Battle of the Bands is center stage, as Holly (Ricki Lake), Beckett (Michael Boatman), Hyers (Ned Vaughn) and Boonie (Brian Wimmer) a gearing up to perform. A Vietcong spy sets off a bomb in China Beach, Hang is somehow connected to the VC plot. McMurphy and Dr. Bernard become more involved with each other. 

In China Beach, everyone has encountered a ghost or two. Dr. Richard is haunted by his ex-wife's plans to get remarried; he holds a ceremony in dishonor of the marriage. Sam Beckett is confronted with losing his girlfriend, as she chooses to relocate with her village. McMurphy continues to search for true love and continues to drown her past sorrows in alcohol. K.C. tries to forget her childhood and her dead father. Dodger spends time at the village orphanage with his infant son.