Mr. and Mrs. Who?

This is my favorite episode! Margaret is a competent, level-headed, equal colleague. Charles becomes human. This episode could never be done in the Frank Burns/Hot Lips era.

My favorite part is Charles speaking to Donna as a fellow human being, with intelligence and humor. No accusations, no condescendion, just him trying to find out what he's gotten himself into. Just lovely! And the joke about the Charles River is very good.

The other plot could have been a whole episode by itself. It is well-written and well-acted and just what I expect of a later season M*A*S*H plotline. Highly recommended.

Winchester returns from a conference, obviously having overdone it. He has no recollection of his activities, but there is evidence he was involved with a woman in some way. The guys find a couple rolls of film and decide to have it developed. Also, there is an epidemic of Korean Hemorrhagic Fever. This is a disease which shuts down the kidneys and a loss of sodium and potassium. Patients literally drown in their own fluids. The doctors come up with a possible solution.

Back to the other plot: When the pictures are developed, it appears that Charles has married someone, and low and behold, an attractive woman from the Red Cross arrives in camp. The "marriage" had some interesting implications. The final scene is great fun this time.

This episode and the one following, Yalu Brick Road, are two favorites. Charles is magnificent. MASH is a rarity in that every time they added new cast members they just improved. BJ and Charles were both amazing. Not only were the characters they portrayed remarkable but the actors portraying them perfect. BJ was not only up to Harkeye's challenge but often surpassed him. And Major Charles Winchester III showed, from his first appearance, that he was equal to their antics. Colonel Potter was an unforgettable character. Harry Morgan was incredible in the part. He should have won more than one Emmy for the role,

The hat Klinger is wearing looks like a Texas Rangers hat. If so, this is a major goof as the Rangers didn't come into existence until 1961, 8 years after the Korean War ended.