The early or the later ones?
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desmet1879 — 9 years ago(January 05, 2017 04:59 PM)
I agree 100% with bogeybob1 and pchrp.
While I agree a bit with those who thought the later seasons got a bit preachy and repetitive, and seasons 1-3 were funny, the depth of character and complexity of the storytelling in the later years were far preferable, in my opinion. Trapper, Henry and Frank were just too one-note for me. Colonel Potter and Charles (my favorite) brought so much more to the show. They also benefitted from fleshing out Father Mulcahy's part. -
michaelward15 — 9 years ago(January 12, 2017 09:19 AM)
The first three seasons are all I would watch.
Same here, but the last few times I've caught an episode, I've noticed that even the first three seasons aren't as good as I remember. I'd like to watch a few episodes from just the very first season some time to see if maybe it is as good as I remember. Maybe I'd still like the first season, and maybe it just went down hill sooner than I remember. -
Doug-Oh — 9 years ago(January 03, 2017 05:43 PM)
While I love Winchester, I personally prefer the first 5 seasons or so.
The writing was far better as was the comedy.
Same with
Law & Order,
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pchrp — 9 years ago(January 03, 2017 07:33 PM)
Henry Blake was a clueless buffoon, while Sherman Potter was more than competent.
Frank Burns became a pathetic punching bag, while Winchester could dish it out as well as he could take it.
Later Margaret became a woman who deserved respect, early Margaret was insufferable.
Getting Klinger back into his fatigues and out of the dresses ended a schtick that was funny at first but eventually wore out its welcome.
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woodhouse-85051 — 9 years ago(January 04, 2017 05:26 AM)
Can't really answer this one until I've seen more of the first three seasons. I've only just recently got into MAS*H. Over here in the UK they're showing at least two episodes nightly on True Entertainment (Freeview Ch.61) and I was too young to catch the series first time around.
They're heavily playing the later stuff plus, for some reason, frequent weekend four-ep chunks of seasons 4/5 on rotation; but neglecting the Trapper/Henry years, with only one repeat showing of this era so far as I'm aware.
I was going to start a new thread of "what's the best mix of characters?" So far it's S.4/5: Frank to represent the early years, plus we've already got Potter & BJ on board, and Radar hasn't faded from the scene yet. -
indy_go_blue44 — 9 years ago(January 04, 2017 05:04 PM)
1-4 and 6.
When I'm watching my disks those are the seasons I usually watch, though maybe once a year my wife and I will marathon the entire series.
I liked S-4 when BJ and Potter first came onboard and S-6 when Charles comes aboard.
I probably like S-5 least; Frank is on his own. Margaret is insufferable with her "Donald Penobscot" bs and Frank is so spiteful and humorless that I was really happy to see him go.
It's more of a personal thing, but when S-7 started I had graduated nursing school and was working 3-11pm so I saw very little of the last 5 seasons until years later; they just never grew on me like the earlier years.
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dnasty68 — 9 years ago(January 05, 2017 10:56 AM)
I like the earlier seasons better because like the funny episodes better than the serious ones.However two of my favorite latter-season episodes that I Iike because they were pretty much all comedy are No Sweat and The Moon is Not Blue.
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ExplorerDS6789 — 9 years ago(January 05, 2017 12:41 PM)
I prefer the later ones, because that's when I first got into the show. "Life Time" was the first full episode I watched, and I became more familiar with Seasons 8-11. The earlier shows felt too much like a different show. In fact, Season 1 closely resembles Hogan's Heroes.
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crypticanomaly73 — 9 years ago(January 05, 2017 07:01 PM)
Ideally I would like to combine the best elements of both, Blake and Radar were definitely more interesting and better suited to each other than Potter and Radar. A more mature Radar was also better than the childlike one he became.
Winchester over Frank.
Hawkeye not moralizing as much as he did later on.
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weemidge — 9 years ago(January 09, 2017 11:23 AM)
Later for meI liked Charles', and how he could give it as good as he got itI also liked the fact that Col. Potter & BJ, while tempted at times, did remain faithful to their spouses unlike Henry and Trapper who were little horn dogs after everything and anythingThis reason alone is why I detested both Henry and TrapperHenry wasn't a leader, Potter while IMHO a little to lenient with especially Hawkeye, was military and did adhere to military protocol, whereas Henry was just a doof who never should've been placed in a command position.
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