War Correspondent Clete Roberts interviews the members of the 4077.War Correspondent Clete Roberts interviews the members of the 4077.War Correspondent Clete Roberts interviews the members of the 4077.
Loretta Swit
- Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFather Mulcahy's story about the surgeons warming themselves over a patient's open wound was based on something a real Army doctor who served in a Korean War MASH unit told the writers.
- GoofsDuring this episode Potter says "I miss my wife, of course...miss my son, daughter-in-law. I have a new baby grandchild. I haven't seen her. I'd like to."
In S11:E11 Strange Bedfellows, it's Potter's Son-in-Law that visits the 4077th.
- Quotes
Father Francis Mulcahy: When the doctors cut into a patient... and it's cold, the way it is now today... steam will rise from the body. And the doctor will warm his hands over the open wound. How could anybody look upon that and not feel changed?
- Crazy creditsThe opening and closing credits are in color while the rest of the program is in black and white.
- Alternate versionsIn 2017, the series was remastered in high definition widescreen for release on Hulu. The original CBS airing and all syndicated versions were in black and white. The episode however was originally filmed in color and later made black and white in post production. A color version was released for the first time as part of the series release on Hulu.
- ConnectionsFeatured in M*A*S*H: Our Finest Hour (1978)
Featured review
Heartbreaking
To me, this episode has sort of a parallel with another best, "Abyssinia, Henry". They were both quite shocking and contraballanced the comedy of their seasons, bringing us to earth. In any episode of MASH, even the lighter ones, we can see the absurdity of war, but there are few that inspire real horror about the war, maybe only "Abyssinia, Henry", "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" and certainly "The Interview". Besides, I think it brings the cast perfectly as an ensemble (I only miss Margaret in this one); the best interviews are given by Father Mulcahy, Col. Potter and Radar. I think they represent three important views of war: Father Mulcahy sees it as a grown wise man, but who is very pure and sensitive, and had no experience whatsoever with that sort of violence; Col. Potter as a man who knows war very well; and Radar sees it naively, experiencing not only war, but almost everything for the first time. William Christopher always did a wonderful job as Mulcahy, but he is brilliant in this one; the story he tells to explain how the war changed him, I honestly think it summarizes MASH, in the sense that we understand with that image that everything those people do that may look absurd and even ridiculous is actually heartbreaking, the result of despair. It reminded me of "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet", when Hawkeye is crying because he didn't feel that sad when he lost other patients. Those doctors learned how not to feel, but Mulcahy didn't, and that's why he can see and express that sadness in the interview. Aside from that, we can always see how lonely he is, but I believe this is the first time we see him aware and bothered by that loneliness, when he says there are no other priests around... Always loved the moment when the interview asks if they want to say something to the people at home, they are very much themselves here.
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- fernandd-37343
- Jan 4, 2022
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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