When Wayne Rogers walked away from MASH* after Season 3, one of television’s most beloved friendships vanished overnight. Hawkeye and Trapper — the mischievous, martini-fueled duo who made the horrors of war bearable — never got to say goodbye.

Decades later, a forgotten spinoff almost gave them closure. But instead, it became the MASH* chapter that history disowned.
When MASH* first began, Wayne Rogers’ “Trapper John” McIntyre was supposed to share the spotlight with Alan Alda’s Hawkeye Pierce.
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