M*A*S*H: Rumor at the Top

M*A*S*H: Rumor at the Top
CBS
November 9, 1981
Dramedy
DVD
B-

This Pollock & Davis story is better than most lately, although maybe not too plausible.  Klinger starts a rumor that a new MASH unit will be formed and the 4077th split up.  He and everyone but Potter, who's kept out of the loop, scheme for their own purposes, and things get a little wacky.  It feels tonally odd for this late in the series, but it is more interesting than the somewhat toothless recent episodes.  And it is nice to hear Hawkeye and BJ sounding bromantic about their friendship, as well as Mulcahy's quiet "God rest his soul" for Col. Blake.  Note that Mulcahy, feeling guilty about lying, convinces Potter to paint his portrait.  I'm not sure who's left, Margaret?

Roy Goldman (as Roy Goldman), Jeff Maxwell (Straminsky), and Kellye Nakahara (Yamato) return.