Fade Out, Fade In

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“Fade Out, Fade In”
M*A*S*H episode
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Episode no.	Season 6 Episode 1 (121st overall)
Written by	Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
Directed by	Hy Averback
Guest stars	Kimiko Hiroshige (Korean Woman) , Raymond Singer (Dr. Berman) , Tom Stovall (The Sergeant) , Rick Hurst (Schaeffer) , Robert Symonds (Colonel Horace Baldwin) , William Flatley (M.P. Sergeant) , Joseph Burns (Joseph Burns) , Barbara James (Nurse)
Production no.	Y101
Original airdate	September 20, 1977 (US)
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"Fade Out, Fade In" was the 121st episode of the M*A*S*H television series, and the debut of the sixth season of the series. First aired as an hour-long special episode on September 20, 1977 and repeated as half-hour 2-parters on March 13 and 20, 1978, "Fade Out, Fade In" was most notable for its off-screen departure of the character of Major Frank "Ferret Face" Burns (played by Larry Linville) and replacement of same by Major Charles Emerson Winchester III (played by David Ogden Stiers).

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