The BEST episodes of M*A*S*H season 4

Every episode of M*A*S*H season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of M*A*S*H season 4!

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.

Last Updated: 11/26/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
The Price of Tomato Juice
star
7.75
446 votes

#1 - The Price of Tomato Juice

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/16/1975

Radar gets the help of Hawkeye and B.J. to procure something Colonel Potter says he's fond of, but that's hard to come by - tomato juice.

Directors: Gene Reynolds
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Mail Call, Again
star
7.61
463 votes

#2 - Mail Call, Again

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/9/1975

Mail brings a letter to Frank saying his wife is divorcing him, and one to Potter telling him he's going to be a grandfather.

Directors: George Tyne
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Welcome to Korea
star
7.61
564 votes

#3 - Welcome to Korea

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1975

Trapper is shipped home while Hawkeye is on R&R. Hawkeye speeds to Kimpo with Radar to catch Trapper's plane, but they just miss him. While they are there, they pick up BJ Hunnicut and take him back to camp. On the way back, BJ is introduced to the Korean War.

Directors: Gene Reynolds
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Change of Command
star
7.60
599 votes

#4 - Change of Command

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1975

Frank settles in as commanding officer, only to have a new one appointed over his head, one that, to his chagrin, fits in very well.

Directors: Gene Reynolds
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Dear Ma
star
7.56
482 votes

#5 - Dear Ma

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/23/1975

Radar writes home to his mother, as Hawkeye conducts the camp foot inspection, and Colonel Potter gets some shrapnel in his backside.

Directors: Alan Alda
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The Novocaine Mutiny
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7.54
506 votes

#6 - The Novocaine Mutiny

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/27/1976

Frank has Hawkeye up on charges of mutiny, for usurping his authority when Potter was away on leave, and Frank was the C.O. The Judge Advocate, Colonel Carmichael, tries the case; BJ, Potter, and Radar are in attendance of the preliminary hearing to offer support for Hawkeye. There are several versions of what happened: according to Frank, he was trying to hold the 4077th together during heavy casualties when everyone else was falling apart; according to The Eye Of The Hawk, BJ and Radar, it was Frank who was out of control with his regimen. Finding no evidence of the alleged mutiny, the judge drops all charges against Hawkeye and puts Frank in his place (but will he stay there?!).

Directors: Harry Morgan
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Smilin' Jack
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7.49
407 votes

#7 - Smilin' Jack

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/3/1976

The 4077th turns up a sick helicopter pilot, 'Smilin' Jack, who doesn't want to quit, and a twice-wounded GI who does.

Directors: Charles S. Dubin
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Soldier of the Month
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7.48
467 votes

#8 - Soldier of the Month

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/28/1975

Frank has a fever and makes a will, leaving all his money to his wife and all his clothes to Hot Lips.

Directors: Gene Reynolds
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The Bus
star
7.47
464 votes

#9 - The Bus

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1975

Radar is driving Hawk, B.J., Sherman, and Frank in a bus back from a "medical conference" when they get lost. They stop to see if they can find anything they recognize. When they decide to turn around, they find that the bus does not want to start. Radar goes off in the middle of the night for the latrine, and does not immediately return. Stricken, Hawkeye wants to set out to find him, only to be stopped by Sherman. An injured Korean surrenders to get medical help from Hawk and B.J.. Upon Radar return, the Korean helps repair the bus and get them out of danger.

Directors: Gene Reynolds
Writer: John D. Hess
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The Gun
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7.46
485 votes

#10 - The Gun

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/2/1975

A wounded colonel's gun, a showpiece, disappears, and Hawkeye and B.J. play a hunch and bluff Frank, who has it, into returning it.

Directors: Burt Metcalfe
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Dear Mildred
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7.45
527 votes

#11 - Dear Mildred

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1975

It's Potter's anniversary. While Potter writes home, Frank and Hot Lips have a wood carving made for him, and Radar rescues a horse and makes him a present of it.

Directors: Alan Alda
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Hey, Doc
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7.45
564 votes

#12 - Hey, Doc

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1975

Its quid pro quo at the 4077th: two bottles of Scotch for secret surgery, and a tank to scare off snipers for an unauthorized shot of penicillin.

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Of Moose and Men
star
7.40
464 votes

#13 - Of Moose and Men

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/21/1975

Hawkeye tangles with a tough Army colonel, Colonel Spiker, B.J. helps Zale, who's received a "Dear John" letter, and Frank looks endlessly for Korean saboteurs.

Directors: John Erman
Writer: Jay Folb
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Der Tag
star
7.36
504 votes

#14 - Der Tag

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/6/1976

Potter decides Frank would be less of a pain if the others were friendlier to him; they oblige, with some startling results.

Directors: Gene Reynolds
Dear Peggy
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7.32
488 votes

#15 - Dear Peggy

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1975

B.J. writes home to his wife, Peg, reporting Klinger's escape attempts, the visit of a formidable chaplain, and one of Frank's goof-ups.

Directors: Burt Metcalfe
It Happened One Night
star
7.30
603 votes

#16 - It Happened One Night

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1975

A freezing night, an artillery barrage that's coming too close, a patient going downhill, and Frank's searching Hot Lips' tent for his letters.

Directors: Gene Reynolds
Some 38th Parallels
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7.28
503 votes

#17 - Some 38th Parallels

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/20/1976

Frank tries to distinguish himself by selling the camp garbage, but it's Hawkeye who finds a use for it: he dumps it on a troublesome Colonel Coner.

Directors: Burt Metcalfe
Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler
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7.25
497 votes

#18 - Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/1975

Intelligence officer Colonel Flagg, and psychiatrist Sidney Freedman, grapples over the fate of a wounded officer, Captain Chandler, who claims to be Jesus Christ. Perhaps the most poignant scene is when Radar asks Chandler to bless his teddy bear.

Directors: Larry Gelbart
Deluge
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7.24
461 votes

#19 - Deluge

Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/17/1976

A sudden deluge of wounded at the 4077th is followed by a fire and a rainstorm which makes matters difficult for the staff.

The Late Captain Pierce
star
7.23
554 votes

#20 - The Late Captain Pierce

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1975

When Hawkeye's father is notified that he's dead, he finds it's no easy matter either to get word to him or to establish otherwise.

Directors: Alan Alda
The Kids
star
7.16
504 votes

#21 - The Kids

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1975

The 4077th plays host to kids bombed out of their orphanage, and at the same time has to deliver a baby and care for battle casualties.

Directors: Alan Alda
The Interview
star
7.13
407 votes

#22 - The Interview

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/24/1976

Clete Roberts introduces this segment as his show; he's arrived at Korea to interview the staff of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital because of its high 97% efficiency rating. In Roberts' interviews with Hawkeye, BJ, Frank, Radar, Klinger, Mulcahy and Potter, they talk about how they cope with their situation, what they miss about home, how they feel about who they work with, and whether they see any good in coming from war.

Directors: Larry Gelbart
The More I See You
star
6.94
509 votes

#23 - The More I See You

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/10/1976

Hawkeye is reunited with a woman he thought was out of his life forever, but who never altogether leaves.

Directors: Gene Reynolds
Hawkeye
star
6.83
388 votes

#24 - Hawkeye

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/13/1976

Hawkeye is injured in a jeep accident and, aware he has a concussion, babbles to a Korean family to keep himself awake.

Directors: Larry Gelbart