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PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
Production: T-416 (159)
Aired: February 19, 1979 (166)
Writer: Tom Reeder
Director: Tony Mordente
Guest Stars
Larry Flash Jenkins - Pvt. North
Jeff Maxwell - Igor
James Wainwright - Colonel Lacey
"Sometimes when a man is anxious to stick out a glad hand it's because he has something up his sleeve."
The doctors are talking in O. R. about Colonel Lacey and his high casualty rate. They are tired of operating on his men. Later Colonel Lacey comes to visit his men, but gets the cold shoulder from them. Margaret, at first, is interested in him romantically, but she finds out that he is planning another offensive that would have a thirty percent casualty rate. Thanks to a letter from Colonel Potter, his plan is temporarily canceled. He comes to give his men their Purple Hearts. One man refuses it and another goes into shock. After Colonel Lacey hears he is refused permission to launch his offensive, he tells Hawkeye and BJ that he will still take the hill, but another way. Hawkeye invites him to drink over his new plan. He drugs the colonel's drink and then, despite protests from BJ, removes the colonel's appendix. This, however, does not stop the wounded from coming. Klinger is trying to put a curse on Colonel Potter. When it has unintended effects, he gives his tools to Father Mulcahy.
Trivia: What hill did Colonel Lacey want to take? (Hint: It is the same hill that Stevie died on in "The Billfold Syndrome" (S7).)
Bonus: What is Colonel Lacey's division?
The original script called for Hawkeye and BJ to perform the appendectomy and for Margaret to protest lightly. But, while the actors were going over the script, Mike Farrell protested this inhumane act. This event gave the producers the idea to change the script to the way it was finally broadcast. Hawkeye, Trapper, and Henry removed Colonel Flagg's healthy appendix in "White Gold" (S3). In this episode the 4077th has a 97 percent survival rate.
An OK episode. This episode is an example of where M*A*S*H starts taking itself too seriously and the episodes just aren't as fun to watch any more.
Production: T-416 (159)
Aired: February 19, 1979 (166)
Writer: Tom Reeder
Director: Tony Mordente
Guest Stars
Larry Flash Jenkins - Pvt. North
Jeff Maxwell - Igor
James Wainwright - Colonel Lacey
"Sometimes when a man is anxious to stick out a glad hand it's because he has something up his sleeve."
The doctors are talking in O. R. about Colonel Lacey and his high casualty rate. They are tired of operating on his men. Later Colonel Lacey comes to visit his men, but gets the cold shoulder from them. Margaret, at first, is interested in him romantically, but she finds out that he is planning another offensive that would have a thirty percent casualty rate. Thanks to a letter from Colonel Potter, his plan is temporarily canceled. He comes to give his men their Purple Hearts. One man refuses it and another goes into shock. After Colonel Lacey hears he is refused permission to launch his offensive, he tells Hawkeye and BJ that he will still take the hill, but another way. Hawkeye invites him to drink over his new plan. He drugs the colonel's drink and then, despite protests from BJ, removes the colonel's appendix. This, however, does not stop the wounded from coming. Klinger is trying to put a curse on Colonel Potter. When it has unintended effects, he gives his tools to Father Mulcahy.
Trivia: What hill did Colonel Lacey want to take? (Hint: It is the same hill that Stevie died on in "The Billfold Syndrome" (S7).)
Bonus: What is Colonel Lacey's division?
The original script called for Hawkeye and BJ to perform the appendectomy and for Margaret to protest lightly. But, while the actors were going over the script, Mike Farrell protested this inhumane act. This event gave the producers the idea to change the script to the way it was finally broadcast. Hawkeye, Trapper, and Henry removed Colonel Flagg's healthy appendix in "White Gold" (S3). In this episode the 4077th has a 97 percent survival rate.
An OK episode. This episode is an example of where M*A*S*H starts taking itself too seriously and the episodes just aren't as fun to watch any more.