6.9/10784 votesLoading...#1 - 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
7.0/10820 votesLoading...#2 - Edwina
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/24/1972
The nurses go to extremes lengths to find a date for Nurse Eddie - they won't go out with anyone until Eddie gets a date. The men draw straws, and Hawkeye is the big loser, especially after Eddie nearly kills him in a scene resembling teenage "mating" rituals.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Hal Dresner
7.0/10575 votesLoading...#3 - Our Finest Hour
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1978
Newscaster Clete Roberts, reprising an earlier interview appearance, returns to update Korean War conditions, when he conducts a series of television talks with the leading characters of the 4077th.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: Ronny Graham, David Isaacs, Ken Levine
7.1/10582 votesLoading...#5 - Hanky Panky
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/1977
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
7.1/10606 votesLoading...#6 - That's Show Biz
Season 10 Episode 1 - Aired 10/26/1981
A touring USO show brings an unexpected touch of vaudeville to the 4077th when the star showgirl requires an emergency operation. And wouldn't you know, the comedian is Klinger's hero!
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Elias Davis, David Pollock
7.1/10490 votesLoading...#7 - Strange Bedfellows
Season 11 Episode 11 - Aired 1/10/1983
The 4077th faces a sleepless night as Charles's snoring keeps B.J. and Hawkeye from counting sheep. Meanwhile, Colonel Potter discovers that his son-in-law, Bob Wilson, has had an affair.
Director: Mike Farrell
Writer: Karen Hall
7.2/10764 votesLoading...#8 - Showtime
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/25/1973
Captain Kaplan is to be shipped home, but becomes paranoid that something will happen to him before he leaves. He takes the wheel of the jeep to drive to Kimpo himself, but crashes and ends up in plaster. Henry's wife is in labor and gives birth while he has Radar calling the hospital every 5 mins.An entertainer, Jackie Flash, visits the camp to entertain the troops.
Director: Jackie Cooper
Writer: Larry Gelbart
7.2/10481 votesLoading...#9 - Captains Outrageous
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1979
A brawl at Rosie's Bar puts Rosie in the hospital, and the 4077th doctors are pressed into service as temporary saloon-keepers. Meanwhile, Father Mulcahy is apprehensive that his long-pending promotion to captain will again be denied. Potter: "The Pentagon. Weird looking building. Four walls and a spare. Monument to Murphy's Law."
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: Thad Mumford, Dan Wilcox
7.2/10473 votesLoading...#10 - Stars and Stripes
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 12/17/1979
Friction arises between B.J. and Winchester when they are asked to write an article for a prestigious medical journal, on how they saved a soldier's life with a daring operation. Meanwhile, Hot Lips receives an eventful visit from Scully, her combat soldier beau.
Director: Harry Morgan
Writer: N/A
7.2/10476 votesLoading...#11 - Taking the Fifth
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 1/19/1981
Hawkeye uses a bottle of vintage wine to lure unsuspecting nurses into his den; and Potter tries to secure a different sort of anesthetic when the army threatens to ban a painkiller.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: N/A
7.2/10487 votesLoading...#12 - Blood and Guts
Season 10 Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/1982
Hawkeye is outraged when a sensationalistic war correspondent, Clayton Kibbee, reports irresponsible G.I. stunts as tales of military valor. Kibbee: "As for the last two pints of blood, there's no big finale, no heroes. They helped an old soldier, who'd had visions of glory but finally got it through his thick head how tragic and inhumane war can be. Maybe he'll know better next time."
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Lee H. Grant
7.2/10466 votesLoading...#13 - Heroes
Season 10 Episode 18 - Aired 3/15/1982
Hawkeye is the golden boy of the world press when he treats a celebrity prizefighter, 'Gentleman' Joe Cavanaugh, who has a stroke at the 4077th. Father Mulcahy finds the news hard to take, as Cavanaugh was a hero of his.
Director: Nell Cox
Writer: Thad Mumford, Dan Wilcox
7.2/10490 votesLoading...#14 - The Moon is Not Blue
Season 11 Episode 8 - Aired 12/13/1982
With the camp facing prohibition, and a severe medical supply shortage, during another heat wave, Hawkeye resolves to lift morale by importing a racy new movie.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: N/A
7.3/10763 votesLoading...#15 - Love Story
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/7/1973
Radar gets a Dear John recording from home. Hawkeye and Trapper try to set him up with a date, but fail. Radar is taken by a new nurse at the camp and she is into poetry and music, so they coach him. Margaret wants to stop the relationship, so Hawkeye and Trapper get between her and Frank until she relents. Radar's "Ahhhh, Bach!" and "That's highly significant," quotes win him the girl.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Larry Gelbart, Laurence Marks
7.3/10596 votesLoading...#16 - Love and Marriage
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/18/1975
Hawkeye and Trapper prevent a GI from marrying a call girl who has TB, whilst trying to help a Korean soldier join his pregnant wife. Radar, of course, provides his usual invaluable help.
Director: Lee Philips
Writer: Arthur Julian
7.3/10555 votesLoading...#17 - 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
7.3/10626 votesLoading...#18 - 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: Gene Reynolds, Larry Gelbart
7.3/10486 votesLoading...#19 - B.J. Papa San
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 1/1/1979
B.J. almost becomes the surrogate father to a Korean family. Finding them a substitute for his own absent family, B.J. spends so much time with them that his medical efficiency begins to suffer, and Hawkeye worries about his health. B.J.: "First they take me from my wife and kid, and just when I find something to help fill the gap, they take that away, too."
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Larry Balmagia
7.3/10506 votesLoading...#20 - Ain't Love Grand
Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 3/5/1979
The impossible happens for the snobbish Charles when he shares an emotional experience with Klinger, who discovers a U.S. nurse, Debbie, finds him and his bizarre attire attractive, while Charles succumbs to the exotic charms of a Korean girl, called Sooni, who he meets at Rosie's Bar.
Director: Mike Farrell
Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine
7.3/10545 votesLoading...#21 - Guerilla My Dreams
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1979
The arrival of a wounded Korean woman sparks a conflict at the 4077th: Hawkeye wants to heal her, but a steely ROK officer, Lt. Park, is more anxious to "question" her about alleged guerilla activities.
Director: Alan Alda
Writer: Bob Colleary
7.3/10534 votesLoading...#22 - Lend a Hand
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 2/4/1980
Irritated that the 4077th is planning a "surprise" party for him, Hawkeye volunteers to go to the aid of a wounded surgeon at the front. An additional irritant to Hawkeye is the arrival of Dr. Borelli, a wisecracking medical advisor with whom he habitually disagrees.
Director: Alan Alda
Writer: Alan Alda
7.3/10561 votesLoading...#23 - War Co-Respondent
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 3/3/1980
B.J. finds himself attracted to a famous war correspondent, Aggie O'Shea, who has fallen in love with him.
Director: Mike Farrell
Writer: Mike Farrell
7.3/10499 votesLoading...#24 - Father's Day
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 12/8/1980
Margaret has trouble pretending she's a chip off the old block when her dad, blood and guts "Howitzer" Al Houlihan, arrives for a visit. Also, Hawkeye fixes up a soldier who repays them with a large side of steak, but the general who it belongs to is really steamed.
Director: Alan Alda
Writer: Karen Hall
7.3/10478 votesLoading...#25 - Operation Friendship
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 1/26/1981
Klinger saves Winchester's life when an explosion rocks the operating room; and B.J. is reluctant to reveal the extent of his injuries after the blast.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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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,...
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Network:CBS
Worst Episodes Summary
"Hawkeye" is the worst rated episode of "M*A*S*H". It scored 6.9/10 based on 784 votes. Directed by Larry Gelbart and written by Larry Gelbart, Simon Muntner, it aired on 1/13/1976. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Edwina".
