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: Thad Mumford
8.0/102 votes#2 - Are You Now, Margaret?
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1979
A Congressional aide, Williamson, visits the 4077th on a supposedly routine fact-finding tour, but it's discovered that his motives are far deeper - too uncover Margaret as a communist sympathizer. His case is full of innuendo, so the gang set out to help Margaret.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Thad Mumford
8.0/102 votes#3 - Captains Outrageous
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1979
A brawl at Rosie's Bar puts Rosie in the hospital, and the 4077th doctors are pressed into service as temporary saloon-keepers. Meanwhile, Father Mulcahy is apprehensive that his long-pending promotion to captain will again be denied. Potter: "The Pentagon. Weird looking building. Four walls and a spare. Monument to Murphy's Law."
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: Thad Mumford
8.0/101 votes#4 - The Election
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1976
The eve of the national election offers more than political worries for Maude as she meets Carol's latest boyfriend.
Director: N/A
Writer: Thad Mumford
7.5/102 votes#5 - Bottle Fatigue
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 1/7/1980
Horrified by the gigantic size of his monthly bar tab at the officer's club, Hawkeye vows to give up booze for a week. Meanwhile, Winchester desperately tries to halt his sister's impending marriage to a man he considers unworthy of the Winchester heritage.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: Thad Mumford
7.5/102 votes#6 - Goodbye, Cruel World
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 2/11/1980
Klinger redecorates his quarters, but the resultant ridicule he receives drives him to new heights in his efforts to get out of the Army. Meanwhile, the doctors are perplexed by the reaction of an Asian-American war hero who tries to kill himself when he's told that he will be going home. Sidney Freedman is called in to assist.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Thad Mumford
7.5/102 votes#7 - Back Pay
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 3/10/1980
Angered by the way civilian doctors in the States are profiting from the war, Hawkeye presents the Army with a bill for his medical services. Meanwhile, Charles reluctantly demonstrates American medical practices to three Korean medics, and is on the receiving end of their medical expertise.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: Thad Mumford
7.5/102 votes#8 - Wheelers and Dealers
Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 11/23/1981
On the eve of a big poker game, B.J.'s pride is bruised when he finds out his wife is working as a waitress. And Potter takes driving lessons from Klinger.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Thad Mumford
7.5/104 votes#9 - Bombshells
Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 11/28/1982
Posing the theory that people will believe in anything, Charles and Hawkeye start a rumor that Marilyn Monroe plans to visit the 4077th, which gets everyone excited. Meanwhile, B.J. feels responsible when he's unable to rescue a wounded soldier, and is less than impressed when he is presented with a Bronze Star.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Thad Mumford
7.5/102 votes#10 - Settling Debts
Season 11 Episode 7 - Aired 12/6/1982
Hawkeye and the crew surprise Colonel Potter with a party to commemorate Mildred's final payment on the couple's mortgage.
Director: Michael Switzer
Writer: Thad Mumford
7.3/103 votes#11 - Identity Crisis
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 11/2/1981
Father Mulcahy counsels a GI who is plagued by guilt because he has swapped tags with a dead colleague. Meanwhile, B.J. and Charles consider ways of keeping a soldier-salesman quiet.
Director: David Ogden Stiers
Writer: Thad Mumford
7.3/103 votes#12 - As Time Goes By
Season 11 Episode 15 - Aired 2/21/1983
Margaret and Hawkeye work on a time capsule to commemorate their time in Korea; Rizzo and BJ goof around with a fake hand grenade; Klinger becomes smitten with a young, pretty Korean war criminal.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: Thad Mumford
7.0/102 votes#13 - Nurse Doctor
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1979
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.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Thad Mumford
7.0/102 votes#14 - Heroes
Season 10 Episode 18 - Aired 3/15/1982
Hawkeye is the golden boy of the world press when he treats a celebrity prizefighter, 'Gentleman' Joe Cavanaugh, who has a stroke at the 4077th. Father Mulcahy finds the news hard to take, as Cavanaugh was a hero of his.
Director: Nell Cox
Writer: Thad Mumford
7.0/101 votes#15 - It's My Party
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1995
At Randy's party, Tim's overpolished dance floor causes Michelle, Randy's crush, to sprain her ankle.
Director: N/A
Writer: Thad Mumford
7.0/107 votes#16 - Strangers in the Night
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1986
ALF decides to have some fun while a nervous Mrs. Ochmonek baby-sits Brian.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Thad Mumford
7.0/101 votes#17 - Bad Rap
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/29/1997
Rap star 'Daddy Kool' is shot but refuses to cooperate with the police, to catch the shooter. Lt. Fancy is accused, by a uniform cop, of setting him up to rob a drugs dealer. Medavoy gets a proposition.
Director: Matthew Penn
Writer: Thad Mumford
6.2/105 votes#18 - Baby, You Can Drive My Car
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1986
ALF sells parts of his spaceship to buy Lynn a Ferrari.
Director: Nancy Heydorn
Writer: Thad Mumford
5.8/105 votes#19 - I've Got a New Attitude
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/1987
ALF plays matchmaker for Kate's mother.
Director: Nancy Heydorn
Writer: Thad Mumford
5.8/105 votes#20 - The Gambler
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 4/6/1987
ALF develops a gambling habit and winds up in trouble with his bookie.
Director: Gary Shimokawa
Writer: Thad Mumford
- 1.0/101 votes
#21 - The Gay Bar
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/1977
Maude attacks Walter's bigotry when a gay bar opens in the neighborhood and Arthur tries to shut it down.
Director: N/A
Writer: Thad Mumford
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"Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" is the best rated episode written by Thad Mumford. It scored 9.1/10 based on 11 votes. It was directed by Alan Alda. It aired on 2/28/1983 and is rated 1.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Are You Now, Margaret?".