M*A*S*H: Season 4
20th Century Fox (1975)
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Plot
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.Cast
| Alan Alda | Capt. Benjamin Franklin Pierce | |
| Gary Burghoff | Cpl. Walter O'Reilly | |
| Wayne Rogers | Capt. McIntyre | |
| William Christopher | Father Francis Mulcahy | |
| Jamie Farr | Cpl. Maxwell Klinger |
Crew
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| Producer | Gene Reynolds | ||||
| Writer | Larry Gelbart |
Episodes
Disc 01
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.Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: Larry Gelbart / Everett Greenbaum
Guest starring: Reid Cruickshanks, Nat Jones, Robert Karnes, Ted Zeigler, Arthur Song, Shirlee Kong
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.Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: Everett Greenbaum / Jim Fritzell
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.Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: Larry Gelbart / Simon Muntner
Guest starring: Christopher Allport, Darren O'Connor
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.Director: Alan Alda
Writer: Glen Charles / Les Charles
Guest starring: Richard Masur, Eldon Quick, Sherry Steffens
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.Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: John D. Hess
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.Director: Alan Alda
Writer: Everett Greenbaum / Jim Fritzell
Guest starring: Buck Young, Barbara Christopher
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.Director: Alan Alda
Writer: Everett Greenbaum / Jim Fritzell
Guest starring: Ann Doran, Mitchell Sakamoto, Haunani Minn, Chrisleen Sun, Darrin Lee
Disc 02
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.Director: Larry Gelbart
Writer: Burt Prelutsky
Guest starring: Alan Fudge
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.
Frank has a fever and makes a will, leaving all his money to his wife and all his clothes to Hot Lips.Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
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.
Radar writes home to his mother, as Hawkeye conducts the camp foot inspection, and Colonel Potter gets some shrapnel in his backside.Director: Alan Alda
Writer: Everett Greenbaum / Jim Fritzell
Guest starring: Redmond Gleeson, John Fujioka, Rollin Moriyama
Disc 03
Potter decides Frank would be less of a pain if the others were friendlier to him; they oblige, with some startling results.Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: Everett Greenbaum / Jim Fritzell
Guest starring: Joe Morton, John Voldstad, George Simmons, William Grant
Hawkeye is injured in a jeep accident and, aware he has a concussion, babbles to a Korean family to keep himself awake.Director: Larry Gelbart
Writer: Larry Gelbart / Simon Muntner
Guest starring: Philip Ahn, Shizuko Hoshi, Susan Sakimoto, Jun Kim, Jayleen Sun, Jeff Osaka
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?!).Director: Harry Morgan
Writer: Burt Prlutsky
Guest starring: Ned Wilson
The 4077th turns up a sick helicopter pilot, 'Smilin' Jack, who doesn't want to quit, and a twice-wounded GI who does.Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Larry Gelbart / Simon Muntner
Guest starring: Robert Hogan, Dennis Kort, Michael A. Salcido, Alba Francesca
Hawkeye is reunited with a woman he thought was out of his life forever, but who never altogether leaves.Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: Gene Reynolds / Larry Gelbart
Guest starring: Blythe Danner, Mary Jo Catlett
A sudden deluge of wounded at the 4077th is followed by a fire and a rainstorm which makes matters difficult for the staff.Director: William Jurgensen
Writer: Larry Gelbart / Simon Muntner
Guest starring: Lois Foraker, Albert Hall, Anthony Palmer, Tom Ruben, Kario Salem
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.Director: Larry Gelbart
Writer: Larry Gelbart
Guest starring: Clete Roberts
Edition Details
| Edition | 3 Disc Collector's Edition |
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| Series | M*A*S*H |
| Distributor | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| Release Date | 14/06/2004 |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Screen Ratio | Widescreen (1.78:1) |
| Subtitles | French |
| Layers | Single Side, Single Layer |
| No. of Disks/Tapes | 3 |
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