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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!

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

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,...
  1. Background image for Bug Out
    8.4/10(701 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.

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  2. Background image for Margaret's Engagement
    8.0/10(605 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.

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    Director:Alan Alda
  3. Background image for Out of Sight, Out of Mind
    8.0/10(646 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.

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  4. Background image for Lt. Radar O'Reilly
    7.5/10(610 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.

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    8.1/10(698 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.

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  6. Background image for The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan
    8.1/10(672 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.

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    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Dear Sigmund
    8.7/10(839 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.

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    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:Alan Alda
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    8.0/10(627 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.

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    Director:George Tyne
  10. Background image for The Korean Surgeon
    8.0/10(636 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.

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    7.8/10(604 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.

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  12. Background image for The Colonel's Horse
    7.7/10(601 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.

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    7.1/10(636 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.

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    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Hawk's Nightmare
    7.5/10(599 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."

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    7.6/10(557 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.

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    7.6/10(574 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.

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  17. Background image for Ping Pong
    7.4/10(560 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.

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    7.6/10(580 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.

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    Director:Harry Morgan
  19. Background image for Hanky Panky
    7.0/10(648 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?

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  20. Background image for Hepatitis
    7.5/10(557 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.

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    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:Alan Alda
  21. Background image for The General's Practitioner
    7.6/10(604 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.

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    8.5/10(772 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.

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    Director:Burt Metcalfe
    Writer:Don Reo
  23. Background image for Souvenirs
    7.4/10(568 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.

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    7.5/10(575 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.

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    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Margaret's Marriage
    8.1/10(616 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.

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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 701 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".