Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde

"Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde" was the 29 episode of the M*A*S*H television series, and third of season two. The episode aired on October 18 1973. The opening scene is of an almost-empty operating room, save Hawkeye and Trapper. It's the end of a 20-hour session and Hawkeye doesn't realize that it's over. Radar announces that there are no more casualties expected for 24 hours and Hawkeye and Trapper make their way back to the Swamp. Just as Hawkeye ge... more

"Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde" was the 29 episode of the M*A*S*H television series, and third of season two. The episode aired on October 18 1973. The opening scene is of an almost-empty operating room, save Hawkeye and Trapper. It's the end of a 20-hour session and Hawkeye doesn't realize that it's over. Radar announces that there are no more casualties expected for 24 hours and Hawkeye and Trapper make their way back to the Swamp. Just as Hawkeye gets in his cot, more wounded arrives. Trapper tells Hawkeye to go to sleep, but he manages to get in the OR and operate over Frank's objections. After another long session, Henry orders Hawkeye off all surgical shifts. Radar gets him home in a wheelchair. After stopping to flirt with nurses, Hawkeye makes it back to the Swamp, but more wounded arrive. Even walking through a clothesline doesn't stop Hawkeye from going to the OR. Next, Hawkeye is standing in the rain looking in the post-op. He tells Trapper that there is a war going on. Trapper... less