How does M*A*S*H end?

In the final act ("Football Game and Departure"): Trapper John McIntyre oversees a high-stakes football match that turns chaotic, followed by the receipt of discharge orders. The segment concludes with a bittersweet departure and reflection on the war.

MAS*H (1970) — AI Story Visualization

Name: M*A*S*H
Genre: comedy, drama, war
Released: 1970
Rating: 6.9

Plot Analysis Summary

A satirical exploration of war, bureaucracy, and human resilience through the lens of a mobile army surgical hospital.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

Arrival and Camp Dynamics

Pranks and Personal Crises

Golf Trip and Blackmail

Football Game and Departure

One of the world's most acclaimed comedies, M*A*S*H focuses on three Korean War Army surgeons brilliantly brought to life by Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt and Elliott Gould. Though highly skilled and deeply dedicated, they adopt a hilarious, lunatic lifestyle as an antidote to the tragedies of their Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, and in the process infuriate Army bureaucrats. Robert Duvall, Gary Burghoff and Sally Kellerman co-star as a sanctimonious Major, an other-worldly Corporal, and a self-righteous yet lusty nurse.

Directed by

Robert Altman

Key Cast

Donald Sutherland — Hawkeye Pierce
Elliott Gould — Trapper John McIntyre
Tom Skerritt — Duke Forrest
Sally Kellerman — Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' O'Houlihan
Robert Duvall — Maj. Frank Burns

Rating: 6.9/10 (1,166 votes)

M*A*S*H (1970) — AI Story Visualization