| M*A*S*H* Season 7 | |
|---|---|
| "M*A*S*H* - Season Seven" | |
 DVD Cover for Season 7 of M*A*S*H. | |
| Season: | Season 7 |
| Original network: |
CBS-TV |
| Country/Language | United States |
| Original Run: | |
| First episode: | November 18, 1978 |
| Final episode: | March 12, 1979 |
| Number of episodes | 26 |
| Created by: | Larry Gelbart |
| Executive producer(s): | Burt Metcalfe (executive producer) |
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The first episode of Season 7 of M*A*S*H, "Commander Pierce", aired November 18, 1978; the final episode, "The Party", aired March 12, 1979. Colonel Sam Flagg appears for the final time in "Rally 'Round the Flagg, Boys"; Maj. Major Sidney Freedman appears twice, in "Our Finest Hour", which also featured for the second time, former Korean War newsreel correspondent/journalist Clete Roberts, and "The Billfold Syndrome".
Major events[]
- Margaret divorces Donald Penobscott.
- BJ grows a mustache, which he adorns for the remainder of the series.
Season 7 (1978-1979): List of Episodes[]
- This table lists the episodes in the order they were first broadcast. The episodes were not all broadcast in the same order as they were produced. The broadcast order is also the order of episodes in the DVD set. However, syndicated reruns and paid streaming services such as Netflix sometimes follow the production order (e.g.T-401, T-402, T-403....)
- In Season 7 the episodes are fairly self-contained and there are no serious discontinuities watching the episodes in either order. "Hot weather episodes" like "None Like It Hot" and "Cold weather episodes" like "Baby, It's Cold Outside" and "They Call the Wind Korea" occur very close to one another, but the logic doesn't improve by watching them in production order.
- There is a break in broadcast on Christmas Day, 12/25/1978. A repeat of Lil was broadcast.
| Season 7 episodes | ||||||
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| Ep.# | # in Series | Date aired | Episode title | Directed by | Written by | Prod. code |
| 1 | 148 | September 18, 1978 | "Commander Pierce" | Burt Metcalfe | Story by : Ronny Graham & Don Segall Teleplay by : Ronny Graham |
T-404 |
| When Pierce is temporarily put in charge of the 4077th, the weight of the responsibility takes its toll. He changes, becoming up-tight and authoritarian. | ||||||
| 2 | 149 | September 25, 1978 | "Peace on Us" | George Tyne | Ken Levine & David Isaacs | T-401 |
| When the Army increases the number of points needed for a discharge, Hawkeye gets angry and interrupts official peace talks. Meanwhile, Margaret decides to divorce Donald after he permanently transfers himself stateside. | ||||||
| 3 | 150 | October 2, 1978 | "Lil" | Burt Metcalfe | Sheldon Bull | T-406 |
| Radar gets bent out of shape when he thinks Colonel Potter is spending too much time with (Colonel Lillian Rayburn), a visiting female colonel (special guest star Carmen Mathews), and Hawkeye tries to figure out what BJ's initials really stand for. | ||||||
| 4
5 |
151
152 |
October 9, 1978 | "Our Finest Hour" | Burt Metcalfe | Ken Levine, David Isaacs, Larry Balmagia, Ronny Graham & David Lawrence | T-408 T-409 |
| An hour-long series retrospective. A war correspondent, Clete Roberts (who guest stars as himself), interviews the staff. Mixed in are scenes from past shows. | ||||||
| 6 | 153 | October 16, 1978 | "The Billfold Syndrome" | Alan Alda | Ken Levine & David Isaacs | T-405 |
| Major Winchester decides to quit talking to everyone at the camp, which Hawkeye and B.J. take as a challenge. Meanwhile, an injured medic gets amnesia, as Major Sidney Freedman is enlisted by Colonel Potter to help the medic regain his memories and deal with the traumatic circumstances which led to it. | ||||||
| 7 | 154 | October 23, 1978 | "None Like It Hot" | Tony Mordente | Ken Levine, David Isaacs & Johnny Bonaduce | T-410 |
| A bath tub Hawkeye and B.J. purchase during a heat wave instantly becomes the ultimate hot spot. | ||||||
| 8 | 155 | October 30, 1978 | "They Call the Wind Korea" | Charles S. Dubin | Ken Levine & David Isaacs | T-407 |
| During a wind storm, and while lost on the way to Seoul, Winchester and Klinger come across an overturned Greek transport with several injured men. | ||||||
| 9 | 156 | November 6, 1978 | "Major Ego" | Alan Alda | Larry Balmagia | T-412 |
| Major Winchester lets his surgical prowess go to his head when a "Stars and Stripes" journalist comes to interview him. But the journalist is more interested in making moves on Margaret than getting the story. | ||||||
| 10 | 157 | November 13, 1978 | "Baby, It’s Cold Outside" | George Tyne | Gary David Goldberg | T-403 |
| The 4077th is forced to use extreme measures to save a group of soldiers suffering from hypothermia, while Klinger suffers temporary deafness after a mine explosion on his watch. | ||||||
| 11 | 158 | November 20, 1978 | "Point of View" | Charles S. Dubin | Ken Levine & David Isaacs | T-415 |
| You see a wounded soldier being treated at the 4077th through his eyes. | ||||||
| 12 | 159 | November 27, 1978 | "Dear Comrade" | Charles S. Dubin | Tom Reeder | T-413 |
| A North Korean Spy infiltrates the 4077 and poses as Charles' houseboy, in order to observe and report on 4077th's efficiency and success to his superiors. | ||||||
| 13 | 160 | December 4, 1978 | "Out of Gas" | Mel Damski | Tom Reeder | T-411 |
| When the camp copes with a critical shortage of sodium pentathol, a vital anesthetic, Father Mulcahy must use his black market contacts to get some. | ||||||
| 14 | 161 | December 11, 1978 | "An Eye for a Tooth" | Charles S. Dubin | Ronny Graham | T-414 |
| Winchester encourages Hawkeye, B.J. and Margaret to raise the stakes in their practical joke battle, and Father Mulcahy is desperate to receive a promotion. | ||||||
| 15 | 162 | December 18, 1978 | "Dear Sis" | Alan Alda | Alan Alda | T-417 |
| It's Christmas time in Korea, and everybody's depressed - especially Father Mulcahy, who is concerned that he isn't making a difference to anyone. | ||||||
| 16 | 163 | January 1, 1979 | "B.J. Papa San" | james Sheldon | Larry Balmagia | T-402 |
| B.J. helps out a local Korean family. Meanwhile, a general has a series of mishaps in camp. | ||||||
| 17 | 164 | January 8, 1979 | "Inga" | Alan Alda | Alan Alda | T-420 |
| Hawkeye falls for a visiting Swedish doctor (special guest star Mariette Hartley), but is disconcerted by her take-charge ways. As a result, he is forced to confront his chauvinistic views toward powerful women. | ||||||
| 18 | 165 | January 15, 1979 | "The Price" | Charles S. Dubin | Erik Tarloff | T-418 |
| Klinger tries to bribe Colonel Potter, but Potter is more concerned with the disappearance of his horse, Sophie. Meanwhile, Hawkeye and B.J. try to hide a man who is about to be drafted into the Korean army. | ||||||
| 19 | 166 | January 22, 1979 | "The Young and the Restless" | William Jurgensen | Mitch Markowitz | T-421 |
| The arrival of fresh-faced lecturer Capt. Simmons and his subsequent performance in ER turns Winchester into a drunk, Potter into an invalid, and BJ into a bookworm. | ||||||
| 20 | 167 | January 29, 1979 | "Hot Lips is Back in Town" | Charles S. Dubin | Story by : Bernard Dilbert and Gary Markowitz Teleplay by : Larry Balmagia and Bernard Dilbert |
T-419 |
| Margaret celebrates her newly obtained divorce by creating a new way to handle triage and invites a general to observe. Radar is enamored of a new nurse and tries everything he knows to get her attention. | ||||||
| 21 | 168 | February 5, 1979 | "C*A*V*E" | William Jurgensen | Larry Balmagia & Ronny Graham | T-423 |
| A hurried relocation to a cave is complicated by Hawkeye revealing he has claustrophobia. | ||||||
| 22 | 169 | February 14, 1979 | "Rally ‘Round the Flagg, Boys" | Harry Morgan | Mitch Markowitz | T-425 |
| Colonel Flagg (Edward Winter) drops by the camp again, attempting to recruit Winchester to spy on Hawkeye, whom he suspects is a spy himself. | ||||||
| 23 | 170 | February 19, 1979 | "Preventative Medicine" | Tony Mordente | Tom Reeder | T-416 |
| Hawkeye Pierce performs a shocking and sinister stunt to keep a war-obsessed battalion commander, Colonel Bingham Lacy (guest star James Wainwright) from sending more young victims to a possible early grave. | ||||||
| 24 | 171 | February 26, 1979 | "A Night at Rosie’s" | Burt Metcalfe | Ken Levine & David Isaacs | T-426 |
| In an act of "protest", Hawkeye goes to Rosie's Bar and decrees he is not leaving. One by one he is joined by fellow surgeons and staff, including an annoyed Colonel Potter. | ||||||
| 25 | 172 | March 5, 1979 | "Ain't Love Grand" | Mike Farrell | Ken Levine & David Isaacs | T-422 |
| While B.J. and Hawkeye snipe at each other, Klinger romances a nurse (Kit McDonough) and Winchester romances a Korean working girl (Sylvia Chang). | ||||||
| 26 | 173 | March 12, 1979 | "The Party" | Burt Metcalfe | Alan Alda & Burt Metcalfe | T-424 |
| Even while the camp is bugging out (and back), B.J. promotes the idea of a stateside "reunion" for the families of those at the 4077th. | ||||||