
Members of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital care for the injured during the Korean War and use humor to escape from the horror and depression of the situation. Among the 4077's people are Capts. Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce and "Trapper John" McIntire, Majs. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan and Frank Burns, and Cpl. Walter "Radar" O'Reilly.

Klinger takes "cool pills"; Hawkeye and B.J. arrange to get a movie banned in Boston to the 4077th.

An intelligence officer and a psychiatrist grapple for the fate of a wounded officer who claims he's Jesus Christ.

B.J. writes home to his wife reporting Klinger's escape attempts and one of Frank's goof-ups.

As the war ends, Hawkeye has a nervous breakdown; Charles is dismayed when Margaret helps him get a position in Boston; B.J. tries to leave early; Father Mulcahy has a hearing loss; Klinger proposes to Soon Lee.