Episode guide
M*A*S*H: Season 9
20 episodes · premiered Nov 17, 1980
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- Episode 1: The Best of Enemies Nov 17, 1980 · 25m On his way to some R&R in Tokyo, a North Korean soldier forces Hawkeye to perform an emergency roadside operation on his buddy.
- Episode 2: Letters Nov 24, 1980 · 25m 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…
- Episode 3: Cementing Relationships Dec 1, 1980 · 25m 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.
- Episode 4: Father's Day Dec 8, 1980 · 25m 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…
- Episode 5: Death Takes a Holiday Dec 15, 1980 · 25m 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…
- Episode 6: A War for All Seasons Dec 29, 1980 · 25m 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…
- Episode 7: Your Retention Please Jan 5, 1981 · 25m 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.
- Episode 8: Tell It to the Marines Jan 12, 1981 · 25m 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.
- Episode 9: Taking the Fifth Jan 19, 1981 · 25m 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.
- Episode 10: Operation Friendship Jan 26, 1981 · 25m 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.
- Episode 11: No Sweat Feb 2, 1981 · 25m 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…
- Episode 12: Depressing News Feb 9, 1981 · 25m Klinger's army newspaper reports on Hawkeye's monument to military stupidity; a giant tower made from a half million erroneously shipped tongue depressors.
- Episode 13: No Laughing Matter Feb 16, 1981 · 25m 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…
- Episode 14: Oh, How We Danced Feb 23, 1981 · 25m Winchester is sent to inspect sanitary conditions on the frontlines, while the rest of the camp plans a surprise anniversary party for B.J.
- Episode 15: Bottoms Up Mar 2, 1981 · 25m 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.
- Episode 16: The Red/White Blues Mar 9, 1981 · 25m Colonel Potter nearly blows his stack when his well-intentioned colleagues mollycoddle him in order to lower his blood pressure.
- Episode 17: Bless You, Hawkeye Mar 16, 1981 · 25m 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.
- Episode 18: Blood Brothers Apr 6, 1981 · 25m 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…
- Episode 19: The Foresight Saga Apr 13, 1981 · 25m 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.
- Episode 20: The Life You Save May 4, 1981 · 25m 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.