Plot: Hawkeye has a jeep accident and, aware that he has a concussion, babbles steadily to a Korean family to keep himself awake.
This is just about the only episode I've seen that I thought was boring. It was okay at the beginning, but a half hour of Hawkeye's monologue almost put me to sleep!
I totally agree...it was boring how he rambled on and on and on and on and...oh, sorry, I thought I was Hawkeye for a minute there. Well, he gets VERY tiresome in that episode.
It did have a great line at the end, when Hawkeye is sampling their dinner. (Paraphrase) "Mmmm, this is great! Meat! Where'd you get meat? Wait a minute, where's the dog?" (Woof, woof). "O.K, yes, this is great...."
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Yet another charming example of "The Hawkeye Show."
Actually, I kind of enjoy this episode. The first time I saw it, I didn't like it at all -- thought it was boring and way too much Hawkeye, but it's grown on me since then, kind of like the character of Hawkeye himself has. Alan Alda does an excellent job, and the idea of having a show being a monologue is an interesting one. Of course, I wouldn't be too happy if they did this more than once, but as an experiment, I don't think it turned out half bad.
I have to say that Lilith is right. At times, M*A*S*H was "The Hawkeye Show." More times that not, it seemed that way. God forbid Alda lets someone else have the spotlight once. It would've been great had they done it with a different character. One that we know less about.
You have a good point, and essentially I agree with you. There was often too much Hawkeye and not enough of the others. The episode I really thought should have been done with someone else is "Bless You, Hawkeye" since, as it is, it's just another example of not only "The Hawkeye Show," but the "Hawkeye is mentally unbalanced again Show."
But I still enjoy this episode because the acting is excellent, and I do like Alda, even if sometimes there's too much of him.
Hawkeye keeps fretting about how long it is taking for help to arrive, forgetting that a young girl has to run twenty miles to get to the 4077.
One scene that is cut is when Hawkeye walks outside. He begins discussing the situation with the ox. Also movies, but the ox probably hasn't seen any, which is a shame, because there are lots of movies with oxen. "The Ox Bow Incident", "The Wizard of Ox"...he calls the cow Margo. The scene ends with him staring past the ox's horns, wondering when someone will come. "Someone? Anyone?"
Later, after help arrives and he rushes out the door, he calls, "Goodbye, Margo."
(I'm not positive, but I believe that an ox is a castrated male, never a female.)
This is probably one of my least favorite episodes. If it wasn't for it being on the disc, I wouldn't watch it. These days, whenever it comes on in syndication, I start looking to see what else is on TV.
If Hawkeye was returning from an Aid Station, shouldn't he be wearing his helmet? It doesn't even appear to be in the jeep when it turns over. In many other episodes, whenever we see someone going to an Aid Station, we see them wearing their helmets. Even if they are just leaving camp ("Der Tag"). It might have saved Pierce from getting that concussion.
Aid Stations are normally at the front. The 4077th is supposed to be three miles from the front. Why so why is it that in this ep, it's at least 20 miles south of the front. That's too far away. (Maybe it really isn't a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.)
No nits here, just a notation, according to this ep, Hawkeye's family arrived in Maine in 1680.
Hawk mentions that he earns $400 a month. It's actually a little more than that. Off hand, though, I can't remember the exact amount.
What kind of name is "Tank O'Melinski"? An Irish-Pole? Pierce must have made up the name. (By the way, this is the second football player named "Tank" mentioned in the series. Henry had a run-in with a player named "Tank".)
After mentioning his sister in the first three seasons, this episode establishes Hawkeye as an only child.
The Ox-Bow Incident is not only a real movie, it's also a bit of an in-joke. Harry Morgan co-starred with Henry Fonda in 1943 in that flick. It's a good one, btw.
Why does Hawkeye expect Radar to be the one to come after him? If his note to the 4077th mentioned his concussion (and surely it did), then you'd think that the person arriving would be a doctor. Like B.J. perhaps.
Hawkeye had a practice in Boston? And he lives in Crabapple Cove, Maine? Boston's a long way to go to practice medicine. Then again, it would explain the "summer cottage" comment in "The Late, Great Captain Pierce", though. But why didn't Hawkeye ever mention this practice to Charles?
Much as I agree with the comments that it would have been nice to have seen this ep done with one of the other characters, it's hard to imagine it being done with any of the others. Only B.J. and Colonel Potter strike me as being able to carry the episode as well. Klinger, Father Mulcahy and Radar might not know enough to try to stay awake. Frank would whine througout the ep. Margaret would either cry or throw temper tantrums.
Did anyone ever go back and get Hawkeye's jeep?
Horse hockey!