- 8.0/10741 votes
#1 - Divided We Stand
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1973
Gen. Clayton sends a psychiatrist to the 4077th to gauge the camp's cohesiveness and fitness as a unit.
Director: Jackie Cooper
Writer: Larry Gelbart
- 8.5/10901 votes
#2 - 5 O’Clock Charlie
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1973
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
Writer: Larry Gelbart, Laurence Marks, Keith Walker
- 7.9/10727 votes
#3 - Radar’s Report
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1973
Radar chronicles the antics of a typical week at the 4077th, which includes Hawkeye falling for a new nurse, a POW going berserk in the OR and Klinger seeking a psychiatric discharge.
Director: Jackie Cooper
Writer: Sheldon Keller, Laurence Marks
- 7.7/10679 votes
#4 - For the Good of the Outfit
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1973
Hawkeye and Trapper receive high-level flak when they buck the brass to report the "friendly fire" shelling of a South Korean village.
Director: Jackie Cooper
Writer: Jerry Mayer
- 7.5/10700 votes
#5 - Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1973
Hawkeye has been operating so long he just can't quit, and he decides to try to end the war while he's at it.
Director: Jackie Cooper
Writer: Alan Alda, Robert Klane
- 7.6/10705 votes
#6 - Kim
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1973
Everyone wants to mother a wounded and apparently orphaned boy.
Director: William Wiard
Writer: Marc Mandel, Larry Gelbart, Laurence Marks
- 7.5/10682 votes
#7 - L.I.P. (Local Indigenous Personnel)
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1973
Hawkeye cuts through red tape to help a GI marry his child's Korean mother, and cuts romantic ties with a bigoted nurse.
Director: William Wiard
Writer: Larry Gelbart, Carl Kleinschmitt, Lawrence Marks
- 8.5/10820 votes
#8 - The Trial of Henry Blake
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1973
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
- 8.1/10707 votes
#9 - Dear Dad... Three
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1973
Another letter from Hawkeye to his father tells about a bigoted soldier who wants the "right color" blood, a live grenade in the OR and Henry's home movies.
Director: Don Weis
Writer: Larry Gelbart, Laurence Marks
- 8.0/10717 votes
#10 - The Sniper
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/1973
A lone sniper turns the hospital compound into a combat zone, traps Henry and Radar in the showers and forces surgery by candlelight after he knocks out the generator.
Director: Jackie Cooper
Writer: Richard M. Powell
- 8.4/10745 votes
#11 - Carry On, Hawkeye
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1973
A flu epidemic leaves yet-to-be infected Hawkeye and Margaret more overworked than ever.
Director: Jackie Cooper
Writer: Bernard Dilbert, Larry Gelbart, Laurence Marks
- 8.1/10742 votes
#12 - The Incubator
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/1/1973
Hawkeye and Trapper hassle the brass to obtain a vital piece of medical equipment.
Director: Jackie Cooper
Writer: Larry Gelbart, Laurence Marks
- 8.6/10878 votes
#13 - Deal Me Out
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/8/1973
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
Writer: Larry Gelbart, Laurence Marks
- 7.8/10672 votes
#14 - Hot Lips and Empty Arms
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/15/1973
Depressed by news from home, Margaret examines her life and decides to request a transfer.
Director: Jackie Cooper
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, Mary Kay Place
- 7.7/10646 votes
#15 - Officers Only
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/22/1973
Something smells rank at the 4077th, and it might be the new officers' club--from which enlisted types are barred.
Director: Jackie Cooper
Writer: Ed Jurist
- 7.4/10716 votes
#16 - Henry in Love
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/5/1974
Henry returns from Tokyo in love with a woman half his age, but he seems to have forgotten one thing--he's married.
Director: Don Weis
Writer: Larry Gelbart, Laurence Marks
- 8.1/10693 votes
#17 - For Want of a Boot
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/12/1974
Hawkeye's quest for new boots turns into a never-ending game of horse trading.
Director: Don Weis
Writer: Sheldon Keller
- 7.4/10646 votes
#18 - Operation Noselift
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/19/1974
A private with a prominent proboscis pleads for prohibited plastic surgery--but Frank and Margaret smell a rat.
Director: Hy Averback
Writer: Paul Richards, Erik Tarloff
- 7.5/10632 votes
#19 - The Chosen People
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/26/1974
A local farmer claims the 4077th is on his land, and a Korean woman claims Radar is the father of her child.
Director: Jackie Cooper
Writer: Sheldon Keller, Jeff Wilhelm, Gerry Renert, Larry Gelbart, Laurence Marks
- 7.8/10616 votes
#20 - As You Were
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/2/1974
Frank chooses a lull in the action to ask Hawkeye and Trapper to perform his hernia operation, and that's just when the war returns full tilt.
Director: Hy Averback
Writer: Larry Gelbart, Gene Reynolds, Laurence Marks
- 8.4/10711 votes
#21 - Crisis
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/9/1974
A wave of conservation hits the 4077th after a vital supply line is cut, creating a variety of shortages.
Director: Don Weis
Writer: Larry Gelbart, Laurence Marks
- 7.9/10674 votes
#22 - George
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/16/1974
Hawkeye learns a patient was beaten up in his unit because he's homosexual, and Frank wants the soldier drummed out of the Army.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: John Regler, Gary Markowitz
- 7.9/10622 votes
#23 - 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, Laurence Marks
- 8.3/10701 votes
#24 - A Smattering of Intelligence
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/2/1974
Frank is investigated by two crazy intelligence men, one who's convinced he's a communist, the other's certain Frank's a fascist.
Director: Larry Gelbart
Writer: Larry Gelbart, Laurence Marks
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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,...
Genres:War & PoliticsDramaComedy
Network:CBS
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Divided We Stand" is the best rated episode of "M*A*S*H" season 2. It scored 8/10 based on 741 votes. Directed by Jackie Cooper and written by Larry Gelbart, it aired on 9/15/1973. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "5 O’Clock Charlie".