List of M*A*S*H episodes

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Alan Alda (left), Wayne Rogers (right), McLean Stevenson (in back) and Loretta Swit (in front) from the first season of M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H is an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart and adapted from the 1970 feature film MASH (which was itself based on the 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker). It follows a team of doctors and support staff stationed at the 4077th MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) in Uijeongbu, South Korea, during the Korean War. The episodes were produced by 20th Century Fox Television for the CBS network and aired from September 17, 1972, to February 28, 1983. The series, which covered a three-year military conflict, spanned 251 episodes, including the 2.5 hour finale over 11 seasons.

The regular cast originally consisted of Alan Alda as Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce and Wayne Rogers as Captain "Trapper" John McIntyre, two surgeons; McLean Stevenson as Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake, a surgeon and the base commander; Loretta Swit as Major Margaret J. "Hot Lips" Houlihan, the head nurse; Larry Linville as Major Frank Burns, another surgeon; and Gary Burghoff as Corporal Walter "Radar" O'Reilly, the company clerk. Recurring characters in the first season consisted of John Orchard as Captain "Capt. Ugly John Black" Black, Timothy Brown as Captain "Spearchucker" Jones, William Christopher as First Lieutenant 'Father' John Patrick Mulcahy, the company chaplain (played by George Morgan in the pilot), and Jamie Farr as Corporal Maxwell Klinger.

Several changes were made in the cast line up during the 11-year run. Ugly John and Spearchucker were dropped after the first season, while Klinger and Father Mulcahy were retained and became permanent cast members in, respectively, the fourth and fifth seasons. Rogers and Stevenson left the series at the end of the third season and were replaced in the fourth by, respectively, Mike Farrell as Captain B. J. Hunnicutt and Harry Morgan as Colonel Sherman Potter. Linville left the series at the end of the fifth season and was replaced in the sixth by David Ogden Stiers as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III. Burghoff left the series during the eighth season. Two recurring characters—Allan Arbus as Major Sidney Freedman, a psychiatrist (called Milton Freedman in his first appearance) and Edward Winter as Colonel Sam Flagg (a Lieutenant Colonel, before the fourth season), CIA—were introduced in the second season.

Although not an immediate success, the popularity of M*A*S*H increased in its second season, when it ranked among the ten most-popular programs on prime time American television. Except for the fourth season, where it dropped to number 15, the series stayed in the top 10 for the remainder of its run. The final episode, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen", became the most-watched show in American television history with 106 million viewers. During its 11-year run M*A*S*H received 14 Emmy Awards. The series continues to air in syndication, while the entire run has been released on DVD.

Series overview

Cast

Character	Played by	Season
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce	Alan Alda	colspan="11"Template:CMain
Capt. "Trapper John" McIntyre	Wayne Rogers	colspan="3"Template:CMain
Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt	Mike Farrell				colspan="8"Template:CMain
Lt. Col. Henry Blake	McLean Stevenson	colspan="3"Template:CMain
Col. Sherman T. Potter	Harry MorganTemplate:Var				colspan="8"Template:CMain
Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan	Loretta Swit	colspan="11"Template:CMain
Maj. Frank Burns	Larry Linville	colspan="5"Template:CMain
Maj. Charles Winchester	David Ogden Stiers						colspan="6"Template:CMain
Cpl. Walter "Radar" O'Reilly	Gary Burghoff	colspan="8"Template:CMain
Cpl. Maxwell Q. Klinger	Jamie Farr	colspan="4"Template:CRecurring	colspan="7"Template:CMain
Father Francis Mulcahy	William ChristopherTemplate:Var	colspan="5"Template:CRecurring	colspan="6"Template:CMain
Major Sidney FreedmanTemplate:Var	Allan Arbus		colspan="10"Template:CRecurring
Colonel Sam FlaggTemplate:Var	Edward Winter		colspan="10"Template:CRecurring
Captain "Ugly John" Black	John Orchard	Template:CRecurring
Captain "Spearchucker" Jones	Timothy Brown	Template:CRecurring
Notes a. Harry Morgan was a guest star in the third season in a different role b. George Morgan played Father Mulcahy in the series' first episode c. Called Milton Freeman in his first appearance d. Presented as a Lieutenant Colonel in the second and third seasons

Episodes

• All episodes are listed in order of air date.
• No. in Series refers to that episode's number within the overall series.
• No. in Season refers to the order in which the episode aired within that particular season.
• Production codes are taken from the M*A*S*H episode database.

Season 1 (1972–73)

• Captain Spearchucker Jones and Captain Ugly John are introduced as supporting characters; both are dropped during the season's run.

M*A*S*H (season 1)

Season 2 (1973–74)

M*A*S*H (season 2)

Season 3 (1974–75)

M*A*S*H (season 3)

Season 4 (1975–76)

M*A*S*H (season 4)

Season 5 (1976–77)

M*A*S*H (season 5)

Season 6 (1977–78)

M*A*S*H (season 6)

Season 7 (1978–79)

M*A*S*H (season 7)

Season 8 (1979–80)

M*A*S*H (season 8)

Season 9 (1980–81)

M*A*S*H (season 9)

Season 10 (1981–82)

M*A*S*H (season 10)

Season 11 (1982–83)

M*A*S*H (season 11)

See also

• List of most-watched television broadcasts

References

Books

Web site

Footnotes

External links

• M*A*S*H episode list from TV Tome