Episodes
- All episodes are listed in order of airdate.
- 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
| No. in Series |
No. in Season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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| 1 | 1 | "M*A*S*H - The Pilot" | Gene Reynolds | Larry Gelbart | September 17, 1972 (1972-09-17) | J-301 |
| Army surgeons Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper MacIntyre hold a raffle to raise tuition for the Swamp's Korean houseboy while their commanding officer Henry Blake is away. This episode features George Morgan in his only appearance as Father Mulcahy. |
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| 2 | 2 | "To Market, to Market" | Michael O'Herlihy | Burt Styler | September 24, 1972 (1972-09-24) | J-303 |
| Hawkeye and Trapper get into black marketing for medical supplies and offer Henry's desk as payment. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Requiem for a Lightweight" | Hy Averback | Robert Klane | October 1, 1972 (1972-10-01) | J-308 |
| Trapper goes into the boxing ring against another unit's thug to keep a nurse at the 4077th. This episode marks the first appearance of William Christopher as Father Francis Mulcahy. |
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| 4 | 4 | "Chief Surgeon Who?" | E.W. Swackhamer | Larry Gelbart | October 8, 1972 (1972-10-08) | J-307 |
| Hawkeye is named chief surgeon of the 4077th, to the great chagrin of Frank Burns and Margaret Houlihan. Jamie Farr is introduced as the cross-dressing Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger. |
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| 5 | 5 | "The Moose" | Hy Averback | Laurence Marks | October 15, 1972 (1972-10-15) | J-305 |
| Hawkeye and Trapper plot to free a Korean girl from serving a GI. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Yankee Doodle Doctor" | Lee Philips | Laurence Marks | October 22, 1972 (1972-10-22) | J-310 |
| Hawkeye declares a filmmaker's documentary about the 4077th to be propaganda and decides to make his own. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Bananas, Crackers and Nuts" | Bruce Bilson | Burt Styler | November 5, 1972 (1972-11-05) | J-311 |
| Hawkeye goes crazier than usual when he doesn't get his R&R, so a shrink is brought to examine him. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Cowboy" | Don Weis | Robert Klane | November 12, 1972 (1972-11-12) | J-309 |
| A series of so-called "accidents" makes it clear that someone wants Henry dead. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Henry, Please Come Home" | William Wiard | Laurence Marks | November 19, 1972 (1972-11-19) | J-302 |
| Henry gets transferred due to the camp's high efficiency rating, but Frank being the commanding officer proves worse than anything the Koreans can throw at them. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "I Hate A Mystery" | Hy Averback | Hal Dresner | November 26, 1972 (1972-11-26) | J-306 |
| Hawkeye is the prime suspect in a series of thefts at the 4077th. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Germ Warfare" | Terry Becker | Larry Gelbart | December 10, 1972 (1972-12-10) | J-304 |
| Hawkeye and Trapper take a sample of Frank's blood while he's sleeping, but the recipient starts showing signs of hepatitis. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Dear Dad" | Gene Reynolds | Larry Gelbart | December 17, 1972 (1972-12-17) | J-313 |
| It's Christmastime at the 4077th as Hawkeye writes a letter to his father about the activites of the 4077th during the holidays. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Edwina" | James Sheldon | Hal Dresner | December 24, 1972 (1972-12-24) | J-312 |
| The nurses declare themselves off-limits until their colleague Edwina, who's a klutz, gets a date with one of the soldiers - and Hawkeye is it. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Love Story" | Earl Bellamy | Laurence Marks | January 7, 1973 (1973-01-07) | J-314 |
| Radar receives a "Dear John" letter, then seeks advice from Hawkeye when he falls for a nurse with a taste for the classics. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Tuttle" | William Wiard | Bruce Shelly & David Ketchum | January 14, 1973 (1973-01-14) | J-315 |
| Hawkeye and Trapper invent an imaginary captain to cover their donations to an orphanage. Bruce Shelly and David Ketchum received a Writers Guild Award nomination for this episode. |
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| 16 | 16 | "The Ringbanger" | Jackie Cooper | Jerry Mayer | January 21, 1973 (1973-01-21) | J-316 |
| While a colonel with a high casualty record is recovering in post-op, Hawkeye and Trapper conspire to get him discharged. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet" | William Wiard | Carl Kleinschmitt | January 28, 1973 (1973-01-28) | J-318 |
| Hawkeye's emotions run high when an old friend comes to Korea to write a book about the war and a private turns out to have faked his age to enlist. Carl Kleinschmitt received a Writers Guild Award nomination for this episode. |
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| 18 | 18 | "Dear Dad...Again" | Jackie Cooper | Sheldon Keller & Larry Gelbart | February 4, 1973 (1973-02-04) | J-317 |
| Hawkeye writes another letter to his father detailing further incidents at the 4077th. In the conclusion of his letter, Hawkeye asks his father to give his mother and sister a kiss, but later in the series, Hawkeye is an only child and his mother is dead. |
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| 19 | 19 | "The Long-John Flap" | William Wiard | Alan Alda | February 18, 1973 (1973-02-18) | J-319 |
| A pair of long-johns sent to Hawkeye by his father becomes a hot commodity at the 4077th during a frigid cold snap. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "The Army-Navy Game" | Gene Reynolds | Teleplay: Sid Dorfman Story: McLean Stevenson |
February 25, 1973 (1973-02-25) | J-322 |
| The 4077th gathers for the annual Army-Navy game when an unexploded shell hits the compound. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Sticky Wicket" | Don Weis | Teleplay: Laurence Marks and Larry Gelbart Story: Richard Baer |
March 4, 1973 (1973-03-04) | J-321 |
| Tempers flare in the OR between Hawkeye and Frank over the issue of surgical competence. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Major Fred C. Dobbs" | Don Weis | Sid Dorfman | March 11, 1973 (1973-03-11) | J-320 |
| Hawkeye and Trapper's constant pranks finally prompt Frank to request a transfer - until he hears rumors about gold in the hills of Korea. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "Cease-Fire" | Earl Bellamy | Teleplay: Laurence Marks & Larry Gelbart Story: Robert Klane |
March 18, 1973 (1973-03-18) | J-323 |
| Trapper is the only one who doesn't think the war is about to end. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "Showtime" | Jackie Cooper | Teleplay: Robert Klane & Larry Gelbart Story: Larry Gelbart |
March 25, 1973 (1973-03-25) | J-324 |
| The 4077th go through various situations while a traveling USO troupe entertains them. |
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