This tale begins with the nurses moved out because of a possible Chinese invasion. The doctors and male staff do what they can and make a mess in the process. Soon the nurses return, just in time to be inspected by a blood and guts colonel. Margaret has to get them all in line and clean up the mess. This leads to tension. The other, more interesting plot, has to do with Nurse Kellye, who is shunned because she isn't a lithe and lovely young thing. Hawkeye, in particular, treats her like dirt. While she is talking to him, his head is on a pivot, ogling the other women in the officer's club. There is one of the most touching scenes you will ever see in this episode. Quite memorable.
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FINALLY! The Arrogant Hawkeye is Brought Down to Earth with a Large Bump!
hammondjh-004796 February 2024
Throughout all the Series of MASH, Pierce's gross misogyny and seeing nurses as his own personal harem is finally brought to a shuddering halt by his abysmal treatment of the lovely Nurse Kelly, and for the arrogant Hawkeye it's a case of "Ouch! That smarts"! When Nurse Kelly tells Pierce a few home truths he finds hard to swallow and can't understand Nurse Kelly's rejection of his 'superiority'. Worse still, he finds his rejection in favour of a visiting Lieutenant hurts his inflated ego. As he puts it to Margaret, "I was getting an education". It didn't totally change his behaviour but it certainly was an important lesson in respect.
Nurse Kellye in the spotlight
jjnxn-110 March 2014
Coming during the last season of this great series long run this episode turns its eye lovingly on one of its up to that point peripheral characters, staunch and stalwart Nurse Kellye.
As portrayed by Kellye Nakahara in a warm understated performance Nurse Kellye was always the competent and sympathetic ear for others but the viewers never find out much about her. That's remedied when she's finally had enough of not really being seen and lights into Hawkeye followed by an achingly tender scene when she comforts a wounded soldier.
Good as her tale is as with most M*A*S*H episodes there is a secondary story. This one having to do with Margaret and an unexpected inspection. By this time in the show Hot Lips, with Frank long gone, had been if not exactly defanged much more humanized and integrated into being one of the fellows. By bringing in a ball breaking female colonel she and the audience come to realize that she hasn't softened as much as she seems and the danger she risks of becoming hard if she doesn't watch herself.
The two stories together make for a terrific half hour of entertainment.
As portrayed by Kellye Nakahara in a warm understated performance Nurse Kellye was always the competent and sympathetic ear for others but the viewers never find out much about her. That's remedied when she's finally had enough of not really being seen and lights into Hawkeye followed by an achingly tender scene when she comforts a wounded soldier.
Good as her tale is as with most M*A*S*H episodes there is a secondary story. This one having to do with Margaret and an unexpected inspection. By this time in the show Hot Lips, with Frank long gone, had been if not exactly defanged much more humanized and integrated into being one of the fellows. By bringing in a ball breaking female colonel she and the audience come to realize that she hasn't softened as much as she seems and the danger she risks of becoming hard if she doesn't watch herself.
The two stories together make for a terrific half hour of entertainment.
Kellye Nakahara should have won an Emmy for her golden performance
safenoe29 September 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Hey, Look Me Over is one of the few M*A*S*H episodes directed by a female, Susan Oliver, who started her career as an actress and then moved to TV directing. In fact at the time not many TV episodes were directed by females. This episode was also co-written by Karen Hall, and the lead role was the outstanding Nurse Kellye (Kellye Nakaraha, who is an accomplished painter).
Not many TV series have the background characters in a lead role for an episode (imagine if Friends had Gunter up front in an episode - would have been exciting!). Kellye Nakahara's emotional and heartbreaking scene comforting the dying soldier at the end was a tour de force in acting, and should be shown to all acting students. That scene alone should have bumped up Kellye into the main cast.
Not many TV series have the background characters in a lead role for an episode (imagine if Friends had Gunter up front in an episode - would have been exciting!). Kellye Nakahara's emotional and heartbreaking scene comforting the dying soldier at the end was a tour de force in acting, and should be shown to all acting students. That scene alone should have bumped up Kellye into the main cast.
A rare episode
kellielulu31 May 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This episode focuses on two female characters. One a series regular Margaret ( the only female regular cast member for the entire run of the series) . The other one is by the most popular recurring character Nurse Kellye .
Margaret gets respect for herself and her nurses while learning she doesn't have to kill herself trying to be perfect. She also finally learns she what kind of leader she doesn't want to be and easing up a bit isn't a bad thing as long as she and her nurses give top quality care ( they do ).
Nurse Kellye stands up for herself and calls Hawkeye on ignoring her as a woman for superficial reasons. It's one of the times Hawkeye blatantly has a blind spot on treating someone he genuinely cares about but overlooks . Something people often do in romantic pursuits there are the ones they will make a fool of themselves over someone who checks all the visual boxes while overlooking someone just as good or better. It's interesting too because in the past Nurse Kellye has danced with Frank and Charles but it takes this long for Hawkeye to see Kellye in a different light.
I always have a soft spot for Nurse Kellye.
Margaret gets respect for herself and her nurses while learning she doesn't have to kill herself trying to be perfect. She also finally learns she what kind of leader she doesn't want to be and easing up a bit isn't a bad thing as long as she and her nurses give top quality care ( they do ).
Nurse Kellye stands up for herself and calls Hawkeye on ignoring her as a woman for superficial reasons. It's one of the times Hawkeye blatantly has a blind spot on treating someone he genuinely cares about but overlooks . Something people often do in romantic pursuits there are the ones they will make a fool of themselves over someone who checks all the visual boxes while overlooking someone just as good or better. It's interesting too because in the past Nurse Kellye has danced with Frank and Charles but it takes this long for Hawkeye to see Kellye in a different light.
I always have a soft spot for Nurse Kellye.
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