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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 5 Episode 21 - Movie Tonight
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #1 - Movie Tonight

    S5:E21

    Colonel Potter hopes a Western will be the cure for the 4077th's morale problem. But during the show, the staff of the camp is forced to make its own entertainment during the frequent film breakages.

    Director:Burt Metcalfe
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  2. undefined Season 10 Episode 9 - 'Twas the Day after Christmas
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #2 - 'Twas the Day after Christmas

    S10:E9

    To boost post-yuletide morale on Dec 26, Potter has the officers and enlisted men change places for the day.

    Director:Burt Metcalfe
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  3. undefined Season 9 Episode 6 - A War for All Seasons
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #3 - A War for All Seasons

    S9:E6

    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.

    Director:Burt Metcalfe
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  4. undefined Season 4 Episode 10 - Dear Peggy
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Dear Peggy

    S4:E10

    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.

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  5. undefined Season 7 Episode 4 - Our Finest Hour
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #5 - Our Finest Hour

    S7:E4

    Newscaster Clete Roberts, reprising an earlier interview appearance, returns to update Korean War conditions, when he conducts a series of television talks with the leading characters of the 4077th.

    Director:Burt Metcalfe
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  6. undefined Season 7 Episode 23 - A Night at Rosie's
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #6 - A Night at Rosie's

    S7:E23

    A typical day in the life of Rosie's bar, complete with AWOL problem drinkers, a bound and gagged Winchester, and a gambling scheme.

    Director:Burt Metcalfe
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  7. undefined Season 7 Episode 25 - The Party
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #7 - The Party

    S7:E25

    Talk of a post-war reunion gives BJ an idea- planning a present-day stateside gathering of 4077th families. He continues to obsess with the idea even under the duress of bug-out instigated by a Chinese breakthrough. Also, Klinger fears that the party will blow his cover, as his mother doesn't know he's stationed in Korea.

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  8. undefined Season 6 Episode 5 - The Winchester Tapes
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #8 - The Winchester Tapes

    S6:E5

    Hawkeye tries unsuccessfully to get to Seoul, to see Nurse Gilmore for the weekend. Meanwhile, Winchester has taped a letter home, asking for his influential parents to help get him back to the States. To get even, Hawkeye and B.J. switch Winchester's clothes, causing Winchester to alter his eating patterns.

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  9. undefined Season 6 Episode 9 - Images
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #9 - Images

    S6:E9

    Radar notices a number of tattoos on one of the wounded, and convinces himself that with a tattoo he will be irresistible to women. Everyone tries to discourage him, and he admits to having received a tattoo that will wash off. Meanwhile, Margaret is frustrated with a new nurse who keeps getting upset at the sight of combat injuries.

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  10. undefined Season 8 Episode 13 - Captains Outrageous
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Captains Outrageous

    S8:E13

    A brawl at Rosie's Bar puts Rosie in the hospital, and the 4077th doctors are pressed into service as temporary saloon-keepers. Meanwhile, Father Mulcahy is apprehensive that his long-pending promotion to captain will again be denied. Potter: "The Pentagon. Weird looking building. Four walls and a spare. Monument to Murphy's Law."

    Director:Burt Metcalfe
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  11. undefined Season 8 Episode 16 - Bottle Fatigue
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Bottle Fatigue

    S8:E16

    Horrified by the gigantic size of his monthly bar tab at the officer's club, Hawkeye vows to give up booze for a week. Meanwhile, Winchester desperately tries to halt his sister's impending marriage to a man he considers unworthy of the Winchester heritage.

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  12. undefined Season 10 Episode 20 - Picture This
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Picture This

    S10:E20

    Potter's attempts to assemble the crew for a family portrait are thwarted by a feud between bunkmates Pierce, Hunnicutt, and Winchester. Things are not helped by the efforts of Margaret, Klinger and Mulcahy to bring the Swampmen back together.

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  13. undefined Season 9 Episode 11 - No Sweat
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #13 - No Sweat

    S9:E11

    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.

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  14. undefined Season 9 Episode 13 - No Laughing Matter
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #14 - No Laughing Matter

    S9:E13

    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."

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  15. undefined Season 9 Episode 14 - Oh, How We Danced
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Oh, How We Danced

    S9:E14

    Winchester is sent to inspect sanitary conditions on the frontlines, while the rest of the camp plans a surprise anniversary party for B.J.

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  16. undefined Season 5 Episode 11 - The Colonel's Horse
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #16 - The Colonel's Horse

    S5:E11

    Everybody pitches in to save Colonel Potter's horse, who becomes sick while Potter is away in Tokyo. And Margaret asks Hawkeye, not Frank, to operate on her appendix.

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  17. undefined Season 5 Episode 14 - The Most Unforgettable Characters
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #17 - The Most Unforgettable Characters

    S5:E14

    Radar becomes an aspiring writer after ordering a flier from a comic book, and Hawkeye and B.J. give Frank a surprise birthday present that only he will appreciate.

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  18. undefined Season 5 Episode 15 - 38 Across
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #18 - 38 Across

    S5:E15

    A fouled radio call for help on a crossword puzzle leads to a senior officer coming to the 4077th to help with a supposed serious medical problem.

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  19. undefined Season 6 Episode 12 - Comrades in Arms: Part 1
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Comrades in Arms: Part 1

    S6:E12

    Lost behind enemy lines, Hawkeye and Margaret form a personal truce and seek shelter in a roadside hut.

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  20. undefined Season 8 Episode 9 - Mr. and Mrs. Who?
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Mr. and Mrs. Who?

    S8:E9

    Charles returns to the 4077th after a trip to Tokyo with an uncharacteristic hangover and the uneasy feeling of a romantic entanglement. Meanwhile, the hospital struggles to find a cure for an outbreak of deadly hemorrhagic fever.

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  21. undefined Season 4 Episode 19 - Some 38th Parallels
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #21 - Some 38th Parallels

    S4:E19

    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.

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  22. undefined Season 7 Episode 1 - Commander Pierce
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #22 - Commander Pierce

    S7:E1

    Hawkeye undergoes a drastic change when he becomes temporary commander of the 4077th, and learns about the tedious bureaucracy and accompanying headaches that Colonel Potter deals with daily.

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  23. undefined Season 8 Episode 24 - Back Pay
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #23 - Back Pay

    S8:E24

    Angered by the way civilian doctors in the States are profiting from the war, Hawkeye presents the Army with a bill for his medical services. Meanwhile, Charles reluctantly demonstrates American medical practices to three Korean medics, and is on the receiving end of their medical expertise.

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  24. undefined Season 5 Episode 13 - Hawk's Nightmare
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #24 - Hawk's Nightmare

    S5:E13

    Hawkeye starts sleepwalking and having horrific nightmares. He begins to think that he may be starting to lose his "war against the war."

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  25. undefined Season 4 Episode 13 - The Gun
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #25 - The Gun

    S4:E13

    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.

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Burt Metcalfe Ratings Summary

"Movie Tonight" is the best rated episode directed by Burt Metcalfe. It scored 8.2/10 based on 4 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 2/22/1977 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "'Twas the Day after Christmas".