M*A*S*H
Season 5 Episode Guide
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Episode Directory
Season 5 episodes
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Episode
1
Bug Out
Sep 21, 1976
A rumor that the 4077th is going to "bug out" becomes grossly exaggerated until it is believed the entire Chinese army is attacking the camp.
Episode
2
Margaret's Engagement
Sep 28, 1976
Margaret's sudden engagement comes as a surprise to everyone, but Frank predictably takes it the hardest.
Episode
3
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Oct 5, 1976
Hawkeye tries to help the nurses out when their stove goes out in the freezing weather and is injured when the stove blows up in his face.
Episode
4
Lt. Radar O'Reilly
Oct 12, 1976
Radar's sudden promotion to lieutenant stuns everyone but Hawkeye and B.J., who were responsible. Radar's promotion also causes problems between hi...
Episode
5
The Nurses
Oct 19, 1976
The long-smoldering feud between Hot Lips and the nurses in her command comes to a head when she confines one of them to her tent.
Episode
6
The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan
Oct 26, 1976
Hot Lips' mysterious disappearance so disturbs Frank that he shoots B.J. while preparing to search for her.
Episode
7
Dear Sigmund
Nov 9, 1976
Psychiatrist Maj. Freedman visits the 4077th to clear his head and finds release in its unique form of insanity.
Episode
8
Mulcahy's War
Nov 16, 1976
After Frank discovers that Danny Fitzsimmons has shot himself to get out of combat, Father Mulcahy is called in. Realizing his lack of understandin...
Episode
9
The Korean Surgeon
Nov 23, 1976
Frank is very antagonistic toward a wounded North Korean officer who turns out to be a doctor that tries to help other patients while he is being t...
Episode
10
Hawkeye Get Your Gun
Nov 30, 1976
Exhausted from 24 hours of duty, Hawkeye and Col. Potter respond to a desperate call from a Korean army hospital requesting surgeons.
Episode
11
The Colonel's Horse
Dec 7, 1976
Sudden symptoms of illness in Hot Lips and in Col. Potter's favorite mare cause concern in the 4077th.
Episode
12
Exorcism
Dec 14, 1976
Mysterious happenings in the 4077th seem to confirm the Korean belief in an unseen world of demons and ancestral spirits.
Episode
13
Hawk's Nightmare
Dec 21, 1976
Hawkeye's extreme exhaustion manifests itself in the form of nocturnal basketball games and frightening nightmares.
Episode
14
The Most Unforgettable Characters
Jan 4, 1977
Radar begins writing about activities in the camp when he is accepted to the 'Famous Las Vegas Writers School'.
Episode
15
38 Across
Jan 11, 1977
Befuddled by a crossword puzzle, Hawkeye persuades his old friend Tippy Brooks, a whiz at puzzles, brought to camp. Tippy arrives with his commandi...
Episode
16
Ping Pong
Jan 18, 1977
The company's young Korean table tennis champion persuades Hawkeye and B.J. to lend him money for an engagement ring.
Episode
17
End Run
Jan 25, 1977
A football hero creates a perplexing psychological problem for Hawkeye and B.J. when he suffers a wound that will end his career.
Episode
18
Hanky Panky
Feb 1, 1977
When B.J. attempts to comfort a nurse who has marriage troubles, he discovers a romantic problem of his own
Episode
19
Hepatitis
Feb 8, 1977
An outbreak of infectious hepatitis threatens the entire medical staff of the 4077th.
Episode
20
The General's Practitioner
Feb 15, 1977
Hawkeye is picked to be the personal physician for a corps commander until he gives the general a physical.
Episode
21
Movie Tonight
Feb 22, 1977
Col. Potter plans to show his all-time favorite Western as a pick-me-up for the company's badly sagging morale.
Episode
22
Souvenirs
Mar 1, 1977
Hawkeye and B.J. decide to do something about a helicopter pilot who uses natives to gather battlefield bric-a-brac to sell as war souvenirs.
Episode
23
Post Op
Mar 8, 1977
The surgical teams must somehow cope with a critical shortage of blood during a grueling 18-hour operating session
Episode
24
Margaret's Marriage
Mar 15, 1977
Maj. Houlihan's fiance arrives at the 4077th and shocks Frank by asking him to be his best man.
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