These guys seem to have unlimited resources to take care of business when it presents itself and still manage to do their jobs. A young soldier is about to be shipped out but has a Korean wife and baby. He needs to get married before so they can be brought back home. Hawkeye says he will do what he can. Soon a CID guy, played by Burt Young of "Rocky" shows up. He is pretty much set against the marriage before he gets there, but there is always blackmail. It just goes to show you that when you start to drink things don't go well. Of course, Frank and Margaret get their respective oars into the situation, attacking Radar for being helpful. There's also a character that is beautiful on the outside and rotten on the inside. Average offering.
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Guest starring Burt Young
safenoe12 March 2024
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Kellye Nakahara returns with as Lt. Kellye Yamato, RN, and she became a significant part of the 4077th, and an episode was dedicated to her in season 11, the final every season of M*A*S*H.
Anyway, I'm enjoying reflecting on M*A*S*H, especially as I'm pretty sure I've seen every episode at least once, and it's a series I grew up with. For me (and I know this is an unpopular view), I preferred the later seasons which had the more serious tone, and really it would have been hard to imagine Colonel Blake, Trapper John, and Frank Burns being a part of that serious phase of M*A*S*H but we'll never know for sure.
Anyway, I'm enjoying reflecting on M*A*S*H, especially as I'm pretty sure I've seen every episode at least once, and it's a series I grew up with. For me (and I know this is an unpopular view), I preferred the later seasons which had the more serious tone, and really it would have been hard to imagine Colonel Blake, Trapper John, and Frank Burns being a part of that serious phase of M*A*S*H but we'll never know for sure.
Average episode with a strong finish
dhirth30 October 2023
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The general story isn't anything particularly outstanding compared to the series' highpoints. Especially the guest starring Lieutenant is more of a plot device than an actual character. Also the usually entertaining surgery sequence falls a little flat.
The final dialogue between Hawkeye and his latent racist about-to-be-girlfriend though is a STRONG statement against racist thinking and one of Alan Alda's most shining moments up to this point in the show.
Bonus points for Jamie Farr's once again spot-on comedy as Corporal Klinger and MacLean Stevenson's short but effective interaction with Majors Burns and Houlihan.
The final dialogue between Hawkeye and his latent racist about-to-be-girlfriend though is a STRONG statement against racist thinking and one of Alan Alda's most shining moments up to this point in the show.
Bonus points for Jamie Farr's once again spot-on comedy as Corporal Klinger and MacLean Stevenson's short but effective interaction with Majors Burns and Houlihan.
The one where Hawkeye helps a G.I. get married
jarrodmcdonald-118 April 2023
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If you think about it, it's surprising that it took the show's writers this long to do a story about a serviceman falling in love with a local Korean girl. This tale adds a baby into the mix which prompts Hawkeye to see if he can arrange a marriage for them, before the G. I. is sent home.
Naturally, Trapper, Radar and Henry help get the paperwork processed in record time. Meanwhile, Margaret and Frank object to the 4077th turning into a 'marriage bureau.' There's a funny scene where they stomp into Henry's office to issue their complaints, with Margaret doing most of the talking on Frank's behalf.
When an army investigator (Burt Young) shows up to question Hawkeye who is listed as a character reference, things take an unexpected turn. There's a rather interesting line of dialogue where the investigator asks Hawkeye what his political persuasion is, which is not directly answered, echoing the McCarthy witch hunts that were going on in the U. S. in the early 50s.
Unfortunately the investigator refuses to sign off on the paperwork allowing the G. I.'s marriage. So Hawkeye and Trapper frame him by suggesting he enjoyed too much of their homemade gin and had a wild night of sex. Some of this is a bit unbelievable. I think it would have played better if they suggested the bra in his bed and the lipstick on his clothes had belonged to Klinger. Especially since the investigator interacted with Klinger earlier and seemed transphobic.
Because we need a happy ending, the blackmail carried out by Hawkeye and Trapper is successful. The G. I. is able to marry his Korean girlfriend. The wedding scene occurs at the end, with Klinger catching the bouquet, giving us some more gay humor. Incidentally, Klinger would get married in the final episode of the series to a Korean woman played by Rosalind Chao who appeared with him on the follow-up program AfterM*A*S*H. On that show, they had a baby.
The episode's subplot involves a nurse named Regina (Corinne Camacho) who is being romanced by Hawkeye. But when she learns he is helping 'one of our people'- the American soldier- marry a Korean, her obvious racism is a turn off for Hawkeye, who is most likely not a close-minded Republican but an open-minded Democrat.
Goofs: there is dialogue in this episode about Radar ordering a John Wayne film, FLYING LEATHERNECKS (1951), where it is said that Wayne's costars in the movie are Ward Bond and Maureen O'Hara. Neither Ward Bond nor Maureen O'Hara appear in FLYING LEATHERNECKS. Instead, John Wayne's costars in the movie were Robert Ryan and Janis Carter. There is also mention of Radar ordering a sequel called BONZO RUNS FOR PRESIDENT. But the sequel for BEDTIME FOR BONZO was BONZO GOES TO COLLEGE and would not have been released until 1952.
Naturally, Trapper, Radar and Henry help get the paperwork processed in record time. Meanwhile, Margaret and Frank object to the 4077th turning into a 'marriage bureau.' There's a funny scene where they stomp into Henry's office to issue their complaints, with Margaret doing most of the talking on Frank's behalf.
When an army investigator (Burt Young) shows up to question Hawkeye who is listed as a character reference, things take an unexpected turn. There's a rather interesting line of dialogue where the investigator asks Hawkeye what his political persuasion is, which is not directly answered, echoing the McCarthy witch hunts that were going on in the U. S. in the early 50s.
Unfortunately the investigator refuses to sign off on the paperwork allowing the G. I.'s marriage. So Hawkeye and Trapper frame him by suggesting he enjoyed too much of their homemade gin and had a wild night of sex. Some of this is a bit unbelievable. I think it would have played better if they suggested the bra in his bed and the lipstick on his clothes had belonged to Klinger. Especially since the investigator interacted with Klinger earlier and seemed transphobic.
Because we need a happy ending, the blackmail carried out by Hawkeye and Trapper is successful. The G. I. is able to marry his Korean girlfriend. The wedding scene occurs at the end, with Klinger catching the bouquet, giving us some more gay humor. Incidentally, Klinger would get married in the final episode of the series to a Korean woman played by Rosalind Chao who appeared with him on the follow-up program AfterM*A*S*H. On that show, they had a baby.
The episode's subplot involves a nurse named Regina (Corinne Camacho) who is being romanced by Hawkeye. But when she learns he is helping 'one of our people'- the American soldier- marry a Korean, her obvious racism is a turn off for Hawkeye, who is most likely not a close-minded Republican but an open-minded Democrat.
Goofs: there is dialogue in this episode about Radar ordering a John Wayne film, FLYING LEATHERNECKS (1951), where it is said that Wayne's costars in the movie are Ward Bond and Maureen O'Hara. Neither Ward Bond nor Maureen O'Hara appear in FLYING LEATHERNECKS. Instead, John Wayne's costars in the movie were Robert Ryan and Janis Carter. There is also mention of Radar ordering a sequel called BONZO RUNS FOR PRESIDENT. But the sequel for BEDTIME FOR BONZO was BONZO GOES TO COLLEGE and would not have been released until 1952.
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