S1E18
The Short Timer
Tour of Duty · 1988-03-19 · 60 min
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what happens
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.
nobody has mapped this one
We draw an episode's shape from public discussion of it, and there isn't enough about this one to draw anything honest. Forty-five seconds with the dial and it has a curve.
rate S1E18 →who made it
- directed
- Bill Duke
- written
- Bruce Reisman, Peter Lubliner
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Marshall Bell as Sgt. Ralph Carlton
Glenn Plummer as Duke Jackson
Allen Cole as Cpl. Wells- DDavid Yaddow as Captain
- NNeal Hickerson as Sgt. Edwards
- LLouise Dushkin as Viet Maid