M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H: Season 5

Air Date

September 21, 1976

Episodes

24 episodes

M*A*S*H

Season 5

Episodes

Bug Out

1. Bug Out

8.2
September 21, 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.

Margaret's Engagement

2. Margaret's Engagement

8.2
September 28, 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.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

3. Out of Sight, Out of Mind

8.2
October 5, 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.

Lt. Radar O'Reilly

4. Lt. Radar O'Reilly

7.5
October 12, 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.

The Nurses

5. The Nurses

7.8
October 19, 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.

The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan

6. The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan

8.2
October 26, 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.

Dear Sigmund

7. Dear Sigmund

8.7
November 9, 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.

Mulcahy's War

8. Mulcahy's War

7.8
November 16, 1976
25 min

Father Mulcahy, troubled by his lack of experience at the front, insists on accompanying Radar for an errand there.

The Korean Surgeon

9. The Korean Surgeon

7.8
November 23, 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.

Hawkeye Get Your Gun

10. Hawkeye Get Your Gun

8.0
November 30, 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.

The Colonel's Horse

11. The Colonel's Horse

7.7
December 7, 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.

Exorcism

12. Exorcism

7.4
December 14, 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.

Hawk's Nightmare

13. Hawk's Nightmare

7.2
December 21, 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."

The Most Unforgettable Characters

14. The Most Unforgettable Characters

7.8
January 4, 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.

38 Across

15. 38 Across

7.8
January 11, 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.

Ping Pong

16. Ping Pong

7.7
January 18, 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.

End Run

17. End Run

7.3
January 25, 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.

Hanky Panky

18. Hanky Panky

7.2
February 1, 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?

Hepatitis

19. Hepatitis

7.0
February 8, 1977
25 min

The 4077th has an outbreak of hepatitis and Hawkeye needs to inoculate the reluctant staff while dealing with back pain.

The General's Practitioner

20. The General's Practitioner

8.4
February 15, 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.

Movie Tonight

21. Movie Tonight

8.3
February 22, 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.

Souvenirs

22. Souvenirs

7.5
March 1, 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.

Post Op

23. Post Op

6.5
March 8, 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.

Margaret's Marriage

24. Margaret's Marriage

8.0
March 15, 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.