The Best Episodes Written By Alan Alda

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.8/10(12 votes)

   #1 - Goodbye, Farewell and Amen

   S11:E162/28/1983

   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.

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   8.4/10(5 votes)

   #2 - Life Time

   S8:E1111/26/1979

   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.

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   8.2/10(4 votes)

   #3 - Dear Sigmund

   S5:E711/9/1976

   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.

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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #4 - War of Nerves

   S6:E410/11/1977

   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.

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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #5 - Fallen Idol

   S6:E29/27/1977

   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.

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   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #6 - Lend a Hand

   S8:E202/4/1980

   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.

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   7.8/10(4 votes)

   #7 - Hey, Look Me Over

   S11:E110/25/1982

   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.

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   7.8/10(4 votes)

   #8 - The Life You Save

   S9:E205/4/1981

   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.

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   7.7/10(2 votes)

   #9 - Dear Sis

   S7:E1412/18/1978

   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.

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    7.7/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Inga

    S7:E161/8/1979

    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.

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #11 - The Party

    S7:E253/12/1979

    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.

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    7.6/10(5 votes)

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

    S10:E101/4/1982

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

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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Comrades in Arms: Part 1

    S6:E1212/6/1977

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

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14. 

    7.3/10(9 votes)

    #14 - The Longjohn Flap

    S1:E192/17/1973

    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.

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    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Comrades in Arms: Part 2

    S6:E1312/13/1977

    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.

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    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Hepatitis

    S5:E192/8/1977

    The 4077th has an outbreak of hepatitis and Hawkeye needs to inoculate the reluctant staff while dealing with back pain.

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    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #17 - In Love and War

    S6:E711/1/1977

    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.

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    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #18 - Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde

    S2:E510/13/1973

    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.

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    6.2/10(5 votes)

    #19 - Dreams

    S8:E222/18/1980

    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.

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