Plot A: Margaret thinks that she's pregnant, and Radar's female rabbit is needed for a test. Radar will only give permission to use her if Hawkeye operates on her instead of killing her.
Plot B: A wounded GI holds Charles hostage, demanding to be sent back to Ohio. Klinger, seeing a golden opportunity, exchanges places with Charles.
Interesting considering the proximity of this episode to "Comrades in Arms" that no one ever mentions the possibility that Hawkeye might be the father.
According to Margaret in "Comrades in Arms", nothing actually happened...unless he took advantage of her while she was drunk.
Note the "..unless he took advantage of her.." Margaret was being defensive and immediately after that sentence they make peace with what happened and agree to be friends. But everything in the episode points to the fact that they did do the deed.
I have to agree with you, Khaja. There is a possibiliy that had the ending to that episode been different, Hawkeye might have been refered to as "Da-da."
That makes me laugh. The fastest zipper in Korea is a daddy. Coulda been cool...
Wouldn't it have been neat if that was the original story line, but it was vetoed because the network didn't want to let the viewer know that something happened and, well, that's life?
Really, in a situation with the one lead woman and all of those men, you'd suspect there would be a plot like WUD? at least once. Think about it. It's inevitable.
Maybe, if the outcome was different, we'd hear a little confession about how nothing went on in Tokyo and that Daniel Pierce wouldn't be the only Pierce father celebrating Fathers' Day. Well, I can dream, can't I?
In the episode "Margaret's Engagement" Margaret says that being married to Donald will mean that she can continue to pursue her Army career while still having "what every woman wants...a home, children, a washer/dryer...." In this episode she states that getting pregnant means automatic discharge. How did she ever think that she could have an Army career and children? Or is this only because it's wartime and she is in a combat zone? Anybody out there know the particulars on women, pregnancy, and the Army in the 1950's?
I know plenty on women and pregnancy, but not on the Army in the 50's. LOL
I would imagine she would be sent into a non combat environment, if not state-side.
Note the exchange between Potter and Margaret:
"Have you told Donald yet?"
"No."
(Hesitantly) "Should you?"
(Indignantly) "Yes!"
Margaret didn't seem to have any doubts as to the father of her hypothetical child.
Apparently the dangers of drinking alcohol while pregnant were unknown in the Fifties. After Potter offers Radar a drink, the Colonel pours a shot for himself, Hawkeye and Margaret. And she drinks it.
Please note Radar declines the drink because "it makes (his) ears wider." This indicates, as other episodes have shown, that Radar has indeed imbibed alcohol. There are other eps that proclaim Radar to be a virgin where alcohol is concerned.
When talking to Radar about borrowing Fluffy, Potter at one point picks up his shot glass. In the next shot the glass is no longer in his hand.
Potter told Martinson that he could take Winchester and wait for the chopper in the C.O. office. Yet, Martinson and Charles end up in OR. Why?
At dawn, Martinson and Klinger leave OR. When Martinson passes out, Klinger slams his fist into the grounds of the compound. Is it just me, or does the compound sound awfully wooden?
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