M*A*S*H (Series, The) (DVD)

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3) "Foreign Affairs"-Charles falls for a visiting French woman, while a PR man mistakenly thinks that a downed North Korean flier is ready to hand them the keys to his plane and defect.

4) "The Joker is Wild"-This often-run episode finds everyone flinching when B.J. (Farrell) warns everyone that the joke's going to be on them.

5) "Who Knew?"-A serious episode finds Hawkeye having to deliver the eulogy of a nurse he dated, but really didn't know all that well.

6) "Bombshells"-Marilyn Monroe is rumored to be coming, and it causes more havoc than peace talk rumors.

7) "Settling Debts"-Mrs. Potter sends Hawkeye the paid-off mortgage to their house and asks them to hold a burning party.

8) "The Moon is Not Blue"-Another prohibition episode finds the gang turning their interest to another vice: soft porn, a movie that was banned in Boston.

9) "Run for the Money"-A scam episode has Klinger setting up a race between MASH units, with predictable (but still funny) results.

10) "U.N., the Night and the Music"-A visiting U.N. delegation has a profound effect on everyone in camp.

11) "Strange Bedfellows"-Another oft-aired episode finds Potter bothered because his son-in-law is cheating on his daughter, and B.J. and Hawkeye annoyed with Charles' snoring.

12) "Say No More"-Laryngitis puts a damper on a big trip to Tokyo, where Margaret was supposed to meet a top doctor on emergency care.

13) "Friends and Enemies"-Yet another frequently syndicated episode has Potter trying to decide how to handle an old friend who's recklessness in battle is costing lives.

14) "Give and Take"-Still another classic finds enemies who wounded each other side-by-side in recovery, and learning to see each other in a different way.

15) "As Time Goes By"-Hawkeye and Margaret gather items for a time capsule to leave behind when the truce comes.

16) Goodbye, Farewell and Amen." The two-and-a-half hour finale, which aired on February 28, 1983, finds Charles becoming tormented, then attached by a group of North Korean POWs who play Mozart; Hawkeye coming to grips with a death he feels he caused on the bus ride home from a rec day; and Klinger helping Soon-Lee try to find her parents. Throw in a wedding, and you've got plenty of potential for tears.

Video:
This season is typical of others in the series. "M*A*S*H" is far from pristine, with a little more graininess than most viewers will be used to and a slight loss of detail on the margins. But it's not a real distraction, especially when you get 10 minutes into a show. The show is presented in 1.33:1 aspect ratio.

Audio:
The audio is a no-frills English/French/Spanish Dolby Digital Mono, with subtitles in English (CC) and Spanish. And yes, it sounds like mono-flat, with everything coming out of the center speaker. The transfer is dual-layer.

Extras:
As with the other releases in this series, there are no extras. And it's housed in a double keep case, same as previous releases.

Bottom Line:
When a show's stars and creators talk about wanting to go out while they're still popular, still on top, you're usually talking about a half-dozen years, not 11. "M*A*S*H" was astounding in its ability to consistently provide plots and characters we cared about, lines that kept us laughing, and incidents that made us think about humanity in a broader way. What more can you ask for from a TV show?

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