M*A*S*H — Season 5
Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen.
About this season
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.
Episodes (24)
1. Bug Out
8.0Aired 21 September 1976 • 46 min
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.
2. Margaret's Engagement
8.0Aired 28 September 1976 • 25 min
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.
3. Out of Sight, Out of Mind
8.0Aired 5 October 1976 • 25 min
Hawkeye is temporarily blinded while trying to fix the nurses' furnace, and Frank finds a sure-fire way to win bets on baseball games.
4. Lt. Radar O'Reilly
7.4Aired 12 October 1976 • 25 min
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.
5. The Nurses
7.9Aired 19 October 1976 • 25 min
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.
6. The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan
8.0Aired 26 October 1976 • 25 min
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.
7. Dear Sigmund
8.2Aired 9 November 1976 • 25 min
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.
8. Mulcahy's War
7.6Aired 16 November 1976 • 25 min
Father Mulcahy, troubled by his lack of experience at the front, insists on accompanying Radar for an errand there.
9. The Korean Surgeon
7.8Aired 23 November 1976 • 25 min
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.
10. Hawkeye Get Your Gun
7.8Aired 30 November 1976 • 25 min
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.
11. The Colonel's Horse
7.6Aired 7 December 1976 • 25 min
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.
12. Exorcism
7.3Aired 14 December 1976 • 25 min
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.
13. Hawk's Nightmare
7.2Aired 21 December 1976 • 25 min
Hawkeye starts sleepwalking and having horrific nightmares. He begins to think that he may be starting to lose his "war against the war."
14. The Most Unforgettable Characters
7.6Aired 4 January 1977 • 25 min
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.
15. 38 Across
7.6Aired 11 January 1977 • 25 min
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.
16. Ping Pong
7.5Aired 18 January 1977 • 25 min
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.
17. End Run
7.5Aired 25 January 1977 • 25 min
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.
18. Hanky Panky
7.2Aired 1 February 1977 • 25 min
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?
19. Hepatitis
7.0Aired 8 February 1977 • 25 min
The 4077th has an outbreak of hepatitis and Hawkeye needs to inoculate the reluctant staff while dealing with back pain.
20. The General's Practitioner
8.2Aired 15 February 1977 • 25 min
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.
21. Movie Tonight
8.2Aired 22 February 1977 • 25 min
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.
22. Souvenirs
7.3Aired 1 March 1977 • 25 min
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.
23. Post Op
6.7Aired 8 March 1977 • 25 min
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.
24. Margaret's Marriage
8.0Aired 15 March 1977 • 25 min
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.