M*A*S*H: The More I See You

M*A*S*H: The More I See You
CBS
February 10, 1976
Dramedy
DVD
B+

This Gelbart & Reynolds story, directed by Reynolds, has Hawkeye reconnecting with a woman from his past, Blythe Danner as Carlye Breslin Walton.  They lived together during his residency and she has since remarried.  He's still carrying a torch for her and she still has feelings for him.  They get involved again, but she realizes this won't work because his first love is medicine.  No one is judgmental here, although BJ makes clear why he personally is faithful to Peg.  Danner's performance is very good and I completely believe that this is the kind of woman he'd fall for, quietly beautiful, with a dry wit to match his own.  There's also a cute subplot about Potter painting portraits of the staff.  Interestingly, Frank and Margaret are both absent this episode.

Mary Jo Catlett, who was Mrs. Englehart on The Bob Newhart Show (and would later be the last maid on Diff'rent Strokes), makes her first of three M*A*S*H appearances, here as Becky.