Episodes Guide

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Season 6 Episodes

Fade Out, Fade In
After Margaret leaves for her honeymoon, Frank becomes very distraught,
so Potter sends him on R & R. All throughout a deluge of casualties, the
4077th receives reports of a Frank Burns gone berserk. Potter calls Tokyo
and requests a replacement surgeon. Major Charles Emerson Winchester III
(David Ogden Stiers) is assigned to the 4077th. Frank Burns is apprehended,
promoted, and transferred to a VA hospital in Indiana. Winchester is made
a permanent part of the 4077th staff. (one hour show)


Fallen Idol
At Hawkeye's suggestion, Radar goes to Seoul to find a woman at the
Pink Pagoda. Radar never gets there because of shelling along the way,
and is flown to the 4077th. Hawkeye, feeling tremendous guilt, is unable
to perform an operation to save Radar, and is replaced by Potter. Hawkeye
and Radar have a falling out as they lose respect for each other's actions.
All is well in the end as Hawkeye pins a Purple Heart on Radar after he has
recuperated.


Last Laugh
Madness strikes as B.J. and his old friend Bardonaro (James Cromwell)
play a series of practical jokes on each other as Bardonaro is about to
leave Korea.


War of Nerves
The 4077th, caught up in tension and nerves, creates a bonfire to
release their pressure. Meanwhile Sidney Freedman is depressed by a
soldier who blames him for his injuries because Freedman had sent him
back into combat.


The Winchester Tapes
Hawkeye tries unsuccessfully to get to Seoul to see a Nurse Gilmore
for the weekend. Meanwhile, Winchester has taped a letter home asking for
his influential parents to help get him back to the States. To get even,
Hawkeye and B.J. switch Winchester's clothes, causing Winchester to alter
his eating patterns.


The Light That Failed
With supplies low, the 4077th gets a truckload of ice cream churns
and salt tablets. B.J. receives a mystery novel that everyone in camp
reads in turn. The last page is missing and the solution to the mystery
is undiscovered until B.J. calls the author by long distance.


In Love and War
Hawkeye falls in love with Kyong Soon (Kieu Chinh), a Korean woman who
is caring for her sick mother and orphaned children. All hope is lost as
Kyung takes her possessions and the children to the south after her mother
has died.


Change Day
Charles plots a scheme to get rich when he discovers that blue scrip
is going to be exchanged for red scrip. Hawkeye and B.J. outsmart him,
and he is left holding the worthless scrip.


Images
Radar notices a number of tattoos on one of the wounded and convinces
himself that with a tattoo he will be irresistible to women. Everyone tries
to discourage him, and he admits to having received a tattoo that will wash
off.


The M*A*S*H Olympics
Realizing how out of shape the 4077th is, Potter decides to hold a camp
Olympic competition. The winning team gets a three-day pass, so everyone is
excited. Donald Penobscot (Mike Henry) arrives and is allowed to substitute
for an ailing Klinger. Hawkeye's team wins, and B.J. must then chauffeur
Hawkeye around in a wheelchair for a week.


The Grim Reaper
Colonel Victor Bloodworth (Charles Aidman) predicts that 280 wounded
will arrive at the 4077th. Hawkeye is antagonized by Bloodworth and shoves
him against a wall. Bloodworth presses for a court martial until he becomes
one of the wounded and watches Hawkeye saving a soldier's (Jerry Houser)
life. Realizing Hawkeye's value as a doctor, Bloodworth drops all charges.


Comrades in Arms
Lost behind enemy lines, Hawkeye and Margaret form a personal truce and
seek shelter in a roadside hut.

Comrades in Arms
Margaret and Hawkeye seek solace from enemy fire in each other's arms
and end up, briefly, as lovers.

The Merchant of Korea
After Charles hands B.J. two hundred dollars, he begins to take advan-
tage. Everyone gets together and persuades Charles to play poker. He has
incredible beginner's luck until Radar discovers that Charles whistles loud-
ly when he bluffs. They all win back their money and then some.


The Smell of Music
Charles plays a French horn and drives Hawkeye and B.J. crazy. They
refuse to bathe until the French horn playing is stopped. Meanwhile Potter
saves the life of a suicidal patient (Jordan Clarke). The camp collectively
hoses down Hawkeye and B.J. while Margaret has a soldier run over the French
horn with a jeep.

Patient 4077
In need of a special surgical clamp, Hawkeye and B.J. hire Mr. Shin
(Keye Luke), a local jewelry dealer, to make the clamp. Days later the
clamp is used to save the leg of a wounded soldier.


Tea and Empathy
With British and American casualties heavy, the 4077th's supply of peni-
cillin has been stolen. Father Mulcahy discovers the location of some
penicillin, and he and Klinger go out in search of it. They are shot at,
but safely return with the drug and save the day.


Your Hit Parade
With the arrival of a shipment of records, Radar plays the part of a
disc jockey and helps to get everyone through the incredibly long deluge
of wounded.


What's Up, Doc?

Hot Lips, believing herself to be pregnant, asks Hawkeye to test her.
The only rabbit available is Radar's pet Fluffy. Hawkeye promises not to
kill the rabbit while performing the test. Meanwhile, Greenleigh (Charles
Frank), a patient, holds Charles and B.J. at gunpoint, demanding to be sent
back to Ohio. Greenleigh collapses from loss of blood, and Hot Lips isn't
pregnant.


Mail Call Three
After a delay of three weeks, five sacks of mail arrive, and everyone
in camp reacts to good and bad news from home. Hawkeye receives love letters
addressed to Benjamin Pierce (Oliver Clark), B.J.'s wife has been approached
by another man, and Radar's mom has found a boyfriend.


Temporary Duty
With a temporary transfer of personnel between the 4077th and the
8063rd, Hawkeye is replaced by Captain Roy Dupree (George Lindsey). Fear-
ing this to be permanent, Charles and B.J. successfully conspire to have
Dupree permanently removed from the 4077th.


Potter's Retirement
Potter is upset when General Kent informs him that people in the 4077th
are complaining about his leadership. Potter returns to camp and discovers
that the complaints are coming from a Corporal Joe Benson (Peter Hobbs) sent
by a disturbed Colonel Frank Webster (George Wyner) who has been wounded
some months earlier.


Dr. Winchester and Mr. Hyde
Charles takes amphetamines to keep up his energy level, and even drugs
Radar's mouse so that it will win a race against a Marine's mouse.


Major Topper
With the possibility of contaminated morphine, the doctors at the
4077th administer placebos to the patients which seem to work. Meanwhile,
a new soldier (Hamilton Camp) is released on a Section Eight.

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Season 7

Commander Pierce
Hawkeye undergoes a drastic change when he becomes temporary commander
of the 4077th and learns about the tedious bureaucracy and accompanying
headaches that Colonel Potter deals with daily.


Peace On Us
Hawkeye becomes so disgusted with the stalled Panmunjon peace talks
that he impulsively takes matters into his own hands and goes to the
meetings to lend a hand.


Lil
Colonel Potter strikes up a warm friendship with the visiting Eighth
Army head nurse, Colonel Lil Rayburn (Carmen Matthews), a regular Army
type of his own age and interests. But Radar reacts huffily, thinking
his commanding officer has more than just friendship on his mind.


Our Finest Hour
Newscaster Clete Roberts, reprising an earlier interview appearance,
returns to update Korean War conditions when he conducts a series of tele-
vision talks with the leading characters of the 4077th. (1 hour, Black & White)


The Billfold Syndrome
Charles becomes so irate over a turndown for a future medical position
at home that he refuses to talk to anyone in the unit, until Hawkeye and
B.J. send him a false telegram from home. Meanwhile, a young soldier
(Kevin Geer) can't remember his own identity, so Sidney Freedman (Allan
Arbus) is called for help.


None Like it Hot
The oppressive Korean heat gets to everyone, especially Klinger, who
responds to the conditions with an ingenious scheme to effect a discharge.
Meanwhile, Hawkeye and B.J. are secretly gloating over their newly arrived
remedy for the weather, a collapsible bathtub, until they realize that if
word gets out it could spoil their fun.


They Call the Wind Korea
A strong windstorm affects the M*A*S*H personnel in varying ways:
Hawkeye and most of the unit busy themselves securing items that could
blow away, Radar prepares his animal hutch for the worst, while a dis-
gusted Charles switches his Tokyo-leave transportation from air to
ground and runs into a difficult medical situation en route to Seoul.


Major Ego
Charles assumes heroic proportions after reviving a dying patient
with heart massage, and he becomes more insufferable than ever when a
photojournalist from Stars and Stripes (Greg Mullavey) arrives to pub-
licize his medical prowess.


Baby, It's Cold Outside
While everyone is complaining about the record cold snap, Charles
becomes the most unpopular man in camp when his parents send him a winter-
ized polar suit that he insists on flaunting in front of the freezing medi-
cal personnel.


Point of View
In this unique episode, the camera becomes the eyes of a young
wounded soldier. It records his sensory responses to being wounded,
flown by helicopter to the 4077th, examined, operated on, and treated
in post-operation.


Dear Comrade
Hawkeye and B.J. discover that Charles is living the life of Riley
thanks to the attentions of his menially paid Korean servant (Sab Shi-
mono), a man of unusual skills. He has an important contribution to
make--a native remedy for a seemingly insoluble medical problem.


Out of Gas
Heavy casualties are arriving, creating severe problems for the
M*A*S*H unit because they are nearly out of pentothal. Mulcahy takes
up a collection from everyone--including a case of wine from Charles'
private supply--and he and Charles take the jeep to make a trade with
the black marketeers for pentothal.


An Eye for a Tooth
Father Mulcahy takes being passed over for promotion philosophi-
cally until he hears of the rapid advancement made by a heroic heli-
copter pilot. Then his uncharacteristically bold actions stun Colonel
Potter and the entire company.


Dear Sis
Father Mulcahy writes a pre-Christmas letter home to his sister,
who is a nun. His frustration at not being more effective at the 4077th
seems to represent the general depression of the unit's personnel as they
approach the holiday season thousands of miles away from their loved ones.


B.J. Papa San
B.J. becomes almost the surrogate father to a Korean family. Finding
them a substitute for his own absent family, B.J. spends so much time with
them that his medical efficiency begins to suffer, and Hawkeye worries
about his health.


Inga
It's instant attraction for Hawkeye when a beautiful Swedish doctor
(Mariette Hartley) arrives to observe combat surgery. That is, until she
upstages him in the operating room with a superior technique and his ego
is bruised.


The Price
The 4077th is confronted by two crises: Colonel Potter's mare,
Sophie, mysteriously disappears from her corral, and Hawkeye and B.J.
find themselves with a young Korean boy on their hands who is trying
to avoid conscription into the Army.


The Young and Restless
A lecture on the latest techniques by a young surgeon from Tokyo
and a later demonstration of his surgical skill bring home to the resi-
dent M*A*S*H surgeons that they are out of touch with new medical practices.


Hot Lips is Back in Town
Radar, who is smitten with the cute new nurse (Peggy Lee Brennan)
at the hospital, relies on Hawkeye's expertise on how to cope with the
situation. Hot Lips, meanwhile, celebrates her just-granted divorce by
taking a step that arouses Colonel Potter's ire.


C*A*V*E
The 4077th evacuation to a nearby cave to avoid U.S. artillery fire
on a Chinese target poses another hazard for Hawkeye, who has a claustro-
phobia problem that Colonel Potter is unaware of.


Rally Round the Flagg, Boys
The sinister Colonel Flagg (Edward Winter) pops up at the 4077th
again, playing his usual spy games, convinced that Hawkeye is a commu-
nist sympathizer.


Preventive Medicine
The number of arriving wounded has increased because of a careless
Colonel Lacy (James Wainwright). Hawkeye slips Lacy something to make
him ill and removes his appendix under the strong protests of B.J.


A Night at Rosie's
Hawkeye, B.J., and their medical cohorts find a new way to escape
the depressing atmosphere of the war, remaining at Rosie's (Eileen Saki)
Bar, much to the displeasure of Colonel Potter.


Ain't Love Grand
The impossible happens for the snobbish Charles when he shares an
emotional experience with Klinger, who discovers a U.S. nurse (Kit Mc-
Donough) who finds him and his bizarre attire attractive, while Charles
succumbs to the exotic charms of a Korean girl (Sylvia Chang) he meets
at Rosie's (Eileen Saki) Bar.


The Party
Talk of a post-war reunion suggests an idea to B.J.: planning a
present-day stateside gathering of 4077th families, a scheme he conti-
nues to promote even under the duress of "bugging out" in the wake of
a Chinese breakthrough.

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Season 8


Too Many Cooks
A clumsy foot soldier (Ed Begley, Jr.) finds the quickest way to the
crew's heart, boosting morale at the war-weary 4077th by cooking gourmet
delights. Only Colonel Potter, burdened with a personal crisis, is immune
from the high spirits enveloping the hospital.


Are You Now, Margaret
A Congressional aide (Lawrence Pressman) visits the 4077th on a sup-
posedly routine fact-finding tour, but it's discovered that his motives
are far deeper.


Guerilla My Dreams
The arrival of a wounded Korean woman sparks a conflict at the 4077th:
Hawkeye wants to heal her, but a steely ROK officer (Mako) is more anxious
to "question" her about alleged guerilla activities.


Good-Bye Radar (Part 1)
Company clerk Radar O'Reilly (Gary Burghoff), on leave in Tokyo, is
desperately needed back at the crisis-stricken 4077th, but his return is
delayed by outside events. While casualties continue to pour in from the
front, the 4077th's generator conks out, depriving the medical unit of all
electrical power. But Klinger, filling in for the vacationing Radar,
lacks the expertise and experience to wheel and deal for a new machine.


Good-Bye Radar (Part 2)
As company clerk Radar O'Reilly reluctantly prepares to depart the
4077th, the unit is still without electricity due to a broken generator,
and the operating room continues to fill up with war wounded as night
falls. The responsibility for procuring a new generator falls on Klinger,
who lacks Radar's masterful knack of cutting through red tape in search
of much-needed supplies.


Period of Adjustment
Klinger, taking over as the 4077th's new clerk, wearies of complaints
about his inefficiency, while B.J.'s homesickness is intensified by news of
Radar's visit to his family.


Nurse Doctor
A beautiful and ambitious young nurse (Alexandra Stoddart) who plans
to become a doctor when she leaves the Army finds herself in a misunder-
standing with Father Mulcahy. Meanwhile, the camp's water supply is de-
pleted, and the rest of the 4077th is more concerned about where to find
a running shower.


Private Finance
A South Korean Woman misinterprets Klinger's motives when he tries to
aid her daughter financially. Meanwhild, Hawkeye wrestles with his conscience
over a promise made to a dying soldier.


Mr. and Mrs. Who?
Charles Winchester returns to the 4077th after a trip to Tokyo with an
uncharacteristic hangover and the uneasy feeling of a romantic entangle-
ment. Meanwhile, the hospital struggles to find a cure for an outbreak
of deadly hemorrhagic fever.


The Yalu Brick Road
Hawkeye and B.J. lose their way while rushing urgently needed anti-
biotics to the 4077th, which is wracked with food poisoning. Wandering
back to M*A*S*H, the pair are found by a peculiar North Korean soldier
(Soon-Teck Oh).


Life Time
A severely wounded soldier, rushed to the poorly equipped 4077th by
chopper, will die or be permanently paralyzed if he doesn't receive major
surgery in 20 minutes. Nearly all of the action in this innovative episode
is compressed into the program's 25-minute running time.


Dear Uncle Abdul
Klinger discovers that his duties as company clerk include catering
to the eccentric whims of the 4077th officers. Consequently, the unusual
demands by Klinger's superiors leave little time to write a letter home
to Toledo.


Captains Outrageous
A brawl at Rosie's Bar puts Rosie (Eileen Saki) in the hospital, and
the 4077th doctors are pressed into service as temporary saloonkeepers.
Meanwhile, Father Mulcahy is apprehensive that his long-pending promotion
to captain will again be denied.


Stars and Stripes
Friction arises between B.J. and Winchester when they're asked to
write a report for a prestigious medical journal on how they saved a
soldier's life with a daring operation. Meanwhile, Hot Lips receives
an eventful visit from Scully (Joshua Bryant), her combat soldier beau.


Yessir, That's Our Baby
A baby born to a Korean woman and an American GI is abandoned at
the 4077th. Knowing that mixed-blood children are often mistreated in
Korean society, the troop sets about the frustrating task of finding a
new home for the infant.


Bottle Fatigue
Horrified by the gigantic size of his monthly bar tab at the
officer's club, Hawkeye vows to give up booze for a week. Meanwhile,
Winchester desperately tries to halt his sister's impending marriage
to a man he considers unworthy of the Winchester heritage.


Heal Thyself
Colonel Potter turns crotchety when he catches the mumps, and his
condition is worsened when another M*A*S*H member (Winchester) gets the
same disease and has to move in with him. A temporary replacement
surgeon (Edward Herrmann) is quickly brought into the 4077th and seems
to be a gem in terms of both personality and ability.


Old Soldiers
Hawkeye is appointed temporary commander of the 4077th when
Colonel Potter rushes off to Tokyo on a mysterious mission. While
in command, Hawkeye's main problem is housing a large group of Korean
refugees comprised mainly of rambunctious children who need medical care.


Morale Victory
Tired of their constant complaints about the quality of recrea-
tional activities at the 4077th, Colonel Potter appoints Hawkeye and
B.J. as the new morale officers. Winchester's morale has already
reached a new peak. He's ecstatic about his operation on a wounded
soldier (James Stephens) which saved the boy's leg, leaving only
"negligible" side effects--the loss of use of his arm. However,
the soldier was a concert pianist before the war, so Winchester
obtains music written by Maurice Ravel for a pianist that had lost
a hand in World War I.


Lend a Hand
Irritated that the 4077th is planning a "surprise" party for him,
Hawkeye volunteers to go to the aid of a wounded surgeon at the front.
An additional irritant to Hawkeye is the arrival of Dr. Borelli (Robert
Alda), a wisecracking medical advisor with whom he habitually disagrees.
(NOTE: Alda's brother Antony also appears in this episode as an ambu-
lance driver).


Goodbye, Cruel World
Klinger redecorates his quarters, but the resultant ridicule he
receives drives him to new heights in his efforts to get out of the
Army. Meanwhile, the doctors are perplexed by the reaction of an
Asian-American war hero (Clyde Kusatsu) when he's informed that he's
being sent home because of his wounds, and Dr. Sidney Freedman (Allan
Arbus) is called in to assist.


Dreams
The 4077th can't escape the Korean War, even in its dreams. Ex-
hausted after two days without sleep, members of the 4077th steal away
for cat naps and experience dreams that reveal their fears, yearnings
and frustrations.


War Co-Respondent
B.J. finds himself attracted to a famous war correspondent (Susan
Saint James) who has fallen in love with him.


Back Pay
Angered by the way civilian doctors stateside are profiting from
the war, Hawkeye presents the Army with a bill for his medical services.
Meanwhile, Charles reluctantly demonstrates American medical practices
to three Korean medics (Sab Shimono, Peter Kim, Jerry Fujikawa).


April Fools
A no-nonsense Colonel (Pat Hingle) who is notorious as a hard-
nosed disciplinarian visits the 4077th during an outbreak of April
Fools' Day pranksterism. Colonel Potter tries in vain to halt the
mayhem before Colonel Daniel Webster Tucker arrives in camp.