Hawkeye gets his bar bill at the officer's club and it dawns on him how much drinking he does. He decides to go on the wagon. The problem is that he immediately becomes everyone's worst nightmare. He is judgmental, preachy, loud, manic, and just no fun. The second plot involves Charles' bigotry when he finds out that his sister is about to marry an Italian. He does everything he can to try to get his sick feelings to his sister. He sends letters, drinks too much, rants. Meanwhile, B.J. is being victimized by the noise. He can't get any sleep. His roomies are about as insensitive as can be. Hawkeye's character is so self-centered anyway, but now he takes it to a new level. The culminating moment involves an incident in the O.R. that defines things for all participants.
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Poor BJ
kellielulu6 October 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Between Hawkeye's relentless observations and critiques and Charles in particularly bigoted frame of mind BJ can't get any peace or sleep.
Stunned by his bar bill at the officer's club Hawkeye gives up drinking for a week. He realizes that's on top of Rosie's bar and the still. Unfortunately it makes him more critical his and sense of smell intense. It makes eating the usual food even harder as his comments on everything is less than appetizing. He also disrupts the morning routine with patients .
Charles is outraged to learn his sister is marrying an Italian and the bigoted remarks insult everyone he talks to . He actually thinks he can go to Boston to stop it! He also writes a number of horrible letters to his sister . He then learns the wedding is off because the family of the man she is to marry disapproves.
Charles actually gets quite drunk before he wrote the letters in sharp contrast of Hawkeye's almost too sharp mind .
The episode is oddly saved by a patient with a a live hand grenade . It nearly goes badly but thanks to Father Mulcahy who finds the pin all are safe . Hawkeye is actually standing on it as Father Mulcahy tells him " move your damn foot!"
Charles immediately sends his sister a telegram he regrets the letters she is about to receive and how he wishes he could be there for her and is not proud of his narrowness of mind .
The final scene has a kinder and gentler Charles and Hawkeye talking while watching over the patient who had the grenade as he sleeps peacefully.
BJ is also on one of the beds and still can't sleep with Hawkeye and Charles talking!
Stunned by his bar bill at the officer's club Hawkeye gives up drinking for a week. He realizes that's on top of Rosie's bar and the still. Unfortunately it makes him more critical his and sense of smell intense. It makes eating the usual food even harder as his comments on everything is less than appetizing. He also disrupts the morning routine with patients .
Charles is outraged to learn his sister is marrying an Italian and the bigoted remarks insult everyone he talks to . He actually thinks he can go to Boston to stop it! He also writes a number of horrible letters to his sister . He then learns the wedding is off because the family of the man she is to marry disapproves.
Charles actually gets quite drunk before he wrote the letters in sharp contrast of Hawkeye's almost too sharp mind .
The episode is oddly saved by a patient with a a live hand grenade . It nearly goes badly but thanks to Father Mulcahy who finds the pin all are safe . Hawkeye is actually standing on it as Father Mulcahy tells him " move your damn foot!"
Charles immediately sends his sister a telegram he regrets the letters she is about to receive and how he wishes he could be there for her and is not proud of his narrowness of mind .
The final scene has a kinder and gentler Charles and Hawkeye talking while watching over the patient who had the grenade as he sleeps peacefully.
BJ is also on one of the beds and still can't sleep with Hawkeye and Charles talking!
C*H*E*E*R*S
safenoe23 October 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Winchester's ignorant comment (written by the scripwriter I guess) about a dog being eaten by an immigrant Japanese family was a bit ridiculous on many levels.
Then Winchester is apoplectic that his sister is engaged to an Italian! An Italian man, not woman. An Italian man.
No Germans are in this episode for Winchester to direct his ire against.
There's a lot of shouting in this episode by Hawkeye and BJ, as Hawkeye attempts to abstain from alcohol.
Shelley Long guest stars in this episode, just two years before she became a massive star in Cheers which itself was a TV series set in a bar. Ironic.
Then Winchester is apoplectic that his sister is engaged to an Italian! An Italian man, not woman. An Italian man.
No Germans are in this episode for Winchester to direct his ire against.
There's a lot of shouting in this episode by Hawkeye and BJ, as Hawkeye attempts to abstain from alcohol.
Shelley Long guest stars in this episode, just two years before she became a massive star in Cheers which itself was a TV series set in a bar. Ironic.
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