MASH Goodbye-Last Day At The 4077th

[@Mithranos]

The thing about the old days is we all watched these shows at the exact same moment. So the next day at school or work EVERYONE had seen them. These things were not just shows they were national events that shaped our collective conscience. We shared the love and pain of these characters together. And the theme songs were iconic. Maybe none more than MASH.

[@ZiplineShazam]

Absolutely Correct ! I miss when it felt like most of our country was all on the same page.

[@Del-Canada]

Bingo. I drop comments like this all the time. When kids showed up at school or we showed up at work the next day we had similar things to talk about. Now there are a billion choices and nobody has anything in common.

[@elwoodblues9613]

That night, the whole country shut down while everyone watched the final episode of M*A*S*H. Not even Seinfeld's finale hit the USA that hard.

[@rowdyrx6109]

Never will be another sitcom with the quality of M.A.S.H.

[@sliceoflife4220]

They had 2 others Rockford and Magnum that's it

[@slw0599]

Maybe cheers.

[@gritsngravy1226]

this was in the middle of the golden age of televison where networks had access to good writers and the good writers only had movies and tv to work for not like today web streaming etc. the problem mostly is reality tv cheap and popular and junk.

[@SC-oi9wp]

Amen to that 😊

[@TheSaturnV]

Totally agree that MASH was quality work, but I'd put Frasier up there with it.

[@derpymcderpypants]

Maybe the most genuine hug in television history.

[@jungletiger911]

true.

[@DisastrousDallas]

at this point you can tell Hawkeye and BJ aren't friends they're essentially brothers

[@RaisingHellAgain]

Back then you didn't have to guess!

[@Medionxtr]

So true !

[@healtc5069]

Uncle Phill and Will Smith is right up there.

[@23Guitardood]

One of the greatest shows in the history of television. Nothing today comes remotely close to the quality of MASH. No matter how many times I watch this ending, it never fails to choke me up. Brilliant acting... Briliant writing. What more is there to say...

[@royisaac4137]

😢😭😰 me too !

[@paulcavigliano6388]

When it first came out it was hilarious. After Trapper and Henry left it wasnt nearly as good. For me the kiss of death was when Frank left.

[@mr.bigzy262]

Paul Cavigliano tho I don't agree with you first comment about trapper and henry..I do agree I was sad when frank left :(

[@srpdesigns]

Couldn't of said it better myself Nick.. The theme music was unforgettable and combined with the The GOODBYE as the chopper lifts off still brings tears to my eyes

[@andrelebaron]

Paul Cavigliano it lost a lot when trapper left. there was something about him that the show never got back again.

[@Amar7605]

"I can't imagine what this place would've been like if I hadn't found you here." Makes me emotional every time.

[@MsSmitty9]

I can say that about 1 person I met when I was 10 years old. He knows who he is.

[@Chemdawg2009]

Me too. As a retired Soldier, I had a lot of goodbyes like this one. This scene has a lot more meaning for me than when I first saw it

[@utfan212004]

I have always thought this was a great way to end the show.. They were not just saying goodbye to each other, they were also saying goodbye to all the fans..

[@MyMg23]

Very well said. I've seen this seen many a time and I don't think I ever thought of that.

[@impassable]

And goodbye to the camp

[@thomasferris3878]

Great ending

[@geometricart7851]

Yeah you could tell that wasn't just pure acting...they really felt it

[@danbasta3677]

I thought that this was the most beautiful and yet touching ending of both the series and of their endearing friendship these two had with each other. Very well acted, very well played out to the end. Goodbye, farewell, amen.

[@peregrinec5477]

What I love most about this series is that grown men can feel love and compassion for one another without stigma. Not brothers by blood but brothers by circumstance. It's just very refreshing. And very ahead of it's time.

[@robertlevine2827]

In the case of MASH, they were brothers by other people's blood.

[@marymorris9780]

@Peregrine C AMEN!

[@peregrinec5477]

@@robertlevine2827 Fair point. Well taken.

[@jeremyhahn2478]

These days networks would never allow them to just be friends who care about each other, they'd make them a couple and ruin it.

[@joseywailer7624]

@@jeremyhahn2478 ...whole new meaning to 'MASH'😜

[@Jetset906]

Wasn't a dry eye in America as the chopper lifted up and the "Goodbye" was shown.

[@hollycollie8834]

You're right. That was one of the very best season finales ever.

[@hollycollie8834]

I mean series finales.

[@nw2324325325]

Just finished the show and i cried almost the entire episode.

[@savedbyzero3554]

Jetset906 I Totally Agree... This,and the two part episode when Radar O'Reilly departure from the 4077.... Unforgettable!!!!!!

[@michetrue-aspoonielife4me389]

Jetset906 not just in America but around the world tears were shed. I will forever miss M*A*S*H I loved to watch it all the time and never missed an episode. I'm still watching reruns of it today on channel 43. I laughed so many times, way to many to count and I cried just as many times. Charles Emerson Winchester III recently passed away and I wrote on his obituary. I didn't know him personally, or any of the cast for that matter but I felt like I was a part of the 4077th. I will always remember the last day the series aired. Colonel Sherman Potter trotting off in the distance with Sophie, BJ giving Hawkeye a lift to the chopper on his motorcycle and yelling at Hawk something while he took a sign with him that read Sanfransico. Hawk not hearing his best bud told the chopper pilot to go up, while BJ drives off down the hill so fast you almost think he's gonna crash the bike. Then the chopper raises in the air, just high enough for him and us as viewer's to see the word in rocks that his best friend left for him. Then he knew what he was trying to tell him. GOODBYE is what it spelled out....and the music starts to play for the very last time. The score that is so famous and that I will always remember. I can still hum it if need be. M*A*S*H* and you fine actor's will always be forever in my heart. 💖✌

[@TheAeroAvatar]

How can you not get choked up at that? This show was off the air long before I was around but damn. Even a young guy like me can appreciate that this must've hit home hard to know it was all over. It's good to know that a show as huge as MASH went out on a high note, because too many shows completely collapse on themselves at the last turn. This didn't. It was the right ending to a classic show beloved by so many.

[@geoffwilliams4478]

The last two and a half seasons without Radar were kind of stale, though. I'm in my 30s and was raised by this shows reruns. After Radar left, it started to get really depressing by the 8th season, and when Radar left, the show wasn't the same. I stuck it out and watched them but when I came upon this season, and this finale, I remember thinking, "It's time," and when this came, I wasn't a bag of tears, but I felt like the characters did. Like a weight was off my shoulders 😩.

[@1bol390]

I was lucky to witness the filming of this last episode. Took many pictures, even had one signed by Loretta Switt.

[@timobrien8809]

Awesome !!

[@sandiroberts6296]

You should share them with us. We would love to see them.

[@magneto7930]

Didn't realize anyone was allowed on the set for this. I know there were hundreds of press on the set for their last filmed episode. But this was not their last filmed episode, it was their last aired episode.

[@1bol390]

@@magneto7930 the last one at the Malibu set . they did film the last episode in the studio , the time capsule episode

[@magneto7930]

@@1bol390 Very cool. You should upload your pictures into a KZbin clip some day.

[@christinamussared2285]

This was my dad's favorite show. We used to watch it everyday when I got home from school without fail. The 1 year anniversary of his death is coming up and I find myself watching videos of all his favorite songs and of course M*A*S*H.

[@squashhead1374]

When I hear this theme music it reminds me of my childhood and the house I grew up in. When the show would come on it was just starting to get dark. The sun was going down but it was still light enough outside. The living room was just dark enough that the light from the TV was lighting up the room. It always takes me back to my childhood. Those were great times.

[@IronIck45]

In germany, MASH run on sundays around 12 highnoon, after I come from running training, fresh from the bath-my sentimental story.

[@karenrich9092]

I watched MASH in reruns that came on about 10pm. The dishes were done, the kids were asleep and things were quiet. Then came the theme song. . .

[@anapennington9473]

Same here. Great memories

[@mattsimonds5901]

Yep Yep! This was post Vietnam. My dad did 2 tours and my mom was Vietnamese. I served in the Army 92-97. Yep Very proud American! Go TRUMP!

[@josephpowelliii9169]

Alan Alda...one of the most underrated actors around! Superb acting!!!

[@neilcaplan5424]

I saw Alan Alda playing the narrator in Our Town in the West End. He was superb. The play wasn't bad either!

[@reactingtoacting]

This final scene is legendary, and is the standard for how to end a series the right way. So many serieses have failed at this, but not surprisingly MASH nailed it. The way the writers incorporated the "Goodbye" into the final shot -- as BJ's last message to Hawkeye AND the show's last message to viewers -- was a stroke of pure brilliance.

[@kendallrivers1119]

Hey, don't forget the iconic Mary Tyler Moore finale before this. They technically set the standard first and then MASH was able to follow.

[@maxwellraboin5345]

Not to mention the Cheers finale and that was just about as watched as MASH's finale

[@JohnSmith-jb8rb]

I still can't forget the scene of Radar coming into the OR to announce Blake's death.

[@bradlafferty4493]

Blake ? I never watched the show

[@ginnahginn4291]

I cried...

[@natesmith5493]

That was so sad

[@conithomson4409]

I cried and thought no fair. Remember Henry had a baby boy he never saw. His wife and he were making plans to go dancing. They never saw him again nor did the mash gang.

[@petert3355]

That script was only handed to Radar, to ensure the reactions of the cast were real. Radar said he had REAL concerns that he would actually be able to read the lines. One of the, if not THE, saddest scene in TV history.

[@CarlB_1962]

Goodbye, Farewell and Amen was the perfect series finale.

[@williampayton9515]

He lifts off, sees the GOODBYE and the music starts playing..............How did onions get underneath my computer desk..........After all these years this scene still does it.........Time for pushups

[@valkor73]

your eyeballs were just sweating

[@ihl8608]

the reason for the goodbye is Trapper left without saying goodbye to Hawk-eye.

[@michelvanderlinden8363]

as a child, MASH had a profound impact on me. The ability, sometimes the necessity, to fight pain with comedy. Laughter is a beautiful thing, but also a powerful weapon against sadness and pain.

[@parabot2]

+Michel van der Linden Mash Was also a great Propaganda Weapon . introduced Cross Dressing to the Masses , Frank Burns conservative values laughed at Etc Etc . i may do a video break down of how this slick propaganda worked on the masses

[@michelvanderlinden8363]

parabot2 oh please, looney toons and kids cartoons showed crossdressing decades before MASH even went for it. Im also not sure if "propaganda" is entirely the word you're looking for here either.

[@stevenalexander5715]

+Michel van der Linden as a child it also had a profound impact on me. i would do anything to sit there again with my dad and watch the show and this episode. the true Depth of Mash is just something that cant be explained

[@parabot2]

Michel van der Linden Loony Toons are not Demanding that a men with a beard wearing a dress has full access to the toilets that your girls and grand children use .

[@michelvanderlinden8363]

parabot2 this is honestly so stupid a comment I'm surprised you're allowed to use the internet unsupervised.

[@neilsaeroadventures1116]

it is a very sad yet happy ending. everybody wants to go home but nobody wants to say goodbye. Being together for a long time and then splitting up can be sad. now i am crying

[@Gallop4Me]

Well said: "Everybody wants to go home, but nobody wants to say goodbye".

[@mikegallant811]

Good fellowships never really end.

[@mattlupo6383]

Very well stated.

[@Genevieve111]

😭

[@neilsaeroadventures1116]

Holy cow i forgot I commented this

[@philoshaughnessy906]

In my opinion, it's the grandaddy of all television series, since. I have the whole collection and have watched them time without number. Every episode is like an old friend.

[@RobertSilvestri86]

I watched this brilliant and indelible show from S1, Ep.1; from ages 26 to 37; over M*A*S*H' eleven year run. I loved it so much, I purchased the entire series on DVD. But of all the episodes, Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen S11, Ep.16, was and still is the hardest for me to watch. I've seen it dozens of times, and that hug, and the sheer finality if it all, makes me weep like a baby.

[@niferanne53]

There are moments throughout the shows run that touched me so deeply and remain with me still. A tremendous piece of artistry.

[@geraldfindon827]

I also felt so sorry for Charles in the last episode as well when the Chinese band members were all killed . No other TV series has ever come close to mash in making you laugh and cry , also having grown up watching the characters it felt you knew all of them so it really was goodbye . Watch it still to this day and still laugh and cry at it and not many TV series from the 1970s can do that .

[@rlhgirl84]

My mothers favorite show... The final "goodbye" had me in tears...

[@59771006]

It remains the most viewed series finale of all time in the US it was viewed by 105.9 million people and drew 77% of those watching television at the time.

[@doryzanatta2254]

Douglas Roth and in respect,should be immortal for the rest of time

[@boomzer10]

That was back in the days where there were only 3 stations to choose from and only a small amount of the population had cable which didn't offer much in original weekly programs in those days.

[@guitarheel99]

Didn't hurt that the show was awesome.

[@benjaminlucas1635]

It was well deserved.

[@Finians_Mancave]

Can still remember where I was when the final episode aired. It was Spring 1983, my junior year at U of GA, and I was just one of a roomful of kids in the packed dorm common room. All of us had grown up watching the show, and I haven't seen another TV phenomenon like it until Game of Thrones.

[@douglasborgaro6801]

A special moment in TV and in history. I will always remember MASH.

[@Diafiori]

It still brings a lump to my throat and tears to my eyes. Goodbye, farewell, and Amen.

[@jasonflake6893]

Me and my grandparents watched every episode.

[@shanewatkins5322]

I was at the young age of nine, well, almost 9, when this show ended. Even at 49, hearing that helicopter takeoff for the last time in the last few notes of the theme song make a big lump in my throat. Since I found the show, I have always liked the sound of a bell 47 helicopters. It always meant it was time for mash when I would hear that.

[@statman2900]

August 2021, I'm 64 years old and this scene still makes me cry.

[@christys8445]

May 2024 😭

[@thomassodomizer764]

One thing that sucks about leaving service. All the good friends you lose touch with.

[@jamesdick2580]

very true.

[@billbartoli9766]

I second that.

[@bigdaddytrips6197]

Facebook

[@ericktaylor4121]

Absolutely right.

[@ThaddeusGhostal]

No lies detected.

[@shirleyavery8099]

Just watched the final again, sobbed again. This series was superb, heart wrenching, funny, such a brilliant diverse cast. Phenomenal and I know I’ll watch it all again 💜

[@Redeemed_30]

finalE

[@hippywizard629]

Every night out at sea on our destroyer we would get two tv shows over the CCTV, MASH followed by Johnny Carson. They meant a lot to us sailors, to this day when I see MASH I think of my very good friends aboard that ship.

[@scottfox7642]

Thank You for your service

[@rajeshkannan9888]

I hate this scene. Every single time I watch it, I, a grown man, tell myself "No, goddammit, YOU WILL NOT CRY THIS TIME!!". I have failed in my objective every single time so far. Every single time, among the coupla hundred times.

[@paulatristan8189]

Awww☹️😢 many of us feel the same way you do sir

[@paulmadryga]

34 years later, and it still makes me choke up.

[@McMinn1981]

I just watched this had tears in my eyes

[@premalaschlitt6675]

I watched the last episode in 2014 and now it's 2020 and just watched it again on KZbin balling my eyes out! Remarkable show, remarkable actors!

[@kenh3961]

I remember watching this prime time in the early 1980's. At the time, it was probably the biggest television audience of its time. It's so hard to believe that it has been over 35 years. Wow. How time has went by for all of us.

[@chaseruppelius33]

It's sad to think most of the MASH cast is now passed away I will miss them and wish I could have met them and shook there hand in real life RIP MASH RIP.....

[@marisalombardi385]

Alan Alda, you are simply irreplaceable... Love 💕 you!

[@boblow2451]

Ive just rewatched all of Mash dvds again its one of the few series ive known that even after the decades still works perfectly gave us many laughs several teary moments and still makes me think HOW DAM STUPID HUMANS ARE ...Even now we still send are kids of to fight to be king of the hill for a day ... Has any war actually when you look at it from a distance ever actually had a winner or is it not just one side losses less than the other ... and that teaches the next generation to hate others and so it all starts again.

[@Einnor084]

Moshe Rabbeinu Hitler lost?

[@Bluehealer100]

If there is any death involved there will never be a winner!

[@tyvulpintaur2732]

Ron Beck to the Soviets, yes.

[@fifthape2119]

The poor die while the rich get deferments for bone spurs, but can't remember which foot the bone spur was on (I'm talking about Trump, Bush, and all other like them.) All to rape and pillage for the rich.

[@fifthape2119]

If your excuse for war is Hitler, ask who helped Hitler with plane engines and fuel! And ask, who are the new fascist!

[@craigbogart8424]

Best sitcom EVER....THE CAST THE WRITTING...LOVE "MASH" 2022!!!!!!

[@AmandaHW1984]

I wasn't born yet during M*A*S*H's original run but I love the reruns.

[@AmandaHW1984]

I'm 32 by the way.

[@AmandaHW1984]

***** it's just that some people are surprised that people our ages have even heard of M*A*S*H much less watched it.

[@gagesukow4158]

same

[@jackattack3429]

Im 15 and I watch it xD

[@cnadyapple53bullock17]

Amanda Williams I was young but my mom use to watch it faithfully and I too became some what interested in a few episodes

[@maggiebrayton4258]

mash as a TV series gets me every time. So many important moments. I wasn't alive when it originally aired, but I watched the reruns growing up. The never get old.

[@flogladney4204]

It’s 2021 and this scene still makes me cry.

[@tiarasarjeant5649]

That "Goodbye" part hits me. I do remember watching mash very well growing up even though it was reruns but i didn't fully understand the series though.

[@Spiritpup5]

Damn...After 33 years-this scene still gets to me

[@624LC]

Me too...😥

[@doomvictor3934]

Me three

[@doomvictor3934]

This is how a show should end. Not like HIMYM and TAAHM.

[@Starrman69]

Jeff R. It's been 33 Years??!! Still remember this last scene...like yesterday....

[@Spiritpup5]

I loved the show. I've never served, but it felt like I could identify with each cast member

[@brendapaddlety2413]

Leaves a lump in my throat,so hard saying good bye to your best friend 😢 it hurts! The ending always gets to me 😭 One of the greatest show on TV love the music 😢 ❤️❤️❤️

[@rickyparker4552]

I'm crying as I'm watching this now in November of 2018. The emotional level of this scene is still very RAW and if you don't tear up at this scene then you never had a heart or "soul" to begin with.

[@rickyparker3853]

I'm crying now as I watch this in January 5th 2020 at 53 years old. And I also watched it in 1983 when I was 16. The emotion of this scene is so powerful.

[@jogman262]

I actually was stationed in Korea when this episode aired.

[@rhymeandreasoning]

The greatest bromance ever

[@skylx0812]

RIP William Christopher.

[@marieruiz5696]

My God I cried for this episode!!!, But seeing that sign saying GOODBYE!!! WOW!!

[@LanceEhlers]

Holy shit! He sure takes that hill with the motorcycle like a reckless teenager, doesn't he? 2:34

[@ConsistentlyInconsistent21]

Lmao ready to go.

[@mikerobinson938]

He about wiped out lol

[@mcuthor7831]

He actually broke his ankle doing that.

[@dca-Letsplay]

Probably the finale laugh of the series watching BJs leg flail around like a dummy

[@NZMuzz]

@@mcuthor7831 rubbish. And it wasn't him riding the bike.!!

[@Alexo670]

I'm 21, and I get chills watching this. An amazing show, such glee from Hawkeye through the whole series... with the lethal subjects of war and the doctors on the field saving lives... wish I could have seen it when it aired brand new.

[@sportsygirl8]

+Alexo I'm 24 and it got to me. Don't feel bad, I cry every time I see the ending of Back to the Future 3

[@joshseal8463]

L

[@thecowboy9698]

Alexo - I liked B.J better. He was more traditional in terms of his values, but at the same time he didn't pry into the lives others. I think that after the war, I think B.J would've joined the Libertarian party.

[@kimiisungstartedthekoreanw2771]

Alexo North Korea started the entire Korean War. Old Soviet documents show this. See my channel.

[@fredaclout5198]

Alexo I

[@franbacon82]

I love how BJ said, "I'll see you in the States, I promise. Just in case I don't, I left you a note."... and Hawkeye didn't hear him....he just saw his lips move and make a pointing gesture. For all he knew, BJ was saying, "Goodbye " for good. That was great writing.

[@dennischong764]

It was not just the message in stones, but the sight of a desolate camp, once vibrant and full of life, that struck me. Imagine being among the last to leave such a place, after it has turned into a lonely and abandoned place. Imagine being BJ, the last to leave....

[@TBModels]

A special thank-you to all veterans... 11/11/15

[@ronasilverman1346]

amen I use to watch Mash with my late Dad who was a WW2 Medic to Dad and all our vets Thanks !!

[@buddymack9606]

I remember seeing this episode as a kid during the summer of 1983. It was the only Mash episode I had ever seen, and yet I teared up at their farewell.

[@alexmccann2751]

id like to think that pierce and hunnicut met up and continued being best friends after the war

[@partyguy101ify]

Not only met up, but I like to think that either Pierce finally left Crapapple Cove or Hunnicutt and his wife thought Pierce's town was a good place to raise their kids if Pierce turned out the way he did. I can see it now... Summer 1954 (One Year Later) _[doorbell]_ Pierce: "Dad, are you expecting anyone? No?" _[opens door]_ Hunnicutt: "What does a man without his mustache have to do to get a good martini around here?" Pierce: _[trademark smile]_ _[fades to black]_

[@williamdarling6974]

I remember after a number of years of seeing mash every Monday evening, seeing that specific episode and it tore my heart strings. There were so involved in what they did and yet they brought the watching public into everything. Shows like that are rare, but we were blessed to be able to watch M*A*S*H for years.

[@dr.spectre9697]

Ive been to the Malibu state park a few times (I live in NYC) & I was surprised that despite all the MASH fans that came there, no one had the idea to take stones & spell out "GOODBYE" on the chopper pad. The next time I go, Im gonna do it. This show was & remains an amazing show, full of humor, life lessons, & love. They dont make TV like this or I Love Lucy or All in the Family or MASH, I feel like I know the characters, they are my friends. Geez...TV & movies & music have fallen such a long way...

[@JaimeGirl]

You made us laugh, you made us cry, you made us think, and you made us feel-feel every joy and every loss, every terrible 48 hour day from the first one to the last. In the history of television, there is no show that really compares to MASH, in any way. You showed us that war is utterly human in every way possible, and that is a triumph in every way possible. Thank you, 4077th-Goodbye, Farewell and Amen. You will never be equaled

[@scootjamnik2876]

Nice note left by BJ. I still love to watch it.

[@cristinabumbac151]

I liked so much the series when I saw it in the '90s that a few weeks ago I bought the whole series and I see 2 or 3 episodes every few days...

[@chrisevans5259]

I grew up watching M*A*S*H as a kid with all the family, and I remember how quiet we all were watching this final episode of the legendary series, there was also a few stifled sniffles at the sadness as the credits and that iconic tune played out for the final time. Fond memories of a memorable classic Series.

[@emilytonkin7323]

I grew up watching this show. Everyday we would eat dinner and watch Mash. So many wonderful memories in my child surround this show🥰

[@R-BURQUENO]

This show was ended before I was even born but I know EVERY EPISODE by heart! Seinfeld and Mash= The Two Best Sitcoms EVER!. THIS SCENE IS PROBABLY THE SADDEST IN SITCOM HISTORY THOUGH. Gets me every time!!!!

[@davidcalderon7724]

ABQ ENTREPRENEUR for me its MASH and Frasier but i pick up what youre putting down

[@ScottEMorris-dk8du]

The one thing is no matter what the laughter and love and the serious issues M A S H dealt with in the series. I must admit if it wasn't for M A S H I would not be alive today that show actually saved my life

[@dakkuri1]

Best ending to a sitcom ever. I bet ever person that served in the military had felt like this at least once.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Yes, very true, especially if you were transferred overseas. I hated Good Byes. Back when I was in the United States Marine Corps, people were transferred, NOT a whole unit. Most good byes meant you would never see your friend again. Semper Fi

[@jaycollins9845]

This episode has to be one of the most heart wrenching episodes in television history,because the emotions on screen were real,these fantastic actors,who had made us laugh and cry in countless episodes,were saying a final farewell to the carricters they had portrayed,for me an avid fan of this wonderful show,i have watch this final episode over and over again,and i still weep buckets,i recently bought the complete dvd series box set,and have just started season three,and re-living and enjoying those great MASH years all over again,wonderful memories,when television was at its height.

[@thegildedagemadonnabe]

I have so much respect for Alan Alda aka Hawk Eye. It was hard for him to leave there cause it's all he knew. But I know he was happy to finally go home. 🥰 This is the best show to ever exist.

[@aliciamabus2583]

I cry my eyes out every time I see this scene.. Bj looks like my dad and he reminds of him so much.. He has been gone 30+ years so its like seeing him still

[@everlenaoliver6912]

I like how the star(Hawkeye) left in style!

[@Magichat1970]

Best ending to any show on TV EVER~! Makes me cry everytime~! Thanks for the share~!

[@GeorgiaKev1]

After 35 years, this still brings tears to my eyes.

[@sitcorocket]

Superb show, the one little thing that always got me though was it was clearly filmed in California or similar. It just looked like an American valley somewhere. Brilliant show though.

[@colleensreviewsandstories5213]

if you only saw this show EVEN ONCE and then watched the episode "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" you couldn't help but get choked up . . .

[@NWAWskeptic]

Social media and the ubiquity of cell phones and texting has destroyed the poignancy of goodbyes. I am not one of those toxic nostalgics who hates everything today, but it is kinda sad how we feel like loved ones are “always” available because we can see them on Facebook every day. This was very possibly the last time these two would see each other. Or even speak. And it resonates in the goodbye. But today it seems like technology makes it easier to take loved ones for granted. And that goodbyes don’t have that impact as much anymore. While social media and cell phones keep friendships alive much longer and easier. Just a different kind of goodbye I guess.

[@redsummergarden2600]

There are the enviable changes too. Even people did see each again, they weren't going to the same as they were. So goodbye at that time really was forever 😢!

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

What a great way to end an all time show. Simple, but profound.

[@garybrown8238]

The legacy of this iconic series will be in making future audiences laugh, cry, and ponder, as Shakespeare did hundreds of years ago on the stage. The M*A*S*H scripts not only entertained us via humour, they educated and invited us to reflect on what it is to be human, even in extremely difficult circumstances as an army medical unit doing it's best to cope with the horrors of war, it's futility and the inevitable waste of lives on both sides of the battlefield. M*A*S*H remains a masterpiece of production bejewelled with a fine cast.

[@LokiLL999]

I love and miss you dad.

[@isaachaze1]

used to watch this show on our crappy little tv with my mom, who passed this year. i'll never be able to shake you mom, and you always took such good care of me. maybe i'll see you again someday. like you said, the universe is a mysterious place. bye mom

[@caelanboyd7836]

There will never be a show that is so funny and emotional as M*A*S*H*

[@adamcsor]

That's probably more a product of your age and taste than any objective empirical reality.

[@doubledistilled]

Damn! BJ was a wild beast on that bike! Almost totals it going down from the chopper pad! Glad they didn’t cut that part.

[@johnmcgeough2799]

I've been fortunate to have 5 or 6 goodbyes like that...never saw 4 of them again but they all changed my life

[@NZMuzz]

Yeah righto

[@tomharmon3193]

I was in the airforce in 1972 vietnam-thailand when mash aired the first episode. Whenever I watch old episodes,especially this one it reminds me of the comardery we had because your fellow soldiers you served with were your family at the time and I think of them still everyday @ 70 it's like yesterday thank you MASH 😊💗

[@Antimanele104]

What makes the finale sad is not that people died, but the fact that we grew so attached to the characters and their story and now life must return to it's natural cycle since the war was over. It gives a bitter-sweet taste and it is truly what made M*A*S*H remarkable: it stayed true to it's core to the very end.

[@danbasta3677]

Very well written and said.

[@johnschmidt3336]

I was a young boy in 70's when first aired. I never get tired of watching reruns. Last episode was best. Need to air more often.

[@sergeantmasson3669]

By far the most emotional episode of M.AS.H. 11 seasons.

[@brandonkeddy985]

This show taught me to take as much value in your goodbyes as much as possible, cause you never know.

[@SR-uf8pt]

I was only 11 when this episode was broadcast, but I saw it and I will never forget it. Who would have thought that they could have replaced so many main players (Henry Blake, Trapper John, Frank Burns) with characters that were just as beloved? That was the genius of MASH. afterMASH sucked.

[@bizbot1655]

W*A*L*T*E*R was worse. So bad the network never picked it up.

[@gmccord1970]

Shelley Ruble Trapper John MD didn't do so bad though.

[@SR-uf8pt]

True. That was the only decent spinoff of MASH.

[@troy9477]

Shelley Ruble - i was 11 too and i remember it well. I watched reruns for years after.

[@scottknode898]

Shelley Ruble there was a show called Walter but it failed to get good ratings and was cancelled right away and was a show called After MASH that lasted from 1983 to 1985 that had some of actors from Mash return like Harry Morgan, Jamie Farr and William Christopher but went off air after few seasons due to low ratings

[@kadbenson7540]

Man Honeycutt really didn't shy away from bombing down that hill lol I had to watch it a few times

[@MarvelousLXVII]

Yeah I read somewhere that he didn't mean to do it and almost wiped-out.

[@kadbenson7540]

@@MarvelousLXVIIyeah watching it again I can definitely believe that he really almost lost it there for a second lol

[@lausd3562]

2019 and I am still watching this show.

[@brianofearth]

I was a freshman in high school when this aired. After watching it with my dad for so long and really caring about the characters, I have no trouble admitting I cried my eyes out. It was, up until that point, the saddest thing I had ever seen on TV. One of TV's greatest all-time shows.

[@natesmith5493]

Beautiful ending to a good series

[@Kamikaze86JLK]

Classic, I remember seeing my dad watch this show almost every day when he got off work and was playing with us as kids. What a great show..

[@wyldshot666]

I was maybe 4 or 5 when MASH was on television. I really didn't comprehend much, but I know Hawkeye was funny. Now as an adult to see this is quite jarring. I have nothing but respect and appreciation here!!!

[@johnsciara9418]

The "note" wasn't directed at Hawkeye, but to the audience. Fitting

[@sloshworks]

Goodbye Trapper John ... You will be missed ...

[@elizabethroberto7862]

+sloshworks yes Wayne Rogers (aka Captain Trapper John Mcintyre)....... April 7, 1933----------- Dec. 31, 2015/Thurs. died at the age of...... 82

[@sportsygirl8]

+Elizabeth Roberto Whoa! I had no idea that he passed away on New Years Eve! He was such a great actor.

[@elizabethroberto7862]

sportsygirl8 yes i guess he was but remember he wasn't he only one!

[@sportsygirl8]

Elizabeth Roberto True, that whole cast of MASH were great actors/actresses.

[@elizabethroberto7862]

sportsygirl8 I'm talking about other actors to i didn't care for this show anymore because it represents the war & i don't like the war. :(

[@Harry-fe9ec]

This was one of the greats. Still watching to this day. You know, with all the shows on that we follow and like , some end some get cancelled. You rarely get to see a final episode. There have been some great cancelled shows that deserve a final episode.

[@WornoutRNPARAMEDIC]

There will never be another this good. You were either laughing or choking back tears. I wonder how much truth there was in it? Oh I know guys didn't wear dresses like Klinger, but other stuff? I'll always wonder as I was never in the service.

[@stevenweiler1379]

The best ending in television history I get sad everytime I watch this. Goodbye

[@matthewclay6535]

Thanks for the low-definition (240) hard-to-see footage of the best show ever!!!