Mike Farrell destroyed MASH, or the writers did with his character. What a wet, depressed sock...and apparently a communist sympathizer.
Too bad Colonel Flagg didn’t work him over.
I try to avoid patronizing anything with either of them in it.
Fortunately, neither are in very many "must see" vehicles.
Well, MASH simply outlived its ability to come up with believable story lines. Most series are like that. After about five years, virtually every sitcom or drama becomes stale. MASH was no different. It always was a little preachy, but the writing overcame the preachiness. When Wayne Rogers left, the series went downhill fast.
While he certainly didn't help, I always thought that it was Alan Alda who really destroyed MASH. Week after week he kept giving anti-war sermons, talk about preachy! We get it, war is bad, now get back to being funny which they never did.
I think it's funny how after MASH, Alda always seemed to play the sleazy character like the senator in the movie The Aviator.
It’s almost like the casting directors of MASH set out to find the most unlikable actor to play a very unlikable character.