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
The best episode directed by Alan Alda is "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen", rated 9.1/10 from 11 user votes. It was "written by Burt Metcalfe". "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" aired on 2/28/1983 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Life Time".
9.1/10 11 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
8.7/10 3 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
8.5/10 2 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
8.3/10 3 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
8.3/10 3 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
8.2/10 4 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
8.0/10 3 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
8.0/10 1 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
8.0/10 2 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
8.0/10 2 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
7.7/10 3 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
7.7/10 3 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
7.5/10 2 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
7.5/10 2 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
7.5/10 4 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
7.5/10 2 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
7.5/10 2 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
7.3/10 3 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
