The BEST episodes of M*A*S*H season 10

Every episode of M*A*S*H season 10, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of M*A*S*H season 10!

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.

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The Tooth Shall Set You Free
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7.44
317 votes

#1 - The Tooth Shall Set You Free

Season 10 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/1982

Charles has a serious toothache, but hates the thought of having anything done about it. The doctors suspect prejudice when an inordinate number of black casualties are brought in from a single unit, led by Major Weems.

Directors: Charles S. Dubin
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'Twas the Day after Christmas
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7.22
348 votes

#2 - 'Twas the Day after Christmas

Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/28/1981

To boost post-yuletide morale on Dec 26, Potter has the officers and enlisted men change places for the day.

Directors: Burt Metcalfe
Where There's a Will, There's a War
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7.21
340 votes

#3 - Where There's a Will, There's a War

Season 10 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/1982

Hawkeye goes to help at an aid station, and under heavy shelling he draws up a will, leaving various items to his friends at the 4077th.

Directors: Alan Alda
Rumor at the Top
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7.16
361 votes

#4 - Rumor at the Top

Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/9/1981

The latest scuttlebutt affects everyone's behavior when a visiting is rumored to be recruiting for a new M*A*S*H unit. The gang fears that the 4077th will be split up.

Directors: Charles S. Dubin
The Birthday Girls
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7.11
282 votes

#5 - The Birthday Girls

Season 10 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/11/1982

Margaret's birthday plans are spoiled when she and Klinger get stranded on a desolate roadside. Meanwhile, Charles gives a lecture for Margaret, and the surgeons assist in the delivery of a calf.

Directors: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Karen Hall
Wheelers and Dealers
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7.08
347 votes

#6 - Wheelers and Dealers

Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/23/1981

On the eve of a big poker game, B.J.'s pride is bruised when he finds out his wife is working as a waitress. And Potter takes driving lessons from Klinger.

Directors: Charles S. Dubin
A Holy Mess
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7.01
367 votes

#7 - A Holy Mess

Season 10 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/1982

An AWOL soldier, Nick Gillis, seeks sanctuary in the mess tent, after Father Mulcahy's service. At the same time, a special Sunday brunch is due to be served, following the donation of some eggs to the camp by a grateful farmer.

Directors: Burt Metcalfe
Identity Crisis
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6.96
289 votes

#8 - Identity Crisis

Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/2/1981

Father Mulcahy counsels a GI who is plagued by guilt because he has swapped tags with a dead colleague. Meanwhile, B.J. and Charles consider ways of keeping a soldier-salesman quiet.

Blood and Guts
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6.96
368 votes

#9 - Blood and Guts

Season 10 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/1982

Hawkeye is outraged when a sensationalistic war correspondent, Clayton Kibbee, reports irresponsible G.I. stunts as tales of military valor. Kibbee: "As for the last two pints of blood, there's no big finale, no heroes. They helped an old soldier, who'd had visions of glory but finally got it through his thick head how tragic and inhumane war can be. Maybe he'll know better next time."

Directors: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Lee H. Grant
Pressure Points
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6.95
369 votes

#10 - Pressure Points

Season 10 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/1982

Potter sends for Sidney Freedman when he loses confidence in his surgical abilities, and Winchester loses patience with his bunkmates' sloppiness.

Directors: Charles S. Dubin
That Darn Kid
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6.93
318 votes

#11 - That Darn Kid

Season 10 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/12/1982

Klinger buys a goat, with the intention of getting rich by selling it's milk. Then the goat eats the 4077th's $22,340 payroll, leaving paymaster Hawkeye holding the bag. Meanwhile, Charles also thinks he can make a killing when he sees an ancient vase.

Writer: Karen Hall
Sons and Bowlers
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6.93
363 votes

#12 - Sons and Bowlers

Season 10 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/22/1982

After losing to the Marines once again, Colonel Potter wishes there was one sport the 4077th were any good at. When Klinger mentions he can bowl, the Colonel decides to have a bowling competition. Unfortunately, he and Klinger are the only 2 good bowlers in the camp, so BJ and Father Mulcahy are "recruited" to the team. Colonel Potter becomes obsessed with winning the game, and excludes Margaret from the team because she helped the team lose at softball. Then the 4077th team hear the Marines have got a "ringer" in their team after pulling some strings..... Meanwhile, Hawkeye finds out his father is in hospital and tries to speak to him over the phone, watched by Charles, who envies Hawkeye's close relationship with his father.

Directors: Hy Averback
Promotion Commotion
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6.93
338 votes

#13 - Promotion Commotion

Season 10 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/1/1982

Winchester, Pierce, and Hunnicutt find themselves in the sticky position of having to decide which enlisted men to recommend for promotion. For Winchester it could be a matter of life and death.

Directors: Charles S. Dubin
Communication Breakdown
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6.91
326 votes

#14 - Communication Breakdown

Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/30/1981

Winchester infuriates the camp when he hoards his stateside newspapers, and Hawkeye reunites two Korean brothers who have been fighting on opposite sides of the war.

Directors: Alan Alda
Writer: Karen Hall
Give 'em Hell, Hawkeye
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6.89
379 votes

#15 - Give 'em Hell, Hawkeye

Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/16/1981

Hawkeye writes a heartfelt letter to President Harry Truman to protest at the continued fighting in Korea. Meanwhile, Colonel Ditka has promised a much-needed water-heater if the 4077th beautifies the camp.

Directors: Charles S. Dubin
Picture This
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6.86
360 votes

#16 - Picture This

Season 10 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/5/1982

Potter's attempts to assemble the crew for a family portrait are thwarted by a feud between bunkmates Pierce, Hunnicutt, and Winchester. Things are not helped by the efforts of Margaret, Klinger and Mulcahy to bring the Swampmen back together.

Directors: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: Karen Hall
That's Show Biz
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6.82
362 votes

#17 - That's Show Biz

Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/26/1981

A touring USO show brings an unexpected touch of vaudeville to the 4077th when the star showgirl requires an emergency operation. And wouldn't you know, the comedian is Klinger's hero!

Directors: Charles S. Dubin
Heroes
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6.82
303 votes

#18 - Heroes

Season 10 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/15/1982

Hawkeye is the golden boy of the world press when he treats a celebrity prizefighter, 'Gentleman' Joe Cavanaugh, who has a stroke at the 4077th. Father Mulcahy finds the news hard to take, as Cavanaugh was a hero of his.

Directors: Nell Cox
Follies of the Living - Concerns of the Dead
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6.79
346 votes

#19 - Follies of the Living - Concerns of the Dead

Season 10 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/4/1982

Whilst suffering a fever, Klinger communicates with the spirit of a dead soldier, Private Weston, who stays on to witness his own last rites.

Directors: Alan Alda
Writer: Alan Alda
Snap Judgment (1)
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6.69
279 votes

#20 - Snap Judgment (1)

Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/7/1981

The military police think they've solved a rash of thefts at the 4077th when they apprehend Klinger with Hawkeye's stolen camera.

Directors: Hy Averback
Writer: Paul Perlove
Snappier Judgment (2)
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6.62
301 votes

#21 - Snappier Judgment (2)

Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/14/1981

B.J. and Hawkeye resolve to clear Klinger's name after he chooses Winchester to defend him at his military court-martial.

Directors: Hy Averback
Writer: Paul Perlove