tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post1062282083324818715..comments2023-11-03T08:13:12.122-04:00Comments on AfterM*A*S*H: Episode 133 - Comrades in Arms, Part 2rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-24107961484600045032016-08-27T02:07:24.177-04:002016-08-27T02:07:24.177-04:00Didn't she sort of have a thing for Trapper? H...Didn't she sort of have a thing for Trapper? Hawkeye and Margaret were thrown together in the heat of the moment, but it does seem that she should have realized that Hawkeye, being Hawkeye, wouldn't or couldn't pursue a full-time relationship with her. Her expectations of the men she was with often seemed unrealistic, given how Frank and Donald turned out. Nevertheless, this was the turning point in her character when she stopped being "Hot Lips" and became a more independent and fully developed character.WestVirginiaRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129174334939968181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-5941387292702658402013-07-03T19:49:23.381-04:002013-07-03T19:49:23.381-04:00"This is a woman who slept with half the Gene..."This is a woman who slept with half the Generals in the Asian Theater of Operations, and she's going to get all goopy over Hawkeye?"<br /><br />There's a line in an episode, I don't remember which one, in which she says "Margaret Houlihan doesn't concubine with anyone!!!"<br /><br />And I always think in response, "The hell she doesn't!"Robert Grossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-39625253914379011392011-10-08T03:25:15.773-04:002011-10-08T03:25:15.773-04:00I have a theory as to why Margaret was so uncharac...I have a theory as to why Margaret was so uncharacteristically clingy towards Hawkeye. The show makes it obvious that all of the generals she's had flings with were just one night stands. Frank Burns was a terrible lover and a terrible person, Donald was an unfaithful and unaffectionate husband, but Hawkeye was warm and comforting towards Margaret, something supposedly alien towards her.Cole McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537651966628728226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-83213421812513242722009-08-11T19:37:17.032-04:002009-08-11T19:37:17.032-04:00Again, I agree with Parrot. The scenes between BJ ...Again, I agree with Parrot. The scenes between BJ and Hawkeye, and Hawkeye and Margaret at the end, are good. I love the "Hank" letter. <br /><br />The rest of this episode is just crap. (sorry, Alan Alda!)Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-11534111944897143622009-08-11T03:32:48.725-04:002009-08-11T03:32:48.725-04:00And now.... M*A*S*H! (remember how Norman Lear of...<i>And now.... M*A*S*H! </i> (remember how Norman Lear often had a recap of the previous week's episode, followed by an announcer in the second part of his two-parters?)<br /><br />One of the nice things about your synopses, rob, is that they remind me of smaller details I sometimes forget. In both episodes, the scenes with Hawk and Margaret in the abandoned hut are better than I recall. <br /><br />But, really, this development was not quite a trainwreck, but still just so trite. Margaret's morning infatuation with Hawkeye would be more believable... if it wasn't Margaret. Or Hawkeye. Two things work here:<br /><br />Margaret’s painful realization of her husband’s philandering (the accident of the misplaced letters is perfect, just the sort of thing a cad would overlook). With the seeds planted earlier in the season, her emotions (last episode) seem quite real. <br /><br />The mixed feelings, recriminations between two friends/lovers/now (because of their long standing history) closer friends. The dialogue at the end rings true enough. It's the other 25 minutes preceding here which seem over-blown.<br /><br />Ugh.What the Parrot Sawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08039363570921658045noreply@blogger.com