All Hawkeye can remember is a jovial atmosphere with drinks and saving some refugees and their farm animals, but through some digging by his doctor, Hawkeye begins to remember what actually happened. Hawkeye (Alan Alda) is found starting the episode in a mental institute, being treated for some unknown psychological trauma. The show took a light-hearted view of war by focusing on Korea while the country was still fighting and later reeling from the scars of the Vietnam War. Dealing with the issue of mental illness and post-traumatic stress disorder, M*A*S*H went off the air still pointing out the effects of war.
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The most watched series finale of all time, M*A*S*H signed off in a controversial, yet honest fashion. Excluded from reruns for years due to the controversy, the episode has been placed back into rotation, and is available to stream with the rest of the series on Hulu.ġ0 M*A*S*H - "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" (1983) Since the series wrapped only one week later, "The Puerto Rican Day" was more of a concern in syndication and didn't have a significant effect on the rest of the series. As a dominant ethnic group in New York City, Puerto Ricans staged protests at NBC headquarters, 30 Rockefeller Center, and the network eventually offered an apology for the episode. Secondly, after a mob damages Jerry's car, Kramer exclaims, "It's like this every day in Puerto Rico!"Ĭlaiming that the ethnic characters were portrayed as dated stereotypes, and that the flag of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico was used in a disrespectful way, leaders from the community spoke out against the show. The first major snafu the show involves Kramer accidentally setting a Puerto Rican flag on fire and then proceeding to stamp it out.
Unfortunately for Seinfeld, the penultimate episode of the series was its most controversial, and over 38.3 people saw it on the original run.Ĭaught in massive traffic caused by the annual Puerto Rican Day parade, Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer have to deal with the crowds and events going on around their car.
12 Seinfeld - "The Puerto Rican Day" (1998)Īs this iconic series was approaching it's finale in the spring of 1998, more and more viewers were tuning in to the show, with each week setting massive ratings records.
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