M*A*S*H
Season 1 Episode Guide
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24
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Episode Directory
Season 1 episodes
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Episode
1
M*A*S*H - The Pilot
Sep 17, 1972
At the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (M.A.S.H) unit in Korea, two army doctors by the names of Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper John McIntyre rece...
Episode
2
To Market, to Market
Sep 24, 1972
After black marketers hijack the 4077th's supply of hydrocortisone, Hawkeye and Trapper concoct a deal with a local black marketer, Charlie Lee, to...
Episode
3
Requiem for a Lightweight
Oct 1, 1972
Trapper and Hawkeye seek to keep a new nurse from being transferred by Hot Lips, and they vie for her affection. Henry Blake, challenged by another...
Episode
4
Chief Surgeon Who?
Oct 8, 1972
Frank Burns complains about Hawkeye Pierce's disrespect...and Henry appoints Hawkeye chief surgeon, to Burns's shock. The rest of the 4077th "coron...
Episode
5
The Moose
Oct 15, 1972
Sergeant Baker arrives at the camp with his Moose. Hawkeye decides to find a way of getting her away from Baker. He tries ordering him to release h...
Episode
6
Yankee Doodle Doctor
Oct 22, 1972
The 4077th is designated as the setting for the making of an army film on Mobile Army Surgical Hospital units. Hawkeye is chosen as the star while...
Episode
7
Bananas, Crackers and Nuts
Nov 5, 1972
When Henry goes for some R&R, Hawkeye pretends to crack up so that Frank will let him and Trapper go on some R&R.
Episode
8
Cowboy
Nov 12, 1972
John Hodges, a chopper pilot referred to as The Cowboy because of his gun holster belt and cowboy hat, has been hit in the shoulder, and arrives at...
Episode
9
Henry, Please Come Home
Nov 19, 1972
Henry receives a citation for the camp achieving the best efficiency rating, and then General Hammond reassigns him to Tokyo. Frank then changes th...
Episode
10
I Hate A Mystery
Nov 26, 1972
A rash of thefts breaks out in the camp. Missing pieces include Frank's silver picture frame, Margaret's hair brush, and Trapper's watch. The camp...
Episode
11
Germ Warfare
Dec 10, 1972
Hawkeye moves a wounded North Korean soldier into The Swamp, rather than let him be shipped out before he's stable. During the night he and Trapper...
Episode
12
Dear Dad
Dec 17, 1972
Hawkeye writes home, describing Christmas in Korea: Radar ships a jeep home, a piece at a time; Henry gives the monthly lecture on sex, with the ai...
Episode
13
Edwina
Dec 24, 1972
The nurses go to extremes lengths to find a date for Nurse Eddie - they won't go out with anyone until Eddie gets a date. The men draw straws, and...
Episode
14
Love Story
Jan 7, 1973
Radar gets a Dear John recording from home. Hawkeye and Trapper try to set him up with a date, but fail. Radar is taken by a new nurse at the camp...
Episode
15
Tuttle
Jan 14, 1973
Hawkeye creates a fake doctor, Captain Jonathan S. Tuttle, to give supplies to the local orphans. Henry wants Tuttle to be officer of the day, so H...
Episode
16
The Ringbanger
Jan 21, 1973
Hawkeye and Trapper operate on a famous Colonel - after discovering that he is particularly ruthless about sacrificing his men, they come up with a...
Episode
17
Sometimes You Hear the Bullet
Jan 28, 1973
Frank throws his back out whilst spending the evening with Margaret, and ends up in traction. He promptly applies for the Purple Heart, having been...
Episode
18
Dear Dad, Again
Feb 4, 1973
Once again, Hawkeye writes home to his father, telling him of the latest gossip: the camp gets a new surgeon, who turns out to be a fake; Hawkeye b...
Episode
19
The Long-John Flap
Feb 17, 1973
The camp suffers from the severe cold, except for Hawkeye who has received some long john's from his father. They get passed around from person to...
Episode
20
The Army-Navy Game
Feb 25, 1973
The camp tunes into the Army/Navy football game, only to be shelled and have an unexploded bomb land in the middle of the compound. They ring aroun...
Episode
21
Sticky Wicket
Mar 4, 1973
Hawkeye and Frank argue over Frank's surgical ability. Hawkeye performs a difficult operation and the patient does not recover, as he should. Hawke...
Episode
22
Major Fred C. Dobbs
Mar 11, 1973
As usual Frank's normal drone of verbal abuse upsets Ginger, so Hawkeye puts his arm in a cast while he is asleep. Frank puts in for a transfer, an...
Episode
23
Cease-Fire
Mar 18, 1973
General Clayton calls so say that a ceasefire is to be declared. The camp celebrates, Klinger gives away his dresses and locals start to take piece...
Episode
24
Showtime
Mar 25, 1973
Captain Kaplan is to be shipped home, but becomes paranoid that something will happen to him before he leaves. He takes the wheel of the jeep to dr...
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