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The Best Episodes of M*A*S*H

Every episode of M*A*S*H ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of M*A*S*H!

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The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    M*A*S*H Season 3 Episode 24 - Abyssinia, Henry
    9.5/10(1770 votes)

    S3:E24

    Everyone is happy when Henry finds out that he is being discharged and sent home, and Hawkeye and Trapper decide to literally send him off in style...

    Director:Larry Gelbart
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, James Fritzell

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  2. M*A*S*H Season 1 Episode 15 - Tuttle
    8.9/10(1382 votes)

    S1:E15

    Hawkeye creates a fake doctor, Captain Jonathan S. Tuttle, to give supplies to the local orphans. Henry wants Tuttle to be officer of the day, so Hawkeye creates a fake personnel file, and all his back pay is given to the orphanage. When General Clayton wants to reward his generosity, Hawkeye is forced to invent a story about Tuttle jumping from a chopper without his parachute! Of course, Trapper's new friend, Captain Murdoch, obtained the fake dog tags and parachute...!

    Director:William Wiard
    Writers:Bruce Shelley, David Ketchum

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  3. M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 11 - Life Time
    8.9/10(820 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
    Writers:Alan Alda, Walter D. Dishell, M.D.

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  4. M*A*S*H Season 11 Episode 16 - Goodbye, Farewell and Amen
    8.9/10(4226 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
    Writers:Alan Alda, John Rappaport, Burt Metcalfe, Elias Davis, Dan Wilcox, David Pollock, Thad Mumford, Karen Hall

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  5. M*A*S*H Season 1 Episode 17 - Sometimes You Hear the Bullet
    8.8/10(1185 votes)

    S1:E17

    Frank throws his back out whilst spending the evening with Margaret, and ends up in traction. He promptly applies for the Purple Heart, having been 'technically' wounded at a frontline unit. Tommy Gillis, an old friend of Hawkeye's, is writing a book about the war, and pays him a visit. Later, Tommy is brought into the camp, seriously wounded, and Hawkeye can't save him. A 15-year-old kid is in the hospital to have his appendix out. He joined up to be a hero back home, but Hawkeye has him sent home, giving him Frank's purple heart.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Carl Kleinschmitt

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  6. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 7 - Dear Sigmund
    8.8/10(912 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:Alan Alda

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  7. M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 5 - Good-Bye Radar: Part 2
    8.8/10(824 votes)

    S8:E5

    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.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writers:Ken Levine, David Isaacs

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  8. M*A*S*H Season 9 Episode 5 - Death Takes a Holiday
    8.8/10(833 votes)

    S9:E5

    Hawkeye, B.J., and Margaret try to save the life of a critically injured solider so that his family won't think of Christmas as the day that their father died. Meanwhile, Winchester fulfills a family Christmas tradition but has trouble maintaining the anonymity required to keep it a truly charitable act. Even Klinger lends a hand.

    Director:Mike Farrell
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 1 - Welcome to Korea
    8.7/10(998 votes)

    S4:E1

    Trapper is shipped home while Hawkeye is on R&R. Hawkeye speeds to Kimpo with Radar to catch Trapper's plane, but they just miss him. While they are there, they pick up BJ Hunnicut and take him back to camp. On the way back, BJ is introduced to the Korean War.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, James Fritzell, Larry Gelbart

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  10. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 24 - The Interview
    8.7/10(912 votes)

    S4:E24

    Clete Roberts introduces this segment as his show; he's arrived at Korea to interview the staff of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital because of its high 97% efficiency rating. In Roberts' interviews with Hawkeye, BJ, Frank, Radar, Klinger, Mulcahy and Potter, they talk about how they cope with their situation, what they miss about home, how they feel about who they work with, and whether they see any good in coming from war.

    Director:Larry Gelbart
    Writer:Larry Gelbart

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  11. M*A*S*H Season 7 Episode 10 - Point of View
    8.7/10(891 votes)

    S7:E10

    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.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writers:Ken Levine, David Isaacs

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  12. M*A*S*H Season 7 Episode 25 - The Party
    8.7/10(772 votes)

    S7:E25

    Talk of a post-war reunion gives BJ an idea- planning a present-day stateside gathering of 4077th families. He continues to obsess with the idea even under the duress of bug-out instigated by a Chinese breakthrough. Also, Klinger fears that the party will blow his cover, as his mother doesn't know he's stationed in Korea.

    Director:Burt Metcalfe
    Writers:Alan Alda, Burt Metcalfe

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  13. M*A*S*H Season 2 Episode 8 - The Trial of Henry Blake
    8.6/10(967 votes)

    S2:E8

    Henry's fitness for command is called into question when he's put on trial for charges stemming from the tomfoolery at the 4077th.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:McLean Stevenson

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  14. M*A*S*H Season 2 Episode 13 - Deal Me Out
    8.6/10(1027 votes)

    S2:E13

    The 4077th and friends convene for their weekly “Medical Conference,” A.K.A. Poker while Radar runs over a civilian and Frank is held hostage in the showers by an enlisted man.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writers:Larry Gelbart, Laurence Marks

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  15. M*A*S*H Season 3 Episode 11 - Adam's Ribs
    8.6/10(1004 votes)

    S3:E11

    Sick and tired of having liver and fish for an 11-day stretch, Hawkeye, driven near to insanity, starts a riot in the mess tent. He and Trapper then orders spare ribs and sauce from the best place he ever had them, in Chicago. Trapper calls a woman he spent a weekend with to pick up the ribs, and then they get choppered in. Unfortunately, right as they're sitting down to eat, wounded arrive, and Hawkeye is forced to postpone sinking his teeth into his beloved ribs.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  16. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 2 - Change of Command
    8.6/10(845 votes)

    S4:E2

    Frank settles in as commanding officer, only to have a new one appointed over his head, one that, to his chagrin, fits in very well.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, James Fritzell

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  17. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 21 - Movie Tonight
    8.6/10(848 votes)

    S5:E21

    Colonel Potter hopes a Western will be the cure for the 4077th's morale problem. But during the show, the staff of the camp is forced to make its own entertainment during the frequent film breakages.

    Director:Burt Metcalfe
    Writer:Don Reo

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  18. M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 25 - April Fools
    8.6/10(710 votes)

    S8:E25

    A no-nonsense Colonel, 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 Tucker arrives in camp.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. M*A*S*H Season 2 Episode 2 - 5 O’Clock Charlie
    8.5/10(1073 votes)

    S2:E2

    An inept, if punctual, bomber pilot provides comic relief for Hawkeye and Trapper, but inspires Frank to call out the heavy artillery.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writers:Larry Gelbart, Laurence Marks, Keith Walker

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  20. M*A*S*H Season 2 Episode 21 - Crisis
    8.5/10(836 votes)

    S2:E21

    A wave of conservation hits the 4077th after a vital supply line is cut, creating a variety of shortages.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writers:Larry Gelbart, Laurence Marks

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  21. M*A*S*H Season 3 Episode 1 - The General Flipped at Dawn
    8.5/10(969 votes)

    S3:E1

    The MASH 4077 is visted by General Steele. He wishes to move the camp 5 miles down the road. Hawkeye and Henry are charged with mutiny. And Hawkeye is also charged with impersonating a reporter.

    Director:Larry Gelbart
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, James Fritzell

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  22. M*A*S*H Season 3 Episode 19 - Aid Station
    8.5/10(742 votes)

    S3:E19

    Hawkeye, Houlihan, and Klinger go to an aid station at the front. Working closely together under heavy fire and unsanitary medical conditions, the three return to camp with new found respect for one another.

    Director:William B. Jurgensen
    Writers:Larry Gelbart, Simon Muntner

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  23. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 1 - Bug Out
    8.5/10(776 votes)

    S5:E1

    When a rumor for a camp relocation turns out to be real, Hawkeye, Margaret and Radar volunteer to stay behind for a patient who cannot be moved.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell

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  24. M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 18 - Old Soldiers
    8.5/10(728 votes)

    S8:E18

    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.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. M*A*S*H Season 10 Episode 16 - Where There's a Will, There's a War
    8.5/10(606 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
    Writers:Elias Davis, David Pollock

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Best Episodes Summary

"Abyssinia, Henry" is the best rated episode of "M*A*S*H". It scored 9.5/10 based on 1770 votes. Directed by Larry Gelbart and written by Everett Greenbaum, James Fritzell, it aired on 3/18/1975. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "Tuttle".