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Hawkeye is initially despondent over the possibility of losing his sight and his surgical career. However, as the week goes on, he becomes fascinated by the stimulation of his other senses due to sensory deprivation. He also meets and bonds with patient Tom Straw (played by blind actor/singer Tom Sullivan) who was blinded in combat. He even ...
Alan Alda (left), Wayne Rogers (right), McLean Stevenson (in back) and Loretta Swit (in front) from the first season of M*A*S*H. M*A*S*H is an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart and adapted from the 1970 feature film MASH (which was itself based on the 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker). [1]
An explosion causes Hawkeye to go blind. Tom Sullivan makes his television debut as a patient who lost his sight in combat. Able is played by Judy Farrell, Mike Farrell's wife at the time this episode aired. First episode written by Levine and Isaacs. Note – William Christopher does not appear in this episode.
He recommended that Hawkeye return to the 4077th for the end of the war to come to terms with what he had endured. In real life, Pierce would have faced a Section 8 discharge due to his emotional breakdown, having serving in Korea for at least two years in a MASH unit. In an episode earlier in the series, Hawkeye is mistakenly reported dead.
Hawkeye is furious at a colonel, aptly named Bloodworth (Charles Aidman), who seems to enjoy predicting casualties. But then he becomes a patient and witnesses Hawkeye's skills. Charles and Margaret get food poisoning from eating canned pheasant. Klinger bonds with a patient from his hometown. Note – Gary Burghoff does not appear in this episode.
Hawkeye clashes with a know-it-all surgeon, but the two must work together under fire at an aid station. Alan Alda's father Robert and half-brother Antony guest-star in this episode. Robert played the same character in the season 3 episode " The Consultant ".
Hawkeye discovers that the Marine is only 15 years old, having used his older brother's ID to enlist to win back his ex-girlfriend. Hawkeye tells the Marine that a woman who cares about such things is probably not worth having. Later in the episode, Tommy is brought in, having been shot by the enemy on the front lines. Just before being ...
Colonel Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan) assumes command of the 4077th, and orders Klinger to get into uniform, but when his body rejects it, Hawkeye tells him to wear a slip underneath. Col. Potter soon gets acquainted with Hawkeye and B.J., bonding with them post-surgery over drinks and a chorus of There's a Long Long Trail A-Winding. Larry ...