M*A*S*H Season 7 : |
The seventh season of M*A*S*H aired Mondays at 9:00-9:30 pm on CBS. |
Episode 1 - [Commander Pierce] |
Details : Hawkeye undergoes a drastic change when he becomes temporary commander of the 4077th and learns about the tedious bureaucracy and accompanying headaches that Colonel Potter deals with daily. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Ronny Graham | Director : Burt Metcalfe | Writer : Don Segall | |
Air Date : Sep. 18, 1978 |
Episode 2 - [Peace On US] |
Details : Hawkeye becomes so disgusted with the stalled Panmunjon peace talks that he impulsively takes matters into his own hands and goes to the meetings to lend a hand. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Hugh Gillin | Kevin Hagen | Director : George Tyne | Writer : David Isaacs | Writer : Ken Levine | |
Air Date : Sep. 25, 1978 |
Episode 3 - [Lil] |
Details : Colonel Potter meets a female soldier of the same age and interests as himself named Lil. The others in the camp think that he might be cheating on Mildred even though his friendship with Lil is completely platonic. Meanwhile Hawkeye tries to find out what B.J.'s initials stand for. As it turns out he was named after his parents Bea and Jay Hunnicutt. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Burt Metcalfe | Writer : Sheldon Bull | |
Air Date : Oct. 02, 1978 |
Episode 4 - [Our Finest Hour] |
Details : Newscaster Clete Roberts reprising an earlier interview appearance returns to update Korean War conditions when he conducts a series of television talks with the leading characters of the 4077th. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Clete Roberts | Wayne Rogers as Trapper John | Larry Linville as Frank Burns | Writer : Ronny Graham | Director : Burt Metcalfe | Writer : David Isaacs | Writer : Ken Levine | Writer : Larry Balmagia | |
Air Date : Oct. 09, 1978 |
Episode 5 - [The Billfold Syndrome] |
Details : Charles becomes so irate when he is turned down for a future medical position at home that he refuses to talk to anyone in the unit until Hawkeye and B.J. send him a false telegram from home. Meanwhile a young soldier Jerry Wilson can't remember his own identity so Sidney Freedman is called for help. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Allan Arbus as Dr. Sidney Freedman | Director : Alan Alda | Writer : David Isaacs | Writer : Ken Levine | |
Air Date : Oct. 16, 1978 |
Episode 6 - [None Like It Hot] |
Details : As the temperatures reach triple digits Hawkeye and BJ recieve their new rubber bathtub from Abercrombie And Fitch. However soon the whole camp is hot under the collar as word leaks out about the tub and everyone wants a dip except for Klinger who is trying to get his Section 8 by wearing a fur coat. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Johnny Haymer as Sergeant Zale | Jeff Maxwell as Igor | Director : Tony Mordente | Writer : David Isaacs | Writer : Ken Levine | Writer : Johnny Bonaduce | |
Air Date : Oct. 23, 1978 |
Episode 7 - [They Call The Wind Korea] |
Details : A strong windstorm affects the M*A*S*H personnel in varying ways: Hawkeye and most of the unit busy themselves securing items that could blow away; Radar prepares his animal hutch for the worst; a disgusted Charles switches his Tokyo-leave transportation from air to ground and runs into a difficult medical situation en route to Seoul. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Randy Stumpf as Greek Soldier | Director : Charles S. Dubin | Writer : David Isaacs | Writer : Ken Levine | |
Air Date : Oct. 30, 1978 |
Episode 8 - [Major Ego] |
Details : Captain Tom Greenleigh of Stars and Stripes comes to the 4077th to write an article about Charles which makes him act even more egotistical than usual. Meanwhile Margeret finds out her estranged husband Donald has tied up their joint account while fending off at first -- then accepting -- the advances of Greenleigh. Klinger dresses up as various movie characters with the hope that Stars and Stripes will write about how crazy he is. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Greg Mullavey | Patricia Stevens | David Dean | Director : Alan Alda | Writer : Larry Balmagia | |
Air Date : Nov. 06, 1978 |
Episode 9 - [Baby It's Cold Outside] |
Details : While everyone is complaining about the record cold snap Charles becomes the most unpopular man in camp when his parents send him a winter-ized polar suit that he insists on flaunting in front of everyone. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Terry Wills | Director : George Tyne | Writer : Gary David Goldberg | |
Air Date : Nov. 13, 1978 |
Episode 10 - [Point Of View] |
Details : In this unique episode the camera becomes the eyes of a young wounded soldier. It records his sensory responses to being wounded flown by helicopter to the 4077th examined operated on and treated in post-operation. |
Guest Cast and Crew : David Hunt Stafford | Director : Charles S. Dubin | Writer : David Isaacs | Writer : Ken Levine | |
Air Date : Nov. 20, 1978 |
Episode 11 - [Dear Comrade] |
Details : Hawkeye and B.J. discover that Charles is living the life of Riley thanks to the attentions of his menially paid Korean servant Comrade Park a man of unusual skills. He has an important contribution to make - a native remedy for a seemingly insoluble medical problem. |
Guest Cast and Crew : James Saito | Sab Shimono | Larry Block | Director : Charles S. Dubin | Writer : Tommy Reeder | |
Air Date : Nov. 27, 1978 |
Episode 12 - [Out Of Gas] |
Details : Heavy casualties are arriving creating severe problems for the M*A*S*H unit because they are nearly out of Pentothal. Mulcahy takes up a collection from everyone - including a case of wine from Charles' private supply - and he and Charles take the jeep to make a trade with the black marketers for Pentothal. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Johnny Haymer as Sergeant Zale | Director : Mel Damski | Writer : Tommy Reeder | |
Air Date : Dec. 04, 1978 |
Episode 13 - [An Eye For A Tooth] |
Details : Father Mulcahy takes being passed over for promotion philosophically until he hears of the rapid advancement made by a heroic helicopter pilot. Then his uncharacteristically bold actions stun Colonel Potter and the entire company. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Peter Palmer | John Palmer | Director : Charles S. Dubin | Writer : Ronny Graham | |
Air Date : Dec. 11, 1978 |
Episode 14 - [Dear Sis] |
Details : Father Mulcahy writes a pre-Christmas letter to his sister who is a nun. He recounts his frustrations at not being more effective at the 4077th. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Patricia Driscoll | Jeff Maxwell as Igor | Director : Alan Alda | Writer : Alan Alda | |
Air Date : Dec. 18, 1978 |
Episode 15 - [B j Papa San] |
Details : B.J. almost becomes the surrogate father to a Korean family. Finding them a substitute for his own absent family B.J. spends so much time with them that his medical efficiency begins to suffer and Hawkeye worries about his health. B.J.: First they take me from my wife and kid and just when I find something to help fill the gap they take that away too. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Chao Li Chi | Dick O'Neill | Johnny Haymer as Sergeant Zale | Shizuko Hoshi | Stephen Keep Mills | Director : James Sheldon | Writer : Larry Balmagia | |
Air Date : Jan. 01, 1979 |
Episode 16 - [Inga] |
Details : It's instant attraction for Hawkeye when a beautiful Swedish doctor called Inga arrives to observe combat surgery. That is until she upstages him in the operating room with a superior technique and his ego is bruised. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Alan Alda | Writer : Alan Alda | |
Air Date : Jan. 08, 1979 |
Episode 17 - [The Price] |
Details : The 4077th is confronted by two crises: Colonel Potter's mare Sophie mysteriously disappears from her corral and Hawkeye and B.J. find themselves with a young Korean boy on their hands who is trying to avoid conscription into the Army. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Johnny Haymer as Sergeant Zale | Yuki Shimoda | Jeff Maxwell as Igor | Writer : Erik Tarloff | Director : Charles S. Dubin | |
Air Date : Jan. 15, 1979 |
Episode 18 - [The Young And The Restless] |
Details : A lecture on the latest techniques by a young surgeon from Tokyo and a later demonstration of his surgical skill turns Winchester into a drunk and Potter into an invalid whilst bringing home to Hawkeye and B.J. that they are out of touch with new medical practices. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Mitch Markowitz | Director : William K. Jurgensen | |
Air Date : Jan. 22, 1979 |
Episode 19 - [Hot Lips Is Back In Town] |
Details : Radar who is smitten with the cute new nurse Linda Nugent relies on Hawkeye's expertise on how to cope with the situation. Hot Lips meanwhile celebrates her just-granted divorce by taking a step that arouses Colonel Potter's ire. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Walter Brooke | Writer : Bernard Dilbert | Director : Charles S. Dubin | Writer : Gary Markowitz | |
Air Date : Jan. 29, 1979 |
Episode 20 - [C-a-v-e] |
Details : The 4077th evacuation to a nearby cave to avoid U.S. artillery fire on a Chinese target poses problems for Hawkeye who has a claustrophobia problem that Colonel Potter is unaware of. On the other hand Margaret hates loud noises. And then there's the problem of a seriously wounded soldier... |
Guest Cast and Crew : Mark L. Taylor | Writer : Ronny Graham | Writer : Larry Balmagia | Director : William K. Jurgensen | |
Air Date : Feb. 05, 1979 |
Episode 21 - [Rally 'round The Flagg Boys] |
Details : The sinister Colonel Flagg pops up at the 4077th again playing his usual spy games convinced that Hawkeye is a communist sympathizer after he saves the life of a North Korean soldier. Also an American soldier is less than impressed. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Edward Winter as Colonel Samuel Flagg | Bob Okazaki | Director : Harry Morgan | Writer : Mitch Markowitz | |
Air Date : Feb. 14, 1979 |
Episode 22 - [Preventative Medicine] |
Details : On a sub-note Klinger plays the part of a voodoo practioner to try and get out of the army. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Jeff Maxwell as Igor | Director : Tony Mordente | Writer : Tommy Reeder | |
Air Date : Feb. 19, 1979 |
Episode 23 - [A Night At Rosie's] |
Details : A typical day in the life of Rosie's bar complete with AWOL problem drinkers a bound and gagged Winchester and a gambling scheme. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Keye Luke | Director : Burt Metcalfe | Writer : David Isaacs | Writer : Ken Levine | |
Air Date : Feb. 26, 1979 |
Episode 24 - [Ain't Love Grand] |
Details : The impossible happens for the snobbish Charles when he shares an emotional experience with Klinger who discovers a U.S. nurse Debbie finds him and his bizarre attire attractive while Charles succumbs to the exotic charms of a Korean girl called Sooni who he meets at Rosie's Bar. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Judy Farrell | Kit McDonough | Director : Mike Farrell | Writer : David Isaacs | Writer : Ken Levine | |
Air Date : Mar. 05, 1979 |
Episode 25 - [The Party] |
Details : Talk of a post-war reunion gives BJ an idea- planning a present-day stateside gathering of 4077th families. He continues to obsess with the idea even under the duress of bug-out instigated by a Chinese breakthrough. Also Klinger fears that the party will blow his cover as his mother doesn't know he's stationed in Korea. |
Guest Cast and Crew : Burt Metcalfe | Writer : Alan Alda | Writer : Burt Metcalfe | Director : Burt Metcalfe | |
Air Date : Mar. 12, 1979 |