Season 1 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 24
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

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M*A*S*H Season 1 (1972-1973)

M*A*S*H M*A*S*H - The Pilot 1x01 M*A*S*H - The Pilot
At the 4077th MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) in Korea, doctors "Hawkeye" Pierce and "Trapper" John McIntyre are ecstatic when they receive news that Ho-John, their Korean house ...
Sep. 17, 1972
M*A*S*H To Market, to Market 1x02 To Market, to Market
After the 4077th's supply of hydrocortisone is stolen by black marketers, Hawkeye and Trapper arrange a deal with a local black marketer to get some more. However, Hawkeye and Trapper ...
Sep. 24, 1972
M*A*S*H Requiem for a Lightweight 1x03 Requiem for a Lightweight
Trapper and Hawkeye try to stop a nurse from getting transferred. Henry makes Trapper fight a commander in a boxing tournament in exchange for the nurse being able to stay at the 4077th. ...
Oct. 01, 1972
M*A*S*H Chief Surgeon Who? 1x04 Chief Surgeon Who?
Burns is shocked when Hawkeye is chosen by Henry as the new chief surgeon. After Frank and Hot Lips complain about Hawkeye's promotion to General Baker, the General decides to pay the ...
Oct. 08, 1972
M*A*S*H The Moose 1x05 The Moose
Hawkeye wins a servant in a poker game from a soldier with the intention of setting her free. After days of retraining Young Hi to be independent, she returns back to the Swamp.
Oct. 15, 1972
M*A*S*H Yankee Doodle Doctor 1x06 Yankee Doodle Doctor
The Army requests that the unit create a film of their daily duties to show the civilians back at home. But when Haweye and Trapper find out the script is mostly propaganda, they sabotage ...
Oct. 22, 1972
M*A*S*H Bananas, Crackers and Nuts 1x07 Bananas, Crackers and Nuts
While Henry is away at a conference, Frank denies Hawkeye's R&R papers. Hawk creates a scheme in which he pretends he is suffering from exhaustion and is going crazy.
Nov. 05, 1972
M*A*S*H Cowboy 1x08 Cowboy
A chopper pilot known as the Cowboy holds Henry responsible for his broken marriage by not letting him go home to patch things up. His revenge starts as a sniper taking shots at the ...
Nov. 12, 1972
M*A*S*H Henry, Please Come Home 1x09 Henry, Please Come Home
Hawk and Trapper devise a plan to get Henry to return to the 4077th after he gets a transfer to Tokyo as an administrator. The scheme includes Radar feigning an illness, knowing Henry ...
Nov. 19, 1972
M*A*S*H I Hate A Mystery 1x10 I Hate A Mystery
A rash of missing items from the camp leads to a full tent to tent investigation. But Hawkeye is made the prime suspect when his trunk is opened, filled with the missing doodads.
Nov. 26, 1972
M*A*S*H Germ Warfare 1x11 Germ Warfare
In need for a rare type of blood, Hawkeye and Trapper steal a pint from hard-sleeping Frank. But when a test is performed on the blood it reveals that Frank has infectious Hepatitis. ...
Dec. 10, 1972
M*A*S*H Dear Dad 1x12 Dear Dad
Hawk's holiday letter to his father gives a look at the recent happenings at the camp. Among the highlights is Klinger threatening to kill Frank with a grenade after he makes him break ...
Dec. 17, 1972
M*A*S*H Edwina 1x13 Edwina
The nurses of the 4077th refuse to 'service' the doctors until one of them goes on a date with a klutzy nurse named Edwina. A lottery determines Hawkeye as the "winner" and is in store ...
Dec. 24, 1972
M*A*S*H Love Story 1x14 Love Story
A Dear John record from home has Radar in the dumps. With help from Hawk and Trapper, they school Radar on how to act around a woman, and the nurse of his choice is a recent transfer ...
Jan. 07, 1973
M*A*S*H Tuttle 1x15 Tuttle
Hawkeye and Trapper invent a doctor, Capt. Jonathon Tuttle, and donate all his earnings to Sister Theresa's orphanage. But when a General hears of the Captain's generosity, he insists ...
Jan. 14, 1973
M*A*S*H The Ringbanger 1x16 The Ringbanger
Colonel Buzz Maxwell, a soldier with a reputation of having the highest casualty rate, makes a visit to the 4077th. When Hawkeye and Trapper hear of his plans to take a hill despite ...
Jan. 21, 1973
M*A*S*H Sometimes You Hear the Bullet 1x17 Sometimes You Hear the Bullet
An underage soldier, Wendell Peterson, arrives wounded at the 4077th, and Hawkeye agrees to let him go back in combat after hearing his reason why he joined the Marines. But after a ...
Jan. 28, 1973
M*A*S*H Dear Dad, Again 1x18 Dear Dad, Again
Another letter home to Hawkeye's father reveals all the latest gossip, including a doctor who is a phony, Hawk's bet that he can walk around naked throughout the 4077th and it would ...
Feb. 04, 1973
M*A*S*H The Long-John Flap 1x19 The Long-John Flap
A pair of long-johns sent to Hawkeye from his father makes its way from person to person throughout the camp. From Trapper's feign illness, Radar's luck at the poker table, the cook's ...
Feb. 17, 1973
M*A*S*H The Army-Navy Game 1x20 The Army-Navy Game
An unexploded bomb in the compound interrupts the annual broadcast of the Army-Navy football game. It's left up to Trapper and Hawk to work their surgical skills on the shell and defuse ...
Feb. 25, 1973
M*A*S*H Sticky Wicket 1x21 Sticky Wicket
Hawkeye has once again discredited Frank's ability as a surgeon, but this time the shoe is on the other foot when Hawk's patient isn't recovering as he should. A perplexed Hawk moves ...
Mar. 04, 1973
M*A*S*H Major Fred C. Dobbs 1x22 Major Fred C. Dobbs
Hawk and Trapper's constant demeaning of Frank has led to he and Margret requesting an immediate transfer. But this time Colonel Blake is not amused and holds them both responsible ...
Mar. 11, 1973
M*A*S*H Cease-Fire 1x23 Cease-Fire
General Clayton calls to say that a cease-fire will be declared, much to the delight of the camp. But Trapper refuses to celebrate, insisting he has seen this before and that the truce ...
Mar. 18, 1973
M*A*S*H Showtime 1x24 Showtime
While a group stops to entertain the 4077th, Captain Kaplan awaits his trip home from the war but is paranoid that something will happen that delays his trip. Also, Henry awaits word ...
Mar. 25, 1973
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Season 1 Characters

Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce played by Alan Alda
Captain John McIntyre played by Wayne Rogers
Lt. Colonel Henry Blake played by McLean Stevenson
Corporal Walter Eugene O'Reilly played by Gary Burghoff
Major Franklin Marion Burns played by Larry Linville
Major Margaret Houlihan played by Loretta Swit
Father Francis Mulcahy played by William Christopher
Lt. Ginger Bayliss played by Odessa Cleveland
Capt. 'Ugly John' Black played by John Orchard
Ho-Jon played by Patrick Adiarte
Lt. Leslie Scorch played by Linda Meiklejohn
Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger played by Jamie Farr
Nurse Margie Cutler played by Marcia Strassman
Capt. Oliver Harmon 'Spearchucker' Jones played by Timothy Brown
Lt. Barbara Bannerman played by Bonnie Jones
Pvt. Lorenzo Boone played by Robert Gooden
Lt. Nancy Griffin played by Lynette Mettey
Brig. Gen. Charlie Hammond played by G. Wood
Gen. Crandell Clayton played by Herb Voland
Gen. Wilson Spaulding Barker played by Sorrell Booke
Kaplan played by Harvey J. Goldenberg
Lt. Maria 'Dish' Schneider played by Karen Philipp
Lt. Jones played by Barbara Brownell

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Season 1 Videos

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Season 1 Quotes

01x03 - Requiem for a Lightweight Season 1 / Episode 3: - Requiem for a Lightweight

Trapper: If you won't help us, we'll tell everyone your brother's in prison!
Henry Blake: My brother is the warden!
Hawkeye: We won't say that part!
01x12 - Dear Dad Season 1 / Episode 12: - Dear Dad

Henry Blake: [stammering] Uh, now, uh, the, uh, [clears throat] excuse me, uh, the, uh, union of, uh, figure A, man, and, uh, figure B, uh, the, uh, woman...


Henry Blake: ...is the most s-sublime expression of, uh, romantic love. However, only in the institution of marriage is it recommended that this expression take place.
Trapper: Uh, sir?
Henry Blake: Mm-hmm?
Trapper: Um, what happens in the event that, um, figure A is attracted to figure B and wants to get married, but figure A is already married to, say, figure C, and figure B is engaged to figure D, but figure A can't keep his hands off of figure B because she's got such a great figure?
Henry Blake: Uh-huh. Uh, well, according to the army, he's got to forget her.
Hawkeye: That figures.
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Season 1 Trivia

  • Episode 15 - Though his name appears in the closing credits, Father Mulcahy's scenes were deleted in the syndicated version.
  • Episode 08 - Goof (anachronisms): When Cowboy and Henry are flying around in the helicopter, high tension wires are visible in the background. There were no high tension wires in Korea between 1950-1953.
  • Episode 12 - Goof (continuity error): The pudding in Margaret's pillow is obviously not yet there when her cot collapses.
  • Episode 12 - The first of many shows based upon the characters writing letters home.
  • Episode 19 - Goof (anachronisms): When Frank visits Hot Lips in her tent, a Life magazine is visible on her cot. The issue shown is from August 25, 1967.

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