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The Best Episodes of M*A*S*H Season 6

Every episode of M*A*S*H Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of M*A*S*H Season 6!

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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 6 Episode 1 - Fade Out, Fade In
    8.4/10(733 votes)

    #1 - Fade Out, Fade In

    S6:E1

    Frank Burns cracks up over Margaret's marriage while on R&R in Tokyo, and Major Charles Emerson Winchester III is sent to the 4077th as a replacement by a vindictive superior officer.

    Director:Hy Averback
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, James Fritzell

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  2. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 2 - Fallen Idol
    8.1/10(719 votes)

    #2 - Fallen Idol

    S6:E2

    Radar has always looked up to Hawkeye and admired him as his hero. But after suffering a Jeep accident en route to R&R at Hawkeye's behest. Radar questions his own hero worship. Particularly when he and his hero have a falling out.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:Alan Alda

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  3. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 3 - Last Laugh
    7.6/10(610 votes)

    #3 - Last Laugh

    S6:E3

    Madness strikes as B.J. and his old friend Bardonaro play a series of practical jokes on each other, just as Bardonaro is about to leave Korea. Hawkeye gets the last laugh. He sends Bardonaro off without his traveling papers, and in a jeep with too little gas.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, James Fritzell

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  4. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 4 - War of Nerves
    8.0/10(640 votes)

    #4 - War of Nerves

    S6:E4

    The 4077th, caught up in tension and nerves, creates a bonfire to release their pressure. Meanwhile, Sidney Freedman is depressed over a young soldier who blames him for his injuries, because Freedman had sent him back into combat.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:Alan Alda

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  5. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 5 - The Winchester Tapes
    7.8/10(598 votes)

    #5 - The Winchester Tapes

    S6:E5

    Hawkeye tries unsuccessfully to get to Seoul, to see Nurse Gilmore for the weekend. Meanwhile, Winchester has taped a letter home, asking for his influential parents to help get him back to the States. To get even, Hawkeye and B.J. switch Winchester's clothes, causing Winchester to alter his eating patterns.

    Director:Burt Metcalfe
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, James Fritzell

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  6. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 6 - The Light That Failed
    7.8/10(609 votes)

    #6 - The Light That Failed

    S6:E6

    With supplies low, the 4077th gets a truckload of ice cream churns and salt tablets. But what it needs are light bulbs, and in the dimly lit post-op Charles makes an error for which he draws the ultimate wrath of his two surgeon bunkmates. Meanwhile, B.J. receives a mystery novel that everyone in camp reads in turn. The last page is missing and the solution to the mystery is undiscovered until B.J. calls the author by long distance.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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  7. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 7 - In Love and War
    7.6/10(680 votes)

    #7 - In Love and War

    S6:E7

    Hawkeye falls in love with Kyong Soon, a Korean woman who is caring for her sick mother and orphaned children. But all hope is lost as Kyong takes her possessions and the children to the south after her mother has died.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:Alan Alda

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  8. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 8 - Change Day
    7.5/10(590 votes)

    #8 - Change Day

    S6:E8

    Charles plans a scheme to get rich when he discovers that blue scrip is going to be exchanged for red. Hawkeye and B.J. outsmart him, and he is left holding the worthless scrip. Klinger tries to get into West Point so that he can get out of Korea.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  9. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 9 - Images
    7.6/10(607 votes)

    #9 - Images

    S6:E9

    Radar notices a number of tattoos on one of the wounded, and convinces himself that with a tattoo he will be irresistible to women. Everyone tries to discourage him, and he admits to having received a tattoo that will wash off. Meanwhile, Margaret is frustrated with a new nurse who keeps getting upset at the sight of combat injuries.

    Director:Burt Metcalfe
    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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  10. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 10 - The M*A*S*H Olympics
    7.7/10(636 votes)

    #10 - The M*A*S*H Olympics

    S6:E10

    Colonel Potter, deciding that the camp is out of shape, enforces a calisthenics course. When nobody is enjoying it, he makes it fun by splitting the camp into two teams. These teams compete for three day R&R passes. Klinger tries to get out of the army by getting fat.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 11 - The Grim Reaper
    7.5/10(595 votes)

    #11 - The Grim Reaper

    S6:E11

    Colonel Bloodworth threatens to press court-martial charges against Hawkeye, who shoved him in the bar. But then he becomes a patient and witnesses Hawkeye's skills. Klinger bonds with a patient from his hometown.

    Director:George Tyne
    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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  12. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 12 - Comrades in Arms: Part 1
    7.8/10(632 votes)

    #12 - Comrades in Arms: Part 1

    S6:E12

    Lost behind enemy lines, Hawkeye and Margaret form a personal truce and seek shelter in a roadside hut.

    Director:Burt Metcalfe
    Writer:Alan Alda

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  13. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 13 - Comrades in Arms: Part 2
    7.7/10(625 votes)

    #13 - Comrades in Arms: Part 2

    S6:E13

    B.J. disobeys orders and goes out to find Hawkeye and Margret, who are still missing in action. Meanwhile, their romantic relationship quickly goes up in flames, and they become even more hostile toward each other.

    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:Alan Alda

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  14. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 14 - The Merchant of Korea
    7.7/10(564 votes)

    #14 - The Merchant of Korea

    S6:E14

    After Charles hands B.J. two hundred dollars, he begins to take advantage. Everyone gets together and persuades Charles to play poker. He has incredible beginner's luck until Radar discovers that Charles whistles loudly when he bluffs. They all win back their money and then some.

    Director:William B. Jurgensen
    Writers:Ken Levine, David Isaacs

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  15. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 15 - The Smell of Music
    8.1/10(643 votes)

    #15 - The Smell of Music

    S6:E15

    Hawkeye and B.J. refuse to shower until Charles stops playing his French horn, and Colonel Potter deals with a patient who wants to kill himself because he is now disfigured.

    Director:Stuart Millar
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell

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  16. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 16 - Patent 4077
    7.8/10(591 votes)

    #16 - Patent 4077

    S6:E16

    In need of a special surgical clamp, Hawkeye and B.J. hire Mr. Shin, a local jewelry dealer, to make it. Days later the clamp is used to save the leg of a wounded soldier. Mr. Shin goes into the surgical supply business.

    Director:Harry Morgan
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 17 - Tea and Empathy
    7.6/10(583 votes)

    #17 - Tea and Empathy

    S6:E17

    With British and American casualties heavy, the 4077th's supply of penicillin has been stolen. Father Mulcahy discovers, from Corporal Bryant, the location of some penicillin, and he and Klinger go out in search of it. They are shot at, but safely return with the drug and save the day.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 18 - Your Hit Parade
    7.7/10(590 votes)

    #18 - Your Hit Parade

    S6:E18

    With the arrival of a shipment of records, Radar plays the part of a disc jockey and helps to get everyone through the incredibly long deluge of wounded.

    Director:George Tyne
    Writer:Ronny Graham

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  19. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 19 - What's Up, Doc?
    7.7/10(586 votes)

    #19 - What's Up, Doc?

    S6:E19

    Hot Lips, believing herself to be pregnant, asks Hawkeye to test her. The only rabbit available to use for the test is Radar's pet, Fluffy. Meanwhile, Martinson, a patient, holds Charles at gunpoint, demanding he be sent back to Ohio.

    Director:George Tyne
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 20 - Mail Call Three
    7.4/10(573 votes)

    #20 - Mail Call Three

    S6:E20

    After a delay of three weeks, five sacks of mail arrive, and everyone in camp reacts to good and bad news from home. Hawkeye receives love letters addressed to another Benjamin Pierce, another man has approached B.J.'s wife, and Radar's mom has found a boyfriend. Klinger: "I may not have a family in Toledo, but I got one here."

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writers:Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell

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  21. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 21 - Temporary Duty
    7.7/10(613 votes)

    #21 - Temporary Duty

    S6:E21

    With a temporary transfer of personnel between the 4077th and the 8063rd, Captain Roy Dupree replaces Hawkeye, whilst Lorraine Anderson makes eyes at Charles. Fearing this to be permanent, Charles and B.J. successfully conspire to have Dupree permanently removed from the 4077th. Charles (to Hawkeye): "God, I missed you!"

    Director:Burt Metcalfe
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 22 - Potter's Retirement
    8.1/10(602 votes)

    #22 - Potter's Retirement

    S6:E22

    When bad reports are filed at headquarters, Col. Potter contemplates retirement.

    Director:William B. Jurgensen
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  23. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 23 - Dr. Winchester and Mr. Hyde
    7.7/10(563 votes)

    #23 - Dr. Winchester and Mr. Hyde

    S6:E23

    Charles takes amphetamines to keep up his energy level, and even drugs Radar's mouse, "Daisy", so that it will win a race against a Marine's mouse, "Sluggo".

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writers:Ronny Graham, Ken Levine, David Isaacs

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  24. M*A*S*H Season 6 Episode 24 - Major Topper
    7.7/10(560 votes)

    #24 - Major Topper

    S6:E24

    The doctors have to deal with a short supply of morphine and too many patients while klinger has to deal with a corporal who may be crazier than him -- he shoots down imaginary enemies.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Allyn Freeman

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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"Fade Out, Fade In" is the best rated episode of "M*A*S*H" season 6. It scored 8.4/10 based on 733 votes. Directed by Hy Averback and written by Everett Greenbaum, James Fritzell, it aired on 9/20/1977. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Fallen Idol".