M*A*S*H: Requiem for a Lightweight

M*A*S*H: Requiem for a Lightweight
CBS
October 1, 1972
Sitcom
DVD
C

Robert Klane's first of six M*A*S*H stories, and the first of twenty directed by Hy Averback, is mostly notable for the introductions of William Christopher as Father Francis Mulcahy, 24-year-old Marcia Strassman as Nurse Margie Cutler, and Sorrell Booke as Gen. Barker.  Hawkeye and Trapper both meet Cutler and fall for her, but Hot Lips has her transferred.  So Trapper has to fight in a boxing match to get Cutler back.  The only thing I really liked it here was how Radar tricks Blake into signing blank sheets of paper.

John Orchard gets a bit more to do this time as "Ugly John."