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The Best Episodes of M*A*S*H Season 4

Every episode of M*A*S*H Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of M*A*S*H Season 4!

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 4 Ratings Summary

"Welcome to Korea" is the best rated episode of "M*A*S*H" season 4. It scored 8.7/10 based on 864 votes. Directed by Gene Reynolds and written by James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum, Larry Gelbart, it aired on 9/12/1975. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Change of Command".

  • Welcome to Korea
    8.7/10864 votes

    #1 - Welcome to Korea

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1975

    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

    Writer: James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum, Larry Gelbart

  • Change of Command
    8.5/10725 votes

    #2 - Change of Command

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1975

    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

    Writer: James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum

  • It Happened One Night
    7.7/10558 votes

    #3 - It Happened One Night

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1975

    A freezing night, an artillery barrage that's coming too close, a patient going downhill, and Frank's searching Hot Lips' tent for his letters.

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: N/A

  • The Late Captain Pierce
    8.2/10660 votes

    #4 - 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, Les Charles

  • Hey, Doc
    7.6/10581 votes

    #5 - Hey, Doc

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1975

    Its quid pro quo at the 4077th: two bottles of Scotch for secret surgery, and a tank to scare off snipers for an unauthorized shot of penicillin.

    Director: William B. Jurgensen

    Writer: Rick Mittleman

  • The Bus
    8.2/10629 votes

    #6 - The Bus

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1975

    Radar is driving Hawk, B.J., Sherman, and Frank in a bus back from a "medical conference" when they get lost. They stop to see if they can find anything they recognize. When they decide to turn around, they find that the bus does not want to start. Radar goes off in the middle of the night for the latrine, and does not immediately return. Stricken, Hawkeye wants to set out to find him, only to be stopped by Sherman. An injured Korean surrenders to get medical help from Hawk and B.J.. Upon Radar return, the Korean helps repair the bus and get them out of danger.

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: John D. Hess

  • Dear Mildred
    8.3/10661 votes

    #7 - 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, Jim Fritzell

  • The Kids
    7.7/10597 votes

    #8 - 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, Jim Fritzell

  • Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler
    8.1/10672 votes

    #9 - Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/1975

    Intelligence officer Colonel Flagg, and psychiatrist Sidney Freedman, grapples over the fate of a wounded officer, Captain Chandler, who claims to be Jesus Christ. Perhaps the most poignant scene is when Radar asks Chandler to bless his teddy bear.

    Director: Larry Gelbart

    Writer: Burt Prelutsky

  • Dear Peggy
    7.4/10546 votes

    #10 - Dear Peggy

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1975

    B.J. writes home to his wife, Peg, reporting Klinger's escape attempts, the visit of a formidable chaplain, and one of Frank's goof-ups.

    Director: Burt Metcalfe

    Writer: Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell

  • Of Moose and Men
    7.3/10547 votes

    #11 - Of Moose and Men

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/21/1975

    Hawkeye tangles with a tough Army colonel, Colonel Spiker, B.J. helps Zale, who's received a "Dear John" letter, and Frank looks endlessly for Korean saboteurs.

    Director: John Erman

    Writer: Jay Folb

  • Soldier of the Month
    7.7/10528 votes

    #12 - Soldier of the Month

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 11/28/1975

    Frank has a fever and makes a will, leaving all his money to his wife and all his clothes to Hot Lips.

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

  • The Gun
    7.6/10550 votes

    #13 - The Gun

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/2/1975

    A wounded colonel's gun, a showpiece, disappears, and Hawkeye and B.J. play a hunch and bluff Frank, who has it, into returning it.

    Director: Burt Metcalfe

    Writer: Larry Gelbart, Gene Reynolds

  • Mail Call, Again
    7.9/10553 votes

    #14 - Mail Call, Again

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/9/1975

    Mail brings a letter to Frank saying his wife is divorcing him, and one to Potter telling him he's going to be a grandfather.

    Director: George Tyne

    Writer: Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell

  • The Price of Tomato Juice
    7.7/10546 votes

    #15 - The Price of Tomato Juice

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 12/16/1975

    Radar gets the help of Hawkeye and B.J. to procure something Colonel Potter says he's fond of, but that's hard to come by - tomato juice.

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: Larry Gelbart, Gene Reynolds

  • Dear Ma
    7.7/10538 votes

    #16 - 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, Jim Fritzell

  • Der Tag
    7.9/10552 votes

    #17 - Der Tag

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/6/1976

    Potter decides Frank would be less of a pain if the others were friendlier to him; they oblige, with some startling results.

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell

  • Hawkeye
    6.9/10774 votes

    #18 - Hawkeye

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1/13/1976

    Hawkeye is injured in a jeep accident and, aware he has a concussion, babbles to a Korean family to keep himself awake.

    Director: Larry Gelbart

    Writer: Larry Gelbart, Simon Muntner

  • Some 38th Parallels
    7.6/10564 votes

    #19 - Some 38th Parallels

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 1/20/1976

    Frank tries to distinguish himself by selling the camp garbage, but it's Hawkeye who finds a use for it: he dumps it on a troublesome Colonel Coner.

    Director: Burt Metcalfe

    Writer: Gary Markowitz

  • The Novocaine Mutiny
    8.2/10605 votes

    #20 - The Novocaine Mutiny

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 1/27/1976

    Frank has Hawkeye up on charges of mutiny, for usurping his authority when Potter was away on leave, and Frank was the C.O. The Judge Advocate, Colonel Carmichael, tries the case; BJ, Potter, and Radar are in attendance of the preliminary hearing to offer support for Hawkeye. There are several versions of what happened: according to Frank, he was trying to hold the 4077th together during heavy casualties when everyone else was falling apart; according to The Eye Of The Hawk, BJ and Radar, it was Frank who was out of control with his regimen. Finding no evidence of the alleged mutiny, the judge drops all charges against Hawkeye and puts Frank in his place (but will he stay there?!).

    Director: Harry Morgan

    Writer: Burt Prelutsky

  • Smilin' Jack
    7.6/10568 votes

    #21 - Smilin' Jack

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 2/3/1976

    The 4077th turns up a sick helicopter pilot, 'Smilin' Jack, who doesn't want to quit, and a twice-wounded GI who does.

    Director: Charles S. Dubin

    Writer: Larry Gelbart, Simon Muntner

  • The More I See You
    7.3/10619 votes

    #22 - The More I See You

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 2/10/1976

    Hawkeye is reunited with a woman he thought was out of his life forever, but who never altogether leaves.

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: Larry Gelbart, Gene Reynolds

  • Deluge
    8.1/10644 votes

    #23 - Deluge

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 2/17/1976

    A sudden deluge of wounded at the 4077th is followed by a fire and a rainstorm which makes matters difficult for the staff.

    Director: William B. Jurgensen

    Writer: Larry Gelbart, Simon Muntner

  • The Interview
    8.6/10770 votes

    #24 - The Interview

    Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 2/24/1976

    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