M*A*S*H

Season 9 Episode 5: Death Takes a Holiday

11 Seasons Dec 15, 1980 TV-PG 24m 8.7

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

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Season 9 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Best of Enemies

1. The Best of Enemies

Aired: Nov 17, 1980

En route to R&R, Hawkeye is flagged down by a North Korean soldier who holds ...

Episode 2 Letters

2. Letters

Aired: Nov 24, 1980

The staff of the 4077th answer letters from school children from Hawkeye's ho...

Episode 4 Father's Day

4. Father's Day

Aired: Dec 8, 1980

Margaret's cold-hearted father visits while the gang tries to hide a stolen s...

Episode 5 Death Takes a Holiday

5. Death Takes a Holiday

Aired: Dec 15, 1980

While local orphans attend a Christmas party in the mess tent, Hawkeye, B.J.,...

Episode 6 A War for All Seasons

6. A War for All Seasons

Aired: Dec 29, 1980

The year 1951 as seen in retrospect, from Margaret's knitting that never stop...

Episode 7 Your Retention Please

7. Your Retention Please

Aired: Jan 5, 1981

When a pushy retention officer comes to the camp to persuade staff to extend ...

Episode 9 Taking the Fifth

9. Taking the Fifth

Aired: Jan 19, 1981

Klinger happens upon a bottle of vintage French wine and Hawkeye uses it to l...

Episode 10 Operation Friendship

10. Operation Friendship

Aired: Jan 26, 1981

When the autoclave (instrument sterilizer) explodes in O.R., Klinger pushes C...

Episode 11 No Sweat

11. No Sweat

Aired: Feb 2, 1981

The 4077th deals with a sudden heat wave in their own personal ways: Klinger ...

Episode 12 Depressing News

12. Depressing News

Aired: Feb 9, 1981

When a supply snafu brings too many tongue depressors to camp, Hawkeye uses t...

Episode 13 No Laughing Matter

13. No Laughing Matter

Aired: Feb 16, 1981

Hawkeye's challenge to go through a day without telling a joke is complicated...

Episode 14 Oh, How We Danced

14. Oh, How We Danced

Aired: Feb 23, 1981

When Winchester goes to inspect the sanitary conditions at another camp, the ...

Episode 15 Bottoms Up

15. Bottoms Up

Aired: Mar 2, 1981

Margaret's good friend Captain Helen Whitfield visits the 4077th and it seems...

Episode 16 The Red/White Blues

16. The Red/White Blues

Aired: Mar 9, 1981

Col. Potter's blood pressure is too high and he has two weeks to get it back ...

Episode 17 Bless You Hawkeye

17. Bless You Hawkeye

Aired: Mar 16, 1981

Hawkeye starts inexplicably sneezing uncontrollably until Col. Potter suspect...

Episode 18 Blood Brothers

18. Blood Brothers

Aired: Apr 6, 1981

While Father Mulcahy frantically tries to prepare for a visit from a respecte...

Episode 19 The Foresight Saga

19. The Foresight Saga

Aired: Apr 13, 1981

Klinger accidentally breaks Potter's eyeglasses, requiring a visit from trave...

Episode 20 The Life You Save

20. The Life You Save

Aired: May 4, 1981

Winchester goes on a spiritual journey after a near-death experience. Hawkeye...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Production Country: United States

Genres: Comedy, Drama, War

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