Hawkeye pierce, going solo, has an accident with a jeep, and is rescued by a south korean family. But, the boston bassoon wants to blow his french horn, loudly. Exhausted after two days without sleep, members of the 4077th steal away for catnaps and experience dreams that reveal their fears, yearnings and frustrations. The seven most antiwar episodes of mash intellectual. Written by alan alda and robert klane and directed by jackie cooper, it originally aired on cbstv on october, 1973. Hawkeye and bj refuse to use soap and water until the blowhard stops polluting the air. After three straight days of surgery, an overexhausted hawkeye is unable to sleep. Jackie cooper won the primetime emmy award for directing this episode. Hawkeye all it needs is a little salt pepper mustard, catchup, sauce. The setting is the 4077th mash short for mobile army surgical hospital, a type of army field.
Whilst characters such as kellye, igor, rizzo, goldman and ginger are listed where they appear as specific characters central to the plot, they also appeared regularly as nonspeaking cast members. This story explores an alternate ending to the episode where theres a will. Directed by alan alda, who wrote the teleplay and collaborated with james jay rubinfier on the storyline, it originally aired on cbstv on february 18, 1980. Majors houlihan and burns press charges against colonel blake to get him arrested and put frank in charge, and put hawkeye and trapper under arrest so that they cant help him. Actor alan alda cowrote about 10 percent of the episodes. Written by larry gelbart and simon muntner, and directed by gelbart, it first aired on january, 1976.
Burt metcalfe the 4077th is in the middle of a heat wave, keeping everyone from sleeping. See more ideas about mash 4077, alan alda and favorite tv shows. Three straight days without sleep causes hawkeye to start to act very erratically. Hyde was the fifth episode of season 2 of the tv series mash, also the 29th overall episode of the series. The rest of the movie is flashbacks telling the story. With alan alda, mike farrell, harry morgan, loretta swit. With that loss, potter comforts himself with valuing the true blue friends he has, like hawkeye. All assets belong to the aforementioned incorporation. The 4077th deals with a sudden heat wave in their own personal ways.
It is easy with a diagnosis of terminal cancer to feel despair, wishing even that the wait for the end be over soon. One of the most commercially and critically successful series in american television history, mash is to quote its lead character, hawkeye pierce finest kind. Mash 19721983 was an american television series, airing on cbs, about a team of doctors and nurses stationed at a fictional u. When winchester hears that his sister is going to marry an italian, he goes nuts, doing everything in his power to stop the marriage. Radar said at the beginning of the episode that there would not.
The morning after the night before, hawkeye and margaret wake up in their beatup tent. With this being a radar episode, youd probably assume this is a favorite of mine. Mash season 8 episode list, summaries and show guide. Saunders, who lost part of his face and requires plastic surgery. Hawkeye dreams that he is back in school and he falls asleep during class. A device is yet to be invented that will measure my indifference to this remark. He cant receive any pay, send out or receive any mail, telegrams, or phone calls. The 4077th cant escape the korean war, even in its dreams. My favorite character ever was winchester, who, though snobby, would give back to hawkeye and bj as good as he got. In the movie mash, did someone kill a baby or a chicken. With alan alda, wayne rogers, mclean stevenson, loretta swit. A novel about three army doctors by richard hooker.
There will be a couple more in the future where hawkeye must deal with the subconscious. During the episode where she gets married hawkeye and b. Life time, which unfolds in real time as the doctors race against the clock to perform an emergency procedure that requires a graft from a dying soldier. He decides to find out who started the war, and sends a telegram to harry s trueman. Couldnt sleep the other night and stayed wondering what could have become of benjamin.
The show ran on cbs from 1972 to 1983, seven years longer than the korean war during which it takes place. Hawkeye starts sleepwalking and having horrific nightmares. Hawkeyes corduroy bathrobe looks purple in real life, but comes across as red on camera. Hawkeye is a little nervous, made worse when he sees that margaret seems to think this is the beginning of a longterm relationship, and the natural evolution of their time together at the 4077th. During a hectic nonstop rush of wounded that is overcrowding the camp, the staffs brief naps have disturbing dreams in which the war is an neverending intrusion. Also, there could have been more discussion about hawkeye operating while suffering from sleep deprivation. Ranking the best mash episodes of all time stacker. Colonel potter tries to deal with a suicidal gi, pvt. See more ideas about mash 4077, favorite tv shows and best tv. After 24 hours of surgery, hawkeye and potter venture off to a korean hospital to lend a hand. The swamps korean houseboy, hojon, is accepted to attend school at hawkeyes alma mater. Hawkeye is fighting a battle against his own demons and the physiological consequences of no sleep. That night, hawkeye is afraid to go to sleep, and tries to get other people to stay up with him.
What starts as a little white lie turns into a full blown charade, and using misdirection, paperwork and the dependable gulli. Mash aired its first episode on september 17, 1972. Army hospital unit number 4077 in korea, during the korean war in 195053. After expressing resistance for the whole episode, b. What struck me a few nights ago after watching a mash episode is that the sitcom is an excellent course in coping with dread in the face of hawkeyes and my individual predicaments. Hawkeye pierce is a truly dedicated surgeon, but sometimes he can be a little too dedicated. This video complies with fair use under the fact that it being displayed as an example of excellent. But when their patient develops hepatitis, they worry frank may be a. To prevent himself from succumbing to a concussion, hawkeye begins. Mash season 8 episode guide and tv show schedule tv. After hawkeye is kept awake in surgery for 3 days straight he decides to find out who started the war. Nov 10, 2018 explore vanillaproverbs317s board mash. This episode is considered arguably among the finest written of all 256 episodes of the series. Set in the korean war, the show depicted life at a mobile army surgical hospital yup, thats where the acronym mash stands for and starred alan alda, wayne rogers, loretta swit, mclean stevenson, larry.
Once again, theres really not much more that i can add that rj hasnt already mentioned though one minor correction. An exhausted hawkeye has been operating without sleep for some time, and each time he tries to get some rest more wounded soldiers arrive. Hawkeye and margaret are the only ones able to work during a flu epidemic. Hyde was the fifth episode of season 2 of the tv series mas h, also the. After listening to some of franks rubbish about the north koreans wanting better plumbing, he tries to send the officers latrine to the north koreans with an. Hawkeye and trapper attempt to obtain an incubator for the 4077th. This is also true of many of the nurses, corpsman, orderlies and drivers listed as guest stars. Watch all 24 mash episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more. When hawk cant answer another question because he was sleeping in class, the teacher asks for his other arm and charles takes it off and gives it to the. Watch all 20 mash episodes from season 9,view pictures, get episode information and more. Hawkeye was the 91st episode of the cbstv series mash, and, also the 19th episode of the fourth season of the series. Hawkeye and trapper play vampire in this episode, tapping frank during his sleep for a pint of blood to help save a pow with the rare ab negative blood type. Mash is an american television series developed by larry gelbart and adapted from the 1970 feature film mash which was itself based on the 1968 novel mash. Dreams was the 22nd episode of season 8 of the cbstv series mash, also the 195th overall series episode.
It follows a team of doctors and support staff stationed at the 4077th mash mobile army surgical hospital in uijeongbu, south korea, during the korean war. Hawkeye told radar to go to hell, radar told hawkeye to, crawl back into your bottle of booze and pickle yourself. Hawkeye has been in nonstop surgery for 3 straight days without sleep, and the wounded keep coming. By season 10, hawkeye has become a bit of a nebbish, and has long since stopped womanizing, telling a nurse at one point, i cant take advantage of your feelings for me. Hawkeye goes on the wagon and drives everyone crazy. The lovelife of margaret hot lips houlihan fans pages. He wakes trapper and tells him he must find out who started the war so he can stop it. The final episode was a bit much, too hawkeye centric. The camp raises money to send hojon to maine by raffling a weekend in tokyo with a nurse, much to the chagrin of hot lips and burns. Just imagine if he, still played by alan alda, returned in an episode of mamas family. Hawkeye tries to take advantage of the situation, but it isnt as good as he thinks. The next day, hawkeye tries to convince himself that its just tension. He begins to think that he may be starting to lose his war against the war. Watch the historymaking mash finale november 11 on metv.
I knew that you could get stuff through improvisation that you cant get. Hyde was the 29th episode of the television series mash, and the fifth episode of season two. It was a movie that served as the 251st and final episode of the series. Hawkeye has been placed on operational standdown orders. Potter wanders into his office to get a sleeping pill, and is shocked to find klinger having taken apart the p. During the ceremony incoming helicopters he cant move because of the plaster. The one where hawkeye gets stranded with a korean family who cant speak english and he just babbles bullshit the whole episode. To prevent himself from succumbing to a concussion, hawkeye begins talking endlessly to the family, who cant understand a word hes saying. Despite orders to sleep, hawkeyes sense of duty compels him to help, seeing him reach three 24hour days in a week. Hawkeye and trapper john make up a fictional officer in order to donate his salary to an orphanage.
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