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| M*A*S*H Season 9 : |
| The ninth season of M*A*S*H aired Mondays at 9:00-9:30 pm on CBS. |
| Episode 1 - [The Best Of Enemies] |
| Details : On his way to some RAndR in Tokyo a North Korean soldier forces Hawkeye to perform an emergency roadside operation on his buddy. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Mako | Director : Charles S. Dubin | |
| Air Date : Nov. 17, 1980 |
| Episode 2 - [Letters] |
| Details : Members of the 4077th share their impressions of war in response to letters from fourth graders in Hawkeye's hometown. Margaret writes about how there are some patients she will never forget whilst the Colonel tells of his days as 'Hoops' Potter. Hawkeye: Dear Ronnie it's a shame to let the love you have for your brother turn to hate for others. Hate makes war and war is what killed Keith. I understand how you feel. Sometimes I hate myself for being here. But sometimes in the midst of all this insanity the smallest thing can make my being here seems worthwhile. Maybe the best answer I have for you is that you look for good wherever you can find it. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Michael Currie | Larry Cedar | Director : Charles S. Dubin | |
| Air Date : Nov. 24, 1980 |
| Episode 3 - [Cementing Relationships] |
| Details : A jilted Italian soldier Corpsman Ignazio De Simone is smitten by Margaret; Klinger pours a cement floor in the operating room to fight the spread of germs. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Mel Harris | Joel Brooks | Director : Charles S. Dubin | |
| Air Date : Dec. 01, 1980 |
| Episode 4 - [Father's Day] |
| Details : Margaret has trouble pretending she's a chip off the old block when her dad blood and guts Howitzer Al Houlihan arrives for a visit. Also Hawkeye fixes up a soldier who repays them with a large side of steak but the general who it belongs to is really steamed. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jeffrey Kramer | Art LaFleur | Andrew Duggan | Director : Alan Alda | Writer : Karen Hall | |
| Air Date : Dec. 08, 1980 |
| Episode 5 - [Death Takes A Holiday] |
| Details : Hawkeye B.J. and Margaret try to save the life of a critically injured solider so that his family won't think of Christmas as the day that their father died. Meanwhile Winchester fulfills a family Christmas tradition but has trouble maintaining the anonymity required to keep it a truly charitable act. Even Klinger lends a hand. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Keye Luke | G. W. Bailey as Sgt. Rizzo | Jeff Maxwell as Igor | Director : Mike Farrell | |
| Air Date : Dec. 15, 1980 |
| Episode 6 - [A War For All Seasons] |
| Details : On New Year's Eve the staff looks back on the highlights of 1951: The doctors invent an artificial kidney machine; Mulcahy plants a garden; Margaret takes up knitting; and Klinger and Winchester bet on which baseball team will win the pennant. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jeff Maxwell as Igor | Director : Burt Metcalfe | |
| Air Date : Dec. 29, 1980 |
| Episode 7 - [Your Retention Please] |
| Details : Klinger is so depressed by news that his ex-wife plans to remarry he reenlists for an additional six-year hitch. Meanwhile a male nurse has a gripe against the army. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Barry Corbin | Jeff Maxwell as Igor | Writer : Erik Tarloff | Director : Charles S. Dubin | |
| Air Date : Jan. 05, 1981 |
| Episode 8 - [Tell It To The Marines] |
| Details : Winchester takes command during Potter's absence; and B.J. and Hawkeye try to convince the Marines to grant a hardship discharge to an immigrant soldier Private Jost Van Liter. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Denny Miller | Director : Harry Morgan | |
| Air Date : Jan. 12, 1981 |
| Episode 9 - [Taking The Fifth] |
| Details : Hawkeye uses a bottle of vintage wine to lure unsuspecting nurses into his den; and Potter tries to secure a different sort of anesthetic when the army threatens to ban a painkiller. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Charles Hallahan | Judy Farrell | Director : Charles S. Dubin | |
| Air Date : Jan. 19, 1981 |
| Episode 10 - [Operation Friendship] |
| Details : Klinger saves Winchester's life when an explosion rocks the operating room; and B.J. is reluctant to reveal the extent of his injuries after the blast. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Tim O'Connor | |
| Air Date : Jan. 26, 1981 |
| Episode 11 - [No Sweat] |
| Details : Margaret develops a case of prickly heat Charles does his tax returns and Klinger takes the P.A. apart - just some of the events which occur during another unendurably hot night at the 4077th. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jeff Maxwell as Igor | Writer : John Rappaport | Director : Burt Metcalfe | |
| Air Date : Feb. 02, 1981 |
| Episode 12 - [Depressing News] |
| Details : Klinger's army newspaper reports on Hawkeye's monument to military stupidity; a giant tower made from a half million erroneously shipped tongue depressors. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : William Bogert | Rodney Saulsberry | Director : Alan Alda | |
| Air Date : Feb. 09, 1981 |
| Episode 13 - [No Laughing Matter] |
| Details : Hawkeye wagers that he can go a full day without a wisecrack and Winchester finally confronts the major who exiled him to the 4077th. Charles: I will not even for a return to that pearl of the Orient Tokyo lie to protect you while destroying a friend's career. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Robert Symonds | Jeff Maxwell as Igor | Director : Burt Metcalfe | |
| Air Date : Feb. 16, 1981 |
| Episode 14 - [Oh How We Danced] |
| Details : Winchester is sent to inspect sanitary conditions on the frontlines while the rest of the camp plans a surprise anniversary party for B.J. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Yuki Shimoda | Writer : John Rappaport | Director : Burt Metcalfe | |
| Air Date : Feb. 23, 1981 |
| Episode 15 - [Bottoms Up] |
| Details : One of Margaret's nurses tries to hide her severe drinking problem and Hawkeye is scorned after a practical joke he plays on Winchester backfires. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Gail Strickland | Jeff Maxwell as Igor | Director : Alan Alda | |
| Air Date : Mar. 02, 1981 |
| Episode 16 - [The Red White Blues] |
| Details : Colonel Potter nearly blows his stack when his well-intentioned colleagues mollycoddle him in order to lower his blood pressure. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jeff Maxwell as Igor | Director : Gabrielle Beaumont | |
| Air Date : Mar. 09, 1981 |
| Episode 17 - [Bless You Hawkeye] |
| Details : When Hawkeye can't stop a sneezing fit that has no apparent cause psychiatrist Sidney Freedman digs into the surgeon's past for a clue to this unusual malady. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Allan Arbus as Dr. Sidney Freedman | |
| Air Date : Mar. 16, 1981 |
| Episode 18 - [Blood Brothers] |
| Details : Hawkeye is overcome by the devotion of a terminally ill G.I. who has leukemia for his critically wounded buddy but he has trouble coming to terms with the fact that he can't cure the man. Meanwhile Father Mulcahy is worried about the impending visit of a Cardinal. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Patrick Swayze as Gary Sturgis | G. W. Bailey as Sgt. Rizzo | Jeff Maxwell as Igor | Ray Middleton as Cardinal Reardon | Director : Harry Morgan | |
| Air Date : Apr. 06, 1981 |
| Episode 19 - [The Foresight Saga] |
| Details : The 4077th is given a gift of fresh-grown vegetables by a grateful Korean; and Potter questions the veracity of an upbeat letter from Radar. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Philip Sterling | Jeff Maxwell as Igor | Director : Charles S. Dubin | |
| Air Date : Apr. 13, 1981 |
| Episode 20 - [The Life You Save] |
| Details : After Charles is nearly felled by a sniper's bullet he develops a philosophical obsession with death. Meanwhile the officers have all been assigned new responsibilities. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Meshach Taylor | G. W. Bailey as Sgt. Rizzo | Andrew Parks | Val Bisoglio | Director : Alan Alda | |
| Air Date : May. 04, 1981 |