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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 11 Episode 16 - Goodbye, Farewell and Amen
    9.1/10(15 votes)

    S11:E16

    Hawkeye is sent to a mental hospital; a freak accident causes Father Mulcahy to lose his hearing; Margaret worries about her post-war plans; Charles run across a band of Chinese musicians; BJ is sent home, much to Hawkeye's dismay; Klinger decides to stay in Korea to marry Soon-Lee; a ceasefire is declared, ending the war.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 8 Episode 11 - Life Time
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    S8:E11

    Hawkeye and BJ race against the clock to save a soldier from paralysis. BJ harvesting an aorta from a dead soldier doesn't sit well with the soldier's friend.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 5 Episode 7 - Dear Sigmund
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    S5:E7

    Psychiatrist Sidney Freedman composes a letter to Sigmund Freud during a visit to the 4077, while the rest of the camp endures the hijinks of a mystery prankster.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  4. undefined Season 10 Episode 16 - Where There's a Will, There's a War
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    S10:E16

    Hawkeye goes to help at an aid station, and under heavy shelling he draws up a will, leaving various items to his friends at the 4077th.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  5. undefined Season 5 Episode 2 - Margaret's Engagement
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    S5:E2

    Margaret, calling from Tokyo, holds the camp in suspense until she returns with the news of her engagement to Lieutenant Colonel Donald Penobscott. Frank Burns takes the news hard and arrests a Korean family as spies.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 4 Episode 8 - The Kids
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    S4:E8

    The 4077th plays host to kids bombed out of their orphanage, and at the same time has to deliver a baby and care for battle casualties.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  7. undefined Season 6 Episode 4 - War of Nerves
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    S6:E4

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

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  8. undefined Season 8 Episode 20 - Lend a Hand
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    S8:E20

    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, a wisecracking medical advisor with whom he habitually disagrees.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  9. undefined Season 9 Episode 4 - Father's Day
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    S9:E4

    Margaret has trouble pretending she's a chip off the old block when her dad, blood and guts "Howitzer" Al Houlihan, arrives for a visit. Also, Hawkeye fixes up a soldier who repays them with a large side of steak, but the general who it belongs to is really steamed.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  10. undefined Season 9 Episode 20 - The Life You Save
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    S9:E20

    After Charles is nearly felled by a sniper's bullet, he develops a philosophical obsession with death. Meanwhile, the officers have all been assigned new responsibilities.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  11. undefined Season 4 Episode 16 - Dear Ma
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    S4:E16

    Radar writes home to his mother, as Hawkeye conducts the camp foot inspection, and Colonel Potter gets some shrapnel in his backside.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  12. undefined Season 7 Episode 14 - Dear Sis
    7.7/10(2 votes)

    S7:E14

    Father Mulcahy writes a pre-Christmas letter to his sister, who is a nun. He recounts his frustrations at not being more effective at the 4077th.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  13. undefined Season 7 Episode 16 - Inga
    7.7/10(2 votes)

    S7:E16

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

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  14. undefined Season 4 Episode 4 - The Late Captain Pierce
    7.7/10(6 votes)

    S4:E4

    When Hawkeye's father is notified that he's dead, he finds it's no easy matter either to get word to him or to establish otherwise.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  15. undefined Season 4 Episode 7 - Dear Mildred
    7.7/10(6 votes)

    S4:E7

    It's Potter's anniversary. While Potter writes home, Frank and Hot Lips have a wood carving made for him, and Radar rescues a horse and makes him a present of it.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  16. undefined Season 10 Episode 10 - Follies of the Living - Concerns of the Dead
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    S10:E10

    Whilst suffering a fever, Klinger communicates with the spirit of a dead soldier, Private Weston, who stays on to witness his own last rites.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  17. undefined Season 5 Episode 12 - Exorcism
    7.4/10(7 votes)

    S5:E12

    To save the life of an elderly local who rejects an operation because he believes bad spirits surround the 4077th, Colonel Potter permits a Korean exorcism.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  18. undefined Season 6 Episode 2 - Fallen Idol
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    S6:E2

    Radar has always looked up to Hawkeye and admired him as his hero. But after suffering a Jeep accident en route to R&R at Hawkeye's behest. Radar questions his own hero worship. Particularly when he and his hero have a falling out.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  19. undefined Season 8 Episode 15 - Yessir, That's Our Baby
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    S8:E15

    A baby born to a Korean woman and an American GI is abandoned at the 4077th. Knowing that Amer-Asian children are often mistreated in Korean society, the troop sets about the frustrating task of finding a new home for the infant.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  20. undefined Season 7 Episode 8 - Major Ego
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    S7:E8

    Captain Tom Greenleigh of Stars and Stripes comes to the 4077th to write an article about Charles, which makes him act even more egotistical than usual. Meanwhile, Margeret finds out her estranged husband Donald has tied up their joint account, while fending off at first -- then accepting -- the advances of Greenleigh. Klinger dresses up as various movie characters with the hope that Stars and Stripes will write about how crazy he is.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  21. undefined Season 8 Episode 3 - Guerilla My Dreams
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    S8:E3

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

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  22. undefined Season 9 Episode 15 - Bottoms Up
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    S9:E15

    One of Margaret's nurses tries to hide her severe drinking problem, and Hawkeye is scorned after a practical joke he plays on Winchester backfires.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  23. undefined Season 5 Episode 19 - Hepatitis
    7.3/10(4 votes)

    S5:E19

    The 4077th has an outbreak of hepatitis and Hawkeye needs to inoculate the reluctant staff while dealing with back pain.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  24. undefined Season 6 Episode 13 - Comrades in Arms: Part 2
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    S6:E13

    B.J. disobeys orders and goes out to find Hawkeye and Margret, who are still missing in action. Meanwhile, their romantic relationship quickly goes up in flames, and they become even more hostile toward each other.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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  25. undefined Season 6 Episode 7 - In Love and War
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    S6:E7

    Hawkeye falls in love with Kyong Soon, a Korean woman who is caring for her sick mother and orphaned children. But all hope is lost as Kyong takes her possessions and the children to the south after her mother has died.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:N/A

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Alan Alda Ratings Summary

"Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" is the best rated episode directed by Alan Alda. It scored 9.067/10 based on 15 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 2/28/1983 and is rated 0.7 points higher than their second-best episode, "Life Time".