(07x17) 164 - Inga

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(07x17) 164 - Inga

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The best way I can think to explain how I feel about this episode is that the whole was weaker than its parts. There were some truly good moments in this episode. I loved Hawkeye's speech in the shower, Klinger's reaction to hearing about sex changes, Charles making an ass of himself when talking about the Swedish servant, Hawkeye being chewed out by Margaret and then turning it around on Charles later, and the dance scene later in the episode. But the episode as a whole, and the message behind it, feels like it could have been handled better. Maybe it's the episode's placement within the series (his womanizing had been toned down a bit by this point), maybe it's the chemistry between Alan Alda and Mariette Hartley (they did have some good moments, especially in that dancing scene I mentioned, but it didn't really seem to click as much as it could have), maybe because it's a bit dated by today's standards, and there may have been other reasons I can't really think of off the top of my hear... Whatever the reason(s), I will say that I don't hate this episode like some people, and as I said, it did have its enjoyable moments, but I don't think it holds up too well as a whole, and could have been better.
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