M*A*S*H TV Season 8
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Season 8: 1979-1980 Edit
List of Episodes (in broadcast order)Edit
| Date aired | Episode title | Production No. | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 17, 1979 | Too Many Cooks | S-504 | The 4077 receives a patient who is a bumbler at the front but regular gourmet in the mess tent. The surgical staff try and convince Potter to keep him but he flatly refuses, he has enough trouble as it is. His marriage is in danger |
| September 24, 1979 | Are You Now, Margaret? | S-501 | A Congressional aide comes to the camp with accusations of Margaret of being a communist sympathizer that could ruin her career. |
| October 1, 1979 | Guerilla My Dreams | S-308 | Hawkeye refuses to accept a South Korean officer's warning that a wounded civilian he brought in is a dangerous enemy guerrilla soldier. |
| October 8, 1979 | Good-Bye Radar: Part 1 | S-307 | As Radar makes his way back from leave, the camp struggles with a total loss of electricity with a malfunctioning generator and the backup is stolen. |
| October 15, 1979 | Good-Bye Radar: Part 2 | S-305 | Although Radar is granted a hardship discharge, the camp's difficulties make him seriously consider staying. |
| October 22, 1979 | Period of Adjustment | S-310 | B.J. and Klinger get drunk in despair at being envious to the now departed Radar. |
| October 29, 1979 | Nurse Doctor | S-311 | The senior staff's attempt to help a nurse enter medical school to become a doctor is complicated by her unwanted romantic advances towards Father Mulcahy. |
| November 5, 1979 | Private Finance | S-311 | Pierce deals with a dead soldier's ill-gotten gains, while a Korean mama attacks Klinger for dishonoring her daughter. |
| November 12, 1979 | Mr. and Mrs. Who? | S-309 | After a drunken trip to Tokyo, Winchester is visited by his new wife. Meanwhile, the camp is hit with an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever that they don't know how to deal with. |
| November 19, 1979 | The Yalu Brick Road | S-302 | Hawkeye and BJ get lost in enemy territory. |
| November 26, 1979 | Life Time | S-306 | As marked by an on screen clock, the 4077th staff have a specific time limit to operate on a patient before he dies or is left paralyzed. |
| December 3, 1979 | Dear Uncle Abdul | S-304 | Now resigned to staying for his term of service, Klinger writes home about his job, which includes appeasing the eccentricities of the officers. |
| December 10, 1979 | Captains Outrageous | S-313 | While the 4077th staff substitute for Rosie at her bar, Father Mulcahy is at the end of his patience when he is passed over for promotion yet again. |
| December 17, 1979 | Stars and Stripes | S-312 | Friction occurs when Winchester and B.J. are asked to write an article for a prestigious journal on a procedure they'd performed. Margaret discovers more about herself through a visit from Scully. |
| December 31, 1979 | Yessir, That’s Our Baby | S-320 | When the 4077th staff find an abandoned Amerasian baby, their efforts to help her prove a frustrating struggle. |
| January 7, 1980 | Bottle Fatigue | S-314 | Hawkeye goes on the wagon and drives everyone crazy. When Winchester hears that his sister is going to marry an Italian, he goes nuts, doing everything in his power to stop the marriage. |
| January 14, 1980 | Heal Thyself | S-315 | When the mumps bring down Col. Potter and Winchester, a replacement surgeon from Tokyo is brought in. |
| January 21, 1980 | Old Soldiers | S-316 | When Col. Potter is called to Tokyo to visit a sick friend, the 4077th must treat a group of refugee orphans. |
| January 28, 1980 | Morale Victory | S-318 | While Hawkeye and BJ struggle as morale officers of the disgruntled camp, Winchester tries to help a patient whose pianist career seems ruined due to a crippled hand. |
| February 4, 1980 | Lend a Hand | J-317 | Irritated that the 4077th is planning a "surprise" birthday party for him, Hawkeye aids a wounded surgeon at the front and habitually disagrees with wisecracking medical advisor Dr. Anthony Borelli. Constant interruptions prevent Klinger from frosting a cake in Hawkeye's honor. |
| February 11, 1980 | Goodbye, Cruel World | S-319 | When Klinger's attempt to redecorate his office is rejected, he decides to desert while Hawkeye has a homebound war hero patient who attempts suicide. |
| February 18, 1980 | Dreams | S-322 | During a hectic non-stop rush of wounded that is overcrowding the camp, the staff's brief naps have disturbing dreams in which the war is an never-ending intrusion. |
| March 3, 1980 | War Co-Respondent | S-321 | A visiting war correspondent falls for B.J. He is attracted to her as well, and that causes him to feel torn. |
| March 10, 1980 | Back Pay | S-323 | Pierce is upset by the fact that civilian doctors are making a lot of money off the war, and decides to bill the army for all his work. Meanwhile, Winchester is reluctantly showing 3 Korean doctors American medical techniques, putting them down all the while, until he is on the receiving end of their expertise. |
| March 24, 1980 | April Fools | S-324 | A visiting spit and polish officer visits the camp at the worst time during April Fool's Day. |
