Mike Farrell said CBS executives at first were hesitant to have a "final episode" because they felt that would hurt the show as it moves into syndication. If the audience sees a resolution to all the conflict; they will be less compelled to watch the reruns. In a recent article in New Yorker Farrell describes the conflict with a CBS executive over this issue: "When the network was informed of plans to conclude the series with an episode that depicted the end of the war, an agitated TV executive presented himself on the "m*a*s*h" set. "It's important that you don't resolve the series," Farrell recalls him saying, "it will kill the series in syndication. Look at what happened with 'The Fugitive,' " (a show in which the plotline was wrapped up in the final episode, thus eliminating any suspense from the reruns). Farrell still chuckles at the memory of some of the cast and crew politely suggesting to the executive that it might be fair to say that most people were aware that the Korean War eventually ended; the man looked at them blankly, turned, and walked away."
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