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The Best Episodes of M*A*S*H Season 5

Every episode of M*A*S*H Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of M*A*S*H Season 5!

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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 5 Episode 1 - Bug Out
    8.4/10(751 votes)

    #1 - Bug Out

    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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  2. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 2 - Margaret's Engagement
    8.0/10(652 votes)

    #2 - Margaret's Engagement

    S5:E2

    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

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  3. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 3 - Out of Sight, Out of Mind
    8.0/10(688 votes)

    #3 - Out of Sight, Out of Mind

    S5:E3

    Hawkeye is temporarily blinded while trying to fix the nurses' furnace, and Frank finds a sure-fire way to win bets on baseball games.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writers:Ken Levine, David Isaacs

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  4. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 4 - Lt. Radar O'Reilly
    7.5/10(651 votes)

    #4 - Lt. Radar O'Reilly

    S5:E4

    Following an offer of promotion made by Master Sergeant Woodruff at a poker game, Radar is promoted to the rank of lieutenant. Finding this position awkward, Radar opts to return to his position as an enlisted man.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell

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  5. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 5 - The Nurses
    8.1/10(746 votes)

    #5 - The Nurses

    S5:E5

    The nurses go behind Margaret's back so that a fellow nurse confined to her tent can spend the night with her soldier husband who is paying her a surprise visit.

    Director:Joan Darling
    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  6. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 6 - The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan
    8.2/10(716 votes)

    #6 - The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan

    S5:E6

    Margaret takes off in the middle of the night to help deliver a Korean baby. Nobody knows of her whereabouts, and Colonel Flagg is brought in to help investigate her disappearance.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 7 - Dear Sigmund
    8.7/10(886 votes)

    #7 - Dear Sigmund

    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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  8. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 8 - Mulcahy's War
    8.1/10(672 votes)

    #8 - Mulcahy's War

    S5:E8

    Father Mulcahy, troubled by his lack of experience at the front, insists on accompanying Radar for an errand there.

    Director:George Tyne
    Writer:Richard Cogan

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  9. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 9 - The Korean Surgeon
    8.1/10(675 votes)

    #9 - The Korean Surgeon

    S5:E9

    Instead of turning him in as a prisoner of war, Hawkeye and B.J. pull some strings to get a wounded North Korean surgeon a spot on the staff.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Bill Idelson

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  10. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 10 - Hawkeye Get Your Gun
    7.9/10(649 votes)

    #10 - Hawkeye Get Your Gun

    S5:E10

    Hawkeye and Potter provide assistance at a Korean clinic, and run into an enemy attack on the way home. Meanwhile, Klinger begins posing as a Gypsy to help get his discharge papers.

    Director:William B. Jurgensen
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 11 - The Colonel's Horse
    7.7/10(641 votes)

    #11 - The Colonel's Horse

    S5:E11

    Everybody pitches in to save Colonel Potter's horse, who becomes sick while Potter is away in Tokyo. And Margaret asks Hawkeye, not Frank, to operate on her appendix.

    Director:Burt Metcalfe
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell

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  12. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 12 - Exorcism
    7.1/10(675 votes)

    #12 - Exorcism

    S5:E12

    To save the life of an elderly local who rejects an operation because he believes bad spirits surround the 4077th, Colonel Potter permits a Korean exorcism.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 13 - Hawk's Nightmare
    7.6/10(643 votes)

    #13 - Hawk's Nightmare

    S5:E13

    Hawkeye starts sleepwalking and having horrific nightmares. He begins to think that he may be starting to lose his "war against the war."

    Director:Burt Metcalfe
    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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  14. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 14 - The Most Unforgettable Characters
    7.7/10(596 votes)

    #14 - The Most Unforgettable Characters

    S5:E14

    Radar becomes an aspiring writer after ordering a flier from a comic book, and Hawkeye and B.J. give Frank a surprise birthday present that only he will appreciate.

    Director:Burt Metcalfe
    Writers:Ken Levine, David Isaacs

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  15. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 15 - 38 Across
    7.7/10(615 votes)

    #15 - 38 Across

    S5:E15

    A fouled radio call for help on a crossword puzzle leads to a senior officer coming to the 4077th to help with a supposed serious medical problem.

    Director:Burt Metcalfe
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell

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  16. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 16 - Ping Pong
    7.4/10(596 votes)

    #16 - Ping Pong

    S5:E16

    The 4077th hosts a traditional Korean wedding, much to Frank's objections. And Colonel Potter runs into an old friend who has put his troops in jeopardy so that he could receive a promotion.

    Director:William B. Jurgensen
    Writer:Sid Dorfman

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  17. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 17 - End Run
    7.7/10(618 votes)

    #17 - End Run

    S5:E17

    A former star college football player suffers a severe leg injury in combat and must deal with the consequences, and Major Burns goes behind Colonel Potter's back to set up a boxing match between Klinger and Zale.

    Director:Harry Morgan
    Writer:John D. Hess

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  18. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 - Hanky Panky
    7.1/10(687 votes)

    #18 - Hanky Panky

    S5:E18

    B.J. falls off the fidelity wagon while trying to provide consolation to a nurse whose marriage has just ended. But will he confess his infidelity to his wife?

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Gene Reynolds

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  19. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 19 - Hepatitis
    7.6/10(595 votes)

    #19 - Hepatitis

    S5:E19

    The 4077th has an outbreak of hepatitis and Hawkeye needs to inoculate the reluctant staff while dealing with back pain.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:Alan Alda

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  20. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 20 - The General's Practitioner
    7.6/10(643 votes)

    #20 - The General's Practitioner

    S5:E20

    General Korshak wants Hawkeye to be his personal practitioner, despite his constant snottiness. And Radar helps take care of a soldier's half-Korean baby after he is shipped back home.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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  21. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 21 - Movie Tonight
    8.6/10(821 votes)

    #21 - Movie Tonight

    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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  22. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 22 - Souvenirs
    7.4/10(603 votes)

    #22 - Souvenirs

    S5:E22

    Hawkeye and BJ try to stop a chopper pilot from selling souvenirs derived from war materials derived from locals facing danger getting them, and Klinger becomes a pole-sitter in his latest attempt to get a Section Eight.

    Director:Joshua Shelley
    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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  23. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 23 - Post Op
    7.5/10(613 votes)

    #23 - Post Op

    S5:E23

    The 4077th is deluged with patients and their individual medical histories. Then they run out of blood and everyone is donating at 48-hour intervals.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 24 - Margaret's Marriage
    8.1/10(656 votes)

    #24 - Margaret's Marriage

    S5:E24

    Pressured by Frank, Margaret decides to marry Colonel Donald Penobscott at the 4077th. When Donald arrives in camp, he is treated to a bachelor party and a practical joke while the nurses give Margaret a bridal shower.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Bug Out" is the best rated episode of "M*A*S*H" season 5. It scored 8.4/10 based on 751 votes. Directed by Gene Reynolds and written by Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell, it aired on 9/21/1976. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Margaret's Engagement".