Tour of Duty
The Ties That Bind
Season 3 Episode 3
October 7, 1989 45m TV-14
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.
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Cast of Tour of Duty
Ramón FrancoPvt. Alberto Ruiz
Tony BeckerCpl. Daniel 'Danny' Percell
Stephen CaffreyLt. Myron Goldman
Terence KnoxSgt. Clayton 'Zeke' Anderson
Miguel A. Núñez, Jr.Pvt. Marcus Taylor
Stan FosterSpc./Sgt. Marvin Johnson
Dan GauthierLt. John McKay
Eric BruskotterPvt. Scott Baker
Joshua MaurerPvt. Roger Horn
Kim DelaneyAlex Devlin
Steve AkahoshiPvt. Randy 'Doc' Matsuda
Kevin ConroyCapt. Rusty Wallace
Carl WeathersCol. Carl Brewster
Kyle ChandlerPVT William Griner
Betsy BrantleyDr. Jennifer Seymour
Neal HickersonSgt. Edwards
Richard BrestoffMaj. Darling
Bruce GrayLt. Col. Dalby
Peter TrencherOps Officer
Pamela GidleyLt. Nikki Raines
Jihmi KennedyShakey Williams
John Walter DavisSgt. Bechtel
James HongQuang
Jon CypherMG Goldman
Krista ErricksonStacy Bridger
Melora HardinChristine Pierson
Leo RossiJake Bridger
Angela BassettLt. Camilla Patterson
Kelly HuVietnamese DJ (voice)
George O'Hanlon Jr.Lt. Ferguson
Dung Tan NguyenVietnamese Woman
Robert ItoJoe
George Marshall RugeCrew Chief
Vincent Thinh NguyenNVA Commander
Bryan O'DellWounded Soldier
Clyde JonesPoint Man
Peter McKernanPilot
Phil AdamsChaplain
Ched ParrottCaldwell
Penny PeyserCarol Anderson
Geoff ElliottChaplain Meyer
Le TuanVietnamese Farmer
Bruce NewboldDr. Shiveley
Shaun DukeCID Lt.
Mitch FordHurley
Ben MeyersonSmitty
James PurcellJim Doyle
Rosalind ChaoLi Kiem
Kristoffer TaboriCapt. Larry Heath
Eddie VelezLt. Escobar
John KassirLenny Pilchowski
Michael Paul ChanVictor Charles
L. Scott CaldwellSelma Binion
William RussSgt. Earl Ray Michaels
Tia CarrereLang
Robert FullerJack Purcell
Jim FitzpatrickCaptain Pescow
Richard BrooksPFC Martsen
Marshall BellSgt. Ralph Carlton
Michael MadsenSergeant Greg Block
Tim ThomersonSgt. Aubrey Decker
William Allen YoungCoyote 2 / CPT J. T. Slaney, USAF
Robert KnepperAllen
Stuart FratkinLarry Carlin
MakoTran
Stephen BogardusRoss
Malcolm-Jamal WarnerSPC Ben Sweet
Lloyd KinoViet Father
Arnold F. TurnerSSGT Art Binion
Patty ToyBargirl
Talia BalsamVickie Adams
William SadlerMajor Rigby
Michael CarmineRudy Morales
John DeMitaLt. Henry Driscoll
Christina KokuboMadam
Glenn PlummerDuke Jackson
James PakNVA Doctor
Ving RhamesTucker
Tamlyn TomitaVC Peasant Woman
Ed MonaghanHazzard
Robert LesserSgt. Maj. Boyd
Larry PoindexterCPT Palmer
Charles FrankDr. Grennly
Matt CraneSentry
Cynthia BainColby Jordan
Gary Lee DavisSergeant-Major Toliver
Tad HorinoPeasant
Bill BrochtrupBrockman
Oanh NguyenMrs. Dep
David Alan GrierHarold
Penny Johnson JeraldJan Hudson
Mark RolstonInnes
Lar Park LincolnAbigail Curtis
Michael HartsonBarnett
Neil FlynnSeal
Mitch WatsonMedic
Olivia d'AboLeslie
Wren T. BrownG.I.
Mark KeylounG.I.
Rhonda BatesLeonarda
Will NyeSgt. Hart
Skip StellrechtG.I.
Keith AmosPvt. Clyde Lawrence
Bob FimianiMajor Braun
Terry CookSgt. Mad Dog
Brian KentonLt. Crippen
Alfie WiseTop Rat
Winston OmegaPeg Leg
Anthony MasonSgt. 1st Squad
Roland NipNVA Soldier
April TranDep
Ngoc Thi LeMama San
Hiep LuuViet Cong
Zaid FaridSPC James
Russell CoyneKeller
Ronald William LawrenceDarden
Tom BradyHull
Michael HasegawaQuang
Maurice TravisWolfe
Baoan ColemanVC Leader
Al FurutoSquad Leader
Thuan Van DuongDoc Thien
Vyhien T. NguyenWounded Woman
Sen Thi NguyenOld Lady
Karl BruskotterKarl Baker
Kady TranCrying Woman
Julio HerzerRadio Operator
Tony ColittiErcolani
Bob WhitingChaplain
William LebusDr. Ames
Thao Thi NguyenMama-san
Dean StapletonDoor Gunner
Hung Thien NguyenNVA Leader
Daniel BardolPvt. Cook
Khoi TranKhoi
Dung Anh ThaiInterpreter
Marietta DePrimaApril
Linda JamesonChristy
Bernard RobinJessie Garrett
Anthony CurryBellman
Glenn CannonDoctor
David TraylorOrderly
Jo PrudenNurse
Joyce MaltbyNurse
Brian SchwaryWaiter
Joe MooreNews Correspondent
Tom LupoBoyfriend
Lia RomaineGirlfriend
Patrick O'Bryan'Long John' Vivian
Ron GentaPointer
Ned Van ZandtArmy Officer
Florence KokoOld Viet Woman
Les LannomSSG Exley
Leo GarciaPvt. Alvaro
Kwan Hi LimPapa San Dang