A wounded soldier being treated at the 4077th provides a narrative through his eyes.A wounded soldier being treated at the 4077th provides a narrative through his eyes.A wounded soldier being treated at the 4077th provides a narrative through his eyes.
David Hunt Stafford
- The Soldier
- (as David Stafford)
Sal Viscuso
- P.A. Announcer
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to the notepad Private Rich uses, it is September 12, 1951.
- GoofsCol Potter commanding, visits a soldier in the ward writing home. He's dated the letter September 12, 1951. When Col Potter is assigned to the 4077th, the announcer stated the date of his arrival September 19, 1952, a year later.
- Quotes
Major Charles Winchester: You broke into my footlocker and you read through my personal diary, didn't you, swine?
Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce: Charles, in all the times I've broken into your footlocker I have never looked at your diary.
Major Charles Winchester: Then who drew all these disgusting pictures in it?
Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce: It's dry reading. You need illustrations.
Major Charles Winchester: I've had it with you, Pierce. It's two-by-fours at dawn.
- Crazy creditsThere is no music during either the opening or closing credits of this episode.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979)
Featured review
One Of The Boldest Episodes In Television History
Yes, the P.O.V. or point of view shot had been used before this. In fact it is still to this day, a staple in horror cinema and had prior to this been put most brilliantly on display in the criminally underrated film noir Lady In The Lake. However, no one had ever been brave enough to put it on TV to any extent. I mean who could sit through 30 minutes of a mostly low angle view from a bed ridden soldier's perspective? It took a series with some sway and some power like M*A*S*H to pull it off. I'm sure CBS fought them tooth and nail on this but luckily the writers won the battle (assuming there was one). We follow the soldier and his point of view from the battlefield all the way to his bus trip and everything that happens in between. As it is television drama, when done right, makes us feel like we're spying on the lives of the characters. This episode takes that concept all the way by putting you in the action with the way it's filmed. You can't communicate with the M*A*S*H principles, but neither can the character whose eyes we are seeing through. Episodes like Point Of View, Life Time or Dreams may not be a barrel of laughs, but almost no other TV series would ever be so bold as to experiment with an episode like this one...simply a masterpiece that displays some serious creative genius that I can't recommend highly enough.
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- AllNewSux
- Aug 28, 2017
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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