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Announcer-
Attention all personnel, tonights film which hasn't arrived yet has been
cancelled
(The scene is Post Op, Trapper is sick with the flu and
Hawkeye's trying to get him to eat some porridge)
Hawkeye- Come on Trap, see if you can bite the spoon. If you eat
it all you can see the picture at the bottom of the bowl, the three little pigs
in escrow.
(Trapper refuses to eat) Why do doctors make the worst
patients?
Trapper- If you were a patient would you trust you?
Hawkeye- Come on now, one for General Macarthur
Sheila- He hasn't had a thing
Hawkeye- Pierce comma Hawkeye
Sheila- Lieutenant Anderson, Sheila
Hawkeye- You look new
Sheila- Only one owner
Hawkeye- Ah, a sense of humour
Trapper-
(Who has porridge all over his nose) My nose has no
teeth
Hawkeye- Oh I'm sorry
(To Sheila) This is Captain
Macintyre, a doctor with 24hr flu which is now in its third day
Trapper- I wish we'd met when I was alive
Hawkeye- Come on now, one for ward bond.
Announcer- Attention all OR personnel, attention
Hawkeye- They're playing our announcement
Announcer- Incoming casualties, report to surgery
Hawkeye- See if you can get him to eat something, otherwise start
him on IV. If he makes a grab at you let him, he needs the exercise.
(To
Trapper) You'll be playing the violin again in no time.
(The scene changes to the scrub room where, Margaret and
Father Mulcahy are scrubbing up, Hawkeye enters)
Hawkeye- You know something, there's a good chance I might not
catch that old devils flu
Burns- Do you have your own private immunity doctor?
Houlihan- Your invulnerable to viral infections?
Hawkeye- I breath through my ears
Blake- Pipe down will you Pierce
Hawkeye- It's like living in a wind tunnel but it fools the germs
hanging around my nose
Blake- You Ok Jacobs
Nurse- I'll be alright doctor
Blake- That's good because I'm deathly ill
Hawkeye- What's the matter?
(Blake slides down the wall, looking awful along with Jacobs
who is also ill)
Hawkeye- Stop doing Jolson and get to bed
Blake- I'm fine, fine ill be just fine
Hawkeye-
(To Jacobs) Put him in bed and save the next one
for yourself
(They help Henry to his feet)
Blake- I'm fine, fine
Hawkeye- Put a screen between your beds, he's most dangerous when
he's on his back
Blake- Thanks
Hawkeye- Don't thank me until you get my bill. The big dumb strong
ones always go first.
(Nurse Jacobs helps Henry out of Post op)
(
OR, where Hawkeye and Burns are operating)
Burns- We're ready to close, 4 o silk and mop my forehead
Sheila- Doctor I just did
Burns- Don't argue with me just do what I..
(He looks woosy before passing out, leaving Hawkeye as the
only surgeon without the flu)
Sheila- Doctor
Hawkeye- Stay where you are, don't leave the table. Father get him
a stool. Margaret do you think you can land the plane by yourself
Houlihan- I think so
Hawkeye- Alright, help Sheila
Houlihan- Gloves
Hawkeye- Nothing clever just close, then call me when you're
finished so I can check your embroidery
Houlihan- Right
Hawkeye- Father saddle up to the instrumetn tray. Give me some
gloves here, left one first
(Houlihan is left to close on her own while Father Mucahy is
left to assist Hawkeye with his patient)
Hawkeye- Diva retractor
Mulcahy- What?
Hawkeye- Diva retractor, the curly thing with the curls
Mulcahy- Oh, Diva retractor
(Hands it too him) they do give
them complicated names
Hawkeye- That's the cross we bear father
(To Houlihan) How's
Frank?
Houlihan- He's unconscious
Hawkeye- Saving lives at last. Suction Father
Mulcahy- Coming right up
Hawkeye- Father, as long as we're working together is it alright
if I call you dad?
(The scene changes to Blakes office where Hawkeye is on the
phone while Radar is pouring him a cup of coffee)
Hawkeye- Look General i realise that flu is epidemic in the whole
theatre but i'm all alone here. I'm a humble Captain. I, yes, I know i'm a
capable young surgeon, let me add i've got good prospects and i'm a great catch
buti'm not looking for a husband
(Radar enters with Hawkeyes coffee and warms himself by the
heater)
Hawkeye- I need help here, just send me some hands, anybody, Jack
the Ripper anybody who's goof with a knife. General I understand the problem,
when am I going to get somebody here. Days, thankyou General, you've been a big
help.
(He slams the phone down)
Hawkeye-
(To Radar) Everything I said to him went in one
star and out the other.
Radar- well, anything I can do to help?
Hawkeye- That's a nice offer Radar but unless you can graduate
medical school in the next two hours forget it
Radar- I suppose you realise you're ranking surgeon now
Hawkeye- It's hard to believe i'm sitting in Henry Blakes chair.
This is the chair from which a thousand indecisions have been launched
Radar- Yes sir
Hawkeye- Tell you what were going to do Radar
Radar- Check the personnel directory, call Seoul, Tokyo, Houcanowa
and Pousan. See if we can get another surgeon to come here and help you.
Hawkeye- You put the words right into my mouth
Radar-
(He salutes) Yes sir
Hawkeye- Ok, fresh
(He leaves)
(The scene changes, Houlihan walks across the compound and
knocks on the door of the swamp)
Hawkeye- Come in
(She enters to fins Hawkeye in bed)
Hawkeye- Margaret, i've done this often but I never dare dream it
(He lifts the blankets and taps the bed, gesturing Houlihan
to join him)
Houlihan- Mind your tongue
Hawkeye- Frank's flat on his back, I think we should follow his
example
Houlihan- Frank wants his bible, where is it?
Hawkeye- It's over there under his catalogue from the Japanese sex
shop
Houlihan- He doesn't have one of those
Hawkeye- He's even making a shoppinglist you'll find a page
creased under the inflatables section, patch kits included
(She searches for his bible)
Houlihan- Will you be serious for just one minute please
( Hawkeye gets up and walks over to Houlihan)
Hawkeye- I am Margaret, you know there's a frontier feeling around
here. Joel Macray is in bed, so is Ralph Bellamy and Colonel Andy Divine, that
leaves just you and me, Frances Dee and Slim Summerville
Houlihan- Why do you talk like that?
Hawkeye- I can't help it, i'm part of the movie generation. I
spent every saturday morning and afternoon in the dark
Houlihan- I'm really not interested
Hawkeye- I could easily have been a mushroom instead of a doctor
Houlihan- I'll tell you what you're not, you're not commanding
officer
Hawkeye- Oh yeah
Houlihan- As a major i'm next in command
Hawkeye- Ok, you take charge
(He lays down)
Houlihan- You just been waiting to take over, havent you?
Hawkeye- Look I want to command as much as I want a scholarship to
devils island
Houlihan- Lets have a clear understanding
Hawkeye- You wont take yes for an answer, will you?
Houlihan- I'll get to the real thrust of what i'm saying
Hawkeye- You're the sorest winner I ever met
Houlihan- You've emasculated me for the last time, i'm in charge
now
Hawkeye- Ok, Madam President
Houlihan- You take care of the surgical matters and i'll handle
administration
Hawkeye- We'll be so busy we'll never see each other darling
(Choppers can be heard coming in to land, they both go for
the door)
Hawkeye- After you sir
(The scene changes to the OR, Hawkeye enters)
Hawkeye-
(With a British accent) I suppose you're wondering
why I asked you all here tonight, years ago each of you did something terrible
to me.
Houlihan- What are you talking about?
Hawkeye- You're in charge, you take over
Houlihan- Oh now dont be foolish I wouldn't presume to tell you
anything about surgery
Hawkeye-
(To Mulcahy) Father, you'll be working with Sheila
(To Sheila) This is a promising young surgeon, prays a lot, he's got a
great touch especially on sunday
(
A nurse shows Hawkeye and Xray while another puts on his
gloves)
Hawkeye- Alright, scalpel
Sheila- Scalpel
Hawkeye- kelly clamp
Sheila- kelly
Hawkeye-
(To Mulcahy) Ok promising young surgeon, give me
your hand
(He takes Father Mulcahys hand and sticks it inside the
patient)
Hawkeye- There, you got it
Mulcahy- Yes, i've got it
Hawkeye- Don't let go of it
(To Sheila) There are no
fragments, irrigate the wound and pack it open
Sheila- Yes doctor
(He takes off his gloves and moves on to the next patient)
Hawkeye- Margaret, over here. Kelly, gloves
(To Houlihan) Alright
you're really in charge here commander, you'll work with Wilson
(To Wilson) You're
so scared I'd like to put my sterile arms around you
Wilson- I'm ok
Hawkeye- Scalpel. Alright, i'll open up the peritinium and see
what we've got, or rather what hes got
Houlihan- Im ready
Hawkeye-That's what I tried to tell you when we were alone
(The scene changes to Radars office, where Radar is on the
phone, flicking through the directory of surgical personnel)
Radar- Charlie, i'm in the M's now what about this guy Martin,
Robert H, he's listed as a chest cutter.
(PAUSE) He's a paediatrician,
Charlie we get very few pregnant soldiers
(The scene changes to the OR)
Houlihan- Pierce
Hawkeye-
(In a girly voice) Coming mother
(To Sheila) Nice
job, that was good help
Sheila- Thankyou
(Hawkeye goes over to Houlihan)
Hawkeye- What's wrong?
Houlihan- I'm not sure
Hawkeye- That's perfect
Houlihan- I've never done this before
Hawkeye- Bet you can't remember the first time you said that. Just
put a clamp on that other bleeder there
Mulcahy- Hawkeye, could I trouble you
Hawkeye- Coming father
(Hawkeye leaves Houlihan to help Father Mulcahy)
(The scene changes to Radars office where Radar is still
trying to find a doctor)
Radar- Hi Harry, Radar O'Reilly over at the 4077th, listen has
your outfit got a Major Anthony Macdonald, General surgeon. Huh, he changed to
psychiatry, that's crazy
(Back to the OR)
Mulcahy- Is that really his gaulbladder i'm holding
Hawkeye- It aint his moneybelt partner
Houlihan- Ready to close now doctor
Hawkeye- I'll be right there, in the mean time look for your wrist
watch
(Father Mulcahy looks at him) Surgeons joke
Mulcahy- I don't feel well, would you be good enough to take this
gaulbladder off my hands
Hawkeye- Ok
(To nurse) Richardsons retractor
Houlihan- Pierce
Hawkeye- Just a second
(Father Mulcahy goes and sits down, Radar enters)
Radar- Hawk, Hawkeye
Hawkeye- Any luck
Radar- No I struck out I called Ocanowa, Seoul, Tokyo. Everybodys
got the flu or they wont come or whatever
Hawkeye- We may have to close the war
(To Sheila) Clamp
Sheila- I'm out of clamps
Hawkeye- Well get some quick
(She goes to leave)
Hawkeye- Not you, Father will you get us some clamps
Houlihan- Pierce, we've got to close him now
Hawkeye- Somebody get us a clamp, i'll be right there, wait a
minute, wait a minute
(Everyone starts shouting at Hawkeye and each other, it's
pandamonium in the OR)
Hawkeye- My kingdom for an intelligent octopus
(The scene changes to Blakes office where Margaret is
typing, Hawkeye enters)
Hawkeye- Hi dear, having a tough day at the office
Houlihan- Just filling out the daily report
(Hawkeye hands her a wad of forms)
Hawkeye- Pints of blood used, pints of blood needed, patient
progress reports and on page six you'll find my resignation, skipe every other
word and you'll see it's also a suicids note
Houlihan- Dont be facicious
(Hawkeye goes to Blakes liquer cabinet and pours himself a
drink)
Hawkeye- Alright then i'll go home as a deserter, in chains,
anything
Houlihan- That will do Captain
Hawkeye- I dont care, im getting out of here one way or the other
and im taking you with me Margaret. We'll send for Frank later
Houlihan- Have you examined the flu patients
Hawkeye- Franks temp is up, Henrys is down and Trappers seems to
be hovering somewhere between Sheila and Shirley, he'll be able to play
saturday in the big game with abnormal state. I'm going to sack out, do you
want anything from me before I go?
(He lays sexily across the desk in front of her)
Hawkeye- I'm yours
Houlihan- Well I have something a bit more constructive. A new
serum came in on the last chopper. They think it might prevent the flu, it's
experimental
Hawkeye- Classic army thinking, locking the barn after the horse
has the flu
Houlihan- We ought to immunise each other
Hawkeye- Margaret, another dream come true
Houlihan- I think we ought to give each other injections
Hawkeye- I'm no good with a needle, I never have been
Houlihan- I can taki it
Hawkeye- Where do you want it?
Houlihan- In my arm
(She rolls up her sleeve, he gives her the injection, she
yelps with pain)
Hawkeye- Told you I was lousy. Maybe we are in a movie, your Betty
Davis and i'm George Brent. You do me
(He hands her a syringe)
Houlihan- Roll up your sleeve
Hawkeye- Uhuh
Houlihan- What do you mean uhuh?
Hawkeye- I want mine in my tushy
Houlihan- Your what?
Hawkeye- Derrier, the back of my front, the fleshy part. I can't
take pain I can only give it
Houlihan- Alright, lower your trousers
Hawkeye- I thought you'd never ask
Houlihan- Only as far as you have to.
(He lowers his trousers
and bends over the desk) Your just loving this arent you
Hawkeye- Arent you
Houlihan- Let me get at your hip
Hawkeye- Anytime darling
(Radar enters)
Radar- Sir
(He looks up shocked) Excuse me, i'm sorry
(He
leaves, Hawkeye's in histerics, Houlihan injects him)
Hawkeye- Margaret that was fantastic. I hope you realise this
means we're engaged
(Blake enters wrapped in a blanket)
Blake- Well
Hawkeye- Henry
Houlihan- Colonel
Blake- Mr and Mrs 4077th, at home in my office
Hawkeye- Should you be up?
Blake- I'm fine, i'm perfect
Hawkeye- You look like an advert for death
Blake- What kind of a bird moves into another birds nest while the
Colonel bird is sick
Houlihan- Somebody had to take command
Blake- So you did it together, well that's double indemnity,
that's what that is, i've seen it in a movie
(Hawkeye feels his forehead)
Hawkeye- Your burning up, get back in bed
Blake- No no, so you two can sit at my desk and smoke my cigars
Hawkeye- She couldn't help it Henry, she was drunk
Houlihan- Oh stop it
Blake- Forget it, just get out of there Mrs Judas
(He takes off
the blanket and moves around to behind his desk) Yes sir I am back on the
bridge, i'm in command around here again
(Blake sits in his chair and Hawkeye and Houlihan watch as
he slowly slides off the chair onto the floor)
Hawkeye- He went down with his desk
(The scene changes to Post Op, Hawkeye and Houlihan enter
carrying Blake)
Hawkeye- Package for you lady, where do you want it
(Sheila points to a vacant bed)
Sheila- Right there doctor
Blake- I'm fine, just fine
Hawkeye- Alright Henry you just go to sleep and we'll leave a call
for february
(To Sheila) Same treatment he was getting before he went
over the wall
Blake- Look at me sick in Korea. If I was home in Bloomington
Illinois my wife would be taking care of me leaning over my bed with her hair
in curlers, cold cream on her face and those chipped fingernails, kids playing
ball against the side of the house, my dog at the foot of my bed having an
accident. Boy am I glad i'm here
(He passes out on the pillow. Hawkeye goes over to Trapper
who's getting dressed)
Hawkeye- What are you doing/
Trapper- Unless i've got amnesia this is how you dress right
Hawkeye- You strong enough to get back in the game
Trapper- I think im getting better, there's two of you there,
there used to be three
Hawkeye- Good, you can do double hernias. Has your fever gone?
(Hawkeye feels his forehead)
Trapper- Mother used to kiss my forehead to find out
Hawkeye- We tried to reach your mother, she doesn't make
housecalls
Trapper- Got any replacements
Hawkeye- We've been offered a veterinarian and a gynaecologist
Trapper- Great
Hawkeye- They'll be very helpful if we get a horse that's going
through menopause
Trapper- Been rough, huh?
Hawkeye- I've had more fun at autopsies
Trapper- Well, help is here
(The nurse comes over)
Nurse- Doctor Pierce could you look at bed five
Hawkeye- Only if you'll look with me
(Frank tries to get up)
Houlihan- No Frank, I dont think you should
Burns- Macintyres getting up
Houlihan- Your sicker than he is, everybody knows that
Frank- My nose feels like it weighs five pounds
(He lays back down and Houlihan puts a cold compress on his
head)
Houlihan- Frank i'm in command now. I can get a lot of things
changed the way we want them
Burns-That's teriffic Louise
Houlihan- Louise, that's your wife
Burns- Where? Where?
Houlihan- Frank we're in Korea
Burns- Good, she'll never find us
Houlihan- Lie still
Burns- I'm alright, we're gonna have to get out of here
Houlihan- Why?
Burns- Too many people in this motel
(Thud. Hawkeye walks over to Trapper who's on the floor)
Hawkeye- What's up?
Mulcahy- It isn't Trapper
Trapper- I'm with yah Hawk, I can make it
Hawkeye- Fine, all we have to do is move the floor into the
operating room
(They help him up)
Trapper- Let go, I can stand
(He falls back onto the bed)
Hawkeye- Sure if we screw you to the flagpole. Trap if you want to
help me, dont help me. The only way you'll get better is if you let yourself be
sick.
Trapper- I think I can manage that
(He collapses back onto the pillow, Radar enters)
Radar- Hawkeye, choppers on the way loaded with casualties,
fifteen minutes at the most
(Radar leaves, Hawkeye throws Trappers jacket on the floor,
annoyed)
Hawkeye- Alright Father get your tap shoes. Sheila! Margaret! Come
on lets go
Houlihan-
(To Frank) I have to go now Frank but i'll be
back
Burns- Goodbye Nancy
Houlihan- Nancy?
Burns- You're the best receptionist I ever had
Houlihan- Frank
Burns- Honestly Louise we had to work late
(The scene changes to Radars office where Hawkeye and Radar
are getting organised)
Hawkeye- Double requisition everything, we need whole blood, tap
the kitchen staff and the korean personnel, I want a pint from everybody
Radar- I gave blood this morning, can I give again?
Hawkeye- It's too soon, anyway your blood is nearsighted
Radar- Is that possible?
Hawkeye- Keep checking for doctors
Radar- No one will listen
Hawkeye- Tell them you're acting on the direct orders of General
Clayton
(Houlihan enters)
Houlihan- Just one moment Captain
Hawkeye- Radar, go
Houlihan- Stay
Hawkeye- I said go
Houlihan- And I said go
Radar- She outranks you, shes got more things on her uniform
Hawkeye- Shes got more things in her uniform. Go!
Radar-
(To Houlihan) Sorry sir
(He leaves)
Houlihan- I thought we understood that I am administration
Hawkeye- Let me tell you something administration, you know that
little shot you gave me for the flu
Houlihan- Yes
Hawkeye- Well it worked, i've got it
Houlihan-
(Concerned) Are you sure?
Hawkeye- I've got enough nausea to light up the city of Toledo,
first im hot, then im cold, my knees are in business with themselves
(She
sits him down) My tongue has gone cashmere, and i'd like to find an all
night latrine that takes servicemen. Now have I got the flu or am I just in
love?
(She sticks a thermometer in his mouth and feels his
forehead)
Houlihan- Do you think you can operate?
Hawkeye- I've got to, what do I tell the casualties, to stop
bleeding until I feel better
Houlihan- You've got fever
Hawkeye- Believe me I've got fever to burn
Houlihan- I'm worried about you doctor
Hawkeye- You really are, aren't you? You know all those rotten
things i've said to you, the nasty little tricks i played on you
Houlihan- Yes
Hawkeye- I'd like to get well and do them all over again
(He smiles and so does she)
(The scene changes to the OR, Hawkeye is operating assisted
by Houlihan)
Hawkeye- Pickups
Houlihan- Pickups
(Hands them to him) How do you feel?
Hawkeye- I have this teriffic thirst for embalming fluid
Houlihan- Are you gonna make it?
Hawkeye- That's up to you Margaret
Houlihan- You're incredible, as sick as you are, digging into
somebodys guts and you can still propostion a nurse
Hawkeye- I've endowed a dirty old man to make a pass at you two
years after i'm dead, it's in my will. Ok you close the skin
(He leaves to go to see Father Mulcahy and Sheila, and walks
into a nurse on the way)
Hawkeye-
(To nurse) Sorry
(To Sheila) How's it going
folks
Sheila- Bleedings under control. You look awful doctor
Hawkeye- I feel awful, it's a set. Saline solution for irrigation,
get a retractor, Father pull that back for us. Get some suction
(Radar enters)
Radar- Hawkeye, Hawk, It's ok Hawk, I got 28 pints of blood
Hawkeye- You're a good man tiny Tim
(To Sheila) Scalpel
Sheila- Scalpel
Hawkeye-
(To Radar) Scrub up
Radar- Huh
Hawkeye- We need help around here. Kelly get him ready
Radar- I can't operate
Hawkeye- You're not gonna operate, your gonna help
Radar- How's my fainting gonna help
Hawkeye- Scrub up (To Mulcahy) Were just about finished Father
Mulcahy- Is he alright?
Hawkeye- Better than I am
(To Sheila) Can you close or do
you want me to get you started
Sheila- I can do it
Mulcahy- Hawkeye, was I alright
Hawkeye- Alright, i'm putting you in for the distinguished cross
cross
(Radar enters in full scrubs)
Radar- You're making a terrible mistake
Hawkeye- If we did nothing else we got you to wash your hands.
Right this way doctor
(He walks over to Houlihan)
Hawkeye- How you doing
Houlihan- Ok, I finished debrading the wound
Hawkeye- Hey, you know your better than Frank but then so is the
patient. Radar you'll be assissting Major Houlihan, nurse, friend and all round
good egg
Houlihan- He's very sick
(He leaves her and goes to another patient)
Hawkeye- Ok gang, ours is not to question why.
(To Nurse) Mayel
scissors
Houlihan-
(To Radar) Let me have a clamp
Radar- A what?
Houlihan- A clamp
Radar- Which one is a clamp
Houlihan- There
(She points)
Announcer- Attention all personnel, here is the latest news from
armed forces radio, Stockholm, Dr Ralph Bunch has just won the nobel peace
prize, Moscow- Joseph Stalin has just announced he has been unanimously
reelected ruler of Russia, Paris- French army today predicted it would bring a
swift end to the vietnamese war, Detroit- The automobile industry reached its
production target of 6.5 million cars, Korea- ammunition and material shortages
continue to hinder the allied war effort
(The scene changes to Post Op where Hawkeye is in bed sick
being visited by Trapper, Blake, Burns and Houlihan)
Blake- In recognition of your outstanding service and dedication
and as a token of our admiration, this scroll has been signed by every member
of the 4077th
(They present him with a roll of toilet paper)
Hawkeye- That really hits me where I live, thanks
Burns- Nice going buddy
Hawkeye- I'll never be able to look at this without thinking of
you Frank
Houlihan- You were superb
Hawkeye- Thanks chief
(Radar enters wearing a scrub top and carrying a
thermometer)
Radar- Alright people lets break it up, I ordered bed rest for
this patient
(He sticks the thermometer in Hawkeyes mouth, grabs his
wrist to take his pulse, looks at his own wrist to check his watch to find he's
not wearing one)
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