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
Captain Ultra (TV series) "Akakage" and "Giant Robo" (better known in the US as "Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot"). Some Japanese fans also compare the looks of Captain Ultra to that of Captain Scarlet, the title hero of Sylvia and Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation series, "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons" (which had been shown in Japan around the same time and was very popular). Captain Ultra (TV series) This series is based very loosely on "Captain Future", the pulp science fiction saga created by the influential Edmond Hamilton. This was not the only time his work was adapted in Japan: "Captain Future" was officially