Best of M*A*S*H, S8
My top 10 episodes from the 8th season of M*A*S*H.
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- DirectorAlan AldaStarsAlan AldaMike FarrellHarry MorganWhen one soldier, George, needs an aorta within 20 minutes to avoid paralysis and another soldier, Harold, arrives brain dead but with a beating heart, BJ must decide if he should remove Harold's aorta to save George's life.This is one of the series' most innovate episodes, told in real time.
- DirectorCharles S. DubinStarsAlan AldaMike FarrellHarry MorganAs Radar returns from leave, the camp struggles with a total loss of electricity due to a malfunctioning generator and a stolen backup.Gary Burghoff makes his final series appearance as Cpl. Walter 'Radar' O'Reilly in this two-part episode.
- DirectorCharles S. DubinStarsAlan AldaMike FarrellHarry MorganAlthough Radar is granted a hardship discharge, the camp's difficulties make him seriously consider staying. Klinger begins taking over the company clerk job.Gary Burghoff makes his final series appearance as Cpl. Walter 'Radar' O'Reilly in this two-part episode.
- DirectorAlan AldaStarsAlan AldaMike FarrellHarry MorganDuring a hectic non-stop rush of wounded that is overcrowding the camp, the staff's brief naps have disturbing dreams in which the war is an never-ending intrusion.
- DirectorCharles S. DubinStarsAlan AldaMike FarrellHarry MorganWhen Potter visits a sick friend in Tokyo, Hawkeye is in charge and the 4077th treats a group of refugee orphans.
- DirectorAlan AldaStarsAlan AldaMike FarrellHarry MorganEveryone at the 4077 is so cranky, cold and bored, BJ decides the only way to uplift spirits is to "borrow" Hawkeye's birthday. Hawkeye is not amused. Captain Anthony Borelli (Robert Alda) visits the 4077 to lecture about peripheral nerve grafting to replace entire segments of skin. Borelli has always really annoyed Hawkeye. When the surgeon is injured at the Battalion Aid Station, Hawkeye rushes to volunteer for duty, just to avoid Borelli. But Borelli insists on accompanying him--so Hawkeye "borrows" BJ's wedding anniversary to substitute for his birthday. After riding to the BAS, the medic, Cpl. Jarvis (Antony Alda) is practically forced to throw water on the battling surgeons and he tells them to knock it off. By surgery's end, Dr. Left and Dr. Right are just a little too happy and annoying enough for one to pause and realize where the good looks in the Alda family went (Antony).Alan Alda's dad Robert and half-brother Antony appear in this episode he wrote and directed.
- DirectorCharles S. DubinStarsAlan AldaMike FarrellHarry MorganB.J. and Klinger get drunk in despair at being envious of the now departed Radar.
- DirectorWilliam K. JurgensenStarsAlan AldaMike FarrellHarry MorganResigned to staying for his term of service, Klinger writes home about his job, which includes appeasing the officers' eccentricities. A home-bound patient says goodbye to the slow-witted buddy who saved his life in battle.
- DirectorMike FarrellStarsAlan AldaMike FarrellHarry MorganWhen Potter and Charles are quarantined with mumps and get on each others' nerves, a replacement surgeon from Tokyo is brought in.
- DirectorAlan AldaStarsAlan AldaMike FarrellHarry MorganWhen the 4077th staff find an abandoned Amerasian baby, their efforts to help her prove a frustrating struggle.