From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!3363ewf Newsgroups: net.tv Title: Re: Last M*A*S*H Letdown Article-I.D.: houxm.338 Posted: Thu Mar 3 10:01:16 1983 Received: Tue Mar 8 06:18:28 1983 References: philabs.26884 I agree that the last episode could have been much better. For example we did not get to see them back in the USA when the press led us to believe that was the case. Trap and Radar and Frank could have met them as they deplaned. Henry could have been a mia or pow released but these items were not even touched upon. Recall that Trapper had to leave without saying goodbye-- these are the frotunes of war. I thought it was perfectly correct to parallel this situation with BJ but then the entire effect was ruined when he came back. I think it would have been better to let Larry Gelbart and Gene Reynolds write and produce the finale instead of Alda and Metcalf.