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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,...
  1. Background image for Dreams
    6.0/10(4 votes)

    #1 - Dreams

    S8:E22

    The 4077th can't escape the Korean War, even in its dreams. Exhausted after two days without sleep, members of the 4077th steal away for catnaps and experience dreams that reveal their fears, yearnings and frustrations.

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    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:Alan Alda
  2. Background image for That's Show Biz
    6.2/10(5 votes)

    #2 - That's Show Biz

    S10:E1

    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!

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  3. Background image for There is Nothing Like a Nurse
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #3 - There is Nothing Like a Nurse

    S3:E10

    The nurses are evacuated when the threat of an enemy parachute drop arises. Hawkeye and Trapper try to enliven everyone's spirits whilst they are gone. Hawkeye: "The plot thins. Watch the cake sue for malpractice when Frank cuts into it."

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    Director:Hy Averback
  4. Background image for The Foresight Saga
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #4 - The Foresight Saga

    S9:E19

    The 4077th is given a gift of fresh-grown vegetables by a grateful Korean; and Potter questions the veracity of an upbeat letter from Radar.

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    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Blood and Guts
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #5 - Blood and Guts

    S10:E12

    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."

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    6.9/10(850 votes)

    #6 - 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.

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  8. Background image for Edwina
    7.0/10(903 votes)

    #7 - Edwina

    S1:E13

    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.

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    Director:James Sheldon
  9. Background image for Check-Up
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Check-Up

    S3:E7

    Trapper gets an ulcer and a ticket home. Unfortunately, his going-away party is spoiled by a new Army regulation, which forces him to stay.

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    Director:Don Weis
  10. Background image for Life With Father
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Life With Father

    S3:E8

    Mail from home worries Henry that Lorraine may be seeing other men. Father Mulcahy presides over a Jewish circumcision ceremony for the Korean-born son of a US GI.

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  11. Background image for Adam's Ribs
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Adam's Ribs

    S3:E11

    Sick and tired of having liver and fish for an 11-day stretch, Hawkeye, driven near to insanity, starts a riot in the mess tent. He and Trapper then orders spare ribs and sauce from the best place he ever had them, in Chicago. Trapper calls a woman he spent a weekend with to pick up the ribs, and then they get choppered in. Unfortunately, right as they're sitting down to eat, wounded arrive, and Hawkeye is forced to postpone sinking his teeth into his beloved ribs.

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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Mad Dogs and Servicemen

    S3:E13

    A local dog bites Radar, and the camp conducts a search to find the pooch, so that Radar doesn't have to undergo a series of painful rabies vaccinations. Hawkeye defies Frank, to take care of a GI who's suffering from a case of hysterical paralysis.

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  13. Background image for The Consultant
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - The Consultant

    S3:E17

    Dr. Borelli visits the 4077th to demonstrate his artery transplant technique. Unfortunately, being so close to the front at the 4077th causes Borelli's drinking problem to interfere at the worst time - when a patient needs the transplant.

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    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Love and Marriage
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Love and Marriage

    S3:E20

    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.

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    Director:Lee Philips
  15. Background image for Hanky Panky
    7.0/10(648 votes)

    #14 - 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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  16. Background image for In Love and War
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #15 - 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.

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    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:Alan Alda
  17. Background image for The Grim Reaper
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - 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.

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  18. Background image for Temporary Duty
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - 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!"

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    Director:Burt Metcalfe
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Lil
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Lil

    S7:E3

    Colonel Potter meets a female soldier of the same age and interests as himself, named Lil. The others in the camp think that he might be cheating on Mildred, even though his friendship with Lil is completely platonic. Meanwhile Hawkeye tries to find out what B.J.'s initials stand for. As it turns out, he was named after his parents, Bea and Jay Hunnicutt.

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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - The Billfold Syndrome

    S7:E5

    Charles becomes so irate, when he is turned down for a future medical position at home, that he refuses to talk to anyone in the unit, until Hawkeye and B.J. send him a false telegram from home. Meanwhile, a young soldier, Jerry Wilson, can't remember his own identity, so Sidney Freedman is called for help.

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  21. Background image for Ain't Love Grand
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Ain't Love Grand

    S7:E24

    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.

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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Nurse Doctor

    S8:E7

    A beautiful and ambitious young nurse, Harris, who plans to become a doctor when she leaves the Army, finds herself in a misunderstanding with Father Mulcahy. Meanwhile, the camp's water supply is depleted, and the rest of the 4077th is more concerned about where their next shower will come from.

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  23. Background image for Depressing News
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Depressing News

    S9:E12

    Klinger's army newspaper reports on Hawkeye's monument to military stupidity; a giant tower made from a half million erroneously shipped tongue depressors.

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    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Rumor at the Top
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #23 - Rumor at the Top

    S10:E3

    The latest scuttlebutt affects everyone's behavior when a visitor is rumored to be recruiting for a new M*A*S*H unit. The gang fears that the 4077th will be split up.

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  25. Background image for Give 'em Hell, Hawkeye
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Give 'em Hell, Hawkeye

    S10:E4

    Hawkeye writes a heartfelt letter to President Harry Truman to protest at the continued fighting in Korea. Meanwhile, Colonel Ditka has promised a much-needed water-heater if the 4077th beautifies the camp.

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    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Communication Breakdown
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Communication Breakdown

    S10:E6

    Winchester infuriates the camp when he hoards his stateside newspapers, and Hawkeye reunites two Korean brothers who have been fighting on opposite sides of the war.

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    Director:Alan Alda
    Writer:Karen Hall

Worst Episodes Summary

"Dreams" is the worst rated episode of "M*A*S*H". It scored 6/10 based on 4 votes. Directed by Alan Alda and written by Alan Alda, it aired on 2/18/1980. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "That's Show Biz".