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The Best Episodes Written By Alan Alda

Every TV Episode Written by Alan Alda Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Alan Alda Ratings Summary

"Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" is the best rated episode written by Alan Alda. It scored 9.1/10 based on 11 votes. It was directed by Alan Alda. It aired on 2/28/1983 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Life Time".

  • Goodbye, Farewell and Amen
    9.1/1011 votes

    #1 - Goodbye, Farewell and Amen

    Season 11 Episode 16 - Aired 2/28/1983

    Hawkeye is sent to a mental hospital; a freak accident causes Father Mulcahy to lose his hearing; Margaret worries about her post-war plans; Charles run across a band of Chinese musicians; BJ is sent home, much to Hawkeye's dismay; Klinger decides to stay in Korea to marry Soon-Lee; a ceasefire is declared, ending the war.

    Director: Alan Alda

    Writer: Alan Alda

  • Life Time
    8.8/104 votes

    #2 - Life Time

    Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1979

    Hawkeye and BJ race against the clock to save a soldier from paralysis. BJ harvesting an aorta from a dead soldier doesn't sit well with the soldier's friend.

    Director: Alan Alda

    Writer: Alan Alda

  • Dear Sigmund
    8.7/103 votes

    #3 - Dear Sigmund

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1976

    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

  • War of Nerves
    8.5/102 votes

    #4 - War of Nerves

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1977

    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

  • Lend a Hand
    8.3/103 votes

    #5 - 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

  • The Longjohn Flap
    8.2/104 votes

    #6 - The Longjohn Flap

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/17/1973

    The camp suffers from the severe cold, except for Hawkeye who has received some long john's from his father. They get passed around from person to person, as a gift, a gambling stake, a trade, a bribe, stolen, given up to Father Mulcahy, who gives them to Henry, who returns them to Hawkeye as thanks for taking out his appendix.

    Director: William Wiard

    Writer: Alan Alda

  • Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde
    8.0/103 votes

    #7 - Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1973

    Hawkeye has been operating so long he just can't quit, and he decides to try to end the war while he's at it.

    Director: Jackie Cooper

    Writer: Alan Alda

  • Fallen Idol
    8.0/102 votes

    #8 - Fallen Idol

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1977

    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

  • Dear Sis
    8.0/102 votes

    #9 - Dear Sis

    Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 12/18/1978

    Father Mulcahy writes a pre-Christmas letter to his sister, who is a nun. He recounts his frustrations at not being more effective at the 4077th.

    Director: Alan Alda

    Writer: Alan Alda

  • Inga
    8.0/102 votes

    #10 - Inga

    Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 1/8/1979

    It's instant attraction for Hawkeye when a beautiful Swedish doctor, called Inga, arrives to observe combat surgery. That is, until she upstages him in the operating room with a superior technique, and his ego is bruised.

    Director: Alan Alda

    Writer: Alan Alda

  • Hey, Look Me Over
    8.0/103 votes

    #11 - Hey, Look Me Over

    Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 10/25/1982

    Margaret and her nursing staff are about to be inspected by Col. Bucholz. Meanwhile, Kellye is offended that Hawkeye is attracted to any nurse except her.

    Director: Susan Oliver

    Writer: Alan Alda

  • Follies of the Living - Concerns of the Dead
    7.8/104 votes

    #12 - Follies of the Living - Concerns of the Dead

    Season 10 Episode 10 - Aired 1/4/1982

    Whilst suffering a fever, Klinger communicates with the spirit of a dead soldier, Private Weston, who stays on to witness his own last rites.

    Director: Alan Alda

    Writer: Alan Alda

  • Comrades in Arms: Part 1
    7.7/103 votes

    #13 - Comrades in Arms: Part 1

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/1977

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

    Director: Burt Metcalfe

    Writer: Alan Alda

  • The Life You Save
    7.7/103 votes

    #14 - The Life You Save

    Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/1981

    After Charles is nearly felled by a sniper's bullet, he develops a philosophical obsession with death. Meanwhile, the officers have all been assigned new responsibilities.

    Director: Alan Alda

    Writer: Alan Alda

  • The Party
    7.5/102 votes

    #15 - The Party

    Season 7 Episode 25 - Aired 3/12/1979

    Talk of a post-war reunion gives BJ an idea- planning a present-day stateside gathering of 4077th families. He continues to obsess with the idea even under the duress of bug-out instigated by a Chinese breakthrough. Also, Klinger fears that the party will blow his cover, as his mother doesn't know he's stationed in Korea.

    Director: Burt Metcalfe

    Writer: Alan Alda

  • Comrades in Arms: Part 2
    7.3/103 votes

    #16 - Comrades in Arms: Part 2

    Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/1977

    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

  • Hepatitis
    7.0/102 votes

    #17 - Hepatitis

    Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 2/8/1977

    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

  • In Love and War
    7.0/103 votes

    #18 - In Love and War

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1977

    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

  • Dreams
    6.0/104 votes

    #19 - Dreams

    Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 2/18/1980

    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.

    Director: Alan Alda

    Writer: Alan Alda