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Season 5

Season 5

1976
24 Episodes

Episodes

Bug Out
1

1. Bug Out

Sep 21, 1976
46 min
8.2

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

2. Margaret's Engagement

Sep 28, 1976
25 min
8.2

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

3. Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Oct 5, 1976
25 min
8.2

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

4. Lt. Radar O'Reilly

Oct 12, 1976
25 min
7.5

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

5. The Nurses

Oct 19, 1976
25 min
7.8

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

6. The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan

Oct 26, 1976
25 min
8.2

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

7. Dear Sigmund

Nov 9, 1976
25 min
8.7

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

8. Mulcahy's War

Nov 16, 1976
25 min
7.8

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

The Korean Surgeon
9

9. The Korean Surgeon

Nov 23, 1976
25 min
7.8

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

10. Hawkeye Get Your Gun

Nov 30, 1976
25 min
8.0

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

11. The Colonel's Horse

Dec 7, 1976
25 min
7.7

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

12. Exorcism

Dec 14, 1976
25 min
7.4

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

13. Hawk's Nightmare

Dec 21, 1976
25 min
7.2

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

14. The Most Unforgettable Characters

Jan 4, 1977
25 min
7.8

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

15. 38 Across

Jan 11, 1977
25 min
7.8

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

16. Ping Pong

Jan 18, 1977
25 min
7.7

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

17. End Run

Jan 25, 1977
25 min
7.3

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

18. Hanky Panky

Feb 1, 1977
25 min
7.2

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

19. Hepatitis

Feb 8, 1977
25 min
7.0

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

20. The General's Practitioner

Feb 15, 1977
25 min
8.4

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

21. Movie Tonight

Feb 22, 1977
25 min
8.3

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

22. Souvenirs

Mar 1, 1977
25 min
7.5

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

23. Post Op

Mar 8, 1977
25 min
6.5

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

24. Margaret's Marriage

Mar 15, 1977
25 min
8.0

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.