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The Best Episodes Directed By Alan Alda

Every TV Episode Directed by Alan Alda Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Alan Alda Ratings Summary

"Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" is the best rated episode directed by Alan Alda. It scored 9.1/10 based on 11 votes. It was written by Burt Metcalfe. It aired on 2/28/1983 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Life Time".

  • Goodbye, Farewell and Amen
    9.1/1011 votes

    #1 - Goodbye, Farewell and Amen

    Season 11 Episode 16 - Aired 2/28/1983

    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: Burt Metcalfe

  • Life Time
    8.8/104 votes

    #2 - Life Time

    Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1979

    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: Alan Alda

  • Dear Sigmund
    8.7/103 votes

    #3 - Dear Sigmund

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1976

    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: Alan Alda

  • Where There's a Will, There's a War
    8.7/103 votes

    #4 - Where There's a Will, There's a War

    Season 10 Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/1982

    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: Elias Davis

  • War of Nerves
    8.5/102 votes

    #5 - War of Nerves

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1977

    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: Alan Alda

  • Lend a Hand
    8.3/103 votes

    #6 - Lend a Hand

    Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 2/4/1980

    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: Alan Alda

  • Father's Day
    8.3/103 votes

    #7 - Father's Day

    Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 12/8/1980

    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: Karen Hall

  • Margaret's Engagement
    8.2/104 votes

    #8 - Margaret's Engagement

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1976

    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: Gary Markowitz

  • The Kids
    8.0/103 votes

    #9 - The Kids

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1975

    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: Everett Greenbaum

  • Dear Ma
    8.0/101 votes

    #10 - Dear Ma

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 12/23/1975

    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: Everett Greenbaum

  • Fallen Idol
    8.0/102 votes

    #11 - Fallen Idol

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1977

    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: Alan Alda

  • Dear Sis
    8.0/102 votes

    #12 - Dear Sis

    Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 12/18/1978

    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: Alan Alda

  • Inga
    8.0/102 votes

    #13 - Inga

    Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 1/8/1979

    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: Alan Alda

  • Follies of the Living - Concerns of the Dead
    7.8/104 votes

    #14 - Follies of the Living - Concerns of the Dead

    Season 10 Episode 10 - Aired 1/4/1982

    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: Alan Alda

  • The Late Captain Pierce
    7.7/103 votes

    #15 - The Late Captain Pierce

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1975

    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: Glen Charles

  • Yessir, That's Our Baby
    7.7/103 votes

    #16 - Yessir, That's Our Baby

    Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 12/31/1979

    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: Jim Mulligan

  • The Life You Save
    7.7/103 votes

    #17 - The Life You Save

    Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/1981

    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: Alan Alda

  • Mail Call
    7.5/102 votes

    #18 - Mail Call

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2/23/1974

    Mail call inspires Hawkeye and Trapper to play on Frank's greed, and Klinger's letters from home cover everything from death to pregnancy.

    Director: Alan Alda

    Writer: Larry Gelbart

  • Bulletin Board
    7.5/102 votes

    #19 - Bulletin Board

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/14/1975

    Camp activities include Henry's nervous delivery of a sex lecture, with Hawkeye's and Trapper's heckling, a Shirley Temple movie, and a cookout.

    Director: Alan Alda

    Writer: Larry Gelbart

  • Dear Mildred
    7.5/104 votes

    #20 - Dear Mildred

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1975

    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: Everett Greenbaum

  • Major Ego
    7.5/102 votes

    #21 - Major Ego

    Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1978

    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: Larry Balmagia

  • Guerilla My Dreams
    7.5/102 votes

    #22 - Guerilla My Dreams

    Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1979

    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: Bob Colleary

  • Bottoms Up
    7.5/102 votes

    #23 - Bottoms Up

    Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 3/2/1981

    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

  • Exorcism
    7.4/105 votes

    #24 - Exorcism

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1976

    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

  • Comrades in Arms: Part 2
    7.3/103 votes

    #25 - Comrades in Arms: Part 2

    Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/1977

    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: Alan Alda