MAS*H: Season 9

1980 · 20 episodes · ★ 7.5

What Season 9 of MAS*H

Season 9 of M*A*S*H has 20 episodes and premiered on November 17, 1980. Here's the complete episode guide with air dates, runtimes and ratings.

20episodes

Nov 17, 1980Aired

May 4, 1981latest episode

8.3 hrtotal runtime

Season 9 Episodes

9x01 The Best of Enemies
Nov 17, 1980 · 25 min · ★ 7.4
On his way to some R&R in Tokyo, a North Korean soldier forces Hawkeye to perform an emergency roadside operation on his buddy.
Directing: Charles S. Dubin · Writing: Sheldon Bull · Starring: Mako
9x02 Letters
Nov 24, 1980 · 25 min
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 forget, whilst the Colonel tells of his days as 'Hoops' Potter. Hawkeye: "Dear Ronnie, it's a shame to let the love you have for your brother turn to hate for others. Hate makes war, and war is what killed Keith. I understand how you feel. Sometimes I hate myself for being here. But sometimes in the midst of all this insanity, the smallest thing can make my being here seems worthwhile. Maybe the best answer I have for you is that you look for good wherever you can find it."
Directing: Charles S. Dubin · Starring: Michael Currie, Larry Cedar
9x03 Cementing Relationships
Dec 1, 1980 · 25 min
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.
Directing: Charles S. Dubin · Starring: Mel Harris, Joel Brooks
9x04 Father's Day
Dec 8, 1980 · 25 min
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 with a large side of steak, but the general who it belongs to is really steamed.
Directing: Alan Alda · Writing: Karen Hall · Starring: Jeffrey Kramer, Art LaFleur, Andrew Duggan, Roy Evans
9x05 Death Takes a Holiday
Dec 15, 1980 · 25 min
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 fulfills a family Christmas tradition but has trouble maintaining the anonymity required to keep it a truly charitable act. Even Klinger lends a hand.
Directing: Mike Farrell · Starring: Keye Luke, G.W. Bailey, Jeff Maxwell
9x06 A War for All Seasons
Dec 29, 1980 · 25 min
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 Winchester bet on which baseball team will win the pennant.
Directing: Burt Metcalfe · Starring: Jeff Maxwell
9x07 Your Retention Please
Jan 5, 1981 · 25 min
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.
Directing: Charles S. Dubin · Writing: Erik Tarloff · Starring: Barry Corbin, Jeff Maxwell
9x08 Tell It to the Marines
Jan 12, 1981 · 25 min
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.
Directing: Harry Morgan · Starring: Michael McGuire, Denny Miller, James Gallery
9x09 Taking the Fifth
Jan 19, 1981 · 25 min
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.
Directed by: Charles S. Dubin · Starring: Charles Hallahan, Judy Farrell
9x10 Operation Friendship
Jan 26, 1981 · 25 min
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.
With: Tim O'Connor
9x11 No Sweat
Feb 2, 1981 · 25 min
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 4077th.
Directed by: Burt Metcalfe · Written by: John Rappaport · Starring: Jeff Maxwell
9x12 Depressing News
Feb 9, 1981 · 25 min
Klinger's army newspaper reports on Hawkeye's monument to military stupidity; a giant tower made from a half million erroneously shipped tongue depressors.
Directing: Alan Alda · Starring: William Bogert, Rodney Saulsberry
9x13 No Laughing Matter
Feb 16, 1981 · 25 min
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 of the Orient, Tokyo, lie to protect you while destroying a friend's career."
Directing: Burt Metcalfe · Starring: Jeff Maxwell, Robert Symonds
9x14 Oh, How We Danced
Feb 23, 1981 · 25 min
Winchester is sent to inspect sanitary conditions on the frontlines, while the rest of the camp plans a surprise anniversary party for B.J.
Directing: Burt Metcalfe · Writing: John Rappaport · Starring: Yuki Shimoda, Arlen Dean Snyder
9x15 Bottoms Up
Mar 2, 1981 · 25 min
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.
Directed by: Alan Alda · Starring: Gail Strickland, Jeff Maxwell, Jimmy Baron
9x16 The Red/White Blues
Mar 9, 1981 · 25 min
Colonel Potter nearly blows his stack when his well-intentioned colleagues mollycoddle him in order to lower his blood pressure.
Directed by: Gabrielle Beaumont · Starring: Jeff Maxwell
9x17 Bless You, Hawkeye
Mar 16, 1981 · 25 min · ★ 7.2
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.
Starring: Allan Arbus
9x18 Blood Brothers
Apr 6, 1981 · 25 min · ★ 7.7
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 man. Meanwhile, Father Mulcahy is worried about the impending visit of a Cardinal.
Directing: Harry Morgan · Starring: G.W. Bailey, Patrick Swayze, Jeff Maxwell, Ray Middleton
9x19 The Foresight Saga
Apr 13, 1981 · 25 min · ★ 6.4
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.
Directing: Charles S. Dubin · Starring: Philip Sterling, Jeff Maxwell
9x20 The Life You Save Season Finale
May 4, 1981 · 25 min
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.
Directed by: Alan Alda · Written by: Alan Alda, John Rappaport · Starring: G.W. Bailey, Andrew Parks, Arthur Taxier, Val Bisoglio