M*A*S*H
The More I See You
TV Flash files “The More I See You” as hour 94 of 251 in the TV Flash guide — M*A*S*H (1972–1983) on CBS, season 4, episode 22, aired 1976-02-10, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E22: listed hour 94 of 251 in the M*A*S*H guide, hour 22 of 24 in season 4. It aired 1976-02-10 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Smilin' Jack” (S04E21). Next is “Deluge” (S04E23).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Hawkeye encounters a new nurse at camp who turns out to be a old flame and discovers that she is now married. He then starts reevaluating their old relationship.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The More I See You sit in the M*A*S*H guide?
S04E22 is listed hour 94 of 251 — hour 22 of 24 in season 4, season 4 episode 22.
When did M*A*S*H S04E22 air?
The More I See You aired 1976-02-10 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start if I cannot watch all eleven seasons?
Start with the 1972 pilot to learn the tent's manners, then jump to Sometimes You Hear the Bullet and Abyssinia, Henry. Those three hours teach the joke-to-wound contract better than a clip reel.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Eleven seasons of a network comedy that kept rewriting its own permission slip — Korea as the set, Vietnam as the aftertaste, and a goodbye still quoted whenever someone needs proof a sitcom can stop the country.
February 28, 1983, CBS did not program a sitcom. It programmed weather. Goodbye, Farewell and Amen ate the night, the morning papers, and a ratings myth executives still quote like scripture — a two-and-a-half-hour close on a Korean War tent America had been visiting since September 1972. The helicopters were already folklore. The laugh track, by then, had learned when to shut up. On the palate: canvas, cigarette haze, and a three-act clock that could turn a punchline into a casualty without changing the lighting.
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