Staffel9(1980-81)

Regular cast:
Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce (Hawkeye) Captain B.J. Hunnicut Colonel Sherman T. Potter Major Margaret Houlihan (Hot Lips) Major Charles Emerson Winchester III Corporal/Sergeant Maxwell Q. Klinger 1st Lt./Captain Father John Francis Patrick Mulcahy
Alan Alda Mike Farrell Harry Morgan Loretta Swit David Ogden Stiers Jamie Farr William Christopher

The episodes:Background

  1. Episode 195: The Best of Enemies
  2. Episode 196: Letter
  3. Episode 197: Cementing Relationships
  4. Episode 198: Father's Day
  5. Episode 199: Death Takes a Holiday
  6. Episode 200: A War for all Seasons
  7. Episode 201: Your Retention Please
  8. Episode 202: Tell it to the Marines
  9. Episode 203: Taking the Fifth
  10. Episode 204: Operation Friendship
  11. Episode 205: No Sweat
  12. Episode 206: Depressing News
  13. Episode 207: No Laughing Matter
  14. Episode 208: Oh, How We Danced
  15. Episode 209: Bottoms Up
  16. Episode 210: The Red/White Blues
  17. Episode 211: Bless You, Hawkeye
  18. Episode 212: Blood Brothers
  19. Episode 213: The Foresight Saga
  20. Episode 214: The Life You Save

For all episodes:
Executive Producer: Burt Metcalfe
Produced by: John Rappaport
Executive Script Consultants: Thad Mumford & Dan Wilcox
Executive Story Editor: Dennis Koenig
Creative Consultants: Gene Reynolds, Alan Alda


Created: July 12, 1995
Last edited: November 20, 2005 - 16:21 CET by Andreas Helm

195. The Best of Enemies (Z-404)

Aired:November 17, 1980
Written by:Sheldon Bull
Directed by:Charles S. Dubin
Guest stars:MAKO as Li Han

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

196. Letters (Z-403)

Aired:November 24, 1980
Written by:Dennis Koenig
Directed by:Charles S. Dubin
Guest stars:RICHARD PAUL as Captain Bainbridge
LARRY CEDAR as The Soldier, MICHAEL CURRIE as Dr. Breuer, EILEEN SAKI as Rosie

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

197. Cementing Relationships (Z-401)

Aired:December 1, 1980
Written by:David Pollock and Elias Davis
Directed by:Charles S. Dubin
Guest stars:JOEL BROOKS as Ignazio
Cochran...ALAN TOY, The Driver...MEL HARRIS

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

198. Father's Day (Z-405)

Aired:December 8, 1980
Written by:Karen L. Hall
Directed by:Alan Alda
Guest stars:ANDREW DUGGAN as Col. Alvin Houlihan
JEFFREY KRAMER as Sgt. Morgove, ART LA FLEUR as The M.P.

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.

199. Death Takes a Holiday (Z-408)

Aired:December 15, 1980
Teleplay by:Mike Farrell, John Rappaport, Dennis Koenig
Story by:Thad Mumford & Dan Wilcox and Burt Metcalfe
Directed by:Mike Farrell
Guest stars:G. W. BAILEY as Rizzo, KEYE LUKE as Choi Sung Ho
Nurse Kellye...KELLYE NAKAHARA, Igor...JEFF MAXWELL, Girl..SALLY IMAMURA, Boy..YOSHIKI HOOVER, Driver..PERREN PAGE

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

200. A War for all Seasons (Z-409)

Aired:December 29, 1980
Written by:Dan Wilcox & Thad Mumford
Directed by:Burt Metcalfe
Guest stars:Igor...JEFF MAXWELL, Patient.CARL FREED, Nurse...LAURIE BATES

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.

201. Your Retention Please (Z-406)

Aired:January 5, 1981
Written by:Erik Tarloff
Directed by:Charles S. Dubin
Guest stars:BARRY CORBIN as Sgt. Joe Vickers
SAM WEISMAN as Barney Hutchinson, JEFF MAXWELL as Igor

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

202. Tell it to the Marines (Z-410)

Aired:January 12, 1981
Written by:Hank Bradford
Directed by:Harry Morgan
Guest stars:MICHAEL McGUIRE as Col. Mulholland
DENNY MILLER as Military Policeman
STAN WELLS...as Jost Van Liter, JAMES GALLERY...as Murray Thompson

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.

203. Taking the Fifth (Z-407)

Aired:January 19, 1981
Written by:Elias Davis & David Pollock
Directed by:Charles S. Dubin
Guest stars:CHARLES HALLAHAN as Colin Turnbull
MARCIE IMPERT...as Nurse Palmer, JUDY FARRELL...as Nurse Able, JAN JORDEN...as Nurse Baker

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.

204. Operation Friendship (Z-412)

Aired:January 26, 1981
Written by:Dennis Koenig
Directed by:Rena Down
Guest stars:TIM O'CONNOR as Norman Traeger

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.

205. No Sweat (Z-402)

Aired:February 2, 1981
Written by:John Rappaport
Directed by:Burt Metcalfe
Guest stars:Kellye...KELLYE NAKAHARA, Igor...JEFF MAXWELL, Driver...W. PERREN PAGE

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

206. Depressing News (Z-411)

Aired:February 9, 1981
Written by:Dan Wilcox & Thad Mumford
Directed by:Alan Alda
Guest stars:WILLIAM BOGERT...as Capt. Maurice Allen, DAVID DOZER...as The Delivery Man, RODNEY SAULSBERRY...as Oldham

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

207. No Laughing Matter (Z-413)

Aired:February 16, 1981
Written by:Elias Davis & David Pollock
Directed by:Burt Metcalfe
Guest stars:ROBERT SYMONDS as Col. Horace Baldwin
Rosie...EILEEN SAKI, Igor...JEFF MAXWELL, Korean Woman...MAE HI, Korean Man...NATHAN JUNG, Kellye...KELLYE NAKAHARA

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

208. Oh, How We Danced (Z-414)

Aired:February 23, 1981
Written by:John Rappaport
Directed by:Burt Metcalfe
Guest stars:YUKI SHIMODA as Key Yong Lu
ARLEN DEAN SNYDER as Major Finch
Peg...CATHERINE BERGSTROM, Soon Chi Lu...MICHAEL CHOE, Nurse...JENNIFER DAVIS, Nurse...SHARI SABA

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.

209. Bottoms Up (Z-415)

Aired:March 2, 1981
Written by:Dennis Koenig
Directed by:Alan Alda
Guest stars:GAIL STRICKLAND as (Capt.) Helen Whitfield
Igor...JEFF MAXWELL, Nurse...KELLYE NAKAHARA, Nurse....SHARI SABA, Nurse...LAURIE BATES, Corpsman.BILL SNIDER, Patient..JIMMY BARON

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.

210. The Red/White Blues (Z-416)

Aired:March 9, 1981
Written by:Elias Davis & David Pollock
Directed by:Gabrielle Beaumont
Guest stars:Goldman...ROY GOLDMAN, Nurse Kellye...KELLYE NAKAHARA, Igor...JEFF MAXWELL, Corpsman...FRANK PETTINGER, Nurse...JO ANN THOMPSON

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

211. Bless You, Hawkeye (Z-417)

Aired:March 16, 1981
Written by:Dan Wilcox & Thad Mumford
Directed by:Nell Cox
Guest stars:ALLAN ARBUS as Dr. Sidney Freedman
Pvt. Joe Caputo...BARRY SCHWARTZ, Driver...DENNIS TROY, Nurse...PAMELA COLEMAN

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.

212. Blood Brothers (Z-421)

Aired:April 6, 1981
Written by:David Pollock & Elias Davis
Directed by:Harry Morgan
Guest stars:PATRICK SWAYZE as Gary Sturgis
RAY MIDDLETON as Cardinal Reardon
G. W. BAILEY as Rizzo
Igor...JEFF MAXWELL, G.I. ...TOM KINDLE, Capt. Bratton...ROBERT BALDERSON, Roy...ROY GOLDMAN, Dennis...DENNIS TROY

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

213. The Foresight Saga (Z-422)

Aired:April 13, 1981
Written by:Dennis Koenig
Directed by:Charles S. Dubin
Guest stars:PHILIP STERLING as Dr. (Bud) Herzog
RUMMEL MOR as Park Sung, JEFF MAXWELL as Igor

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.

214. The Life You Save (Z-418)

Aired:May 4, 1981
Written by:John Rappaport & Alan Alda
Directed by:Alan Alda
Guest stars:VAL BISOGLIO as The Cook
ANDREW PARKS as The Dying Soldier and G.W.BAILEY as Rizzo
Pvt. Markham...JIM KNAUB, Surgeon...ARTHUR TAXIER, Sgt. Chiaverini...JIM BOEKE, Soldier.JACK KEARNEY, Soldier.PAUL VENTURA
Enlisted Man...WAYNE MORTON, Orderly...MESHACH TAYLOR, Shari....SHARI SABA, Roy....ROY GOLDMAN, Gwen..GWEN FARRELL, Dennis..DENNIS TROY

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