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January 31, 1989

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Alex sets out to expose a major whose questionable judgement has caused casualties.

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Tour of Duty: Season 2 - 16 Episode s

2x1 - Saigon (1)
January 3, 1989
Having received some warning of the upcoming Tet Offensive (In Angel of Mercy), Bravo Co. is still unprepared for what happens to them after they are transferred to Tan Son Nhut Base outside of Saigon. Zeke and Goldman catch up with one of their men in an opium parlor and have a run-in with some Vietnamese thugs. The situation is basically under control until a female wire service correspondent -- Alex Devlin -- butts in. Alex explains that she was following up on a story lead. Lt. McKay is introduced as a chopper pilot who will be shuttling Bravo Co. As they prepare to leave on a mission, Zeke opens a letter from his ex-wife who claims she will soon arrive in Saigon to see him. The company is landed in a hot-LZ and only gets saved from sure disaster when Lt. McKay uses his helicopter to fire machine guns at the hostile position. Alex meets up with Jake Bridger who tells a story about VC infiltrating the cities as peasants. McKay and Goldman start to ""argue"" over both their increasing
2x2 - Saigon (2)
January 10, 1989
Anderson meets with his wife and sees her off after her announcement that she is remarrying. Goldman begins a relationship with Devlin which almost ends as they are both nearly blown up by a VC bomb. Percell is fed up with the senselessness of the war and Ruiz becomes convinced that he is going to be the next to die. Johnson and Taylor go to check on Bridger only to be told that he is dead (he is faking it), while Stacy Bridger has arrived to find her father. Goldman is ordered to have Alex pull her story about the soldier who died in the opium parlor and Zeke runs into Stacy Bridger -- rescuing her from some Vietnamese punks. He takes her back to the hotel where Zeke ends up trying to save a suicidal marine deserter. The deserter has sold information to the VC and ends up killing himself. Meanwhile McKay sends Goldman on a ""snipe"" hunt so that he can be alone with Alex, and inadvertently exposes Goldman to serious danger.
2x3 - For What It's Worth
January 17, 1989
While out on a patrol, Anderson and Goldman observe some VC transporting an American prisoner and photograph him before leaving the area. Although they are badly outnumbered, Ruiz stupidly goes back down the trail after a necklace he dropped, tipping their position and getting a man killed. Alex drops by to see Goldman. Zeke goes to the hospital to try to straighten out some records and ends up saving the life of psychiatrist Jennifer Seymour from a homicidally insane LURP. An explosion in the latrine sets of Major Darling, while Anderson suggests that it might not be VC but an American solider who planted the grenade. Taylor gets accused -- falsely -- of doing the dirty deed and now it is up to Anderson and Goldman to find a way to clear him. Ruiz begins to completely breakdown. Anderson's budding relationship with Seymour is short-circuited when he betrays her confidence by sharing information he gained from her in an effort to clear Taylor.
2x4 - True Grit
January 24, 1989
Anderson risks court-martial to delay the return of battle-weary men to combat.
2x5 - Non-Essential Personnel
January 31, 1989
Alex sets out to expose a major whose questionable judgement has caused casualties.
2x6 - Sleeping Dogs
February 7, 1989
Anderson goes into the jungle to find a disturbed friend who refused a transfer home.
2x7 - I Wish It Would Rain
February 14, 1989
Alex and a French correspondent investigate illegal incursions of Cambodia by U.S. troops.
2x8 - Popular Forces
February 21, 1989
Anderson, Johnson and Ruiz train four Vietnamese recruits whose inexperience poses problems.
2x9 - Terms of Enlistment
March 21, 1989
A new man -- Woods -- walking point accidentally steps on a pressure-activated mine. While they are trying to get him off it, they are told a squad of VC are heading straight at them. McKay finally arrives to lift them out of the hot LZ. Zeke plans an R&R in Tokyo with Jennifer but the plans go awry when Major Darling offers Seymour a teaching post and position back in the States -- and she only has 48 hours to make her decision. Meanwhile a homosexual GI tries to commit suicide when he is being blackmailed. Jennifer tries to help him -- at the cost of her own career. Meanwhile Woods ends up in a fight, and Taylor realizes the man has career-potential abilities.
2x10 - Nightmare
March 28, 1989
Goldman searches for McKay after the Army gives up; Percell faces charges for killing a social worker's attacker.
2x11 - Promised Land
April 4, 1989
Word of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination lowers black soldiers' morale,
2x12 - Lonesome Cowboy Blues
April 11, 1989
Anderson and Goldman find a leak in a top-secret operation; Alex must prove herself to a shady new boss.
2x13 - Sins of the Fathers
April 25, 1989
Alex risks her life by investigating a prostitute's murder in which Taylor is implicated.
2x14 - Sealed with a Kiss
May 2, 1989
Zeke considers a job offer as a mercenary for the CIA; Zeke and Goldman go on a dangerous mission with a Navy SEAL.
2x15 - Hard Stripe
May 9, 1989
While out on patrol, the unit stumbles across CIA recruiter Jim Doyle. He has taken possession of a case of Russian-made sniper rifles, and claims that finding him there was an accident. It is obvious that Goldman and his men have been used by Doyle to provide himself with an escort out of the bush. They get ambushed on the way out. They get most of the rifles back, but Zeke and Myron wonder why they were ambushed by Montagnards, a group known for their loyalty to Americans. Goldman decides to investigate Doyle and enlists Alex's help. Doyle learns he is being investigated and leans on Zeke to get the lieutenant to stop. McKay tries to convince Goldman that he should take a non-combat job ""for Alex's sake"". Taylor is upset because a soldier named Smith gets his sergeant's stripes before Johnson gets them, and Taylor think race has something to do with it.
2x16 - The Volunteer
May 16, 1989
A young desk clerk seeking to prove himself is assigned to Anderson's platoon.

Non-Essential Personnel

Tour of Duty - S2 - E5

Tour of Duty: Season 2 - 16 Episode s

2x1 - Saigon (1)

2x2 - Saigon (2)

2x3 - For What It's Worth

2x4 - True Grit

2x5 - Non-Essential Personnel

2x6 - Sleeping Dogs

2x7 - I Wish It Would Rain

2x8 - Popular Forces

2x9 - Terms of Enlistment

2x10 - Nightmare

2x11 - Promised Land

2x12 - Lonesome Cowboy Blues

2x13 - Sins of the Fathers

2x14 - Sealed with a Kiss

2x15 - Hard Stripe

2x16 - The Volunteer

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