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| It's hard not to feel sorry for Charles this episode. |
CBS
November 30, 1981
Dramedy
DVD
C+
Karen Hall wrote this story where Hawkeye tries to help two brothers who are on opposite sides of the war (and both at the 4077th, one as a patient, one as a soldier who must arrest him) communicate with each other. The lighter thread, and the one that gets the bulk of attention, is about how, during a time when the newspapers aren't being delivered, Charles is having his sister Honoria mail him a week's worth of The Boston Globe. He reluctantly agrees to share each paper when he's done reading it, one a day, but the camp gets mad at him anyway. And then he thinks one issue has been stolen so he berates the camp over the loudspeaker. And then the camp sets out to humiliate him. He is arguably selfish, but I think he's more sinned against than sinning here.
Note that the missing issue is from May 5th, and this is supposed to be the week that Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae got married, but it was the cover story of the March 31, 1952 issue of Life magazine. Furthermore, the prominently displayed headline "Lie Quits U.N. To Help Bring Korean Peace" refers to the resignation of Trygve Lie on November 10, 1952.
Byron Chung (this time as Lt. Yook), Roy Goldman (as Roy Goldman), Jeff Maxwell (Straminsky), Kellye Nakahara (Yamato, insulting Charles in Japanese with subtitles), James Saito (this time Park), and Jo Ann Thompson (Nurse Jo Ann) return. Alda directed.
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