| # |
Title[n 1] |
Director[n 2] |
Writer[n 2] |
Original airdate |
Production Code[n 3] |
| 1 |
"Too Many Cooks" |
Charles S. Dubin |
Dennis Koenig |
September 17, 1979 (1979-09-17) |
S601 |
| Private Paul Conway, a clumsy and inept soldier, shows up as one of the wounded at the 4077th. He turns out to be a gourmet chef whose request to be made an army cook was denied. While recovering from his injury, he is temporarily assigned to the mess section and cooks gourmet meals from unexpected sources (such as "Spam parmigiana", "chipped beef Wellington", and "powdered eggs benedict"). The 4077th staff loves his cooking and tries to get him made an army cook permanently. Colonel Potter is not interested and is distracted by a letter from his lonely and frustrated wife, begging him to come home. Ed Begley, Jr. guest stars as Pvt. Conway. |
| 2 |
"Are You Now, Margaret" |
Charles S. Dubin |
Thad Mumford, Dan Wilcox |
September 24, 1979 (1979-09-24) |
S602 |
| A Congressional aide visiting the 4077th turns out to be a part of McCarthyism and accuses Major Houlihan of being a Communist sympathizer. Her friends must try to save her career and discredit her accuser. |
| 3 |
"Guerilla My Dreams" |
Alan Alda |
Bob Colleary |
October 1, 1979 (1979-10-01) |
S603 |
| Hawkeye saves the life of a Korean woman who turns out to be a North Korean saboteur. The South Korean Army wants her turned over immediately for particularly brutal interrogation and possible execution to Hawkeye's great objection. The woman tries to kill a patient and Hawkeye fails to save her from the South Koreans. |
| 4 |
"Good-Bye Radar, Part I" |
Charles S. Dubin |
Ken Levine, David Isaacs |
October 8, 1979 (1979-10-08) |
S610 |
| Radar is on a well-deserved leave in Tokyo, leaving Klinger as acting clerk. The failure of the camp generator and other crises makes everyone wish Radar would return home soon. Upon his return to the 4077th, Radar finds out that his uncle has died and he's due to receive a hardship discharge from the Army. |
| 5 |
"Good-Bye Radar, Part II" |
Charles S. Dubin |
Ken Levine, David Isaacs |
October 15, 1979 (1979-10-15) |
S611 |
| Due to Klinger's poor performance as company clerk, Radar tries to fight his discharge, believing his place is in Korea, but eventually realizes he must go home to help his family and that the camp will survive without him. |
| 6 |
"Period of Adjustment" |
Charles S. Dubin |
Jim Mulligan, John Rappaport |
October 22, 1979 (1979-10-22) |
S604 |
| Corporal Klinger must learn how to become the company clerk as B.J. gets a particularly strong yearning to return home after realizing that his daughter Erin's childhood is rapidly passing him by. |
| 7 |
"Nurse Doctor" |
Charles S. Dubin |
Sy Rosen (story and teleplay)
Thad Mumford, Dan Wilcox (teleplay) |
October 29, 1979 (1979-10-29) |
S608 |
| During a serious water shortage, Father Mulcahy helps a talented young nurse study for her entrance into medical school, although the nurse is more affectionate than the celibate Mulcahy would like. Major Winchester uses bottled water sent to him by his family to stay clean and refreshed. |
| 8 |
"Private Finance" |
Charles S. Dubin |
Dennis Koenig |
November 5, 1979 (1979-11-05) |
S605 |
| Klinger offers financial help to a poor Korean girl he knows, only to have the offer mistaken as a proposal of prostitution by her mother. Hawkeye struggles to keep his promise to a dead soldier who has accumulated nearly $9,000 from shady deals. |
| 9 |
"Mr. and Mrs. Who" |
Burt Metcalfe |
Ronny Graham |
November 12, 1979 (1979-11-12) |
S606 |
| After a wild weekend in Tokyo, a severely hung over Major Winchester returns home to realize he has apparently gotten married while drunk and now doesn't remember a thing. |
| 10 |
"The Yalu Brick Road" |
Charles S. Dubin |
Mike Farrell |
November 19, 1979 (1979-11-19) |
S607 |
| The day after Thanksgiving - After much of the camp is stricken with food poisoning, Hawkeye and BJ must retrieve some antibiotics from another unit. They become lost in enemy territory and have to deal with a North Korean who repeatedly insists on surrendering. Father Mulcahy, Margaret Houlihan and Major Winchester, the only other personnel unaffected by the food poisoning, must care for patients and do housekeeping duties at the same time. Because he pulled a deal for the food, Klinger becomes the most unpopular person in camp. |
| 11 |
"Life Time" |
Alan Alda |
Alan Alda, Walter D. Dishell, MD |
November 26, 1979 (1979-11-26) |
S609 |
| In an episode told in real time (with a clock in the bottom right hand corner of the screen), a wounded soldier arrives at the camp with a lacerated aorta, and only 20 minutes to avoid paralysis (at most). The doctors rush to perform an arterial graft before it is too late. Alan Alda listed this as one of his favorite episodes.[1] The laugh track is ommitted for this episode. |
| 12 |
"Dear Uncle Abdul" |
William Jurgensen |
John Rappaport, Jim Mulligan |
December 3, 1979 (1979-12-03) |
S613 |
| Klinger writes a letter home to Toledo talking about his new duties as company clerk, as Hawkeye and B.J. discover that a soldier that has come through their unit is mentally challenged and unfit for duty. Father Mulcahy attempts to write a war song for the Korean conflict, and Margaret attempts to have a defective foot locker replaced. |
| 13 |
"Captain's Outrageous" |
Burt Metcalfe |
Thad Mumford, Dan Wilcox |
December 10, 1979 (1979-12-10) |
S614 |
| Father Mulcahy is becoming irate over being repeatedly denied promotion to Captain, while the doctors find themselves temporarily running Rosie's Bar when the proprietor is injured in a bar fight. |
| 14 |
"Stars and Stripes" |
Harry Morgan |
Dennis Koenig |
December 17, 1979 (1979-12-17) |
S615 |
| Major Houlihan finds that her new love interest, Sgt. Scully (Joshua Bryant), has been demoted to Private for misconduct, while Major Winchester and B.J. have to collaborate on a medical journal article about an operation they performed. |
| 15 |
"Yessir, That's Our Baby" |
Alan Alda |
Jim Mulligan |
December 31, 1979 (1979-12-31) |
S617 |
| 1951 A young baby, the offspring of a Korean girl and an American soldier, is at risk of being shunned by the Korean locals for being mixed race. The 4077th tries to have the child sent to the United States, only to find that no one outside a monastic order is willing to help. |
| 16 |
"Bottle Fatigue" |
Burt Metcalfe |
Thad Mumford, Dan Wilcox |
January 7, 1980 (1980-01-07) |
S618 |
| After receiving a hefty bar tab, Hawkeye vows to go one week without alcohol. At the same time, Major Winchester is furious that his sister might marry an Italian, who he believes to be a lower social class. |
| 17 |
"Heal Thyself" |
Mike Farrell |
Gene Reynolds (story)
Dennis Koenig (story and teleplay) |
January 14, 1980 (1980-01-14) |
S616 |
| Colonel Potter and Major Winchester are quarantined with the mumps, while Klinger tries not to catch the disease and suffer one of its side-effects: sterility. Potter and Winchester's temporary replacement, a seasoned army surgeon who last saw action in an incredibly bloody battle, makes fast friends in the camp but soon suffers a nervous breakdown. |
| 18 |
"Old Soldiers" |
Charles S. Dubin |
Dennis Koenig |
January 21, 1980 (1980-01-21) |
S620 |
| Colonel Potter leaves for Tokyo under mysterious circumstances, leaving Hawkeye in charge to deal with a group of refugee children and then to figure out why Potter is acting so strangely upon his return. |
| 19 |
"Morale Victory" |
Charles S. Dubin |
John Rappaport |
January 28, 1980 (1980-01-28) |
S619 |
| Hawkeye and BJ complain to Col. Potter about poor morale and are appointed "Morale Officers" deal with the constant whining and complaining in the camp. Winchester boasts to a patient after a surgery where he saves the draftee's right hand despite it being permanently damaged. Unappreciative, he reveals he is virtuoso pianist who can never play again. Winchester approaches him later and makes powerful appeals to him about the nature of his talents in music and urges him to continue in the field. |
| 20 |
"Lend a Hand" |
Alan Alda |
Alan Alda |
February 4, 1980 (1980-02-04) |
S621 |
| The arrogant Dr. Anthony Borelli8 returns to camp, irritating Hawkeye. The situation becomes worse when they are forced to cooperate on a difficult operation in the field. |
| 21 |
"Goodbye, Cruel World" |
Charles S. Dubin |
Thad Mumford, Dan Wilcox |
February 11, 1980 (1980-02-11) |
S622 |
| Hawkeye and Dr. Sidney Freedman realize that a highly decorated Chinese-American war hero is only brave because he is trying to die in battle and tries to deal with his suicidal bravery. Meanwhile, Klinger decorates his quarters with some tchotchkes from home, but the resulting ridicule drives him to forge Colonel Potter's signature on his own discharge papers and attempt to desert. |
| 22 |
"Dreams" |
Alan Alda |
Alan Alda, James Jay Rubinfier |
February 18, 1980 (1980-02-18) |
S612 |
| In a highly surreal episode, the staff begins having strange dreams and nightmares as they fall asleep after a long and stressful medical crisis. A motor pool administrator refuses to send ambulances to the camp to evacuate patients (who are piling up rapidly) because they might be damaged by gunfire. Alan Alda listed this as one of his favorite episodes.[1] The laugh track is ommitted for this episode. |
| 23 |
"War Co-Respondent" |
Mike Farrell |
Mike Farrell |
March 3, 1980 (1980-03-03) |
S624 |
| B.J. and a beautiful war correspondent fall in love, in a situation reminiscent of an earlier episode in which B.J. slipped in his wedding vows. This war correspondent "Aggie O'Shea" is based upon real-life war correspondent Maggie Higgins but who was only in Korea only from summer to December, 1950. |
| 24 |
"Back Pay" |
Burt Metcalfe |
Thad Mumford, Dan Wilcox, Dennis Koenig |
March 10, 1980 (1980-03-10) |
S625 |
| Outraged by the profiteering of civilian doctors doing Army contract work in the States, Hawkeye submits a request for "back pay" equal to what he would have been making as a civilian doctor. Major Winchester contemptuously tries to demonstrate new medical techniques to Korean doctors whom he refers to as "Larry, Moe, and Curly," then must swallow his pride when he suffers a back injury which the doctors successfully treat with acupuncture. |
| 25 |
"April Fools" |
Charles S. Dubin |
Dennis Koenig |
March 24, 1980 (1980-03-24) |
S623 |
| Everybody is looking forward to April Fools Day as a chance for some pranks, but Colonel Potter tries to prevent any jokes since the unit will be inspected by a notoriously rigid colonel (Pat Hingle) on that day. Naturally, the medical staff cannot resist temptation and puts their careers at risk. Klinger tries to convince the visiting colonel that he is insane by acting like a professional soldier, then dressing up as Cleopatra. |