The Late Captain Pierce The Late Captain Pierce "The Late Captain Pierce" is an episode from "M*A*S*H". It was the fourth episode of the fourth season and aired on October 3, 1975 (first-run) and April 6, 1976 (repeat). It was written by Glen Charles and Les Charles and directed by Alan Alda. Guest cast is Richard Masur as Lt. "Digger" Detmuller, Eldon Quick as Captain Pratt, Sherry Steffens as Nurse Able and Kellye Nakahara as Nurse Baker. A bureaucratic mistake leaves the army thinking that Hawkeye Pierce is dead, and he simultaneously enjoys the lack of responsibility that comes from being legally deceased, with
The Powers That Be (TV series) the actors, Joseph Gordon-Levitt took a role in "3rd Rock from the Sun", Robin Bartlett played a recurring part on "Mad About You", Peter MacNicol would soon reach fame with a similar eccentric character (as John Cage) in FOX's "Ally McBeal", and David Hyde Pierce was chosen for his role as Niles Crane in the series "Frasier" partly on the basis of his work in this program. Holland Taylor also went on to greater sitcom stardom later in the CBS sitcom "Two and a Half Men". The Powers That Be (TV series) The Powers That Be is an American sitcom