History WhamEpisode / MASH

* Season 7's "The Billfold Syndrome": a promising young field medic suddenly comes down with a case of amnesia, despite having no apparent head injuries. After Sidney Freedman hypnotizes him to just before the last thing he remembers, we learn that his kid brother was killed by incoming shelling and never made it out of his bunker - and to make matters worse, he made the promise to his mother to watch out for him.

* The final episode "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen", which covered the end of the Korean War and locked the lead character in a mental hospital, also qualifies.

* The season 3 finale, which killed off original company CO Henry Blake just as he was discharged and headed back to the States. The urban legend that the cast were not told of the character's death beforehand is false. They weren't told until just before the scene so that the reactions would seem authentic. A lot of the supporting cast and crew didn't know, though, and the first take of the scene was actually ruined by the crew gasping in reaction to the news. The instrument someone dropped was an actual reaction from the actor.

* Season 7's "The Billfold Syndrome": a promising young field medic suddenly comes down with a case amnesia, despite having no apparently head injuries. After Sidney Freedman hypnotizes him to just before the last thing he remembers, we learn that his kid brother was killed by incoming shelling and never made it out of his bunker - and to make matters worse, he made the promise to his mother to watch out for him.

* The season 3 finale, which killed off company CO Henry Blake (in an especially cruel twist, just after he was discharged and headed back to the States). The urban legend that the cast were not told of the character's death beforehand is false. They weren't told until just before the scene so that the reactions would seem authentic. A lot of the supporting cast and crew didn't know, though, and the first take of the scene was actually ruined by the crew gasping in reaction to the news. The instrument someone dropped was an actual reaction from the actor.
* To cement the above, the season 4 opener sent Trapper home and introduced a replacement, followed an episode later by the introduction of a new CO.

* The final episode "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen", which covered the end of the Korean War and locked the lead character in a mental hospital, also qualifies.

* The season 3 finale, which killed off the company CO. The urban legend that the cast were not told of the character's death beforehand is false. They weren't told until just before the scene so that the reactions would seem authentic. A lot of the supporting cast and crew didn't know, though, and the first take of the scene was actually ruined by the crew gasping in reaction to the news. The instrument someone dropped was an actual reaction from the actor.

◦Season 1's "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet", the first hint that the show was not just a light comedy.
◦The season 3 finale, which killed off the company CO. The urban legend that the cast were not told of the character's death beforehand is false. They weren't told until just before the scene so that the reactions would seem authentic. A lot of the supporting cast and crew didn't know, though, and the first take of the scene was actually ruined by the crew gasping in reaction to the news. The instrument someone dropped was an actual reaction from the actor.
◦The final episode "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen", which covered the end of the Korean War and locked the lead character in a mental hospital, also qualifies.