M*A*S*H - Season 2

Pros: classic comedy, well written storylines, poignantly funny portrayals, relevant topics today, undated

Cons: no extras

The Bottom Line: Must see black comedy drama, following surgeons and staff at a MASH unit during the Korean War

Review: ~~~Background~~~ In 1968, a man named Richard Hooker penned a blackly humorous novel entitled M*A*S*H, A Novel About Three Army Doctors. It became a popular read, and spawned several sequels. The book told the tale of surgeons Hawkeye, Trapper, Frank ...

Pros: More consistency, cast stability, and recurring guest characters

Cons: Wayne Rogers' role diminished somewhat, but otherwise none.

The Bottom Line: Although the first season of M*A*S*H was good, the second one finds the cast and crew finding its "groove" and providing more consistently good episodes.

Review: In the fall of 1972, 20th Century Fox's television division and the Columbia Broadcasting Service took a creative gamble and adapted the 1970 anti-war comedy M*A*S*H as a television comedy series which took the film's setting (a Mobile Army ...