M*A*S*H: Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde

M*A*S*H: Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde
CBS
October 13, 1973
Dramedy
DVD
B

Alan Alda and Robert Klane co-wrote this story in which sleep deprivation causes Hawkeye to go loopy (though not evil).  He refuses to stop operating and actually seems to function fine as a surgeon, but he does crazier than usual things, like sending a telegram to Truman and trying to haul the officers' latrine to North Korea.  I like the subtle way that Trapper looks after him, although it seems like everyone should intervene more and sooner.

Buck Young plays his middle of three M*A*S*H characters, O'Brien.  Roy Goldman and Dennis Troy have their first of several roles, as the Corpsman and the General's Aide respectively.  Odessa Cleveland (Bayliss), Kellye Nakahara (Yamato), and Herb Voland (Gen. Clayton for the last time) return.