
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.

After three days of near-continuous duty, Hawkeye's behavior becomes wackier than usual.

Margaret is reunited with her Army colonel father.

New Year's Day 1951: a year in the life of the 4077th.

Brokenhearted Klinger loses his wife for the second time.