Few television classics have proven as impossible to replicate as M*A*S*H. Despite its enormous success — 11 seasons, record-breaking ratings, and dozens of major awards — every attempt to extend the franchise through spinoffs ultimately failed. Worse, one of those failures actively damaged what had been one of the show’s most emotionally satisfying character exits.
Among the most beloved characters in M*A*S*H history is Walter Eugene "Radar" O'Reilly, portrayed by Gary Burghoff. Radar was the heart of the 4077th — innocent, intuitive, and deeply compassionate.
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