The Best of Enemies
November 17, 1980
Written by Sheldon Bull
Directed by Charles S. Dubin
Guest Stars: Mako, Steven Lum

A North Korean soldier forces Hawkeye to perform an emergency roadside operation on his buddy.

Members of the 4077th share their impressions of war in response to letters from fourth graders in Hawkeye's hometown.

A jilted Italian soldier is smitten by Margaret; and Klinger pours a cement floor in the operating room to fight the spread of germs.

Margaret has trouble pretending she's a chip of the old block when her dad, blood and guts "Howitzer" Al Houlihan, arrives for a visit.

Christmas at the 4077th finds the surgeons struggling to keep a mortally wounded soldier alive, even if it's only through the holiday.

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; and Margaret takes up knitting.

Klinger is so depressed by news that his ex-wife plans to remarry, he reenlists for an additional six-year hitch.

Winchester takes command during Potter's absence; and B.J. and Hawkeye try to convince the Marines to grant a hardship discharge to an immigrant soldier.

Hawkeye uses a bottle of vintage wine to lure unsuspecting nurses into his den; and Potter tries to secure a different sort of anesthetic when the army threatens to ban a painkiller.

Klinger saves Winchester's life when an explosion rocks the operating room; and B.J. is reluctant to reveal the extent of his injuries after the blast.

Margaret develops a case of prickly heat-just one of the indignities suffered by the 4077th staff during another unendurably hot night.

Klinger's army newspaper reports on Hawkeye's monument to military stupidity; a giant tower made from a half million erroneously shipped tongue depressors.

Hawkeye wagers that he can go a full day without a wisecrack; and Winchester finally confronts the major who exiled him to the 4077th.

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

One of Margaret's nurses tries to hide her severe drinking problem; and Hawkeye is scorned after a practical joke he plays on Winchester backfires.

Colonel Potter nearly blows his stack when his well-intentioned colleagues mollycoddle him in order to lower his blood pressure before his upcoming physical.

When Hawkeye can't stop a sneezing fit that has no apparent cause, psychiatrist Sidney Freedman digs into the surgeon's past for a clue to the unusual malady.

Hawkeye is overcome by the devotion of a terminally ill GI for his critically wounded buddy.

The 4077th is given a gift of fresh-grown vegetables by a grateful Korean; and Potter questions the veracity of an upbeat letter from Radar.

After Charles is nearly felled by a sniper's bullet, he develops a philosophical obsession with death.