M*A*S*H (season 11)
M*A*S*H (season 11) | |
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Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 16 |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Original release | October 25, 1982 – February 28, 1983 |
Season chronology | |
The eleventh and final season of M*A*S*H aired Mondays at 9:00-9:30 pm ET on CBS, as part of the 1982–83 United States network television schedule.
Cast
Actor | Role |
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Alan Alda | Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce |
Mike Farrell | Capt. B.J. Hunnicut |
Harry Morgan | Col. Sherman T. Potter |
Loretta Swit | Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan |
David Ogden Stiers | Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III |
Jamie Farr | Sgt. Maxwell Q. Klinger |
William Christopher | Captain Father Francis Mulcahy |
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title [n 1] | Directed by [n 2] | Written by [n 2] | Original air date | Prod. code [n 3] |
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241 | 1 | "Hey, Look Me Over" | Susan Oliver | Alan Alda and Karen Hall | October 25, 1982 | 1G-21 |
A notorious colonel's visit makes Margaret re-evaluate herself, while Kellye is fed up with Hawkeye seeing her as one of the boys and not a woman with a crush on him. The colonel is played by Peggy Feury in a guest appearance. | ||||||
242 | 2 | "Trick or Treatment" | Charles S. Dubin | Dennis Koenig | November 1, 1982 | 9-B01 |
The 4077th's Halloween party is side-tracked by wounded and a brawl that starts at Rosie's. A soldier declared dead by battalion aid isn't actually dead; and Richard Lineback plays a wounded soldier suffering from malnutrition. Lineback had previously appeared in the Season 8 episode "Dear Uncle Abdul". Featuring George Wendt as a Marine with a pool ball stuck in his mouth. Andrew Dice Clay, billed as Andrew Clay, plays another Marine. | ||||||
243 | 3 | "Foreign Affairs" | Charles S. Dubin | David Pollock & Elias Davis | November 8, 1982 | 1G-22 |
An Army PR officer (Jeffrey Tambor) looks for a scoop worthy of propaganda when an enemy pilot lands near the 4077th – a reference to Operation Moolah – while Charles falls for a French Red Cross volunteer. | ||||||
244 | 4 | "The Joker is Wild" | Burt Metcalfe | John Rappaport and Dennis Koenig | November 15, 1982 | 1G-24 |
B.J. is tired of hearing how great a prankster Trapper was, so he swears to pull the ultimate prank on the whole camp. | ||||||
245 | 5 | "Who Knew?" | Harry Morgan | Elias Davis & David Pollock | November 22, 1982 | 1G-18 |
Hawkeye volunteers to deliver the eulogy for a nurse no one actually knew, while Klinger seeks an investor for his latest invention – the hula hoop. | ||||||
246 | 6 | "Bombshells" | Charles S. Dubin | Dan Wilcox & Thad Mumford | November 28, 1982 | 9-B02 |
Hawkeye and Charles start a rumor that Marilyn Monroe is coming to the 4077th, while a sniper interrupts B.J.'s fishing trip and involves him in a helicopter rescue. | ||||||
247 | 7 | "Settling Debts" | Michael Switzer | Thad Mumford & Dan Wilcox | December 6, 1982 | 1G-23 |
Potter gets paranoid when his wife sends Hawkeye a letter, while B.J. treats a lieutenant paralyzed by a sniper. | ||||||
248 | 8 | "The Moon is Not Blue" | Charles S. Dubin | Larry Balmagia | December 13, 1982 | 1G-20 |
Hawkeye and B.J. try to get a racy movie (The Moon Is Blue) to spice things up at the 4077th, while a wounded, teetotaling general declares last call for the officers' club. | ||||||
249 | 9 | "Run for the Money" | Nell Cox | Story by : Mike Farrell and Elias Davis & David Pollock Teleplay by : Elias Davis & David Pollock | December 20, 1982 | 9-B03 |
Klinger depends on divine intervention when Father Mulcahy is chosen to race a veteran track star from another unit. Winchester stands up for a stuttering soldier, threatening to report his bullying CO for inhumanity. | ||||||
250 | 10 | "U.N., the Night and the Music" | Harry Morgan | Elias Davis & David Pollock | January 3, 1983 | 9-B06 |
The 4077 is visited by a UN delegation consisting of an Indian officer who teaches yoga to Potter and Klinger, a Swedish delegate whom Margeret falls for, and a British officer who baits Charles, while B.J. feels guilty about not preparing a patient for the seriousness of his condition. | ||||||
251 | 11 | "Strange Bedfellows" | Mike Farrell | Karen Hall | January 10, 1983 | 9-B07 |
While Charles angrily denies his incessant snoring, Potter inadvertently learns depressing news about his visiting son-in-law that reminds him of a mistake in his own past. | ||||||
252 | 12 | "Say No More" | Charles S. Dubin | John Rappaport | January 24, 1983 | 9-B08 |
Margaret contracts laryngitis on the eve of her meeting with a world-fabled surgeon, while a no-nonsense major general sets up camp at the 4077th, where his son is being treated. | ||||||
253 | 13 | "Friends and Enemies" | Jamie Farr | Karen Hall | February 7, 1983 | 9-B05 |
An old Army buddy of Potter's (John McLiam) has caused unnecessary casualties by overstepping his boundaries. When Winchester receives a new shipment of classical records and Margaret receives a new turntable with no records, B.J. sets up a scheme to rid Winchester of his music and amuse himself at the same time. | ||||||
254 | 14 | "Give and Take" | Charles S. Dubin | Dennis Koenig | February 14, 1983 | 9-B09 |
A wounded GI and the North Korean he shot end up bunked next to each other in post-op, while the position of charity-collection officer is passed around. | ||||||
255 | 15 | "As Time Goes By" | Burt Metcalfe | Dan Wilcox & Thad Mumford | February 21, 1983 | 9-B10 |
Margaret collects significant items for a time capsule, while B.J. and Rizzo play practical jokes on each other. Meanwhile, Klinger finds himself falling in love with a young South Korean woman mistaken for a sniper and separated from her refugee parents, while the time capsule items---including Radar's old teddy bear and a fishing lure that once belonged to Henry Blake---remind everyone of former colleagues and former patients alike. | ||||||
256 | 16 | "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" | Alan Alda | Alan Alda Burt Metcalfe John Rappaport Dan Wilcox & Thad Mumford Elias Davis & David Pollock Karen Hall | February 28, 1983 | 9-B04 |
Hawkeye recovers from a nervous breakdown after he blames himself for a fatal incident aboard a military bus. As he returns to camp, the Korean War comes to an end as the staff of the 4077th tends to one final deluge of casualties---including Chinese musicians Winchester mentored. B.J. gets orders home early but is forced back to the 4077th after he learns the orders were rescinded by the time he reaches Guam. Klinger—who spent years trying to get out of the Army and Korea—decides to stay to help his Korean bride Soon-Lee find her missing family. The rest of the staff sorts out their personal problems before going their separate ways. Father Mulcahy tries to come to terms with the hearing trouble caused when a mortar shell exploded near him. Margaret awaits her stateside assignment and makes peace with Winchester, whose deep love of music has now been compromised forever. Potter leads an emotional farewell dinner where assorted staffers reveal their postwar plans---including Hawkeye, who looks forward to a simple country doctor's life in his native Maine. Klinger and Soon-Lee are married just before the staffers say final emotional goodbyes to each other. Note: Alan Alda is the only cast member to appear in every episode of the series. |