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Peter89Spencer
9.0
Before Cheers, M*A*S*H was a long running sitcom that spanned a decade (ironically, was much longer than the war itself).
There were hilarious moments, and there were serious, heart wrenching moments.
We said goodbye to Henry Blake and hello to Sherman Potter, goodbye to Trapper and hello to BJ, and goodbye (and good riddance) to Frank Burns and hello to Charles Winchester. And we had a definite goodbye to Radar.
But there will always be iconic moments from drinking spirits in "the swamp" to Klinger in dresses!
M*A*S*H was a truly fantastic and brilliant sitcom.
Glad I got the whole series on boxset DVD!
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drystyx
4.0
This Korean War medical team unit is really two shows.
So, it's rated in two parts.
MASH is sort of four different shows. I've read the book. I've seen the movie, and I've seen the two different formats of the TV show.
The book was much like the first show, where Major Burns is a total scapegoat. There's no way to believe that Hawkeye is a god and Burns is responsible for every terrible thing that ever happened.
That's the book and the Larry Linville portion of the series. Linville himself knew this was a career ending role, and that the character of Burns was ridiculous.
It did make for funny moments, but the same funny moments that Nazis endorsed when they made Jews their scapegoats.
The first part of MASH is simply an instruction manual for choosing a scapegoat.
When people watch something like this, they aren't concerned with "reality". They're being taught a more. The more being taught isn't to blame the creepy guy for creepy things that he does. That's because no one really knows that much about anyone else.
What is being taught, and the writers and directors of all books and TV shows and movies know this, is the surface view. What is being taught in MASH before Stiers is to just pick a scapegoat. That's all. That's the message.
So, even though the slapstick humor is funny, I give the first era of the TV show a 1/10. It's teaching discrimination and hate without a cause.
During the first portion, the surgical army unit doctors do perform in a realistic setting, so to speak, and that makes it worse, because it can't be laughed away when they teach people to be modern day Nazis looking for the modern day Jew. Totally worse.
It's also very dated, because it doesn't take into account the date. Being "dated" is misunderstood by "fan boys". It doesn't mean what they think. They think it means people from 1952 who act like characters from 1953 are dated. They think a character from 1952 should know about eight track tapes, DVDs, Donald Trump, etc.
Being "dated" actually means that someone from 1952 does know about eight track tapes, DVDs, and Donald Trump. That's "dated".
That's the problem with MASH. The "liberal" from 1952 would be more like Trapper John. He would be the very far left. Hawkeye would be shot as a traitor, no matter how good of a doctor he claimed he was.
Which is another thing. The MASH book and the Linville era of MASH is like listening to Sinbad tell Hindbad of his voyages. You know he's lying. There's no credibility of character.
Now, the later MASH sees the writers realizing what they've done. Stiers as Winchester is the most credible character of the entire series. This is what a doctor in 1952 would be. Also Honeycutt and Potter. The characters became much more credible, though the humor became drier.
The later part of the series was 9/10. There were still some bits of contrived propaganda, but it was much subtler.
The character of Nurse Hot Lips was worse than that of Burns. She was a worse monster than he was. She had no allegiance at all, and couldn't be trusted. She tried to make underlings nervous in a war zone where being nervous could kill or cripple you, and that cannot be an accident from a major. I kept hoping she would be fragged. There is no way you could trust that monster to be on your side.
The character of Father Mulcahy was also out of touch with the era. He was the epitome of "dated", being a 1990 liberal preacher in 1942. As far as credibility goes, he was as bad as Burns.
It was later in the series when the four non coms got more notice. There was always Radar and Klinger, but they were extreme polar opposites. The Rizzo and Igor were added, and they were a bit extreme, even for 1942. Still, they gave more of a balance. Especially Igor, although his character should have been written better, since he was the "moderate" enlisted man. As a moderate, for instance, he shouldn't have been from the New York-New Jersey area. That was too contrived to please that area.
The "scapegoat" era was so corrupt that it took the rating down for this more than just 1 and 9 equals 10 for an average of 5. Thus, it gets a 4/10 rating.
Episodes
Episode 1
Fade Out, Fade In
7.7
Sep 20, 197750 min3 votes
Frank Burns cracks up over Margaret's marriage while on R&R in Tokyo, and Major Charles Emerson Winchester III is sent to the 4077th as a replacement by a vindictive superior officer.
Episode 2
Fallen Idol
8.0
Sep 27, 197725 min3 votes
Radar has always looked up to Hawkeye and admired him as his hero. But after suffering a Jeep accident en route to R&R at Hawkeye's behest. Radar questions his own hero worship. Particularly when he and his hero have a falling out.
Episode 3
Last Laugh
7.8
Oct 4, 197725 min4 votes
Madness strikes as B.J. and his old friend Bardonaro play a series of practical jokes on each other, just as Bardonaro is about to leave Korea. Hawkeye gets the last laugh. He sends Bardonaro off without his traveling papers, and in a jeep with too little gas.
Episode 4
War of Nerves
8.0
Oct 11, 197725 min3 votes
The 4077th, caught up in tension and nerves, creates a bonfire to release their pressure. Meanwhile, Sidney Freedman is depressed over a young soldier who blames him for his injuries, because Freedman had sent him back into combat.
Episode 5
The Winchester Tapes
7.7
Oct 18, 197725 min3 votes
Hawkeye tries unsuccessfully to get to Seoul, to see Nurse Gilmore for the weekend. Meanwhile, Winchester has taped a letter home, asking for his influential parents to help get him back to the States. To get even, Hawkeye and B.J. switch Winchester's clothes, causing Winchester to alter his eating patterns.
Episode 6
The Light That Failed
7.3
Oct 25, 197725 min3 votes
With supplies low, the 4077th gets a truckload of ice cream churns and salt tablets. But what it needs are light bulbs, and in the dimly lit post-op Charles makes an error for which he draws the ultimate wrath of his two surgeon bunkmates. Meanwhile, B.J. receives a mystery novel that everyone in camp reads in turn. The last page is missing and the solution to the mystery is undiscovered until B.J. calls the author by long distance.
Episode 7
In Love and War
7.0
Nov 1, 197725 min4 votes
Hawkeye falls in love with Kyong Soon, a Korean woman who is caring for her sick mother and orphaned children. But all hope is lost as Kyong takes her possessions and the children to the south after her mother has died.
Episode 8
Change Day
7.3
Nov 8, 197725 min3 votes
Charles plans a scheme to get rich when he discovers that blue scrip is going to be exchanged for red. Hawkeye and B.J. outsmart him, and he is left holding the worthless scrip. Klinger tries to get into West Point so that he can get out of Korea.
Episode 9
Images
7.7
Nov 15, 197725 min3 votes
Radar notices a number of tattoos on one of the wounded, and convinces himself that with a tattoo he will be irresistible to women. Everyone tries to discourage him, and he admits to having received a tattoo that will wash off. Meanwhile, Margaret is frustrated with a new nurse who keeps getting upset at the sight of combat injuries.
Episode 10
The M*A*S*H Olympics
7.3
Nov 22, 197725 min3 votes
Colonel Potter, deciding that the camp is out of shape, enforces a calisthenics course. When nobody is enjoying it, he makes it fun by splitting the camp into two teams. These teams compete for three day R&R passes. Klinger tries to get out of the army by getting fat.
Episode 11
The Grim Reaper
7.0
Nov 29, 197725 min3 votes
Colonel Bloodworth threatens to press court-martial charges against Hawkeye, who shoved him in the bar. But then he becomes a patient and witnesses Hawkeye's skills. Klinger bonds with a patient from his hometown.
Episode 12
Comrades in Arms: Part 1
7.5
Dec 6, 197725 min4 votes
Lost behind enemy lines, Hawkeye and Margaret form a personal truce and seek shelter in a roadside hut.
Episode 13
Comrades in Arms: Part 2
7.2
Dec 13, 197725 min4 votes
B.J. disobeys orders and goes out to find Hawkeye and Margret, who are still missing in action. Meanwhile, their romantic relationship quickly goes up in flames, and they become even more hostile toward each other.
Episode 14
The Merchant of Korea
7.7
Dec 20, 197725 min3 votes
After Charles hands B.J. two hundred dollars, he begins to take advantage. Everyone gets together and persuades Charles to play poker. He has incredible beginner's luck until Radar discovers that Charles whistles loudly when he bluffs. They all win back their money and then some.
Episode 15
The Smell of Music
7.3
Jan 3, 197825 min3 votes
Hawkeye and B.J. refuse to shower until Charles stops playing his French horn, and Colonel Potter deals with a patient who wants to kill himself because he is now disfigured.
Episode 16
Patent 4077
7.3
Jan 10, 197825 min3 votes
In need of a special surgical clamp, Hawkeye and B.J. hire Mr. Shin, a local jewelry dealer, to make it. Days later the clamp is used to save the leg of a wounded soldier. Mr. Shin goes into the surgical supply business.
Episode 17
Tea and Empathy
7.3
Jan 17, 197825 min3 votes
With British and American casualties heavy, the 4077th's supply of penicillin has been stolen. Father Mulcahy discovers, from Corporal Bryant, the location of some penicillin, and he and Klinger go out in search of it. They are shot at, but safely return with the drug and save the day.
Episode 18
Your Hit Parade
7.5
Jan 24, 197825 min2 votes
With the arrival of a shipment of records, Radar plays the part of a disc jockey and helps to get everyone through the incredibly long deluge of wounded.
Episode 19
What's Up, Doc?
8.0
Jan 30, 197825 min2 votes
Hot Lips, believing herself to be pregnant, asks Hawkeye to test her. The only rabbit available to use for the test is Radar's pet, Fluffy. Meanwhile, Martinson, a patient, holds Charles at gunpoint, demanding he be sent back to Ohio.
Episode 20
Mail Call Three
8.0
Feb 6, 197825 min2 votes
After a delay of three weeks, five sacks of mail arrive, and everyone in camp reacts to good and bad news from home. Hawkeye receives love letters addressed to another Benjamin Pierce, another man has approached B.J.'s wife, and Radar's mom has found a boyfriend. Klinger: "I may not have a family in Toledo, but I got one here."
Episode 21
Temporary Duty
7.0
Feb 13, 197825 min3 votes
With a temporary transfer of personnel between the 4077th and the 8063rd, Captain Roy Dupree replaces Hawkeye, whilst Lorraine Anderson makes eyes at Charles. Fearing this to be permanent, Charles and B.J. successfully conspire to have Dupree permanently removed from the 4077th. Charles (to Hawkeye): "God, I missed you!"
Episode 22
Potter's Retirement
8.3
Feb 20, 197825 min3 votes
When bad reports are filed at headquarters, Col. Potter contemplates retirement.
Episode 23
Dr. Winchester and Mr. Hyde
7.7
Feb 27, 197825 min3 votes
Charles takes amphetamines to keep up his energy level, and even drugs Radar's mouse, "Daisy", so that it will win a race against a Marine's mouse, "Sluggo".
Episode 24
Major Topper
7.7
Mar 27, 197825 min3 votes
The doctors have to deal with a short supply of morphine and too many patients while klinger has to deal with a corporal who may be crazier than him -- he shoots down imaginary enemies.