Introduction

The sixth season of M*A*S*H aired Tuesdays at 9:00-9:30PM from 20 September 1977 to 24 January 1978 and Mondays at the same time from 30 January to 27 March 1978.

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Outline

The 4077th acquires Charles Emerson Winchester III as a replacement surgeon when Frank does not return from R&R, while Margaret returns from her honeymoon in a bad mood.

Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum received a Writers Guild Award nomination for this episode. This is also the first episode in which Larry Linville no longer appears and a new doctor played by David Ogden Stiers is transferred to the unit.

Guest stars Rick Hurst and Robert Symonds (who plays a colonel who sends Winchester from Tokyo to Korea and will play it again in the season 9 episode “No Laughing Matter“, S09E13).

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Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Hy Averback.
• Writer(s): Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum.
• Release Date: 20 September 1977.
• Running time: 30 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

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