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: Elias Davis
8.7/103 votes#2 - Pressure Points
Season 10 Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/1982
Potter sends for Sidney Freedman when he loses confidence in his surgical abilities, and Winchester loses patience with his bunkmates' sloppiness.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Elias Davis
8.7/103 votes#3 - Where There's a Will, There's a War
Season 10 Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/1982
Hawkeye goes to help at an aid station, and under heavy shelling he draws up a will, leaving various items to his friends at the 4077th.
Director: Alan Alda
Writer: Elias Davis
8.4/105 votes#4 - The Club
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/21/1995
Niles and Frasier sabotage each other's chances for acceptance into Seattle's prestigious Empire Club.
Director: David Clark Lee
Writer: Elias Davis
8.2/104 votes#5 - 'Twas the Day after Christmas
Season 10 Episode 9 - Aired 12/28/1981
To boost post-yuletide morale on Dec 26, Potter has the officers and enlisted men change places for the day.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: Elias Davis
8.0/105 votes#6 - Retirement Is Murder
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1995
Frasier plays amateur sleuth after becoming caught up in Martin's obsession with a twenty-year-old unsolved murder.
Director: Alan Myerson
Writer: Elias Davis
7.7/103 votes#7 - For Real Men Only
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1989
Frasier and the guys cringe over plans to attend his son's circumcision while Rebecca struggles to throw an interesting retirement party for a very dull corporate employee.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Elias Davis
7.5/102 votes#8 - Sons and Bowlers
Season 10 Episode 19 - Aired 3/22/1982
After losing to the Marines once again, Colonel Potter wishes there was one sport the 4077th were any good at. When Klinger mentions he can bowl, the Colonel decides to have a bowling competition. Unfortunately, he and Klinger are the only 2 good bowlers in the camp, so BJ and Father Mulcahy are "recruited" to the team. Colonel Potter becomes obsessed with winning the game, and excludes Margaret from the team because she helped the team lose at softball. Then the 4077th team hear the Marines have got a "ringer" in their team after pulling some strings..... Meanwhile, Hawkeye finds out his father is in hospital and tries to speak to him over the phone, watched by Charles, who envies Hawkeye's close relationship with his father.
Director: Hy Averback
Writer: Elias Davis
7.4/105 votes#9 - The Tooth Shall Set You Free
Season 10 Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/1982
Charles has a serious toothache, but hates the thought of having anything done about it. The doctors suspect prejudice when an inordinate number of black casualties are brought in from a single unit, led by Major Weems.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Elias Davis
7.0/103 votes#10 - Rumor at the Top
Season 10 Episode 3 - Aired 11/9/1981
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.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Elias Davis
7.0/102 votes#11 - A Holy Mess
Season 10 Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/1982
An AWOL soldier, Nick Gillis, seeks sanctuary in the mess tent, after Father Mulcahy's service. At the same time, a special Sunday brunch is due to be served, following the donation of some eggs to the camp by a grateful farmer.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: Elias Davis
7.0/102 votes#12 - Who Knew?
Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 11/22/1982
Hawkeye volunteers to deliver the eulogy for a dead nurse that he briefly dated, and belatedly discovers her deep feelings for him.
Director: Harry Morgan
Writer: Elias Davis
6.7/103 votes#13 - U.N., the Night and the Music
Season 11 Episode 10 - Aired 1/3/1983
A United Nations delegation tours the 4077th - a Swede, a Hindu, and a British officer - and each leaves a lasting effect on the men and women of the camp.
Director: Harry Morgan
Writer: Elias Davis
6.5/102 votes#14 - Foreign Affairs
Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 11/8/1982
The Army tries to get a North Korean pilot to defect, and Charles gets a rude shock when he falls for a French nurse with a Bohemian past.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Elias Davis
6.2/105 votes#15 - 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
5.0/101 votes#16 - Edith Gets a Mink
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/12/1972
Archie is too proud to let Edith accept a mink stolen from her cousin Amelia, until he sees a chance to make a three-hundred-dollar profit.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Elias Davis
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"Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" is the best rated episode written by Elias Davis. It scored 9.1/10 based on 11 votes. It was directed by Alan Alda. It aired on 2/28/1983 and is rated 0.4 points higher than their second-best episode, "Pressure Points".