I was only 4 or 5 when this season aired, and yet I still love this show as one of the best shows of my Childhood, right up there with TAXI. An enjoyable season, and the last with Radar which made for a huge change after this season. If you saw this show and loved it, you will like this season.

REVIEW CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS…

Alan Alda plays Captain “Hawkeye” Pierce
Mike Farrell joins the cast as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt
Harry Morgan as Colonel Sherman T. Potter
Loretta Switt plays Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan
David Ogden Stiers as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III
Gary Burghoff plays Corporal Walter “Radar O’Rielly
Jamie Farr plays reluctant Corporal Mazwell Q. Klingar
William Christopher plays Father Mulcahy

Some highlights of the season include:

COMMANDER PIERCE when Hawkeye is given command he completely changes and gets a little respect for Army discipline.

PEACE ON US has Hawkeye losing it and stealing a jeep and heading to the Peace talks to to try and make a difference.

LIL has Radar losing it when Potter gets a little too close with a female nurse of his own age.

NONE LIKE IT HOT is about a bathtub that Hawkeye and BJ get, which is the perfect cure for the heat streak that is hitting the camp.

THEY CALL THE WING KOREA has Charles heading for R&R, but ending up with Klingar helping a crashed truck filled with missing Greek soldiers during a huge storm.

MAJOR EGO has Charles saving a patient and calling stars and stripes to get himself out, but stops the article when he almost loses his patient because of show boating.

BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE has Winchester becoming not so popular when he gets a full winter suite from his parents.

POINT OF VIEW is a famous one, where we see the whole episode from the eyes of a badly wounded soldier. Quite an impressive episode.

DEAR COMRADE has Winchester taking a Korean servant, who happens to be a North Korean spy.

B.J. PAPA SAN has B.J. becoming a surrogate father for a Korean family, but not expecting to lose them so quickly.

INGA has Hawkeye and the other doctors not being able to handle the skill of a female Swedish doctor, who Hawkeye finally falls for, but not until she is ready to leave camp.

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS has Winchester losing it after a kid comes to camp and proves himself the best surgeon.

C*A*V*E is when we find out that Hawkeye has claustrophobia, when the camp is being shelled from all sides and has to head to some local caves for safety.

PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE has Hawkeye doing surgery on a Colonel with a huge casualty rate that he doesn’t need to get him off the line.

A NIGHT AT ROSIE’S has B.J. and Hawkeye declaring independence at Rosie’s bar and taking most of the camp.

THE PARTY has B.J. preparing a party for all the family back in the states that turns out to be a huge success.

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Wow this was a great season, so many memorable episodes. Well worth checking out.