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S9.E1 ∙ The Best of Enemies

Sun, Nov 16, 1980

En route to R&R, Hawkeye is flagged down by a North Korean soldier who holds him at gun point, forcing him to treat his wounded comrade. Back in camp, the officers change partners in a bridge tournament.

7.8 /10

S9.E2 ∙ Letters

Sun, Nov 23, 1980

The staff of the 4077th answer letters from school children from Hawkeye's home town of Crabapple Cove.

8.1 /10

S9.E3 ∙ Cementing Relationships

Sun, Nov 30, 1980

To fight an ongoing infection in the O.R., the staff decides to remove the old wood floor and make a concrete one. The surgeons do the menial labor while Klinger acts as foreman (he knows cement and it's not that hard); while an Italian soldier falls head-over-heels for Margaret.

7.5 /10

S9.E4 ∙ Father's Day

Sun, Dec 07, 1980

Margaret's cold-hearted father visits while the gang tries to hide a stolen side of beef that was given to them by an appreciative patient.

7.3 /10

S9.E5 ∙ Death Takes a Holiday

Sun, Dec 14, 1980

While local orphans attend a Christmas party in the mess tent, Hawkeye, B.J., and Margaret try to delay the death of a critically injured solider so that his family won't think of Christmas as the day that their father died.

8.7 /10

S9.E6 ∙ A War for All Seasons

Sun, Dec 28, 1980

The year 1951 as seen in retrospect, from Margaret's knitting that never stops growing, to the baseball season that ends in the famous Dodgers-Giants pennant race (and Winchester's gloom). They all hope 1952 will somehow be better.

8.1 /10

S9.E7 ∙ Your Retention Please

Sun, Jan 04, 1981

When a pushy retention officer comes to the camp to persuade staff to extend their terms of service, Klinger, distraught at his domestic situation, is persuaded to do so.

7.4 /10

S9.E8 ∙ Tell It to the Marines

Sun, Jan 11, 1981

B.J. and Hawkeye try to get a hardship discharge for an immigrant Marine whose Mom is being deported before he can get home. Winchester becomes C.O. for a few days, using his new position to get himself silk sheets and other "basic necessities of life".

7.4 /10

S9.E9 ∙ Taking the Fifth

Sun, Jan 18, 1981

Klinger happens upon a bottle of vintage French wine and Hawkeye uses it to lure a nurse into his clutches. Winchester deals with Klinger to get more bottles of the wine. Col. Potter trades with the Canadians for a special anesthetic forbidden by the U.S. Army.

7.2 /10

S9.E10 ∙ Operation Friendship

Sun, Jan 25, 1981

When the autoclave (instrument sterilizer) explodes in O.R., Klinger pushes Charles out of the line of fire just in time, but B.J. catches part of the blast and has a serious arm injury. For saving his life, Charles declares he is fully indebted to Maxwell Klinger and becomes his personal assistant. But after several days of bowing to Klinger's every command, Charles begins to wish he HAD been killed. Meanwhile, Hawkeye doesn't like the doctor called in to help treat B.J., who refuses to admit there is anything wrong with him.

7.3 /10

S9.E11 ∙ No Sweat

Sun, Feb 01, 1981

The 4077th deals with a sudden heat wave in their own personal ways: Klinger disassembles the P.A. system, Charles goes through all of his tax returns and bonds, B.J. stresses over a letter from Peg, Margaret develops a severe case of prickly heat, and Colonel Potter can't get a good night's sleep.

8 /10

S9.E12 ∙ Depressing News

Sun, Feb 08, 1981

When a supply snafu brings too many tongue depressors to camp, Hawkeye uses the extras to erect a monument to the wounded who have passed through camp. Klinger starts his own camp newspaper.

7.6 /10

S9.E13 ∙ No Laughing Matter

Sun, Feb 15, 1981

Hawkeye's challenge to go through a day without telling a joke is complicated by Winchester's amusingly desperate attempt to curry the favor of a hated visiting officer.

7.6 /10

S9.E14 ∙ Oh, How We Danced

Sun, Feb 22, 1981

When Winchester goes to inspect the sanitary conditions at another camp, the failing mark he gives the commander is met with physical violence. Meanwhile, the gang comes up with a surprise for B.J. on his anniversary.

7.9 /10

S9.E15 ∙ Bottoms Up

Sun, Mar 01, 1981

Margaret's good friend Captain Helen Whitfield visits the 4077th and it seems like old times again, but what the Major doesn't know is that Whitfield is still a raging closet-alcoholic; Meanwhile, Hawkeye pulls one prank that goes too far when he drops Charles' pants in O.R.

7.6 /10

S9.E16 ∙ The Red/White Blues

Sun, Mar 08, 1981

Col. Potter's blood pressure is too high and he has two weeks to get it back down, causing everyone to mollycoddle him, much to his dismay. Meanwhile, the malaria medicine they are sent makes Klinger sick.

7.6 /10

S9.E17 ∙ Bless You Hawkeye

Sun, Mar 15, 1981

Hawkeye starts inexplicably sneezing uncontrollably until Col. Potter suspects it's psychological in nature and calls in Dr. Freedman.

7.3 /10

S9.E18 ∙ Blood Brothers

Sun, Apr 05, 1981

While Father Mulcahy frantically tries to prepare for a visit from a respected cardinal, Hawkeye has to deal with a soldier who cannot donate blood for his buddy because it turns out that he himself has leukemia.

8.2 /10

S9.E19 ∙ The Foresight Saga

Sun, Apr 12, 1981

Klinger accidentally breaks Potter's eyeglasses, requiring a visit from traveling optometrist Dr. Bud Herzog. The 4077th receives fresh vegetables from a grateful Korean. Potter questions the authenticity of an upbeat letter from Radar.

7.3 /10

S9.E20 ∙ The Life You Save

Sun, May 03, 1981

Winchester goes on a spiritual journey after a near-death experience. Hawkeye experiences the problems of being the officer in charge of food services when Potter rotates the duty roster.

8 /10