Carry On, Hawkeye

Episode aired Nov 24, 1973
TV-PG
25m

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8.4/10

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Alan Alda and Loretta Swit in M*A*S*H (1972)

Comedy Drama War

All the surgeons except for Hawkeye, and most of the support staff except for Margaret, Radar, and Mulcahy come down with the flu. In this Korea-wide epidemic, they can't even find someone t... Read allAll the surgeons except for Hawkeye, and most of the support staff except for Margaret, Radar, and Mulcahy come down with the flu. In this Korea-wide epidemic, they can't even find someone to come in and help with casualties.All the surgeons except for Hawkeye, and most of the support staff except for Margaret, Radar, and Mulcahy come down with the flu. In this Korea-wide epidemic, they can't even find someone to come in and help with casualties.

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IMDb RATING

8.4/10

819

YOUR RATING

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6elo-equipamentos

More dramatic than funny!!!

After an epidemic of flu strikes everyone except Hawkeye who in charge of all operation on camp with a proper help of Margaret who claim to administrate, meanwhile Hawkeye focused in sexual favors which is promptly rejected, at operation tent a Priest is called to help, even Radar eventually is forced to do something, anyway more dramatic than funny!!

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9Hitchcoc

When the Chips Are Down

This is quite a good episode where the crew must come to the fore. An epidemic of flu takes out most of the doctors and support staff. This leaves Hawkeye and Margaret to operate and administrate. It also means that such non-medical people as Mulcahy and Radar are pressed into service, as well as nurses who don't normally do any kind of surgical procedures. Hawkeye must show respect for Margaret (who turns out to be a strong leader--setting up future episodes) and she for him. The patient comes first and they keep coming. Radar's efforts to get another surgeon fall on deaf ears. The cream rises to the top and things go forward. Some of the funnier scenes involve doctors trying to return to surgery before they are well. McLean Stevenson is a master at sight humor. This episode sets the stage for those that are yet to come.

Trivia
It was this episode that Wayne Rogers referred to many years later that he felt the series abandoned the ensemble approach and turned it into the Hawkeye show. He said that the episode could have featured his character Trapper instead of Hawkeye.

Goofs
In the final OR scene the PA announcement can be heard mentioning that "the French Army predicted a swift end to the Vietnamese War", even though care was taken during the entire series to avoid any reference to that conflict. The announcement refers to the First Indochina War between France and the Viet Minh 1946-1954.

Quotes
Hawkeye: Radar, you'll be assisting Margaret Houlihan, nurse, friend and all around good egg.
[walks away as Radar stares at Margaret]
Margaret: [noticing Radar staring at her] He's very sick.

Connections
Featured in The 26th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1974)

Soundtracks
My Blue Heaven
(Japanese version) "Yo Ogure ni Aa Oyumiru"
Music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by George Whiting
Based on the English song performed by 'The Original Yellow Jackets'