Plot: Hawkeye falls in love with Kyong Soon, a Korean woman who has taken dispossessed women and children into her home, along with her sick mother. After her mother dies, she is forced to leave the area.
Almost forgot Plot B: A newly arrived nurse describes an encounter she had with a Lt. Col. named Donald in Tokyo. Margaret interrogates her relentlessly until she finds proof that it was, indeed, her husband. She decides to take him back.
When Margaret throws her fit in the showers, I swear the nurse who had met Donald is about to burst out laughing. She doesn't look like she's afraid of Hot Lips' temper at all.
In all honesty, Pierce throwing away Charles' steak was completely uncalled for and inconsiderate. And given how bad the food in the Mess Tent is said to be, the least Hawkeye could do is let Winchester eat something he'll enjoy. I don't care how depressed Hawk is about losing Kyong Soon.
I wonder if Hawkeye ever wrote Kyong Soon?
One of the syndication cuts is a scene in the OR that comes after the infamous "shower scene". Margaret is picking on the hapless nurse, trying to see what Donald had seen in her. (The nurse said that as far as she knew, all she had were strong fingernails.) Potter cuts in and tells Margaret to go fetch something (more hemostats, or some such). Margaret tries to delay, and Potter insists. The nurse thanks him, Hawkeye thanks him, B.J. thanks him, even Charles thanks him. Exasperated, Potter says that he will talk with Margaret, and then Father Mulcahy thanks him as well.
Another scene that is usually cut is when Margaret protests Potter's sending the nurse away. She insists that she can handle the matter, but Potter insists that it is simpler this way, and relates a story of a marvelous horse that he once had, that he had to get rid of because it went nuts every time it saw Mrs. Potter's car, and he had a choice of getting rid of the horse, the car, or Mrs. Potter. (Margaret pointed out that he could have painted the car a different color.)
They also showed some of the funeral, which I had not remembered at all. After discussing Kyong Soon's future plans inside the house (you can see people preparing the funeral outside the window) syndication usually cuts off the rest of the scene. Pallbearers pick up the flower-covered casket and start off with it. Kyong Soon and Hawkeye walk out of the house and take their places behind it, followed by a number of other people.
The only way Hawkeye could have written Kyong Soon is if she wrote him first; otherwise he would have no idea where to send the letter.
In this ep, we learn Nurse Bigelow's first name is Peggy.
I keep wondering how Potter knew about Kyung Soon and her situation, but apparently no one else in camp did?
Great line: "That's where the water is." - Kyung Soon's response to Hawkeye's astonishment that she carries water a mile from the well.
Syndication cut: Hawkeye looking in the box by the door to the Swamp, the one on Charles' side of the tent. He's looking at the food Winchester has in the box. (Frank used to keep the picture of his mother in that box.) Charles refuses to part with a jar of artichoke hearts, but gives Pierce a swollen can of wild boar goulash. Charles suggests Hawkeye have Kyung Soon try it first.
Do eagles exist in Korea? Hawkeye compares hawks and turkeys to vultures, but I would think a more apt comparison - at least for the hawk - would be an eagle.
Another great line: "I should've shot the horse." - Colonel Potter
Interesting that Charles is on good enough terms with Pierce and Hunnicutt that he can store some of liquor by the still.
"Gentlemen, please. Mozart."
Hawk must know of Kyung Soon, he calls her the "local countess."
Not a nit, but Kyungsoon (it can Romanized different ways) is not a particularly common name, but it also happens to be my wife's.
Do eagles exist in Korea?
No. Do they exist in France where Kyoungsoon studied?
Hawk must know of Kyung Soon, he calls her the "local countess."
Well she did drive up in a car. I didn't read it having prior knolwedge of her.
Do eagles exist in Korea?
No. Do they exist in France where Kyoungsoon studied?
Yes. There are several species of eagle living in France, like the golden eagle and the short-toed eagle.