M*A*S*H - Season Five (Collector's Edition)
by Alan Alda, Harry Morgan, Alan Rafkin, Burt Metcalfe, Gene Reynolds
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Actor: Alan Alda, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit, Mike Farrell, Wayne RogersDirector: Alan Alda, Alan Rafkin, Burt Metcalfe, Gene Reynolds, Harry Morgan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 637 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-12-09
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of M*A*S*H - Season Five (Collector's Edition)
DVD Review: Larry Linville's Final Season as Major Burns
Summary: 5 Stars
The success of the 1970 film "MASH", which was directed by Robert Altman, inspired the production of one of the most successful and longest running TV series of all time: "M*A*S*H". While most of the main characters from the original film were portrayed in the TV series, only one of the film's actors reprised his role for the TV series: Gary Burghoff. Like the film, the show was about the men and women working in a fictitious U.S. Army "Mobile Army Surgical Hospital" (or MASH unit) known as the 4077th during the Korean War in the early 1950's.
At the beginning of the show's fourth season, two loved characters were no longer present: Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson, 1929-1996) and Capt. "Trapper John" McIntyre (Wayne Rogers), both of whom received orders to return home to the states; but Henry's plane was shot down and he was killed in the final third-season episode making it one of the most emotional and personal episodes of the entire series. The characters from the first three seasons who remained with the show into its fourth season included Major Frank Burns (Larry Linville, 1939-2000), Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan (Loretta Swit), Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce (Alan Alda), Father Francis Mulcahy (William Christopher), Cpl. Walter "Radar" O'Reilly (Gary Burghoff) and Cpl. Maxwell Klinger (Jamie Farr). Two new regular characters were then introduced at the beginning of the fourth season to replace Henry and Trapper: Col. Sherman T. Potter (Harry Morgan) and Capt. B.J. Hunnicut (Mike Farrell), both of which remained with the show for its remaining 8 seasons. However, the fifth season of "M*A*S*H" would be the final season for Larry Linville.
As in the original 1970 film and the first three seasons of the TV series, "M*A*S*H" continued to demonstrate a lack of respect for the U.S. military by portraying many of its officers as being inept and incompetent. This was the formula used for Maj. Burns and the departed Lt. Col. Henry Blake, but whereas Lt. Col. Blake had a very likeable personality, Maj. Burns wanted to see a more disciplined command and was often quite a stool pigeon. Also, while being married and regarding himself as being a devout Christian, Maj. Burns maintained a romantic affair with Maj. Houlihan for the first four seasons. (In the film, it was while Majors Burns & Houlihan were passionately kissing with the entire MASH unit listening to them that Maj. Houlihan earned the nickname "Hot Lips".) Captains Hawkeye Pierce and the departed Trapper John McIntyre were typically disrespectful of the Army, but were completely honest about themselves, which is probably the main reason why they despised the hypocritical Maj. Burns so much. B.J., who replaced Trapper, quickly became Hawkeye's new friend and shared many (but not all) of Hawkeye's views. As in the film, Maj. Houlihan was particularly attractive, but many weren't particularly friendly towards her because, like Maj. Burns, she wanted to see greater military discipline. This often set Majors Burns & Houlihan at odds with Hawkeye and B.J. Though Col. Potter was more regular Army and quite different from Henry Blake, he too was not particularly fond of Maj. Burns and developed close bonds with Hawkeye and B.J., and later with Margaret. A special bond also developed quickly between Col. Potter and the 4077th's lowly company clerk, Radar. As always, it was essentially up to Radar to help keep things running smoothly; but the MASH 4077th continued to have the best survival rate for any wounded soldiers treated there. Hawkeye was an especially gifted surgeon, as were B.J. and Col. Potter; while Maj. Burns had probably barely made it through medical school. Father Mulcahy was as polite and helpful as ever while Cpl. Klinger continued to wear women's clothes in an attempt to get a "Section 8", which would give him a discharge from the Army.
The fifth season of "M*A*S*H" that aired between 1976 and 1977 had the following 24 episodes:
1. "Bug Out". Believing that the 4077th having to relocate is nothing but a rumor, Col. Potter attempts to calm the situation until he receives orders that the rumor is true and the 4077th has to "bug out"! With Maj. Burns overseeing the move, the tents come down; but he refuses to let Klinger bring his dresses or Hawkeye & B.J. bring the still. (They come anyway.) Everyone then leaves, except for Hawkeye & Margaret who cannot yet move a wounded soldier. When they hear forces coming down the road into their deserted camp, will it be the Chinese? And, will Klinger ever recover from Col. Potter using his dresses to barter with?
2. "Margaret's Engagement ". Upon returning from Tokyo, Margaret's engagement announcement has an unexpected affect on Maj. Burns.
3. "Out of Sight, Out of Mind". Hawkeye is made temporarily blind while fixing the nurse's stove, but that doesn't stop him from having some fun with Maj. Burns.
4. "Lt. Radar O'Reilly". Radar unexpectedly becomes a lieutenant and has difficulty adjusting to his new rank, which he is finally able to give up.
5. "The Nurses". Margaret's authority over the nurses is tested when Hawkeye & B.J. help Lt. Baker (Linda Kelsey) have an impromptu rendezvous with her enlisted husband (Gregory Harrison).
6. "The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan". When Margaret goes off to help some Koreans, the camp fears that she's been abducted and guess who shows up by good old Col. Flagg (Edward Winter, 1937-2001).
7. "Dear Sigmund". When Sidney Freedman (Alan Arbus) pays the 4077th a visit, he writes a letter to the deceased Dr. Sigmund Freud to tell of the various things going on, including a huge bon fire to boost camp morale and B.J. pulling a practical joke on Frank.
8. "Mulcahy's War". Father Mulcahy joins Radar in a visit to an aid station on the front lines and must perform a tracheotomy with radio assistance from the 4077th.
9. "The Korean Surgeon". When a wounded North Korean (Soon-Teck Oh) tells Hawkeye & B.J. that he's a doctor, they try to make him appear to be a South Korean.
10. "Hawkeye Get Your Gun". Hawkeye is forced by Col. Potter to carry a gun when he accompanies the colonel to a Korean hospital.
11. "The Colonel's Horse". A lot happens when Col. Potter visits Tokyo: his horse gets colic, Margaret gets appendicitis and Klinger gets depressed. With Frank's objections, Hawkeye performs surgery on Margaret upon her request.
12. "Exorcism". When Col. Potter orders a Korean spirit post to be moved, things begin to mysteriously go wrong all over camp until a Korean priestess exorcises the camp.
13. "Hawk's Nightmare". Sidney is called in to help Hawkeye deal with very troubling recurring nightmares.
14. "The Most Unforgettable Characters". B.J. & Hawkeye try to make Frank happy for his birthday while Radar tries to become a novelist by taking a correspondence course from the "Famous Las Vegas Writers School".
15. "38 Across". Hawkeye gets Col. Potter to get an old friend that's a whiz with crossword puzzles to come to the camp to help solve one.
16. "Ping Pong". When Cho Lin (Richard Narita) is unexpectedly conscripted into the South Korean army, his fiancée Soony (Sachito Penny Lee) doesn't believe that they will ever be married until he returns as a wounded soldier.
17. "End Run". When a severely wounded soldier that was a big football star is brought to the 4077th, Radar inspires him to stay alive.
18. "Hanky Panky". B.J. feels guilty after helping a nurse whose husband sent her a "dear Jane" letter.
19. "Hepatitis". When Father Mulcahy comes down with hepatitis, Hawkeye has to inoculate everyone in camp.
20. "The General's Practitioner". A wounded general wants Hawkeye to become his personal physician.
21. "Movie Tonight". 4077th personnel unwind when Col. Potter's favorite film, "My Darling Clementine", is shown; but Klinger's repeated problems with the film projector allows some live entertainment too.
22. "Souvenirs". Hawkeye & B.J. are determined to put a local dealer out of business who likes to sell items made from souvenirs collected by Korean children and soldiers in dangerous places, like mine fields.
23. "Post Op". When a large number of wounded arrive, everyone has to donate blood repeatedly.
24. "Margaret's Marriage". Everyone finally gets to meet Margaret's fiancée, Lt. Colonel Donald Penobscott (Beeson Carroll), including a terrified Frank. When Margaret & Donald decide to get married at the 4077th, Hawkeye & B.J. put Donald in a body cast as a joke.
Overall, I rate the fifth season of "M*A*S*H" with a resounding 5 out of 5 stars and highly recommend it. In its eleven years of production, "M*A*S*H" was one of the best TV shows of its day and remains one of the best TV shows of all time.
Description of M*A*S*H - Season Five (Collector's Edition)
As the fifth season opens, the Chinese are getting too close for comfort and the 4077 has been ordered to bug-out. Unfortunately, Hawkeye, B.J. and Margaret are in the middle of critical surgery and have to keep going even as the bombing starts. The rest of the 4077 find themselves in an equally dangerous situation upon discovering that the new location that HQ has chosen for them is actually in occupied territory. Luckily the Chinese are driven back and the 4077 get to bug back to their old location.But the real bomb, as far as Frank Burns is concerned, is when Margaret returns from a medical conference in Tokyo engaged to Lieutenant Colonel Donald Penobscott. "How?d Burns take it?" a concerned Colonel Potter asked. "Hard," Hawkeye replied. "He was clucking like a chicken last night. For nine straight hours." Potter shook his head. "He?s heading for a Section Eight." As expected, Klinger was green with envy.
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