Pressure Points

Episode aired Feb 15, 1982
TV-PG
25m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

487

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Allan Arbus and Harry Morgan in M*A*S*H (1972)

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After Hawkeye corrects a mistake that Colonel Potter made on a patient, Potter fears he's losing his touch badly enough to summon Dr. Sidney Freeman.After Hawkeye corrects a mistake that Colonel Potter made on a patient, Potter fears he's losing his touch badly enough to summon Dr. Sidney Freeman.After Hawkeye corrects a mistake that Colonel Potter made on a patient, Potter fears he's losing his touch badly enough to summon Dr. Sidney Freeman.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

487

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Sidney Freedman asks Col. Potter how old he is, and Potter responds that he is 62. Harry Morgan, who plays Potter, was 66 when this episode was filmed. Allan Arbus, who plays Sidney, is about 3 years younger than Morgan, and incidentally turned 64 the day this episode originally aired, on February 15, 1982.

Goofs
Captain Schnelker comes to teach the MASHers how to deal with phosphorous. S02E01 "Divided we stand", we see that they already have had experience with phosphorous, so they should already be familiar with it and having to treat it.

Quotes
Col. Sherman T. Potter: Did you bump into anyone else?
Maj. Sidney Freedman: Just Larry, Moe and Curly over in the Swamp.

Connections
Featured in The 34th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1982)

Soundtracks
Along the Santa Fe Trail
(uncredited)
Written by Will Grosz, Al Dubin, and Edwina Coolidge
Playing on Col. Potter's phonograph

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A tour De force from Sherman T

Just finishing watching this simple but compelling episode.

Colonel Potter fears he's loosing his surgical touch after leaving some shrapnel in patient, and calls in (my personal favourite character) Sydney Freedman to " look at the cobwebs in the colonels attic"

The 3 swamp rats take a back seat and provide a little light relief doing a 3 stooges homage, while Harry Morgan steals the show in every respect, his fear of growing older, loosing his surgeons skills, being human are touching beyond compare.

I've no idea if Mr Morgan ever received recognition for his portrayal, if not it's a crime.