The General Flipped at Dawn

Aired September 10, 1974 and rerun on Christmas Eve, 1974, "The General Flipped at Dawn" is the premiere of the third season of M*A*S*H. An inspection by the strict Major General Bartford Hamilton Steele ("That's three E's, not all in a row") puts the 4077th on edge. The final straw comes when he orders the unit to move the camp closer to the front, to be more economic and to show that a MASH unit should be mobile ("You do your best business on M... more

Aired September 10, 1974 and rerun on Christmas Eve, 1974, "The General Flipped at Dawn" is the premiere of the third season of M*A*S*H. An inspection by the strict Major General Bartford Hamilton Steele ("That's three E's, not all in a row") puts the 4077th on edge. The final straw comes when he orders the unit to move the camp closer to the front, to be more economic and to show that a MASH unit should be mobile ("You do your best business on Main Street!"). On an inspection tour of the new site, Steele takes along Blake and Burns. After Steele forces Blake to salute him and all three are shot at by snipers, Steele gives Blake & Burns a choice — to fight or have lunch! (Blake and Burns choose lunch) When Hawkeye sends a chopper off with a patient instead of letting the general use it to scout the new site (and calling the general "nuts" to his face), Steele calls for a court martial for Capt. Pierce. When Steele goes into a song and dance routine (the song he sings is Mississippi... less