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Tour of Duty

19871h 0m / epWar & Politics · Drama · Action & Adventure

First aired

September 24, 1987

8.1

TMDB Score

81% match · 187 votes

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S01 · E18

The Short Timer

Season 1 · Mar 19, 1988 · 1h 0m

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E01▶

Pilot

Sep 24, 1987 · 1h 0m

E02▶

Notes from the Underground

Oct 1, 1987 · 1h 0m

E03▶

Dislocations

Oct 8, 1987 · 1h 0m

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War Lover

Oct 15, 1987 · 1h 0m

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Sitting Ducks

Oct 29, 1987 · 1h 0m

E06▶

Burn, Baby, Burn

Nov 5, 1987 · 1h 0m

E07▶

Brothers, Fathers, and Sons

Nov 12, 1987 · 1h 0m

E08▶

The Good, the Bad and the Dead

Nov 19, 1987 · 1h 0m

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Battling Baker Brothers

Dec 10, 1987 · 1h 0m

E10

E10▶

Nowhere to Run

Dec 17, 1987 · 1h 0m

E11▶

Roadrunner

Jan 7, 1988 · 1h 0m

E12▶

Pushin' Too Hard

Jan 14, 1988 · 1h 0m

E13▶

USO Down

Jan 21, 1988 · 1h 0m

E14▶

Under Siege

Feb 11, 1988 · 1h 0m

E15▶

Soldiers

Feb 18, 1988 · 1h 0m

E16▶

Gray-Brown Odyssey

Feb 25, 1988 · 1h 0m

E17▶

Blood Brothers

Mar 12, 1988 · 1h 0m

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The Short Timer

Mar 19, 1988 · 1h 0m

E19▶

Paradise Lost

Mar 26, 1988 · 1h 0m

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Angel of Mercy

Apr 9, 1988 · 1h 0m

E21▶

The Hill

Apr 30, 1988 · 1h 0m

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.