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M*A*S*H Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1976 - 1977
Episode 1
Bug Out
Tue, Sep 21, 197650 mins
In this 1-hour season opener, it is a war regarding scuttlebutt: does one trust Gen. Irving R. "Binky" Hamilton, "I" Corp., or should one rely on Sparky, the operator and general factotum at Army HQ? Action opens and closes with Hawkeye and BJ watching the enlisted guys dig a latrine (deeper on one side where Frank sits) and swilling gin. In between, Hawkeye starts spinal surgery where his patient cannot be moved for 24 hours. When the official bug-out order is given, everything is packed; Hawkeye is joined by Margaret and Radar in watching over the soldier. But, the next morning, the trio gets ready to leave and they are met by a beautiful sight. Once again, latrine building and gin swilling is a spectator sport.
Episode 2
Margaret's Engagement
Tue, Sep 28, 197625 mins
Margaret calls Col. Potter, giggling, from the "Zen Bar and Grill" in Tokyo. General Trevanian "Throwrug" Tumwater is hosting a mysterious celebration. Margaret tells Col. Potter she has big news for everyone and all of the medical follow-ups she was assigned to perform are complete. Upon her return to 4077, her big surprise is very personal: she is engaged to be married to a Lt. Colonel Donald Penobscot. She rubs Frank's face in her fiance's attributes with no mercy until even Hawkeye and BJ feel compassion for him. After a wee rampage, Frank gets to talk to someone important, thanks to the foresight of Radar. As Frank tries being human for once in his life, the guys are wary, but they are his wingmen. Finally, one of Frank's cracks to Margaret may have started a new war. Or, in BJ's words: "I think the convoy just took a direct hit." It is a rare moment at the 4077 where the 3 doctors share a laugh and are all on the same side, however briefly.
Episode 3
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Tue, Oct 5, 197625 mins
Frank's brief stint of camaraderie is over; he is back to being a weasel. He listens to an early a.m. broadcast of a Giants-Dodgers game. A few minutes later, the nurses come calling Hawkeye, the only one who can fix their temperamental gas heater. There is a loud explosion and lots of yelling: Hawkeye has been blinded. Potter asks Radar to call the 121st Evac.; Gen. O'Reilly kicks butts and takes names getting Dr. James Overman for his friend. Overman bandages Hawkeye and promises to return Friday. At the Giants-Dodgers rebroadcast, to which most of the 4077 listens, Frank makes a killing by betting on a Dodgers Cinderella comeback over the Giants with a 3-run homer. This gives Hawkeye a devilish idea how to get even with Frank. On Friday, Dr. Overman is back; either way, Hawkeye says he never spent a more conscious week, relying on his other senses. Will Hawkeye see again with his eyes? How many 4077 personnel will it take to unscrew Frank's wallet from his pants pocket?
Episode 4
Lt. Radar O'Reilly
Tue, Oct 12, 197625 mins
Master Sergeant "Woody" Woodruff is in charge of mimeograph at "I" Corp; he also owes BJ and Hawkeye combined poker debts totalling more than $100.00. He suggests repaying his poker debts in an interesting way. At mail call, Margaret gets a crackling, leather whip from her fiance. Father gets a box of Ritz crackers instead of the requested RC communion wafers. Col. Potter gets two letters, one from his 5-year old granddaughter and one from "I" Corp: Mama says don't play with ashtrays and Radar O'Reilly is now a 2d Lieutenant. Will Radar like being 2d Louie and not an enlisted NCO? Is the brass always greener on the other side, as BJ says? Radar may find he prefers the merits of forbidden fruit to a military salute.
Episode 5
The Nurses
Tue, Oct 19, 197625 mins
In a pivotal episode, the 4077 is suffering shortages in water and supplies; everyone is hot, cranky and on edge. Margaret is particularly hostile; she and four of her nurses are at each other's throats. One nurse, Lt. Baker, made a rude remark to Hotlips and has been confined to her tent. Margaret is tired of insubordination, snide comments, lies and attitudes she gets from her nurses. The nurses are tired of the lack of trust and the feeling of being ruled, regulated and reported to death by their Head Nurse. Young Mickey Baker was recently married and never had a honeymoon; her new husband suddenly appears at 4077. Lt. Tony Baker (Gregory Harrison) has to rejoin his unit in 24 hours, but he wants to surprise his bride. Tender-hearted Radar brings the issue before the Swamp doctors. An unauthorized, secret and hasty honeymoon is organized for the newlyweds; there is only one tent available and the situation is managed with subterfuge and lies. Margaret, Frank and Colonel Potter are kept out of the loop. There is a final showdown when Baker's friends and tent mates, Lts. Gaynor, Preston, and Walsh, demand to know what the Major is going to do to Lt. Baker for disobeying orders. It is a rare to glimpse what goes on behind the masks of these nurses; it is rarer, still, to witness that even head nurses have feelings, too. Will Major Houlihan throw the book at the impetuous redheaded lieutenant? Or will Margaret handle things differently... with Mickey Baker and with all of her nurses?
Episode 6
The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan
Tue, Oct 26, 197625 mins
Margaret is on late duty; she is relieved by Nurse Able in the wee hours. Klinger is at the end of guard duty as Margaret walks to her tent. Margaret is approached by a young Korean girl who says her mother is in labor. Margaret goes with her about the time Klinger goes to sleep. The following morning, Colonel Potter needs Margaret. Radar scours the camp looking for her--even in the nurse's shower--and he calls the MPs: no one has seen Margaret. Frank grabs a gun and shoots it. Colonel Potter prefers Intelligence: but that does that really mean Col. Flagg (Edward Winter)? Flagg impersonates a Chinese double agent, Ling Chow, in a a comedy of errors. The men and women of the 4077 (and unwanted guest) are shot and hobbling, worried or in the "constant state of utter confusion" in which one of them keeps himself. Col. Flagg claims to be "the Wind"? But, has Flagg ever really worked as a showgirl at The Sands, Las Vegas?
Episode 7
Dear Sigmund
Tue, Nov 9, 197625 mins
One of the favorite semi-regulars, healer, Dr. Sidney Freedman, (Allan Arbus) shows up to play poker and ends up staying two weeks at the 4077. Sidney is feeling blue. He writes a letter to a colleague describing his best therapy: a spa where the inmates have an interesting defense against carnage: insanity in the service of health. Sidney discusses his friends and colleagues and their quirks, seeming serenity, hang-ups, strange habits and/or libidinous behavior. During Sidney's visit, there is a secret practical joker in the 4077's midst: no one is too high or low in rank to be exempt. As psychiatrists, both Sidney and Sigmund treat unhealthy, hurt and angry minds; this is a strain on the healthiest of healers and they need an outlet. The 4077 is anger turned sideways and the place where Sidney can "take down his pants and slide down the ice." Also, Hawkeye takes a pilot 20,000 feet out of the clouds and shows him the up close and personal results of war on the ground as found in the O.R. Who is the mad practical joker and will his/her identity be discovered?
Episode 8
Mulcahy's War
Tue, Nov 16, 197625 mins
Father Mulcahy feels like he wants to do more at the 4077; he continually tells Col. Potter he would like to feel more useful. A chopper brings two wounded soldiers: one is Cpl. Cupcake, a beautiful German Shepherd who tripped a land mine to save his handler partner. Frank operates on the 4-legged hero. Pvt. Danny Fitzsimmons appears in the O.R. with another type of self-inflicted foot wound. Hawkeye asks Father to talk to Danny but the young soldier does not feel like Fr. Mulcahy can relate to him; Father has never been to the front. A front line aid station calls and asks for a jeep and litter to transport a badly wounded soldier. Colonel Potter tells Radar to bring Igor, but Fr. Mulcahy asks Igor to let him go in his place, squarely against Potter's direct orders. When the wounded soldier has trouble breathing, they stop the jeep. Radar has a panic attack and a radio call is made to the 4077. Grenades and sniper fire scream as Hawkeye gives step-by-step directions for a very delicate surgery, the tracheostomy. Can the novice surgeon save the patient? As adorable Cpl. Cupcake leaves, Radar muses: Soon a dog will outrank me. Ever the wit, Hawkeye quips: Because of Frank, I know just how you feel!
Episode 9
The Korean Surgeon
Tue, Nov 23, 197625 mins
A North Korean surgeon, Dr. Paik, (Soon-Tek Oh) who interned at Cook County in Chicago, is injured and brought to 4077. Paik is very worried one of his men will need his leg amputated; Paik is amazed when he awakens to learn about a new procedure where a graft of the saphenous vein is grafted onto the femoral artery, thus saving the leg. Dr. Paik says he wishes he could stay at 4077, learn and do surgery at the 4077; at POW camp, all of his skills will be wasted. Radar and Sparky arrange for a "transfer" and with a shave, haircut and eyeglasses, Dr. Paik becomes Capt. Cho Wunho, South Korean surgeon. He is an excellent surgeon and Cho (Paik) performs a procedure Col. Potter read about which Cho (Paik) learned in Chicago. Hotlips is very suspicious and Frank is very jealous. Two North Koreans, one played by Robert Ito, come to 4077 pretending to be allies needing supplies; Cho (Paik) recognizes who and what they are. He warns Klinger and Radar, who try to make it plain to very gullible Frank that he is about to ride away with the enemy. Will Dr. Cho be turned in as an enemy POW or will the Army allow the 4077 to trade up: Frank for Cho?
Episode 10
Hawkeye Get Your Gun
Tue, Nov 30, 197625 mins
Radar has a 4-day pass and Klinger is the temporary company clerk. Frank is very particularly cranky; he infuriates Potter when he calls Potter "old". Korean Army Hospital 426 needs two surgeons and supplies. Frank shoots off his big mouth again when he laughs at the idea of Col. Potter volunteering. A deck of playing cards decides the matter: Hawkeye and Potter pull the low cards, so they are going to the 426. Potter is adamant Hawkeye shall carry his sidearm; BJ "fills it with water" and brings it to the departing jeep. The 426 is in enemy territory and primitive; Major Choi, (Mako) is the ranking surgeon. Dr. Choi says they do the best they can with the available facilities. The work and hours are grueling; finally, Choi sends the doctors on their way, very grateful for the excellent work... and that they did not bring Ferret Face! On the ride home, Potter and Pierce find Klinger obligingly packed them a bottle. The doctors take on sniper fire and their jeep is hit...so they hit the nearest foxhole. Can two drunken doctors, one regular Army and the other, irregular pacifist, take on the enemy? Will Hawkeye know which end to point and which end to shoot?
Episode 11
The Colonel's Horse
Tue, Dec 7, 197625 mins
Colonel Potter goes to Tokyo to have a second honeymoon with his wife. Unfortunately, while he is gone his horse Sophie becomes sick with colic. Radar then asks Hawkeye and BJ to help cure her before Potter comes back. However, Sophie isn't the only one to fall ill as Margaret's appendix begins to flare up and due to her fears that Frank will botch up her surgery she asks Hawkeye to perform it.
Episode 12
Exorcism
Tue, Dec 14, 197625 mins
Col. Potter does not like Mr. Yee peddling goods from his pushcart on the 4077 base but he gives him an hour to close business and move. Potter asks his superstitious Company Clerk to move the new Spirit Post away from the side of the road. As Radar drags it away, a cyclist collides with Mr. Yee's pushcart and Col. Potter's new lighter stops working. The PA system for the entire camp inextricably "goes on the fritz" and Frank crushes one of Hotlip's fingers in a clamp. Three new light bulbs sputter and pop in an overhead light; a blood pressure gauge breaks in the middle of surgery. Cpl. Marsh, one of BJ's former patients, is in his care again and then, discharged before Father can replace his St. Christopher medal. The lights all extinguish, the hospital staff continues to drop and fumble things and Margaret reminds everyone it is Friday the 13th. Klinger believes it is the Evil Eye: Igor has not drawn better than 2 pair since Friday!! So, Klinger is wearing a blue bead to ward off the evil. Radar nails up a horseshoe. Cpl. Marsh returns for the third time when an old Korean man jumps in front of his outgoing ambulance. Kyong Ja, the old man's pretty granddaughter, explains her grandfather believes he is pursued by evil spirits. Fr. Mulcahy acknowledges many older Koreans believe jumping in front of moving vehicles will rid them of evil spirits. When Kyong Ja says her grandfather will not have surgery unless the camp is exorcized, Hawkeye asks Radar to go get the priestess. Frank objects but Potter is apologetic only to Fr. Mulcahy. But, Father Mulcahy calls himself a "spiritual thrill seeker," believing the ways of the Lord are many and mysterious. The exorcist dances and rings bells, chants, burns incense, hops, and intones throughout the hospital, OR, pre-op and other wards. The old man smiles happily; and he allows Hawkeye to operate. Within minutes, the PA system is working and all of the glitches and weird issues start resolving themselves. Potter asks Radar to replace the Spirit Post, but Radar already has done it. With everything returned to good order, will Igor's poker game improve?
Episode 13
Hawk's Nightmare
Tue, Dec 21, 197625 mins
Hawkeye is becoming obsessed with the youth of the patients he is seeing in O.R.; he calls them "babies." Hawkeye starts sleepwalking. On his first jaunt, he meets Klinger on guard duty, calls him Scooter and dribbles a pretend basketball. He tells "Scooter" about his new tennis shoes and asks Scooter about their new principal, Vanderhaven; he admires Scooter's "BB gun." Then, he asks Nurse Able to go to the park and play ball; he returns to The Swamp and tells BJ "nobody would play with him." The next day, Hawkeye is tired and totally nonplussed: he has never, ever been a sleepwalker; Potter and the gang (except for Frank) worry about him. In post-op, Hawkeye chats with one of his baby patients about Crabapple Cove. That night, he meets Radar and Klinger while he is sleepwalking; this time, he is playing hopscotch and playing marbles; Radar is "Stinky." Scooter and Stinky put Hawkeye to bed. When Hawkeye starts sleeping, he has bad dreams about his childhood pals and from these, he awakens screaming, Margaret thinks he is working too hard. Now, Hawkeye is afraid to sleep; when he has another nightmare, Potter asks Radar to call Dr. Sidney Freedman (Allan Arbus). In his homespun yet wise way, Radar hits on the truth. Sidney visits to play poker and talk to his friend, Hawkeye, who is afraid he is "losing his marbles." Sidney reassures Hawkeye that he is the sanest person he ever met. Klinger wonders if Hawkeye has been bucking for a Section 8. Is Hawkeye losing it? Or, do our waking demons affect us in more ways than one?
Episode 14
The Most Unforgettable Characters
Tue, Jan 4, 197725 mins
Radar takes a correspondence course from Las Vegas Writers' School which Potter thinks is the original shell game, but Radar says he really wants to improve himself. Col. Potter tells him to confine his literary work to a novel and not the Army daily reports. Radar has problems with his LVWS writing assignments because he thinks he needs a wider vocabulary. Frank is very cranky; it is his birthday and no one seems to remember. Frank acts weirder than normal, so BJ devises the perfect, Machiavellian gift...but it may have the power to backfire. Frank is delighted with his gift. Potter tells Radar the first rule of good writing is "Be yourself." Klinger is still on Section 8 Highway and his new idea is to threaten public self-immolation... until Potter changes water into gasoline. Frank blames Radar for "wrecking" Frank's birthday. Writing is safer than Radar's next hobby: magic. Who knows who/what will be next to be wrecked before Radar makes himself disappear?
Episode 15
38 Across
Tue, Jan 11, 197725 mins
The Swamp Rats are bored right out of their skulls; Frank is over the moon to get a gift: a hand-held box game. Get 14 tiny ball bearings into 14 tiny slots located on the body of a scantily clad girl and win. Hawkeye finds a NY Times crossword puzzle. As they try to save the wounded Chinese POWs in the OR, Father calls out clues, letters and word lengths; Margaret and the doctors help Father fill in some of the answers. The only word they cannot get is 38 Across: five letters, beginning with V meaning "bedbug." Hawkeye remembers his old friend, puzzle expert Tippy Brooks, is a doctor on the Carrier Essex in nearby Pusan Harbor. BJ and Hawkeye get Radar to call and leave Tippy a message: they need Tippy desperately and please call them back. Klinger is out, eating a jeep, piece by piece, with 30-W motor oil for dipping sauce. Potter tells Klinger he needs the jeep for a prisoner exchange. Hawkeye chats with Soo Ling, one of his Chinese patients, who thanks him for fixing his scalp wound. All is well until Radar finds out Tippy is en route to the 4077 in person...and Tippy is bringing Admiral Cox with him! Tippy is frantic and Potter indignant that Hawkeye put a pal's butt in a sling. What emergency can the 4077 show Adm. Cox? A bus arrives full of wounded Korean civilians and the two Navy doctors scramble to assist in a 7-hour session. Seoul City Sue announces Hawkeye Pierce is branded a war criminal for his inhumane surgical experiments on the heads of the Chinese POWs. Admiral Cox is furious. As Klinger starts to drive them back to return to the Essex, it is Cox who comes up with 38-Across: vontz. All problems should be that easy to fix. Will Klinger try to kiss Adm. Cox again on the ride home?
Episode 16
Ping Pong
Tue, Jan 18, 197725 mins
The 8063 visits the 4077 for the M*A*S*H ping-pong finals; Cho, of the 4077, wins 21-18, to the delight of all but Frank, who bet on the 8063. Lt. Col. Harold Becket is shot in the rear echelon and his old friend, Sherman Potter, is there to give him a hard time and reminisce. Cho introduces his fiancee, Soony, to the Swamp Rats. The guys suggest the couple get married at the 4077, as Soony is an orphan. Ferret Face interviews the bride-to-be to work at the 4077; Radar is there to inject common sense. Cho goes to Seoul to buy Soony a ring. Potter's pal, Becket, is a DC desk jockey, bucking for promotion to full bird colonel; all he needs is 5 more days on the line for his Combat Infantry Badge. Potter will be the acting father of the bride. One of Col. Becket's men, Sgt. Blanchard, tells BJ and Hawkeye that Becket's lack of courage and leadership caused massive casualties; the Sgt. thinks he will be court-martialed for talking. The doctors know they have to tell Col. Potter. Margaret does the alterations on Soony's wedding dress with an unwilling dress mannequin. The actual wedding is simple but poignant and brings tears to the eyes of another bride-to-be. Will Potter protect his buddy and help him get 5 more days for his CIB? Or will Potter confront his old friend and take necessary action?
Episode 17
End Run
Tue, Jan 25, 197725 mins
As heroes battle and are wounded in the field, 8063 soldiers fight 4077 soldiers like Zale and Kornhaus at Rosie's Bar; Klinger hides under a table so his dress will not be torn. Radar is excited: Sgt. Billy Tyler, All-American football running back from Iowa, who tied for the Big 10 rushing record, is brought into O.R. with a leg wound. Billy tells Hawkeye if he cannot save his leg, do not save him. To impress Hotlips, Frank orders an illegal fight between Klinger and Zale. Radar feels terrible about Billy: he asks Radar for pills so he can "check out" permanently. Billy curses at Hawkeye for amputating his leg and the surgeon, for once, cannot even talk to his patient. If the first string is unable to reach the angry young football hero, Radar, the second string, has a different rule book and unique set of plays. Will Klinger and Zale beat up each other or a more deserving party? Is it possible to change the entire concept of how you think about yourself, your future and your life?
Episode 18
Hanky Panky
Tue, Feb 1, 197725 mins
What will be the latest casualty of war: the ego of Hawkeye Pierce, the engagement of Margaret Houlihan or the fidelity of BJ Hunnicutt? Lt. Carrie Donovan is having marital problems: she received a "Dear Jane" letter. But, she would rather discuss her problems with BJ than Hawkeye. Poor Margaret is very worried because she has not received a letter from Donald. When she learns her fiancé is in the hospital, she is manic, trying to find out what happened to him. BJ stays out all night and then he wants to write home and confess his sins. Is Hawkeye as good a marriage counsellor as he is a surgeon? Can BJ and Carrie be friends? Will Hotlips have the patience to wait 8 weeks while Donald recovers from a double hernia?
Episode 19
Hepatitis
Tue, Feb 8, 197725 mins
An incredibly average doctor in Crabapple Cove is getting all the press; the only other doctor, Hawkeye, is not there to give him any competition. Hawkeye has a very bad back; Father is off his feed and his fingers feel arthritic. An examination of sclera and tongue reveal hepatitis in Father Mulcahy; Potter asks Hawkeye to administer blood tests and gamma globulin to the 4077. Margaret is about to have the mother-in-law from Hell; Hawkeye gives Hotlips the business, but he also shows her some respect. BJ has to do surgery...by the book; he is scared and then elated. Radar is worried about the "redness" of his blood; Hawkeye tells his friend he should always be proud to be the same great guy from Iowa that arrived and is still serving in Korea. Col. Potter has some very unusual advice on how to cure the back maladies plaguing Hawkeye.
Episode 20
The General's Practitioner
Tue, Feb 15, 197725 mins
Colonel Bidwell (Leonard Stone) of "I" Corp operations is doctor shopping; he wants the cream of the 4077 crop to be personal physician to three-star General Theodore A. Korshak, (Edward Binns) Commander of "I" Corp and tamer of the tiger tank. Bidwell wants to see Hawkeye, the least possible GI of all Army doctors, in action. Bidwell watches as Hawkeye wrestles his patient from the grasp of "the bastard" (death). A GI returning stateside, Cpl. Mulligan (Larry Wilcox) asks Radar to do him a favor: watch over his girl, Mai Ping... and their baby, Lee Chin. Korshak is not a man who takes "no" for an answer and he thinks Hawkeye is a pistol. Radar finds he likes being a family man. Can Hawkeye handle being chief lackey to a three-star general?
Episode 21
Movie Tonight
Tue, Feb 22, 197725 mins
The 4077th has never before seen such bickering...even Hawkeye and BJ are sniping at each other. Father Mulcahy obtains a copy of Colonel Potter's favorite movie, John Ford's classic 1946 western, "My Darling Clementine" for movie night. Everyone, from private to major, has gone "plumb loco" from overwork and exhaustion and Col. Potter is ecstatic to be able to screen the movie for his crew. Four of the nurses are invited to dinner by General Armistead at I Corps: wine, tablecloths, pilots and a car is being sent to pick them up. The film is full of splices and keeps going "kerflooey" as Klinger runs the projector, so Potter encourages the group to sing along to "The Tennessee Waltz" while Klinger tries to fix it. But, Klinger is neither "Mr. or Mrs. Thomas Edison", as he says. The film breaks again. This time, Father Mulcahy tickles the ivories with an Army classic: "Gee, Ma, I Wanna Go Home." The next 2 film breaks bring impersonations of Father Mulcahy and a solo performance by Hotlips. The I Corps driver decides to stay and join the fun. The 4077th is nearly as full of action as Tombstone, so they act out the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in sync with the movie. Only a transport full of wounded soldiers brings the fun-loving crew back to reality and the O.R. But now, instead of bickering, the staff burst into a rendition of "My Darling Clementine" as they operate.
Episode 22
Souvenirs
Tue, Mar 1, 197725 mins
Collecting junk is America's favorite past-time; the 8 year old S. Korean boy upon which Hawkeye operates is full of brass because chopper pilot, WO Willie Stratton (and his ilk) hire them to collect scrap metal and brass. Margaret wants her family heirloom returned to her, but Frank refuses to acknowledge she even gave him her father's ruby and gold signet ring. Klinger decides to sit atop the basketball hoop on a power pole in search of Section 8. An Army MP (Brian Dennehy) questions Ferret Face about a priceless S. Korean treasure: an 800 year old celadon vase of the Koryo Dynasty which Corp. Thomas Hinton claims he sold Frank for $27.75. The 8063 CO is promoting tomfoolery: a private did some pole sitting for 94 hours and 18 minutes and has the new record. Potter grumbles about Drake (the CO) who broke the old Camp Grant goldfish record for eating goldfish by eating 23. Potter laughs as he admits he ate 22 and was sick for a week. Then Potter has a light bulb: Klinger is halfway home to a new record that has nothing to do with Section 8. Margaret gets drunk and starts beating up officers: the ultimatum $15 or 15 teeth works well with one of them. Hawkeye and BJ have a more creative solution to take down the other officer.
Episode 23
Post Op
Tue, Mar 8, 197725 mins
The 4077 needs blood, lots of it and then some. All personnel (but Ferret Face) have contributed twice. Naturally, the hospital is slammed; Sgt. Jerris Moody is a black medic who brings them one bus load. Margaret talks in Post Op with a young private who came face to face with a Chinese soldier and lived to tell about it. Klinger donates his hair for a good cause to a GI of Puerto Rican descent. BJ learns all about land mines and booby traps from Herb, a GI whose leg he was forced to amputate. Frank is panic-stricken when a patient of his is unconscious and tries to blame a nurse. Hawkeye tries to cheer up Whitney, a GI who was shot in the rear echelon and is embarrassed. Moody has to fight a bunch of drunk, bigoted GIs who ask him "to dance." Colonel Potter figures out Frank's patient was a snakebite victim. Frank is sure his wife, Louise, is back home fooling around. BJ delivers what he considers good news to Sgt. Raymond McGill: he is going stateside. But, McGill does not want to go: he is making money off his "buddies" by selling whiskey and snap shots for 50 times cost. A wounded GI tries to flirt with Margaret...and Klinger. Col. Potter is desperate; even though it has not been 48 hours, he asks his crew to donate more blood. As Ferret Face runs screaming for his Mommy, Sgt. Attais, a Greek soldier and a truckload of his brave soldiers volunteer to replenish diminished supplies. Col. Potter gets a geography lesson about Chicago (he served at Camp Grant for two years prior to WWI) from a concussed GI.
Episode 24
Margaret's Marriage
Tue, Mar 15, 197725 mins
A little wave of jealousy ripples through O.R.: Ferret Face heckles Margaret about her absent fiance and their "no wedding date" engagement. Margaret calls Donald and tells him what Frank said and Lt. Col. Penobscott (Beeson Carroll) rushes to the 4077. He says he wants to talk to Frank. The couple asks Father Mulcahy to marry them and all of the officers are thrilled but, Frank has a case of the runs. The nurses give Margaret a bachelorette party and Klinger crashes, bearing a touching gift. The guys throw Donald's Stag Smoker in The Swamp...all parties are beyond drunk and filled with jocularity. The Swamp Rats want a special surprise for Margaret...but how can they wrap Donald like a present? Margaret is a radiant bride in white, on the arm of Colonel Potter and Klinger is resplendent in lilac; even Hawkeye is clad in his Class A uniform. A helicopter and truck cut the ceremony short. After O.R., the happy couple is put on a helicopter to Tokyo. Margaret is so, so happy, she even hugs Frank. The Swamp Rats try to tell the new bride about their little joke. Frank is the last one at the chopper pad, waving Margaret farewell.
