MAS*H: Season 8

1979 · 25 episodes · ★ 7.6

What Season 8 of MAS*H

I can't write the season 8 overview with the sources provided. The 25 episodes listed belong to the first season (from "Too Many Cooks" to "April Fools"), and there is no information about the eighth season. If you send me the episode list and premise for that season, I'll write the text using that information.

25episodes

Sep 17, 1979premiered

Mar 24, 1980Latest episode

10.4 hrtotal runtime

Season 8 Episodes

8x01 Too Many Cooks
Sep 17, 1979 · 25 min
A clumsy foot soldier, 'Look out below' Conway, finds the quickest way to the crew's heart, boosting morale at the 4077th by cooking gourmet delights. Only Colonel Potter, burdened with a personal crisis, is immune from the high spirits enveloping the hospital.
Directing: Charles S. Dubin · Starring: John Randolph, Ed Begley Jr.
8x02 Are You Now, Margaret?
Sep 24, 1979 · 25 min
A Congressional aide, Williamson, visits the 4077th on a supposedly routine fact-finding tour, but it's discovered that his motives are far deeper - too uncover Margaret as a communist sympathizer. His case is full of innuendo, so the gang set out to help Margaret.
Directing: Charles S. Dubin · Writing: Dan Wilcox, Thad Mumford · Starring: Lawrence Pressman, Jeff Maxwell
8x03 Guerilla My Dreams
Oct 1, 1979 · 25 min
The arrival of a wounded Korean woman sparks a conflict at the 4077th: Hawkeye wants to heal her, but a steely ROK officer, Lt. Park, is more anxious to "question" her about alleged guerilla activities.
Directed by: Alan Alda · Written by: Bob Colleary · Starring: Mako, George Cheung
8x04 Good-Bye Radar: Part 1
Oct 8, 1979 · 25 min · ★ 8.6
On leave in Tokyo, Radar is desperately needed back at the crisis-stricken 4077th, but his return is delayed by outside events. While casualties continue to pour in from the front, the 4077th's generator conks out, and the backup has been stolen, depriving the medical unit of all electrical power. But Klinger, filling in for the vacationing Radar, lacks the expertise and experience to wheel and deal for a new machine.
Directed by: Charles S. Dubin · Written by: Ken Levine, David Isaacs · Starring: Johnny Haymer
8x05 Good-Bye Radar: Part 2
Oct 15, 1979 · 25 min · ★ 8.8
As company clerk Radar O'Reilly reluctantly prepares to depart the 4077th, the unit is still without electricity due to a broken generator, and the operating room continues to fill up with war wounded as night falls. The responsibility for procuring a new generator falls on Klinger, who lacks Radar's masterful knack of cutting through red tape in search of much-needed supplies.
Directing: Charles S. Dubin · Writing: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
8x06 Period of Adjustment
Oct 22, 1979 · 25 min
Klinger and BJ both have Radar related woes, causing them to go on a drinking binge. A drunken BJ becomes violent with Hawkeye.
Directed by: Charles S. Dubin · Written by: John Rappaport, Jim Mulligan · Starring: Jeff Maxwell
8x07 Nurse Doctor
Oct 29, 1979 · 25 min
A beautiful and ambitious young nurse, Harris, who plans to become a doctor when she leaves the Army, finds herself in a misunderstanding with Father Mulcahy. Meanwhile, the camp's water supply is depleted, and the rest of the 4077th is more concerned about where their next shower will come from.
Directing: Charles S. Dubin · Writing: Dan Wilcox, Thad Mumford, Sy Rosen · Starring: Jeff Maxwell
8x08 Private Finance
Nov 5, 1979 · 25 min
A South Korean Woman misinterprets Klinger's motives when he tries to aid her daughter financially. Meanwhile, Hawkeye wrestles with his conscience over a promise made to a dying soldier, Eddie Hastings.
Directed by: Charles S. Dubin · Starring: Art Evans, Denice Kumagai, Shizuko Hoshi, Mark Kologi
8x09 Mr. and Mrs. Who?
Nov 12, 1979 · 25 min
Charles returns to the 4077th after a trip to Tokyo with an uncharacteristic hangover and the uneasy feeling of a romantic entanglement. Meanwhile, the hospital struggles to find a cure for an outbreak of deadly hemorrhagic fever.
Directing: Burt Metcalfe · Writing: Ronny Graham
8x10 The Yalu Brick Road
Nov 19, 1979 · 25 min · ★ 8.2
Hawkeye and BJ lose their way while rushing urgently needed antibiotics to the 4077th, which is wracked with low-mileage Thanksgiving turkey-induced salmonella. Wandering back to M*A*S*H, the pair are found by a peculiar North Korean soldier.
Directed by: Charles S. Dubin · Written by: Mike Farrell · Starring: G.W. Bailey, Bob Okazaki, Soon-Tek Oh, Jeff Maxwell
8x11 Life Time
Nov 26, 1979 · 25 min · ★ 8.3
Hawkeye and BJ race against the clock to save a soldier from paralysis. BJ harvesting an aorta from a dead soldier doesn't sit well with the soldier's friend.
Directing: Alan Alda · Writing: Alan Alda, Walter D. Dishell, M.D. · Starring: Kevin Brophy, Jeff Maxwell
8x12 Dear Uncle Abdul
Dec 3, 1979 · 25 min
Klinger discovers that his duties as company clerk include catering to the eccentric whims of the 4077th officers. Consequently, the unusual demands by Klinger's superiors leave little time to write a letter home to Toledo. Meanwhile, the Doctors are concerned about a young soldier who appears to be mentally deficient.
Directing: William B. Jurgensen · Writing: John Rappaport, Jim Mulligan · Starring: Kelly Ward, Richard Lineback
8x13 Captains Outrageous
Dec 10, 1979 · 25 min
A brawl at Rosie's Bar puts Rosie in the hospital, and the 4077th doctors are pressed into service as temporary saloon-keepers. Meanwhile, Father Mulcahy is apprehensive that his long-pending promotion to captain will again be denied. Potter: "The Pentagon. Weird looking building. Four walls and a spare. Monument to Murphy's Law."
Directed by: Burt Metcalfe · Written by: Dan Wilcox, Thad Mumford · Starring: G.W. Bailey, John Orchard, Eileen Saki, Paul Cavonis
8x14 Stars and Stripes
Dec 17, 1979 · 25 min
Friction arises between B.J. and Winchester when they are asked to write an article for a prestigious medical journal, on how they saved a soldier's life with a daring operation. Meanwhile, Hot Lips receives an eventful visit from Scully, her combat soldier beau.
Directed by: Harry Morgan · Starring: Jeff Maxwell
8x15 Yessir, That's Our Baby
Dec 31, 1979 · 25 min · ★ 7.4
A baby born to a Korean woman and an American GI is abandoned at the 4077th. Knowing that Amer-Asian children are often mistreated in Korean society, the troop sets about the frustrating task of finding a new home for the infant.
Directed by: Alan Alda · Written by: Jim Mulligan · Starring: William Bogert, Howard Platt, Yuki Shimoda
8x16 Bottle Fatigue
Jan 7, 1980 · 25 min
Horrified by the gigantic size of his monthly bar tab at the officer's club, Hawkeye vows to give up booze for a week. Meanwhile, Winchester desperately tries to halt his sister's impending marriage to a man he considers unworthy of the Winchester heritage.
Directed by: Burt Metcalfe · Written by: Dan Wilcox, Thad Mumford · Starring: Shelley Long, Jeff Maxwell
8x17 Heal Thyself
Jan 14, 1980 · 25 min
Colonel Potter turns crotchety when he catches the mumps, and his condition is worsened when Winchester gets the same disease and has to be quarantined with him. A temporary replacement surgeon, Newsome, is quickly brought into the 4077th and seems to be a gem in terms of both personality and ability.
Directing: Mike Farrell · Starring: Edward Herrmann
8x18 Old Soldiers
Jan 21, 1980 · 25 min
Hawkeye is appointed temporary commander of the 4077th when Colonel Potter rushes off to Tokyo on a mysterious mission. While in command, Hawkeye's main problem is housing a large group of Korean refugees comprised mainly of rambunctious children who need medical care.
Directing: Charles S. Dubin · Starring: Jane Connell
8x19 Morale Victory
Jan 28, 1980 · 25 min
Tired of their constant complaints about the quality of recreational activities at the 4077th, Colonel Potter appoints Hawkeye and B.J. as the new morale officers. Winchester's morale has already reached a new peak: He's ecstatic about his operation on a wounded soldier, Sheridan, which saved the boy's leg, leaving only "negligible" side effects - less use of his right hand. However, the soldier was a concert pianist before the war, so Winchester obtains music written by Maurice Ravel for a pianist that had lost a hand in World War I.
Directed by: Charles S. Dubin · Written by: John Rappaport · Starring: G.W. Bailey, James Stephens, Jeff Maxwell
8x20 Lend a Hand
Feb 4, 1980 · 25 min
Irritated that the 4077th is planning a "surprise" party for him, Hawkeye volunteers to go to the aid of a wounded surgeon at the front. An additional irritant to Hawkeye is the arrival of Dr. Borelli, a wisecracking medical advisor with whom he habitually disagrees.
Directing: Alan Alda · Writing: Alan Alda · Starring: Antony Alda, Robert Alda
8x21 Goodbye, Cruel World
Feb 11, 1980 · 25 min
Klinger redecorates his quarters, but the resultant ridicule he receives drives him to new heights in his efforts to get out of the Army. Meanwhile, the doctors are perplexed by the reaction of an Asian-American war hero who tries to kill himself when he's told that he will be going home. Sidney Freedman is called in to assist.
Directed by: Charles S. Dubin · Written by: Dan Wilcox, Thad Mumford · Starring: Clyde Kusatsu, Philip Bruns, Allan Arbus
8x22 Dreams
Feb 18, 1980 · 25 min · ★ 6.5
The 4077th can't escape the Korean War, even in its dreams. Exhausted after two days without sleep, members of the 4077th steal away for catnaps and experience dreams that reveal their fears, yearnings and frustrations.
Directed by: Alan Alda · Written by: Alan Alda · Starring: Ford Rainey
8x23 War Co-Respondent
Mar 3, 1980 · 25 min
B.J. finds himself attracted to a famous war correspondent, Aggie O'Shea, who has fallen in love with him.
Directing: Mike Farrell · Writing: Mike Farrell · Starring: Calvin Levels, Susan Saint James, Kellye Nakahara, Brad Wilkin
8x24 Back Pay
Mar 10, 1980 · 25 min
Angered by the way civilian doctors in the States are profiting from the war, Hawkeye presents the Army with a bill for his medical services. Meanwhile, Charles reluctantly demonstrates American medical practices to three Korean medics, and is on the receiving end of their medical expertise.
Directed by: Burt Metcalfe · Written by: Dan Wilcox, Thad Mumford · Starring: G.W. Bailey, Sab Shimono, Richard Herd
8x25 April Fools Season Finale
Mar 24, 1980 · 25 min · ★ 7.2
A no-nonsense Colonel, who is notorious as a hard-nosed disciplinarian, visits the 4077th during an outbreak of April Fools' Day pranksterism. Colonel Potter tries in vain to halt the mayhem before Colonel Tucker arrives in camp.
Directed by: Charles S. Dubin · Starring: G.W. Bailey, Pat Hingle