Episode
M*A*S*H: Dear Ma
Overview
Radar writes home to his mother, as Hawkeye conducts the camp foot inspection, and Colonel Potter gets some shrapnel in his backside.
Details
- Series
- M*A*S*H
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1975-12-23
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Dear Ma is Episode 16 in Season 4 of M*A*S*H. It aired on 1975-12-23. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 15: The Price of Tomato Juice
Radar gets the help of Hawkeye and B.J. to procure something Colonel Potter says he's fond of, but that's hard to come by - tomato juice.
Episode 17: Der Tag
Potter decides Frank would be less of a pain if the others were friendlier to him; they oblige, with some startling results.
More episodes from this season
Episode 14: Mail Call, Again
Mail brings a letter to Frank saying his wife is divorcing him, and one to Potter telling him he's going to be a grandfather.
Episode 18: Hawkeye
Hawkeye is injured in a jeep accident and, aware he has a concussion, babbles to a Korean family to keep himself awake.
Episode 13: The Gun
A wounded colonel's gun, a showpiece, disappears, and Hawkeye and B.J. play a hunch and bluff Frank, who has it, into returning it.
Episode 19: Some 38th Parallels
Frank tries to distinguish himself by selling the camp garbage, but it's Hawkeye who finds a use for it: he dumps it on a troublesome Colonel Coner.
Episode 12: Soldier of the Month
Frank has a fever and makes a will, leaving all his money to his wife and all his clothes to Hot Lips.
Episode 20: The Novocaine Mutiny
Frank has Hawkeye up on charges of mutiny, for usurping his authority when Potter was away on leave, and Frank was the C.O. The Judge Advocate, Colonel Carmichael, tries the case; BJ, Potter, and Radar are in attendance of the preliminary hearing to offer support for Hawkeye. There are several versions of what happened: according to Frank, he was trying to hold the 4077th together during heavy casualties when everyone else was falling apart; according to The Eye Of The Hawk, BJ and Radar, it was Frank who was out of control with his regimen. Finding no evidence of the alleged mutiny, the judge drops all charges against Hawkeye and puts Frank in his place (but will he stay there?!).
Episode 11: Of Moose and Men
Hawkeye tangles with a tough Army colonel, Colonel Spiker, B.J. helps Zale, who's received a "Dear John" letter, and Frank looks endlessly for Korean saboteurs.
Episode 21: Smilin' Jack
The 4077th turns up a sick helicopter pilot, 'Smilin' Jack, who doesn't want to quit, and a twice-wounded GI who does.
Episode 10: Dear Peggy
B.J. writes home to his wife, Peg, reporting Klinger's escape attempts, the visit of a formidable chaplain, and one of Frank's goof-ups.
Episode 22: The More I See You
Hawkeye is reunited with a woman he thought was out of his life forever, but who never altogether leaves.