M*A*S*H: Hey, Doc

M*A*S*H: Hey, Doc
CBS
October 10, 1975
Dramedy
DVD
C

This story by Rick Mittleman, who did four for That Girl and recently the opening episode of Welcome Back, Kotter, goes along being a typical episode, no better or worse than most, and then it has Frank get into a tank and drive like a maniac all over the camp, flattening the Swamp and a jeep, only so that Hawkeye and BJ can get him to sign a form for someone who's been stealing equipment for months.  (BJ at one point says they may resort to torture to get Frank to sign.)  The microscope has been stolen by someone else and this guy can get them another one, if he has three doctors sign his form.  A serious rewrite was needed here, although it is a cute touch when Potter, who misses the cavalry, shoots the jeep to put it out of its misery.

Bruce Kirby, Sgt. Kimble here, was Dr. Klein on The Bob Newhart Show.  Ted Hamilton, who's Lt. Chivers, would be the Captain in the Love Boat TV-movie the next year (and devour the scenery as the Pirate King in 1982's Pirate Movie).  Roy Goldman (as Roy Goldman) and Kellye Nakahara (Yamato) return.