Sentimental moments mix with bon voyage hoopla when Henry learns he's going home, and Frank prepares to take command. Henry: McLean Stevenson. Radar: Gary Burghoff. Hawkeye: Alan Alda. Directed by series co-creator Larry Gelbart.
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White Gold
Season 3, Episode 23
A theft of penicillin prompts a visit from Col. Flagg (Edward Winter), but Hawkeye and Trapper discover the real reason for his interest. Perkins: Hilly Hicks. Rodriguez: Michael A. Salcido. Morris: Danil Torppe. Sgt. Clay: Stafford Repp. Klinger: Jamie Farr. Trapper: Wayne Rogers. Hawkeye: Alan Alda.
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Payday
Season 3, Episode 22
During Hawkeye's stint as pay officer, a $10 oversight leads to nothing but trouble; Frank buys two pearl necklaces---one real, one fake. Capt. Sloan: Eldon Quick. Quoc: Jack Soo. Sgt. Zale: Johnny Haymer. Fr. Mulcahy: William Christopher. Radar: Gary Burghoff. Hawkeye: Alan Alda.
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Big Mac
Season 3, Episode 21
Rumors of a visit from Gen. Douglas MacArthur turn the 4077th upside down, but not all personnel are overly excited. Col. Whiteman: Graham Jarvis. Capt. Spalding: Loudon Wainwright III. Klinger: Jamie Farr. Henry: McLean Stevenson. Trapper: Wayne Rogers. Laurence Marks earned a nomination for a Writers Guild Award.
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A Korean assistant (Soon-Taik Oh) needs to see his pregnant wife, and a GI (Dennis Dugan) wants to marry a girl from Rosie's bar. Sgt. Zale: Johnny Haymer. Dr. Pak: Jerry Fujikawa. Soong Hi: Pat Li. Mrs. Kwang: Jeanne Joe. Sergeant: Robert Gruber. Frank: Larry Linville. Hawkeye: Alan Alda. Trapper: Wayne Rogers.
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Hawkeye, Margaret and Klinger are sent to fill in for a deceased surgeon at a frontline aid station under heavy fire. Hawkeye: Alan Alda. Margaret: Loretta Swit. Klinger: Jamie Farr.
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Hawkeye faces court-martial for punching Frank, and Margaret is nervous about a visit from a meticulous colonel (Mary Wickes). Baker: Bobbie Mitchell. Hale: Kellye Nakahara. Igor: Jeff Maxwell. MP: Dennis Troy.
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In Tokyo, Hawkeye and Trapper challenge an older doctor (Robert Alda), a veteran of two wars, to visit the 4077th. Robert Alda is Alan's father. Maj. Taylor: Joseph Maher. Bartender: Tad Horino. Hawkeye: Alan Alda. Trapper: Wayne Rogers. Henry: McLean Stevenson. Directed by series co-creator Gene Reynolds.
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It's another day when nothing goes as planned, including Henry's sex lecture, a Shirley Temple movie and a company picnic. Sgt. Zale: Johnny Haymer. Brown: Patricia Stevens. Charlie: Kellye Nakahara. Henry: McLean Stevenson. Margaret: Loretta Swit. Trapper: Wayne Rogers. Alan Alda's direction earned an Emmy nomination.
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Bombed
Season 3, Episode 15
During heavy shelling, a wounded soldier arrives booby-trapped, and Margaret and Trapper get stuck in the supply tent together. Sanchez: Louisa Moritz. Lt. Delboss: Edward Marshall. Margaret: Loretta Swit. Trapper: Wayne Rogers. William Jurgensen's cinematography earned an Emmy nomination, and Hy Averback received a nod for a Directors Guild Award.
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A grateful Greek colonel (Titos Vandis) donates a lamb for an Easter feast, but Radar decides it's his duty to protect the main course. Meanwhile, a private who wishes to make a confession mistakes Frank for the chaplain. Chapman: Ted Eccles. Greek Sergeant: Gene Chronopoulos. Radar: Gary Burghoff. Sid Dorfman's teleplay was nominated for a Writers Guild Award.
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A patient's paralysis may not be a physical problem, and Radar is bitten by a possibly rabid stray dog. Cpl. Travis: Michael O'Keefe. Rosie: Shizuko Hoshi. Igor: Jeff Maxwell. Baker: Bobbie Mitchell. Frank: Larry Linville. Henry: McLean Stevenson. Radar: Gary Burghoff.
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A berserk Turk (Sirri Murad) and a missing corpse are the main contributors to what Trapper calls a well-rounded day of insanity. Lt. Smith: William Watson. Col. Blanche: Curt Lowens. LeClerq: Michael Keller. Able: Kellye Nakahara. Fred W. Berger and Stanford Tischler won an ACE Eddie Award for editing.
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Tired of the mess tent's inedibles, Hawkeye concocts an elaborate scheme to procure spareribs from a favorite Chicago eatery. Maj. Pfiefer: Basil Hoffman. Sgt. Tarola: Joseph Stern. Igor: Jeff Maxwell. Hawkeye: Alan Alda. Trapper: Wayne Rogers. Henry: McLean Stevenson.
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The men of the 4077th must cope without the female contingent when an enemy offensive forces the evacuation of the nurses. Capt. Spalding: Loudon Wainwright III. Able: Bobbie Mitchell. Mr. Kwang: Leland Sun. Hawkeye: Alan Alda. Trapper: Wayne Rogers. Margaret: Loretta Swit.
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Acting CO Frank commits the ultimate sin when he dismantles the Swamp's still and declares Prohibition at the 4077th. Director Hy Averback earned Emmy and Directors Guild Award nominations. Hawkeye: Alan Alda. Frank: Larry Linville. Margaret: Loretta Swit.
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Father Mulcahy tries to accommodate a GI's request for a Jewish religious ceremony; Henry is worried his wife may be cheating on him; Hawkeye tries to solve a puzzle to win a pony. Chim Sah: Sachiko Penny Lee. Nurse: Patricia Stevens. Mulcahy: William Christopher. Henry: McLean Stevenson. Hawkeye: Alan Alda.
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Check-Up
Season 3, Episode 7
Trapper bristles when he's ordered to undergo a medical checkup, but the condition he's hiding may be his ticket home. Trapper: Wayne Rogers. Radar: Gary Burghoff. Hawkeye: Alan Alda.
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Spring brings out the sap in everyone, especially an overly grateful---and oversized---patient (Alex Karras). Meanwhile, Radar romances a nurse (Mary Kay Place) and Klinger gets married over the telephone. Pasco: Greg Mabrey. Corpsman: Roy Goldman. Radar: Gary Burghoff. Hawkeye: Alan Alda. Klinger: Jamie Farr.
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OR
Season 3, Episode 5
A seriocomic episode (and the first without a laugh track) is set in the operating room, where the doctors are overwhelmed by casualties. Maj. Freedman: Allan Arbus. Ginger: Odessa Cleveland. Hawkeye: Alan Alda. Trapper: Wayne Rogers. Gene Reynolds' direction earned an Emmy, and the script by Larry Gelbart and Laurence Marks won a Writers Guild Award.
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Famed fighter General “Iron Guts” Kelly (James Gregory) dies in action, but not the kind that looks good on a war record. Col. Wortman: Keene Curtis. Able: Bobbie Mitchell. Kwok: Byron Chung. GI: Jeff Maxwell. Margaret: Loretta Swit. Hawkeye: Alan Alda. Trapper: Wayne Rogers.
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Hawkeye is on duty as Officer of the Day, and Col. Flagg (Edward Winter) wants a wounded prisoner patched up for execution. Sang Yu: Jerry Fujikawa. Carter: Dennis Troy. Igor: Jeff Maxwell. Frank: Larry Linville. Trapper: Wayne Rogers. Hawkeye: Alan Alda. This episode contains Hawkeye's “I will not carry a gun” speech.
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Hawkeye and Trapper put their R & R plans on hold to retrieve wounded American prisoners from the Chinese. Dr. Lin Tam: Mako. Loudon Wainwright III made the first of his three appearances as the guitar-playing Capt. Calvin Spalding. Frank: Larry Linville. Radar: Gary Burghoff. Hawkeye: Alan Alda.
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Hawkeye is threatened with a court-martial by a spit-and-polish general (Harry Morgan) until the latter reveals he's a five-star crackpot. Marty: Theodore Wilson. Col. Atkins: Brad Trumbull. Harrison: Dennis Erdman. Baker: Lynnette Mettey. Morgan won a Supporting Actor Emmy as Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steel in this third-season premiere, and would return for good the following year as Col. Sherman Potter.
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