9.0/101 votes#1 - Mail Call Three
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 2/6/1978
After a delay of three weeks, five sacks of mail arrive, and everyone in camp reacts to good and bad news from home. Hawkeye receives love letters addressed to another Benjamin Pierce, another man has approached B.J.'s wife, and Radar's mom has found a boyfriend. Klinger: "I may not have a family in Toledo, but I got one here."
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Jim Fritzell
8.2/104 votes#2 - Bug Out
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1976
When a rumor for a camp relocation turns out to be real, Hawkeye, Margaret and Radar volunteer to stay behind for a patient who cannot be moved.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: Jim Fritzell
8.0/103 votes#3 - The Kids
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1975
The 4077th plays host to kids bombed out of their orphanage, and at the same time has to deliver a baby and care for battle casualties.
Director: Alan Alda
Writer: Jim Fritzell
8.0/102 votes#4 - Dear Peggy
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1975
B.J. writes home to his wife, Peg, reporting Klinger's escape attempts, the visit of a formidable chaplain, and one of Frank's goof-ups.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: Jim Fritzell
8.0/103 votes#5 - Mail Call, Again
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/9/1975
Mail brings a letter to Frank saying his wife is divorcing him, and one to Potter telling him he's going to be a grandfather.
Director: George Tyne
Writer: Jim Fritzell
8.0/101 votes#6 - Dear Ma
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 12/23/1975
Radar writes home to his mother, as Hawkeye conducts the camp foot inspection, and Colonel Potter gets some shrapnel in his backside.
Director: Alan Alda
Writer: Jim Fritzell
8.0/102 votes#7 - Margaret's Marriage
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 3/15/1977
Pressured by Frank, Margaret decides to marry Colonel Donald Penobscott at the 4077th. When Donald arrives in camp, he is treated to a bachelor party and a practical joke while the nurses give Margaret a bridal shower.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: Jim Fritzell
7.8/104 votes#8 - Der Tag
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/6/1976
Potter decides Frank would be less of a pain if the others were friendlier to him; they oblige, with some startling results.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: Jim Fritzell
7.8/104 votes#9 - 38 Across
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/1977
A fouled radio call for help on a crossword puzzle leads to a senior officer coming to the 4077th to help with a supposed serious medical problem.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: Jim Fritzell
7.7/103 votes#10 - Alcoholics Unanimous
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1974
Henry's departure to Tokyo leaves Major Burns in charge of the 4077th. He declares total prohibition of alcohol, which leads to a near riot amongst the camp, especially from Hawkeye and Trapper.
Director: Hy Averback
Writer: Jim Fritzell
7.7/106 votes#11 - The Colonel's Horse
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1976
Everybody pitches in to save Colonel Potter's horse, who becomes sick while Potter is away in Tokyo. And Margaret asks Hawkeye, not Frank, to operate on her appendix.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: Jim Fritzell
7.5/102 votes#12 - House Arrest
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/4/1975
Hawkeye is accused of hitting Frank and is placed under house arrest pending a court-martial. Meanwhile. Margaret is nervous about a visit from a meticulous female colonel.
Director: Hy Averback
Writer: Jim Fritzell
7.5/104 votes#13 - Dear Mildred
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1975
It's Potter's anniversary. While Potter writes home, Frank and Hot Lips have a wood carving made for him, and Radar rescues a horse and makes him a present of it.
Director: Alan Alda
Writer: Jim Fritzell
7.5/104 votes#14 - Lt. Radar O'Reilly
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1976
Following an offer of promotion made by Master Sergeant Woodruff at a poker game, Radar is promoted to the rank of lieutenant. Finding this position awkward, Radar opts to return to his position as an enlisted man.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Jim Fritzell
7.5/102 votes#15 - The Smell of Music
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 1/3/1978
Hawkeye and B.J. refuse to shower until Charles stops playing his French horn, and Colonel Potter deals with a patient who wants to kill himself because he is now disfigured.
Director: Stuart Millar
Writer: Jim Fritzell
7.3/103 votes#16 - Bombed
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/7/1975
The camp is under fire and is swamped with wounded. They are being attacked by their own artillery in a frightening "friendly fire" incident. Trapper and Margaret get trapped in the Supply Tent together. Frank's jealousy of Trapper drives him to propose to Margaret.
Director: Hy Averback
Writer: Jim Fritzell
7.0/102 votes#17 - Life With Father
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/1974
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.
Director: Hy Averback
Writer: Jim Fritzell
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"Mail Call Three" is the best rated episode written by Jim Fritzell. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Charles S. Dubin. It aired on 2/6/1978 and is rated 0.8 points higher than their second-best episode, "Bug Out".