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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!

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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
    M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 1 - Welcome to Korea
    8.7/10(980 votes)

    #1 - Welcome to Korea

    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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  2. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 2 - Change of Command
    8.5/10(830 votes)

    #2 - Change of Command

    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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  3. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 3 - It Happened One Night
    7.7/10(648 votes)

    #3 - It Happened One Night

    S4:E3

    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:Unknown

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  4. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 4 - The Late Captain Pierce
    8.3/10(757 votes)

    #4 - The Late Captain Pierce

    S4:E4

    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
    Writers:Glen Charles, Les Charles

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  5. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 5 - Hey, Doc
    7.6/10(665 votes)

    #5 - Hey, Doc

    S4:E5

    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

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  6. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 6 - The Bus
    8.2/10(720 votes)

    #6 - The Bus

    S4:E6

    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

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  7. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 7 - Dear Mildred
    8.4/10(768 votes)

    #7 - Dear Mildred

    S4:E7

    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
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell

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  8. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 8 - The Kids
    7.7/10(683 votes)

    #8 - The Kids

    S4:E8

    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
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell

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  9. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 9 - Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler
    8.2/10(769 votes)

    #9 - Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler

    S4:E9

    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

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  10. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 10 - Dear Peggy
    7.5/10(628 votes)

    #10 - Dear Peggy

    S4:E10

    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
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell

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  11. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 11 - Of Moose and Men
    7.3/10(627 votes)

    #11 - Of Moose and Men

    S4:E11

    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

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  12. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 12 - Soldier of the Month
    7.8/10(606 votes)

    #12 - Soldier of the Month

    S4:E12

    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

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  13. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 13 - The Gun
    7.6/10(630 votes)

    #13 - The Gun

    S4:E13

    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
    Writers:Gene Reynolds, Larry Gelbart

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  14. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 14 - Mail Call, Again
    8.0/10(632 votes)

    #14 - Mail Call, Again

    S4:E14

    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
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell

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  15. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 15 - The Price of Tomato Juice
    7.7/10(629 votes)

    #15 - The Price of Tomato Juice

    S4:E15

    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
    Writers:Gene Reynolds, Larry Gelbart

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  16. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 16 - Dear Ma
    7.7/10(619 votes)

    #16 - Dear Ma

    S4:E16

    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
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell

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  17. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 17 - Der Tag
    7.9/10(631 votes)

    #17 - Der Tag

    S4:E17

    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
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell

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  18. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 18 - Hawkeye
    6.8/10(912 votes)

    #18 - Hawkeye

    S4:E18

    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
    Writers:Larry Gelbart, Simon Muntner

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  19. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 19 - Some 38th Parallels
    7.6/10(640 votes)

    #19 - Some 38th Parallels

    S4:E19

    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

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  20. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 20 - The Novocaine Mutiny
    8.2/10(691 votes)

    #20 - The Novocaine Mutiny

    S4:E20

    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

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  21. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 21 - Smilin' Jack
    7.6/10(647 votes)

    #21 - Smilin' Jack

    S4:E21

    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
    Writers:Larry Gelbart, Simon Muntner

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  22. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 22 - The More I See You
    7.4/10(716 votes)

    #22 - The More I See You

    S4:E22

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

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writers:Gene Reynolds, Larry Gelbart

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  23. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 23 - Deluge
    8.2/10(731 votes)

    #23 - Deluge

    S4:E23

    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
    Writers:Larry Gelbart, Simon Muntner

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  24. M*A*S*H Season 4 Episode 24 - The Interview
    8.7/10(879 votes)

    #24 - The Interview

    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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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 980 votes. Directed by Gene Reynolds and written by Everett Greenbaum, James Fritzell, Larry Gelbart, it aired on 9/12/1975. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Change of Command".