M*A*S*H TV Season 5

I'd been slowly buying these seasons over the years and they are still just as much fun to watch now as they were a long time ago. I wasn't alive when they first premiered, but I'd seen reruns over the years and grew to love this series. I only recently got back to purchasing them after the price drops and have really enjoyed rewatching this series again.My only complaint about these DVDs is the fact that there is no option to remove the laugh tracks. I never liked them in sitcoms and a lot of the DVDs give you options to remove them. I believe my old copies of Season 1 and 2 had the option, but these newer slim releases don't.

I had determined, orginally, to purchase only the first three seasons of MASH, as it was at its most original and fresh. The forth season retained much of the clever writing of the first three, but the cast changes hurt what could have been a great season. Larry Gelbart departed after season four, and it shows dramatically in season five.The show itself and the characters were metamorphasizing into something far different than what was originally intended. Hawkeye's, at times rather cruel humor, was declawed, Hot Lips became Margaret and did a 1-80 in her personality, Klinger went from crazy to annoying, and Radar, from one of the gang, to a stupid kid. The only character that didn't change was Frank, and oddly enough, the funniest episodes of this season involve him. A real tribute to Larry Linville's abilty as an actor.The show also started down the road to being a full drama instead of a comedy. As the show progressed it replaced sharp cynicism with sedimentality. By the final season MASH was a totally different show than when it began.When MASH began, it was a comedy interrupted by moments of unexpected drama. By the end, MASH was a drama interrupted by moments of unexpected comedy.

We were looking for a single episode of Mash. My thanks to Amazon and especially a review that took the time to outline each of the episodes on the Mash Season DVDs.It was to be a gag gift at a wedding (hint, Hotlips' husband in a body cast). The DVD arrived before the wedding, at no additional cost thanks to their "Prime" program, despite the fact that I was asked to find the episode, order and receive it within 6 days!The product quality is good and the content was perfect and provides a lot of laughs through ALL episodes.

This season has Frank Burns being almost sort of pushed off the show as without Margaret he seems completely lost. I could easily live without the recurring reminder from Major Houlihan that she is engaged to handsome all but too good to be true Donald Penobscott character.To me this season was slightly weaker than before with Burns being rejected by Margaret and her nickname suddenly being dropped as well as her sudden compatibility with Pierce and Hunnicut. The wedding at the end of the season was really anti-clmactic as was the return from her honeymoon next season.

One of the many seasons of M*A*S*H we own. We love to sit down together as a family, and we've introduced some of my daughter's friends to the show. Fun that we parents enjoyed it when it first came out, and the comedy is timeless.

it was a gift

Great collection. No HD or Remastered versions but video and audio is as expected. With the exception of the one Blu ray I suggest this to any collector! So glad to have this set in my video library!

It's so nice to be able to play episodes from my favorite TV show again. The picture and sound are both very clear. The only thing that I have an issue with is the container that it comes in. It's hard to open and get the disks out of their slots without damaging them.

Había comprado ya las temporadas 1 , 2 y 3 con unos resultados excelentes y así lo comente, pero esta ni puedo verla en los reproductores que tengo (y son 4 diferentes) el motivo es que es para la región 1 (EEUU) y en Europa no funcionan, lamentablemente no me percate de ese detalle cuando la pedí, no la voy a devolver pues no merece la pena. no la recomiendo salvo si se posee un reproductor DVD multi-zona