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by kkt
Mon Aug 05, 2013 12:26 am
Forum: Episode Discussion
Topic: (07x26) 173 - The Party
Replies: 6
Views: 7571

Re: (07x26) 173 - The Party

The hole I see is that travel was slow and expensive back then. Jet planes were a decade away. It would be workable for Hawkeye's dad to come from Maine in a day each way, probably, and as a doctor he had pretty good income, and Charles' family could certainly make it down from Boston. But for insta...
by kkt
Mon Aug 05, 2013 12:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lazy Frank
Replies: 4
Views: 4319

Re: Lazy Frank

He didn't just lose Margaret as a girlfriend, he lost the only friend he had in camp too. Not surprising he was depressed.
One could even feel sorry for him.
by kkt
Mon Aug 05, 2013 12:05 am
Forum: Episode Discussion
Topic: (08x04) 177 - Good-bye, Radar, Part 1
Replies: 1
Views: 2428

Re: (08x04) 177 - Good-bye, Radar, Part 1

Yes, he was out of character, though I am not sure if it's Burghoff's feelings showing through or the way it was written. I think the episode would have been better without the back and forth of whether he's going or not, and done in a single half hour. Also, it is hard to believe Klinger getting th...
by kkt
Mon Jul 22, 2013 12:44 am
Forum: Forum Announcements & Questions/Suggestions
Topic: User Ranks
Replies: 6
Views: 20513

Re: User Ranks

Well, it would have to be an officer's rank, because they used it to get Radar into the Officer's Club. I had thought of it as between 1st Lieutenant and Captain, but I don't think it actually said in the episode.
by kkt
Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:42 pm
Forum: Episode Discussion
Topic: (06x16) 138 - The Smell of Music
Replies: 1
Views: 2254

Re: (06x16) 138 - The Smell of Music

I wasn't that crazy about the main plot of this one. Seems like a time when Potter would have put a stop to it, order Charles to limit the hours he plays the horn and order Hawkeye and BJ to shower. I understand that most of the time the C.O. needs to let people settle their own quarrels but once it...
by kkt
Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:38 pm
Forum: Episode Discussion
Topic: (06x15) 137 - The Merchant of Korea
Replies: 1
Views: 2072

Re: (06x15) 137 - The Merchant of Korea

I'm guessing that it's the military custom that enlisted get paid first, because 1. The enlisteds are more likely to be living hand to mouth, and the officers are likely to be able to get credit if they need a loan until the snafu gets fixed. 2. You could pay a lot of enlisteds for what just a few o...
by kkt
Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Favorite Character?
Replies: 13
Views: 27200

Re: Favorite Character?

It really depends... favorite to watch on TV, probably Hawkeye. But I wouldn't want to bunk with him. Favorite to share a tent with, B.J. Favorite to be my boss, Potter. Unless I were his clerk, in which case Blake. :mrgreen: Favorite doctor to treat me if I were wounded with an ordinary combat inju...
by kkt
Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:39 pm
Forum: Episode Discussion
Topic: (06x05) 127 - War of Nerves
Replies: 1
Views: 2224

Re: (06x05) 127 - War of Nerves

The method did work. The patient became much more fully functioning. So he hated his doctor... that's not as important as keeping him from being a nonfunctioning victim of combat fatigue for years or possibly his entire life.
by kkt
Mon Jul 15, 2013 9:43 am
Forum: Episode Discussion
Topic: (05x25) 122 - Margaret's Marriage
Replies: 6
Views: 7465

Re: (05x25) 122 - Margaret's Marriage

Yes, Margaret treated him pretty badly. But he treated her pretty badly too. He lied about her family ring she had given him, called her names, etc.

Five seasons of Frank's hypocrisy were finally clear to her, and she was really mad at herself for putting up with it for so long.
by kkt
Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:22 am
Forum: Episode Discussion
Topic: (08x07) 180 - Nurse Doctor
Replies: 3
Views: 6998

Re: NURSE DOCTOR (08x07) 176

After Harris made a fool of herself with Father Mulcahy, I don't think she was about to fall for anyone else at MASH. And I didn't see Hawkeye being really smitten with her. To him, she was just a female, and he did the reflexive over-the-top flirting he did with all the new females.
by kkt
Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Charles' Friendships
Replies: 7
Views: 8800

Re: Charles' Friendships

I watched "Mr. and Mrs. Who?" today. Charles had some great soft moments there too.
by kkt
Thu Jul 11, 2013 6:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Charles' Friendships
Replies: 7
Views: 8800

Re: Charles' Friendships

Actually, Charles is from Beacon Hill, the bluest of Boston's blue blood neighborhoods. In think that's mentioned in "They call the wind Korea." Back Bay was water until the late 19th century, when it was filled in for housing. Nowadays it's a pretty nice neighborhood, but to the Boston Br...
by kkt
Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Charles' Friendships
Replies: 7
Views: 8800

Re: Charles' Friendships

Charles will marry someday, but it won't be someone he met at MASH. It'll be some Boston society young woman who will be a Suitable mom to the future Charles Emerson Winchester IV. As far as temporary attachments, don't forget the French nurse. They got along great until he realized how bohemian she...
by kkt
Mon Jul 08, 2013 11:42 pm
Forum: Episode Discussion
Topic: (04x15) 087 - Mail Call Again
Replies: 4
Views: 4426

Re: (04x15) 087 - Mail Call Again

Margaret wasn't exactly a saint, and that made her a more interesting character than if she were. She had a continuing relationship with a married man. She enthusiastically ate the ham Frank stole during "Crisis". She hid her own stash of brandy in the supply tent and kept it a secret from...
by kkt
Mon Jul 08, 2013 11:29 pm
Forum: Episode Discussion
Topic: (03x24) 072 - Abyssinia, Henry
Replies: 2
Views: 4226

Re: (03x24) 072 - Abyssinia, Henry

We were generally stronger in the air, but we lost some too. And if they didn't want to take on fighters, going after a military transport plane might be a target they could handle. A lot of the soldiers were superstitious about getting killed just as they were about to leave or even on their way ho...