M*A*S*H / Season Three Discussion

[Adamantium]

And along comes season Three

Season Three: 1974-1975
Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
Captain "Trapper John" McIntyre
Lt. Col. Henry Blake
Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
Major Frank Burns
Corp. Walter "Radar" O'Reilly

[Recurring Cast]
Father Mulcahy
Corp. Maxwell Klinger

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049. Rainbow Bridge
050. Life with Father
051. Springtime
052. Iron Guts Kelly
053. Payday
054. O.R.
055. Officer of the Day
056. The General Flipped at Dawn
057. There Is Nothing Like a Nurse
058. Private Charles Lamb
059. A Full Rich Day
060. Checkup
061. Big Mac
062. Alcoholics Unanimous
063. House Arrest
064. Adam's Ribs
065. Mad Dogs and Servicemen
066. The Consultant
067. White Gold
068. Bombed
069. Love and Marriage
070. Aid Station
071. Bulletin Board
072. Abyssinia, Henry
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My Five Favorite Episodes Are:

-Checkup
Trapper suffers from an ulcer and is under the impression that he can get a discharge for it.

-Adam's Ribs
Hawkeye is desperate for some ribs from a restaurant back home. So he orders it and plans on how to recieve them.

-The Consultant
A veteran doctor visits the 4077th to see Hawkeye and Trapper. When Hawkeye needs him for an operation, the man gets drunk.

-Bombed
Bombs go off around the 4077th. Trapper and Margaret get trapped in the supply room and Frank ends up proposing to Margaret.

-Aid Station
Hawkeye, Margaret and Klinger go to the front lines to operate on patients. Meanwhile, Frank complains about the conditions.

I would have added "Abyssinia, Henry" to my favorites list, but I didn't like the fact that Henry dies at the end.

[TJL]

Hmmm.

In no particular order I would have to say...

#57 There Is Nothing Like A Nurse - Hawkeye Trapper and Henry riffing on Frank's home movies is a great scene.

#63 House Arrest - "Klinger it's four in the afternoon and you're still in a housecoat? Put on a dress! You never know who might be coming around!" Maclean Stevenson was brilliant.

#61 Springtime - Klinger in a dress reading poetry.

#72 Abbysinia, Henry - One last chance to see Henry Blake drunk.

#55 Officer Of The Day - The pinstripe suit of all time...

[Dr. Thong]

"Adam's Ribs" is a classic. Especially the ending.

"Private Charles Lamb" is also great.

"The General Flipped At Dawn"

"Iron Guts Kelly"

and of course, the episode that still gets me emotional to this day...

"Abyssinia, Henry"

The third season is the best, IMO.

[ficlopri]

I stil don't see why the death of a fictional character is so shattering! Henry Blake's death at the end of the ep is vastly ovrrated by fans the world over. But season 3 was the finest season of MASH.

[bry]

henry blake may be a fictional character, but i would bet anything, that quite a few soldiers died on the way home like he did, in any war. and that makes it a bit larger than fiction and closer to life from that point of view.

[Adamantium]

Originally posted by bry
henry blake may be a fictional character, but i would bet anything, that quite a few soldiers died on the way home like he did, in any war. and that makes it a bit larger than fiction and closer to life from that point of view.

True.

For me, even though he was a TV character, it's also the irony of it. I mean for three seasons we see this guy (Henry) who wants to go home and be with his wife and kids. And when he finally gets the chance, he's killed before he makes it. That's sad. Whether real or not. The thought of that is sad.

Plus, Henry's wife gave birth while he was at M*A*S*H, so there's one kid of his he's never seen.

[bry]

to my amazement, i had never seen "there's nothing like a nurse" until the other day on the dvd. i loved frank's home movie. that was great. even better than radars. but i like the earlier episode with henry's family best.

adam's rib is probably the funniest.

rainbow bridge is underrated i think. i feel the desire to save human lives, even when there is a chance your own life will be ended, is a great character trait. and they really gave that to trapper in this one. and that is what i liked most about it.

[wayman]

I'm a little behind in watching my M*A*S*H DVD's as I just finished watching my Season 3 set tonight. I was surprised to discover I had never seen "Abyssinia, Henry" before. I guess I've always heard so much about this episode and have seen some clips from it before that I was under the impression I had previously seen it. It was interesting to watch it knowing how it ends. Now on to Season 4!

[Vicki L.]

Originally posted by ficlopri
I stil don't see why the death of a fictional character is so shattering! Henry Blake's death at the end of the ep is vastly ovrrated by fans the world over. But season 3 was the finest season of MASH.

I agree about Henry's death only being fictional and not very shattering.

[BUSH-2004!!!]

Originally posted by Vicki L.
I agree about Henry's death only being fictional and not very shattering.

Some people get attached to characters and take things that happen to them on a certain show really hard. Henry was such a loveable character and his death was final. He wasn't coming back. It just seemed, to me anyway, that some of the heart and innosense(?) of the show was gone when Henry was killed. I completely enjoyed his character and have always wondered "what if...".

[Ant-Lox]

Originally posted by BUSH-2004!!!
Some people get attached to characters and take things that happen to them on a certain show really hard. Henry was such a loveable character and his death was final. He wasn't coming back. It just seemed, to me anyway, that some of the heart and innosense(?) of the show was gone when Henry was killed. I completely enjoyed his character and have always wondered "what if...".

when I first seen that episde It was shocking to me, cause i had never seen anything like that on a sitcom...