M*A*S*H (1972)

Overview
In the midst of the horror and fighting of the Korean War, another war is being fought just a few short miles from the front lines. It is waged by the doctors and staff of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital who struggle to save the lives of the countless wounded who are rushed in and out of their semi-permanent camp. With precious little time, supplies, or support; they grimly continue on their task of saving as many as they can ... or letting them pass in quiet dignity even as the bullets and bombs rattle the operating rooms.

It's a difficult and soul crushing toil as they fight to maintain their own sanity and spirits on this battlefield. But the doctors, nurses, and staff soldier on and use laughter as the best medicine as the war grinds on...

A hugely popular and long lasting television series adapted from the 1970 film ''MASH. The film itself based upon a novel "MASH: A Novel About Three Doctors"'' that drew inspiration from a physician's real life experiences working at a MASH unit.  M*A*S*H also had two sequel spin-offs series; After M*A*S*H and Trapper John, M.D. There was a third attempt at a spin-off W*A*L*T*E*R with a single pilot episode produced which focuses on former Corporal Walter "Radar" O"Reilly. W*A*L*T*E*R failed to be picked up for syndication and was instead shown as a single "Special CBS Presentation".

Notable Characters

 * Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
 * Captain John "Trapper" MacIntyre
 * Major Frank Burns
 * Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
 * Corporal Walter "Radar" O'Reilly
 * Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger
 * Father Francis Mulcahy
 * Colonel Henry Blake
 * Captain B.J. Hunnicutt
 * Colonel Sherman Potter
 * Major Charles Emerson Winchester III
 * Staff Sergeant Luther Rizzo
 * Dr. Sydney Freedman
 * Colonel Sam Flagg

Season 1
The introduction of the 4077th M*A*S*H and its stable of characters during the conflict of the Korean War. Established less than three miles from the front lines, the majority of the medical teams are not Army trained soldiers but rather drafted recruits who are extremely non-military in their behavior and thinking such as their commanding officer, Colonel Henry Blake; a rather laid-back reservist who turns a blind eye to most of his command's eccentricities and outrageous behaviors. Most of which revolves around the comedic antics of Hawkeye Pierce and his best friend and part-in-crime, Trapper John who are the two best surgeons around and were drafted by the U.S. Army to serve a few miles from the frontlines during the Korean War. With little else to do, the pair spent their time drinking, carousing, womanizing, and playing practical jokes on unsuspecting bystanders. Their main nemesis is Major Frank Burns, who is their superior only in rank due to his slavish devotion to the rules and regulations of the Army and rather inept as a surgeon and is having an illicit affair with Major Margaret Houlihan, a fellow worshiper of Army regs.

Season 3
The Korean War is getter stranger and stranger for the good ol' folks at M*A*S*H 4077th. Whether it's trying to arrange a prisoner swap between the Americans and the Koreans or the unexpected death of a hard charging General in the bed of Major Margaret Houlihan; things have a tendency to take an unusual twist at the 4077th. In addition, the incompetent and unbearable paranoiac Colonel Flagg is bound and determined to find some sort of wrongdoing at the 4077th, suspecting Hawkeye Pierce of being a Communist sympathizer after he drags a POW to be treated by Hawkeye so that Flagg can execute him.

And finally a shocking twist when Colonel Henry Blake is discharged and is in the midst of returning home only to have his plane shot down, killing him in the crash and leaving the entire 4077th distraught.

Season 4
It started out as a good year for Major Frank Burns. He's been placed temporarily in command of M*A*S*H 4077th and is determined to whip it into shape which he is sure will convince the brass to leave him in charge. His glee is increased when Trapper John is discharged and returns home. However, he quickly is dismayed to learn that Trapper's replacement, the freshly drafted B.J. Hunnicutt is cut more in the mold of Hawkeye than himself. Burns also is soon replaced by Colonel Sherman Potter, an old school Army vet who has served in every single major conflict from World War I onward and is on the verge of retirement. Although possessing a similar laid-back command style to Henry Blake, Potter is far more professional and unwilling to tolerate shenanigans and pranks if they threaten discipline and in the operating room.

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