Plot: Faced with a deadly artillery barrage, the 4077th must evacuate to a nearby cave. Hawkeye must confront his claustrophobia, and Margaret her fear of loud noises.

Minor nit. Hawkeye and Margaret took a patient back to the 4077th because he required immediate surgery. Why wasn't an anesthetist required? If he were so critical, wouldn't they have needed someone to monitor life signs? During the surgery, neither Hawkeye or Margaret once checked on the vital signs. (Unless they were in the syndication cuts.)

Can I get a WOO, WOO? Oh yeah, baby, this episode leads one to wonder "what if?" Would have been awesome to see where things went had BJ not interrupted.

When the camp is being shelled, Klinger is hiding under the desk. Hawkeye and BJ ask if there's room for two more; Klinger says no, because he's wearing a full skirt. If this is a joke, fine; if not, it's a nit, because when Klinger emerges from underneath the desk, he's wearing a bathrobe over what appear to be either pajamas or regular men's clothes.

When Potter calls to have the shelling stopped, he's (mistakenly) told that the 4077th was located in another area. The Colonel informs the officer he's speaking to that the unit has changed positions. He reminds the officer that "'M' stands for Mobile." Watching most of the rest of the series, you'd swear the 4077th never budged an inch, however.

BTW, if the officer really thought Potter was the Enemy, why tell him, "If you're really who you say are, get out. And if you're not, just stay where you are, Comrade." Would the Enemy really stay where he is? Wouldn't he take the officer's advice and leave?

If Hawkeye has claustophobia, how was he able to participate in the jeep stuffing contest in "Dear Peggy"?

The episodes "Bug Out" and "Comrades In Arms" provide hints of Margaret's fear of loud noises. However, up until this ep, she really must have held those fears in check.

Benn,

If Hawkeye has claustophobia, how was he able to participate in the jeep stuffing contest in "Dear Peggy"?

Its also strange considering that the cave doesn't look that narrow compared to the OR fully stuffed or other places Hawk has been. Maybe its because the cave is a natural, not man-made place? Maybe he did the jeep stuffing deliberately, trying to overcome this fear?

I found it a good touch from the writers that the great Hawkeye doesn't overcome his fear at the end of the ep., but is actually unable to help his patient (I was expecting Hawk to overcome his fear by caring so much for his patient that he forgets about the circumstances, but not so). It shows him to human and vulnerable.

I also liked the way he tried to help margret distract from her fear in the OR, and margret trying to help him earlier. I think its nice that despite of their bickering to each other because of different standpoints, they care for each other when in need.

Charles, of course, once again falls through, thinking only about himself, and not caring for the others.

Well, you can become trapped in a cave (particularly will explosive shells going off). No matter what happens to the OR, you really can't become trapped in it--it seems to be made basically of paneling and canvas. I, for instance, am not afraid at all of enclosed spaces in general, but am quite terrified at the idea of being *trapped* in an enclosed space.

After listening to Charles make a list of all the possible catastrophes that could befall the unit in the cave, B.J. refers to the Major as "Gloom Hilda". Is this supposed to be a pun on the name of the comic strip character, "Broom-Hilda"? If so, it's an anachronism. "Broom-Hilda" debuted in April of 1970.

According to this ep, Klinger, Charles and Father Mulcahy share the same blood type.

While reassuring Hawkeye and Margaret that the shelling can't last longer, B.J.'s left hand holds his cup in one position and changes in the next camera shot.

When B.J. says, "None of us have to face it alone", he turns to look at his drink. In the next shot, he's looking at Hawkeye again.

To distract Margaret from the noise of the shelling, Hawkeye suggests a game. He asks the Major to think of someone and he guesses who it is. When Margaret says, "Winston Churchill", she's looking at Pierce. However, in the next shot, she's looking down at Lovett, the patient they're operating on.

"All that good whiskey shot to hell."

At the cave, Hawkeye reveals to Potter that he's claustraphobic. Potter ends up telling him to bunk down close to the mouth of the cave. We see him doing so, and...we see Margaret lying next to him. This is before they have their heart-to-heart chat. Considering Margaret's fear of loud noises, you'd think that she would have stayed as far in as she could. I wonder if Hawkeye ever realized that she had apparently set aside her own fears in order to be close by him if he needed comforting--which he did.

Also, Margaret apparently felt that since she had confided her fear of loud noises to Hawkeye, she was free to react around him. We've seen Margaret in OR before with bombs and guns going off, and she's never emoted like that.

D.K.,

about Margaret and loud noises... I don't remember the details, but maybe it was because in OR, she was always very busy and therefore, better able to push her fear aside, because she had to concentrate so hard on her work; whereas now she was more idle, and therefore, overwhelmed by her fear?

But her wish to appear strong in front of everybody else and keep her reputation intact may have played a large part in managing her fear, too.

I think the earliest clue we had about Margaret's aversion to loud noises was in the previous season's "Comrades In Arm". Remember how she was screaming for the shelling to stop in those eps? It's my opinion that that was our first hint about her fear of loud sounds.

"All that good whiskey shot to hell."