 5, 1987

After a series of incidents, racial divisions develop within Bravo Company. W...

Episode 10 Nowhere to Run

10. Nowhere to Run

Aired: Dec 17, 1987

The troops are under attack by the VC. Percell accidentally kills an unarmed ...

Episode 11 Roadrunner

11. Roadrunner

Aired: Jan 7, 1988

Anderson receives a letter from his ex-wife saying that their three year-old ...

Episode 12 Pushin' Too Hard

12. Pushin' Too Hard

Aired: Jan 14, 1988

The platoon is visited by reporter Vickie Adams. She joins them on a patrol.

Episode 13 USO Down

13. USO Down

Aired: Jan 21, 1988

After a group of performers' chopper crashes the team ventures out to bring t...

Episode 14 Under Siege

14. Under Siege

Aired: Feb 11, 1988

The platoon is assigned to defend Firebase Ladybird under siege by a regiment...

Episode 15 Soldiers

15. Soldiers

Aired: Feb 18, 1988

When Purcell's father had a heart attack in Honolulu, Ruiz and Taylor change ...

Episode 16 Gray-Brown Odyssey

16. Gray-Brown Odyssey

Aired: Feb 25, 1988

Among other casualties, Lt. Goldman temporarily loses his sight when his Jeep...

Episode 17 Blood Brothers

17. Blood Brothers

Aired: Mar 12, 1988

General Goldman, Lt. Goldman's father, is on base on a fact-finding mission. ...

Episode 18 The Short Timer

18. The Short Timer

Aired: Mar 19, 1988

Taylor is a short timer, anxious to go back to Detroit. However, as the time ...

Episode 19 Paradise Lost

19. Paradise Lost

Aired: Mar 26, 1988

Bravo Company was saved from a group of VC by some Montagnards, who then brou...

Episode 20 Angel of Mercy

20. Angel of Mercy

Aired: Apr 9, 1988

Lt. Goldman is shot loading a captured, injured VC colonel onto a helicopter....

Episode 21 The Hill

21. The Hill

Aired: Apr 30, 1988

Bravo Company takes Hill 1000 - again - and finds no trace of the enemy. All ...

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Info about Tour of Duty

Seasons: 3

Network: CBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Drama, War, Action