M*A*S*H: The Joker Is Wild

M*A*S*H: The Joker Is Wild
CBS
November 15, 1982
Dramedy
DVD
B

This Rappaport & Koenig story is one of the "prank" episodes I like, even though the pranks here aren't that clever.  It's more about what the episode reveals about the characters, especially BJ and Hawkeye.  Even after all this time (who knows how long in terms of the war, but probably at least a year), BJ feels he has to live up to the legacy of Trapper.  Hawkeye thinks he can outsmart BJ, even though he's been tricked before.  And the others have fun setting Hawkeye up.  BJ doesn't fulfill the terms of the bet, but then Hawkeye doesn't actually strip down, beyond taking off his trousers.  And he gets his own revenge at the end, as seen in the photo above.

Clyde Kusatsu (Capt. Paul Yamato), Jeff Maxwell (Straminsky), and Kellye Nakahara (Yamato) return.