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(08x12) 185 - Dear Uncle Abdul

Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 4:14 pm
by RJ
Use this thread to discuss 08x12: Dear Uncle Abdul.

Re: (08x12) 185 - Dear Uncle Abdul

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 5:18 pm
by Ferret Face
I believe I've seen this episode three times. The first time was on TV, long before I got this season on DVD. And I absolutely hated this episode then. It was easily my least favorite episode I had seen of the series (though at the time, there were pretty decent number of episodes I hadn't seen yet). Since then, I seem to have warmed up to it a bit.

Admittedly, it's still my least favorite "Dear" episode, and there are some things that are a bit off. But I do like the general idea that the story was going for. The main joke that Hawkeye and BJ were telling was kind of weak, but I did like how they became so obsessive and petty about it, which seemed really in character for both of them. And I liked the ending where they're both told off by Klinger, as he explains why neither of them are that funny compared to the craziness of the people in camp. An speaking of which, I did like the various comedic moments from the other characters. Most notably, I thought Charles using Klinger as a bird dog was pretty great, especially when the one that he did shoot landed on a mine.

I'm still not a big fan of the side-story with Eddie. I think it could have been a decent story if they had more time to flesh it out, but as it was, it seemed kind of flat.