M*A*S*H

A novel, a film, eleven seasons, two sequels and fifteen books, most of which are not really by the author on the cover.

0%
complete

Where to start with M*A*S*H

The series is the entry point, not the film and not the book. It runs two hundred and fifty-six episodes and changes a great deal across them, and none of it needs anything watched first.

  1. 1
    M*A*S*H, seasons 1 to 3 M*A*S*H

    Broad and close to the film in tone. The cast that finishes the show is not the cast that starts it, and the first change comes at the end of season three.

  2. 2
    Seasons 4 to 7 M*A*S*H

    The middle stretch, and where most people think it is at its best. Season four is the first with the second commanding officer and the second surgeon.

  3. 3
    Seasons 8 to 11 M*A*S*H

    Slower and more serious, and it ends with a two and a half hour finale that held the American viewing record for decades.

  4. 4
    MASH (1970) MASH

    Better after the series than before it, because the film is colder and crueller and it is easier to see what the series chose to do differently.

  5. 5
    AfterMASH AfterMASH

    Picks up immediately after the war with three of the regulars. Thirty-one episodes, and the last of them never aired.

Then what? W*A*L*T*E*R is a single unaired-almost-everywhere pilot and is a curiosity. Trapper John, M.D. runs one hundred and fifty-one episodes and is a straight hospital drama with no real connection to any of this. Of the books, read the first, then Maine if you want more, and stop.

A suggested way in, not an official one. The full list is below: tick anything off in either place.

0titles watched
0episodes checked
0left to watch
—up next

Film and Television

  • MASH 1970
  • M*A*S*H 1972, 11 seasons, 256 episodes
  • Trapper John, M.D. 1979, 7 seasons, 151 episodes
  • AfterMASH 1983, 2 seasons, 31 episodes
  • W*A*L*T*E*R 1984

The Hooker Novels

  • MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors 1968
  • M*A*S*H Goes to Maine 1972
  • M*A*S*H Mania 1977

The Tie-in Novels

  • M*A*S*H Goes to New Orleans 1975
  • M*A*S*H Goes to Paris 1975
  • M*A*S*H Goes to London 1975
  • M*A*S*H Goes to Morocco 1976
  • M*A*S*H Goes to Las Vegas 1976
  • M*A*S*H Goes to Hollywood 1976
  • M*A*S*H Goes to Miami 1976
  • M*A*S*H Goes to San Francisco 1976
  • M*A*S*H Goes to Vienna 1976
  • M*A*S*H Goes to Montreal 1977
  • M*A*S*H Goes to Texas 1977
  • M*A*S*H Goes to Moscow 1977

Sync & backup

Your progress is saved on this device automatically. The code below takes a copy out and puts it back. Moving a whole list onto a device that has nothing on it yet is part of the subscription.

The code holds only this franchise. The link opens the tracker with your progress already filled in, good for showing someone where you're at. The image is a picture you can keep anywhere: scan the code on it with a phone, or drag the file back in below.

Every franchise you have touched, in one code.

Scan it with another device's camera, or paste the code in below. It never leaves your browser.

Drag a SagaList image here, or .

This reads the progress stored inside the picture, so nothing has to be retyped. If the image has been through a messaging app it may have been re-encoded and lost that: scan the code on it instead, or copy the code printed along the bottom.

Takes either kind of code. A single franchise code replaces that franchise, on any device. An everything code merges by default, so nothing you have ticked on this device is lost. Putting a whole list onto a device that has nothing on it yet is the part an account pays for.

Read only. This never changes what you have saved, and nothing leaves your browser. The code has to be their code for this same franchise: codes do not carry a name, so one from somewhere else may not be recognised as wrong.