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
Shawn Pierce Shawn Pierce Shawn Pierce is a television score composer. Pierce is a graduate of the Berklee College Of Music in Boston, where he majored in Film Scoring. He has worked as a music editor and composer on various TV series, garnering three Leo Award nominations for work on "The Dead Zone". In 2006, he provided the music for the Canadian documentary series "Recreating Eden", for which he received a Gemini nomination (Best Original Music for a Lifestyle/Practical Information or Reality Program or Series 2008). For the film "A Wrinkle in Time" (2003), Pierce and Patric Caird were nominated for a