I think most of us here think M*A*S*H is either the best or one of the best shows ever. That having been said, every long-running show has a handful of shows that just didn't measure up for whatever reason.

One of my least favorite M*A*S*H episodes is from season 11, "Who Knew," about how Hawkeye has to eulogize a nurse he never got to really know who seemed emotionally distant, but kept her deep feelings inside from everyone else as well.

I understand that this was about someone dying, but this episode was far too serious and sober for my tastes. The best M*A*S*H episodes mixed comedy and drama well and this one was symptomatic of the trend in the last three or four years towards stories that were too serious.

I found many of the show's dramatic moments touching, but this one just missed me completely.

Okay, which episodes do you guys feel don't measure up...??:tv:

For some reason, I love that episode.
I can't stand "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet", "Abyssinnia, Henry", "Goodbye Radar", and G,F&A unless I saw it within the last week. I am also not fond of "The Longjohn Flap", "The Tooth Shall Set You Free", "Iron Guts Kelly", "George", and "The General Flipped at Dawn." I have a hard time watching the sadness of the Christmas episodes too.
That's all I can think of right now. :D

dreams too werid for me

dreams too weird for me

Me too! I don't understand some of it, and it's not very funny. Also, unlike most episodes, it doesn't leave me with a good feeling.

I also forgot that I don't like "Comrades in Arms" because I'm avidly against the H/M.

My least favorite would probably be "Showtime."

Mine would be "Hawkeye," from season four.

As much as I love Alan Alda, I don't want to sit around and watch him do a half-hour rambling monologue.

I understand that, but It's so funny that I can't help but like it.:lol:

Originally posted by snl fan
dreams too werid for me Ditto, I hate that ep.

Originally posted by AKA
Mine would be "Hawkeye," from season four.

As much as I love Alan Alda, I don't want to sit around and watch him do a half-hour rambling monologue.

I agree! This became something of a trend at the time; remember Maude had an episode that was strictly her talking to an offscreen shrink? And Ann Romano had a one-woman episode when it was her 40th birthday? And "A My Name is Alex" was close to a one-person show.


Oh, and I hate "Dreams", too.

"Dreams" "Follies of the Living, Concern of the Dead" "Snap Judgment" "Snappier Judgment" "Bless you, Hawkeye" "Hawkeye"
and just about ALL of the post-Radar ones, including 99.9% of "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen".

"Dreams" "Follies of the Living, Concern of the Dead" "Snap Judgment" "Snappier Judgment" "Bless you, Hawkeye" "Hawkeye"
and just about ALL of the post-Radar ones, including 99.9% of "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen".
Possibly the worst eps.
How those were made into a 2-PARTER when it shouldn't have been made.
Very weak script.

I saw a bad one yesterday. Thirty minutes of Hawkeye sneezing. Loudly. Followed by him having a freaked out memory meltdown.

I loved all those weird psychological ones.

The Season 3 episode "The General Flipped at Dawn," with Harry Morgan playing a crazy general, is a little tough for me to watch. I don't consider it a bad episode by any means, I just wish some other actor had been in that role. It gives me a funny vibe, knowing he went on to play Col. Potter starting in Season 4.

I think most of us here think M*A*S*H is either the best or one of the best shows ever. That having been said, every long-running show has a handful of shows that just didn't measure up for whatever reason.

One of my least favorite M*A*S*H episodes is from season 11, "Who Knew," about how Hawkeye has to eulogize a nurse he never got to really know who seemed emotionally distant, but kept her deep feelings inside from everyone else as well.

I understand that this was about someone dying, but this episode was far too serious and sober for my tastes. The best M*A*S*H episodes mixed comedy and drama well and this one was symptomatic of the trend in the last three or four years towards stories that were too serious.

I found many of the show's dramatic moments touching, but this one just missed me completely.

Okay, which episodes do you guys feel don't measure up...??:tv:

I feel the show evolved interestingly from the surreal farce it began as to the serious and politically correct later years.

The Season 3 episode "The General Flipped at Dawn," with Harry Morgan playing a crazy general, is a little tough for me to watch. I don't consider it a bad episode by any means, I just wish some other actor had been in that role. It gives me a funny vibe, knowing he went on to play Col. Potter starting in Season 4.

True, I'm not fond of actors playing multiple roles in a series, but that may have led to Harry Morgan later getting the choice role of Colonel Potter.