Heal Thyself is the seventeenth episode of the eighth season of the CBS-TV series M*A*S*H; Directed by cast member Mike Farrell, the episode was co-written by Gene Reynolds and Dennis Koenig (who collaborated on the story & teleplay) W.C. Heinz, RIchard Hooker, Ring Lardner Jr., who all were co-writers for the 1970 M*A*S*H* film, who were uncredited, also contributed as writers on the episode, which originally aired on January 14, 1980.

Plot synopsisEdit

Colonel Potter and Major Winchester are both quarantined with the mumps, while Klinger tries not to catch the disease and suffer one of its side-effects: sterility. Potter and Winchester’s temporary replacement, Dr. Steven Newsom (played by actor Edward Herrman) a seasoned army surgeon who last saw action in an incredibly bloody battle at the Pusan Permiter, makes fast friends in the camp but soon suffers a nervous breakdown.

External linksEdit

• M*A*S*H episode Heal Thyself at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)