M*A*S*H (Season 5)

Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen.

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.

  • Poster for Bug Out

    Bug Out (Episode 1) 8.2

    Writer: Everett Greenbaum

    Air date: 1976-09-21

    Runtime: 46 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Margaret's Engagement

    Margaret's Engagement (Episode 2) 8.2

    Writer: Gary Markowitz

    Air date: 1976-09-28

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: Margaret, calling from Tokyo, holds the camp in suspense until she returns with the news of her engagement to Lieutenant Colonel Donald Penobscott. Frank Burns takes the news hard and arrests a Korean family as spies.

  • Poster for Out of Sight, Out of Mind

    Out of Sight, Out of Mind (Episode 3) 8.2

    Writer: Ken Levine

    Air date: 1976-10-05

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: Hawkeye is temporarily blinded while trying to fix the nurses' furnace, and Frank finds a sure-fire way to win bets on baseball games.

  • Poster for Lt. Radar O'Reilly

    Lt. Radar O'Reilly (Episode 4) 7.5

    Writer: Everett Greenbaum

    Air date: 1976-10-12

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for The Nurses

    The Nurses (Episode 5) 7.8

    Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

    Air date: 1976-10-19

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: The nurses go behind Margaret's back so that a fellow nurse confined to her tent can spend the night with her soldier husband who is paying her a surprise visit.

  • Poster for The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan

    The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan (Episode 6) 8.2

    Air date: 1976-10-26

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: Margaret takes off in the middle of the night to help deliver a Korean baby. Nobody knows of her whereabouts, and Colonel Flagg is brought in to help investigate her disappearance.

  • Poster for Dear Sigmund

    Dear Sigmund (Episode 7) 8.7

    Writer: Alan Alda

    Air date: 1976-11-09

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Mulcahy's War

    Mulcahy's War (Episode 8) 7.8

    Writer: Richard Cogan

    Air date: 1976-11-16

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: Father Mulcahy, troubled by his lack of experience at the front, insists on accompanying Radar for an errand there.

  • Poster for The Korean Surgeon

    The Korean Surgeon (Episode 9) 7.8

    Writer: Bill Idelson

    Air date: 1976-11-23

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: Instead of turning him in as a prisoner of war, Hawkeye and B.J. pull some strings to get a wounded North Korean surgeon a spot on the staff.

  • Poster for Hawkeye Get Your Gun

    Hawkeye Get Your Gun (Episode 10) 8.0

    Air date: 1976-11-30

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: Hawkeye and Potter provide assistance at a Korean clinic, and run into an enemy attack on the way home. Meanwhile, Klinger begins posing as a Gypsy to help get his discharge papers.

  • Poster for The Colonel's Horse

    The Colonel's Horse (Episode 11) 7.7

    Writer: Everett Greenbaum

    Air date: 1976-12-07

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Exorcism

    Exorcism (Episode 12) 7.4

    Air date: 1976-12-14

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: To save the life of an elderly local who rejects an operation because he believes bad spirits surround the 4077th, Colonel Potter permits a Korean exorcism.

  • Poster for Hawk's Nightmare

    Hawk's Nightmare (Episode 13) 7.2

    Writer: Burt Prelutsky

    Air date: 1976-12-21

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: Hawkeye starts sleepwalking and having horrific nightmares. He begins to think that he may be starting to lose his "war against the war."

  • Poster for The Most Unforgettable Characters

    The Most Unforgettable Characters (Episode 14) 7.8

    Writer: Ken Levine

    Air date: 1977-01-04

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: Radar becomes an aspiring writer after ordering a flier from a comic book, and Hawkeye and B.J. give Frank a surprise birthday present that only he will appreciate.

  • Poster for 38 Across

    38 Across (Episode 15) 7.8

    Writer: Everett Greenbaum

    Air date: 1977-01-11

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Ping Pong

    Ping Pong (Episode 16) 7.7

    Writer: Sid Dorfman

    Air date: 1977-01-18

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: The 4077th hosts a traditional Korean wedding, much to Frank's objections. And Colonel Potter runs into an old friend who has put his troops in jeopardy so that he could receive a promotion.

  • Poster for End Run

    End Run (Episode 17) 7.3

    Writer: John D. Hess

    Air date: 1977-01-25

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: A former star college football player suffers a severe leg injury in combat and must deal with the consequences, and Major Burns goes behind Colonel Potter's back to set up a boxing match between Klinger and Zale.

  • Poster for Hanky Panky

    Hanky Panky (Episode 18) 7.2

    Writer: Gene Reynolds

    Air date: 1977-02-01

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: B.J. falls off the fidelity wagon while trying to provide consolation to a nurse whose marriage has just ended. But will he confess his infidelity to his wife?

  • Poster for Hepatitis

    Hepatitis (Episode 19) 7.0

    Writer: Alan Alda

    Air date: 1977-02-08

    Runtime: 25 min

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

  • Poster for The General's Practitioner

    The General's Practitioner (Episode 20) 8.4

    Writer: Burt Prelutsky

    Air date: 1977-02-15

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: General Korshak wants Hawkeye to be his personal practitioner, despite his constant snottiness. And Radar helps take care of a soldier's half-Korean baby after he is shipped back home.

  • Poster for Movie Tonight

    Movie Tonight (Episode 21) 8.3

    Writer: Don Reo

    Air date: 1977-02-22

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: Colonel Potter hopes a Western will be the cure for the 4077th's morale problem. But during the show, the staff of the camp is forced to make its own entertainment during the frequent film breakages.

  • Poster for Souvenirs

    Souvenirs (Episode 22) 7.5

    Writer: Burt Prelutsky

    Air date: 1977-03-01

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: Hawkeye and BJ try to stop a chopper pilot from selling souvenirs derived from war materials derived from locals facing danger getting them, and Klinger becomes a pole-sitter in his latest attempt to get a Section Eight.

  • Poster for Post Op

    Post Op (Episode 23) 6.5

    Air date: 1977-03-08

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: The 4077th is deluged with patients and their individual medical histories. Then they run out of blood and everyone is donating at 48-hour intervals.

  • Poster for Margaret's Marriage

    Margaret's Marriage (Episode 24) 8.0

    Writer: Everett Greenbaum

    Air date: 1977-03-15

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: 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.

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