(07x22) 169 - Rally 'Round the Flagg, Boys
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:31 pm
This turned out to be Flagg's last episode of M*A*S*H: the writers had unofficially retired him after "The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan" (5x07), because they felt he was becoming too broad and over-the-top, especially with the direction of tone the series was taking, so this was essentially his swan song.
So was that arrogant patient who accused Hawkeye of being a communist sympathizer for taking a badly wounded North Korean soldier over his buddy the one who tipped off Flagg, or how did Flagg find out about all of that "comm-symp" business? Charles really shined in this episode, he was more than willing to go along with Flagg in spying on Hawkeye if he got him home to Boston, but when he soon realized what Flagg is really like, he set him up and made him look like a fool with all the same cheekiness like when he and B.J. got Dupree in trouble with Potter to terminate his transfer.
Still, the patient Baskall, or whatever his name is, I really wanted both Hawkeye and B.J. to just deck his lights out; sure, he was upset that Hawkeye took the North Korean over his buddy, but he seriously held the grudge waaay too far, and attacking Hawkeye with his cane was really unnecessary.
So was that arrogant patient who accused Hawkeye of being a communist sympathizer for taking a badly wounded North Korean soldier over his buddy the one who tipped off Flagg, or how did Flagg find out about all of that "comm-symp" business? Charles really shined in this episode, he was more than willing to go along with Flagg in spying on Hawkeye if he got him home to Boston, but when he soon realized what Flagg is really like, he set him up and made him look like a fool with all the same cheekiness like when he and B.J. got Dupree in trouble with Potter to terminate his transfer.
Still, the patient Baskall, or whatever his name is, I really wanted both Hawkeye and B.J. to just deck his lights out; sure, he was upset that Hawkeye took the North Korean over his buddy, but he seriously held the grudge waaay too far, and attacking Hawkeye with his cane was really unnecessary.