Plot: After Col. Potter orders Radar to remove a Korean spirit post believed to ward off evil spirits, things begin to go wrong. When an elderly Korean is injured trying to frighten away his own set of evil spirits, he insists on having an exorcism of the camp before he will let himself be treated.
After Radar removes the Spirit Post, a Korean rams his bicycle into the shopping cart. He could have been hurt. Colonel Potter, who is a doctor, simply stands there toying with his newly acquired lighter. The closest he gets to helping the bicyclist is giving the order to "Help that man up!"
So, if Frank had his way, he'd boot Klinger out of the Army. Really? Then why didn't he ever co-sign Klinger's Section Eight discharge paper?
I thought that when you hung up horse shoes for good luck, they were supposed to be placed over the door.
If Father Mulcahy wanted to watch the exorcism, why wasn't he out in the compound to watch the beginning? All the Padre saw was the OR portion of the rites.
Maybe Frank did'nt want Klinger to get on the relatively easy Section 8 but something more destructive such as a dishonorable discharge or something that would wind up with LEavenworth as a final destination.
I was always told you can hang the horseshoe anywhere as long as the points go up so the luck doesnt run out.
"Maybe Frank did'nt want Klinger to get on the relatively easy Section 8 but something more destructive such as a dishonorable discharge or something that would wind up with LEavenworth as a final destination." - BVC
True. But still, if Frank objects to him that much, a discharge is a discharge.
"I was always told you can hang the horseshoe anywhere as long as the points go up so the luck doesnt run out." - BVC
Thanks. I didn't know that. Which shows ya what I know about superstitions. 
There's a nice bit of continuity here. The man doing the translations for the Korean peddler is the same one who translated for the childbirth class in "The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan".
This is the episode where Klinger curses Frank Burns in Arabic (or Lebanese?), to take effect the day he gets home to his wife.
Interesting that the spirit post was set on the ground, rather in the ground. You'd think that if the Koreans were superstitious about the post and if its position were that important, they'd set it up so the post wouldn't move so easily.
How many Koreans are there in the camp anyway that they are worried about evil spirits being at the 4077th? While I'm sure many of them work there, is there really that many that they feel a spirit post is necessary? And given that the 4077th never really seems to move from its current location, when did these evil spirits arrive at the camp? Why didn't any Koreans feel the post was needed earlier?
I'm not sure accurate Frank is in saying that his mirror was "cracked in two". While there is a line going across the middle of the mirror, there's also a triangular piece missing from the right side.
This episode marks the second time this season that Frank injures one of Major Houlihan's fingers in the O.R. The first time was when he stabbed her in "Margaret's Engagement".
Did Klinger lose those "hula hoop" earrings playing poker in "Dear Sigmund"? If so, then either Max got himself an identical pair, won them back, or this ep takes place before "Dear Sigmund". In this ep, when he's changing the lights in the Colonel's office, he's clearly wearing them again.
Why doesn't Father Mulcahy know about "whiplash hustlers"? They were first mentioned in the ep, "Deal Me Out". The members of the "Conference" had to give Radar money to pay off Whiplash Wang. I believe the Father was among those who contributed money to help Radar pay the man.
In the season four ep, "The Bus", Radar doesn't seem to know a thing about fixing an automobile. Something's apparently changed since then. While Hawkeye is talking to Kyong Ja, the old man's granddaughter, outside of Pre-Op, the Corporal can be seen working on a jeep.
This episode does take place after "Hawkeye Get Your Gun". The painting of Captain Pierce that Colonel Potter was working on can clearly be seen hanging on the wall of the Colonel's office.
B.J. tells Margaret that he wants to see Private Marsh's "face when he sees (Hunnicutt) again." By a remarkable coincidence, Marsh wakes up just after that statement.
Father Mulcahy says he wants to watch the performance of the exorcism. Yet, he doesn't appear to be in the compound when it starts. Instead he shows up with Colonel Potter in the O.R. By the time the exorcist shows up, the "show" will just about be over.
Just as the jeep with Private Marsh avoids hitting the Korean on the bicycle, you can see the camp barber tent in the background.
The last tag to this ep has been edited out for syndication. In it, Frank's radio isn't working. Pierce and Hunnicutt suggest it's because of the evil spirits. (They "don't like radio".) B.J. suggests that Hawkeye tries using the bells Kyong Ja gave him to ward off the evil spirits from the radio. Frank says it won't work and makes a $10 bet with Hawkeye that it won't. Pierce accepts the bet. Using the bells and a fan, Hawkeye does a parody of the exorcist's dance. After two attempts, the exorcism works and Frank's radio starts blaring music. After Major Burns leaves, B.J. reveals to Radar, who witnessed some of the exorcism, that it helped that the radio was plugged back in.
"Mule fritters!"