mash is everyone's favorite korean war
comedy series aside from its expertly
written scripts and dialogue what made
mash really stand out was its incredible
ensemble cast which included the likes
of alan alda wayne rogers maclean
stevenson loretta switt larry linville
gary bergoff and others it depicted the
medical staff and personnel of the
4077th mobile army surgical hospital a
unit situated just miles from the north
korean border while the show was
presented initially as a sitcom it
eventually evolved into a comedy drama
hybrid for decades now fans of the
series have been debating what the best
episodes are over the years some of the
show's cast members have revealed what
some of their favorites were join facts
first as we take a look back at some of
the episodes that have been said to be
among the award-winning series best
allen alda's favorite episodes dear
sigmund and in love and war in deer
sigmund which alda directed major sydney
friedman a psychiatrist and recurring
character pens a letter to sigmund freud
in which he tells several stories of the
medical field unit while describing each
character with a brief vignette his
letter converges with the episode's
somewhat cheesy plotline in which the
camp is berated by the shenanigans of a
mysterious prankster it turns out the
clandestine trickster was a man named
captain bj hunnicutt after friedman
figures out it was him all along he
offers to assist him in pranking major
burns in the episode in love and war
which was also co-written and directed
by alda hawkeye falls in love with a
korean villager despite being warned
explicitly by colonel potter not to
another subplot involved margaret
learning her husband donald might have
put the moves on a nurse recently
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mash mike farrell's favorite episodes
welcome to korea and quovatus captain
chandler welcome to korea is a
two-parter that kicked off the premiere
of season four its plot deals primarily
with lieutenant colonel henry blake's
death which occurred at the end of
season 3. it also touches on trapper
john mcintyre's departure from the
4077th
trapper john left abruptly without even
telling hawkeye farewell leading hawkeye
to chase after him in an attempt at
getting some closure after trapper john
took his leave major frank burns and
margaret houlihan find themselves giddy
at the idea of being able to mold
whoever mcintyre's replacement will be
into whatever they see fit cuovatus
captain chandler hit the airwaves in
1975 and it revolves around a group of
injured soldiers who arrive at camp to
receive treatment one of these is a
bomber pilot who claims he's jesus
christ frank and margaret assume he's
faking his battle fatigue in an attempt
at getting discharged and they end up
bringing him to colonel flagg to help
expose him flag basically bullies the
traumatized recruit which leads to
potter standing up for him loretta
swift's favorite episodes hot lips and
empty arms and margaret's engagement
loretta swit who portrayed major
margaret houlihan listed the episode hot
lips and empty arms as one of her
favorites in it her character receives a
letter that forces her to re-evaluate
her life in the 4077th before dumping
rank and requesting a transfer in the
season 5 episode margaret's engagement
major houlihan's sudden engagement takes
everyone by surprise naturally her ex
frank takes the news the hardest william
christopher's favorite episodes dear sis
and mulcahy's war who doesn't love a
good christmas special in the season 7
episode dear sis the 4077th battles
depression while spending the holiday in
wartime korea father mulcahy is
especially dejected feeling as if he
isn't making a difference in mulcahy's
war which aired in 1976 father mulcahy
finds himself troubled by his lack of
experience at the front insisting that
he tag along with radar on a trip there
harry morgan's favorite episodes the un
the knight and the music and the general
flipped at dawn harry morgan directed
the season 11 episode the un the night
and the music its plot involves three
u.n delegates who pay a visit to the
4077th
and leave a lasting impression on the
staff and personnel meanwhile bj treats
a patient's leg injury which
unfortunately might require amputation
larry gilbert directed the season 3
episode the general flipped at dawn in
it a general visiting the camp comes
across as a bit more eccentric than the
typical army bigwix while being pretty
stringent about regulations he even
tries to relocate the camp closer to the
front additionally he attempts to
court-martial hawkeye before everyone
realizes that he's in fact off his
rocker jamie farr's favorite episodes
officer of the day and big mac season
three had quite a few of mash's most
memorable episodes in the season's third
episode officer of the day in henry's
absence hawkeye gets assigned by frank
burns as officer of the day he then has
to deal with the daily chaos that
typically plagues the 4077th while
attempting to thwart colonel flag's
plans to take matters into his own hands
by executing his korean prisoner big mac
yet another excellent season 3 episode
centers around the camp's preparations
for a visit from general douglas
macarthur while they're getting ready
klinger throws a wrench in everyone's
gears with his attempt at earning a
section 8 discharge a few of jamie
farr's other favorites in 2017 jamie
farr who played the cross-dressing
corporal maxwell klinger did an
interview with metv where he discussed
several of his other favorite mash
episodes in the episode chief surgeon
who far got the chance to introduce the
world to klinger's unorthodox wardrobe
preference for the first time then
there's the fantastic episode the trial
of henry blake in which farr got the
chance to take flight on a hang glider
in the episode crisis a combination of
cramped quarters and klinger's signature
offbeat ways lead to some of the
funniest moments and lines of dialogue
in the show's run the episode's spring
time details several absurd events that
happened during a pleasant spring day in
korea one of these involves klinger
receiving a letter from his girlfriend
laverne who accepts his marriage
proposal farr says this is one of the
fondest memories of his time on the
series fan favorite episodes the episode
tuttle is often regarded by fans as one
of mash's finest lovers of the series
fondly remember it for its strange but
heartfelt plotline which involves
hawkeye and trapper diverting their
supplies to an orphanage while conjuring
up a little white lie about a fictional
captain tuttle as a cover story
eventually with a little help from radar
the two managed to convince the entire
camp that tuttle is a genuine person
they even managed to get 14 months of
back pay for the fictitious officer
before faking his death so the orphanage
can collect captain tuttle's gi
insurance as his sole beneficiary the
season 3 finale abyssinia henry while
being somewhat controversial is widely
regarded as the series's best episode in
it lieutenant colonel henry blake is
discharged and makes plans to go back
home to bloomington illinois sadly he
dies on route what makes this episode
really stand out is the fact that it's
one of the first episodes to highlight
the personal cost of war it's also the
moment the show shifts away from solely
being a comedy goodbye farewell and amen
is mash's heart-tugging series finale it
holds the distinction of being the most
watched television show in american
history it's the only broadcast offering
that has ever appeared in the top 20
that wasn't the super bowl now it's time
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