Plot: Everyone at the 4077th, thinking that they are all going to be reassigned, try to make a good impression on a visiting psychiatrist, without much sucess.

Judging by Hawkeye's and Trapper's reactions at the end of the episode, they really did want to be reassigned. "We did it again. Fouled up in reverse. We'll never get out of here."
Where did they think they might be sent? As Henry said, "Better the devil you know."

In this episode an announcement is made about Yom Kippor services being held for Jewish personnel of the Hebrew Faith. The laugh track goes off at the announcement and two officers give the P.A. system a look as if it made a dumb statement. I am assuming they did this because if you are a Jew you would be of the Hebrew Faith. But not neccesarily. There could Jewish personnel who were atheists.

No.

Would you make an announcement that "Easter Services are being held for Christian Personnel of the Latin Faith"?

Well, I now have the Second Season DVD set. So here's the start of my nits and comments for Season:

This is basically the series’ second pilot. It re-establishes the characters for the audience. For much of the series, there would be various episodes that re-introduce the characters. (Notably the “Dear… Dad/Mildred/Uncle Abdul, Sigmund, Peg, etc. eps.”)

General Clayton is still in charge of the 4077th’s field of operations.

This episode is the first time we see the doll on Henry’s desk.

I think the arrival of the phosphorus burn patient has been edited out for syndication.

If Radar is taking Captain Hildebrand to the V.I.P. tent, why is he opening the door to Post-Op? Would the door by his desk not be closer?

So Radar burned Klinger’s bras, did he? It’s amazing he was able to do it so easily, or that Max didn’t try to charge Henry (or the Army) for their loss. Then again, was it really necessary for Radar to burn them? Why not hide them? And give Klinger a three-day pass to Tokyo to keep him hidden from Hildebrand.

The window to Henry’s office is clear.

According to this ep, the 4077th has male nurses. Of course, with the exception of one ep built around the subject, I don’t recall seeing a male nurse in the series.

The P.A. announcement re-introducing the stars and characters is a paraphrase of the one in the movie.

At the end of “The Pilot”, Hawkeye says, “We did it again. We screwed up in reverse.” In this ep, it’s Trapper who says it. Also like “The Pilot”, Margaret stamps her feet when called “Hot Lips”.

At the end of "The Pilot", Hawkeye says, "We did it again. We screwed up in reverse." In this ep, it's Trapper who says it.

For some reason, I remember this line as being in two parts - Hawkeye saying "We did it again..." and Trapper nodding and adding "Screwed up in reverse." Guess not, eh?

So Radar burned Klinger's bras, did he?...Then again, was it really necessary for Radar to burn them? Why not hide them? And give Klinger a three-day pass to Tokyo to keep him hidden from Hildebrand.

Why am I thinking passes for Klinger of all people would be issued only in extreme emergencies?

Great Kerrie, now I'm gonna have to rewatch "The Pilot". Although I have a sneakin' suspicion you're right.

"Why am I thinking passes for Klinger of all people would be issued only in extreme emergencies?" - kerriem

Thing is Klinger has gotten plenty of passes to Seoul and Tokyo throughout the series. So seeing that it's important that Captain Hildebrand finds the 4077th's personnel normal... Well, you know how desperate and unpredictable Max can get. I'd want to hide him if I could.

Kerrie, in “The Pilot”, it is Trapper who says, “We did it again – we screwed up in reverse.” In “Divided We Stand”, Trapper says, “We did it again.” Hawkeye completes the phrase.

This is the only time this season Hawkeye says, “Finest kind.” In the novels, it is Pierce’s catch phrase. There were some minor attempts in the series to make it TV’s Hawkeye Pierce’s catch phrase. It never happened.

During the last tag, which lists the series regular characters, please note that Jamie Farr’s character, Klinger, is mentioned but not Father Mulcahy. The Father was not in this episode. Moreover, William Christopher and Jamie Farr were, at this point in the series, day players. They had yet to be signed on as series regulars.

It is interesting...

This is one of the rare occasions that we see a surgeon (in this case, Henry) taking a supervisor's roll. When they all go into surgery, Henry walks around asking how everybody is doing, only calling for gown and gloves when Trapper says he needs help. (this is not a nit, but very interesting).

When Hildebrand tells Henry "I'm familiar with the word (psycho)", Henry replies "Oh, of course," although his mouth is closed and his lips do not move.

At the end credits introducing the characters, the P.A. announcer stumbles over a sentance and has to restart it, but this error is not edited out.

The episodes have increased in running time by thirty seconds from the first season. In the first season, the running times were 25:30, now they are a full twenty-six minutes.

I thought the PA announcer making a mistake was left in due to the way it was done in the movie.

Interesting quote re: the second-pilot thing from Larry Gelbart in the Season Two DVD liner notes - that they wrote this ep that way in anticipation of the huge new audience they'd be reaching via their new timeslot after All In the Family. (Dang, those really were the days, sitcom-wise, eh?)

I can understand why Hawkeye and Trapper wouldn't want to be split up, but why go to all the trouble to make nice with Frank and Houlihan...and for that matter, vice versa? You'd think either duo'd jump at the opportunity to convince Hildebrandt the other two were unfit and needed to be shipped elsewhere. (As indeed they do, later on.)

Why is Hildebrandt initially so spooked by the gang's 'summer-camp' antics? The concept of using humour to defuse stress hadn't been formulated in the 1950's?

Maybe it's just 'cause he was still mostly asleep, but Hawkeye really lets a straight line slide when Radar tells him Blake 'needs him in the men's showers'. It sure can't be fear of the censors, since when Trapper claims they never tried to molest the male nurses, Hawk retorts, 'Speak for yourself'.


When Hildebrand tells Henry "I'm familiar with the word (psycho)", Henry replies "Oh, of course," although his mouth is closed and his lips do not move.
Actually, they do - it's just hard to see thanks to a jump cut from Henry's wide-eyed embarrassment to his speaking the line.