Welcome to Korea
September 12, 1975
Written by Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell, and Larry Gelbart
Directed by Gene Reynolds
Guest Stars: Robert A. Karnes, Arthur Song, Shirlee Kong

Frank's dream is realized--he's in charge, but Hawkeye is unchanged -- he skips camp, runs a blockade to find Trapper, who's gone, and welcomes a new surgeon, B.J. Hunnicutt.(1 Hour Show)

Frank settles in as commanding officer, only to have a new one appointed over his head, one that to his chagrin fits in very well.

A freezing night, an artillery barrage that's coming too close, a patient going downhill, and Frank's searching Hot Lips' tent for his letters.

When Hawkeye's father is notified that he's dead, he finds it's no easy matter either to get word to him or to establish that he's alive.

Quid pro quo at the 4077th:two bottles of Scotch for secret surgery, a tank to scare off snipers for an unauthorized shot of penicillin.

Radar, driving Hawkeye and others back from a medical meeting, gets lost and stalls the bus, but all are saved by a surrendering Korean (Soon- Teck Oh).

While Potter writes home, Frank and Hot Lips have a wood carving made for him and Radar rescues a horse and makes him a present of it.

The 4077th plays host to kids bombed out of their orphanage, and at the same time has to deliver a baby and care for battle casualties.

Intelligence officer Flagg (Edward Winter) and psychiatrist Sidney Freedman (Allan Arbus) grapple for the fate of a wounded officer (Alan Fudge) who says he's Jesus Christ.

B.J. writes home to his wife, reporting Klinger's escape attempts, the visit of a formidable chaplain (Ned Beatty), and one of Frank's goof-ups.

Hawkeye tangles with a tough Army colonel (Tim O'Conner), B.J. helps a GI (Johnny Haymer) who's gotten a "Dear John," and Frank looks endlessly for Korean saboteurs.

Frank has a fever and makes a will leaving all his money to his wife and all his clothes to Hot Lips.

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.

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.

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.

Radar writes home to his mother, as Hawkeye conducts the camp foot inspection and Colonel Potter gets some shrapnel in his backside.

Potter decides Frank would be less of a pain if the others were more friendly to him; they oblige, with some startling results.

When Hawkeye is injured in a jeep accident and, aware he has a concussion, babbles to a Korean family to keep himself awake.

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 (George O'Hanlon, Jr.).

Frank has Hawkeye up on charges of mutiny for various infractions when Potter was away on leave and Frank was the C.O.

The 4077th turns up a sick helicopter pilot (Robert Hogan) who doesn't want to quit and a twice-wounded GI (Dennis Kort) who does.

Hawkeye is reunited with a woman (Blythe Danner) he thought was out of his life forever, but who never altogether leaves.

A sudden deluge of wounded at the 4077th is followed by a fire and a rainstrom to make matters difficult for the staff.

A stateside television correspondent (Clete Roberts) interviews M*A*S*H personnel. (in Black & White)