tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post8580612290839490637..comments2023-11-03T08:13:12.122-04:00Comments on AfterM*A*S*H: Episode 124 - War of Nervesrob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-10676875720590384272013-05-29T06:36:35.859-04:002013-05-29T06:36:35.859-04:00btw you got the episode title wrong about the prev...btw you got the episode title wrong about the previous episode that Michael O'Keefe appeared. It's Mad Dog and Servicemen"Donaldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-68918155555406827382012-08-18T13:29:08.842-04:002012-08-18T13:29:08.842-04:00The whole OR scene with Charles and Margaret and h...The whole OR scene with Charles and Margaret and half of the mess tent scene are cut for syndication, so you have no idea why everyone is arguing! One of the worst syndication edits. PA_Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-10271510370444264542011-11-28T01:59:34.330-05:002011-11-28T01:59:34.330-05:00A favorite line of mine in this episode is between...A favorite line of mine in this episode is between Sgt. Zale & Col. Potter, when Potter has found the large pile of objects assembled for the fire. It is supposed to be a fire of prisoners' uniforms, and Col. Potter delivers: "are you telling me a prisoner came in wearing an American ladder?" that one gets me every time!Rob As Wellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-13301341380765199672009-08-02T16:53:42.403-04:002009-08-02T16:53:42.403-04:00I kind of have to disagree with What The Parrot. W...I kind of have to disagree with What The Parrot. While I think Klinger's and Father Mulcahy's scenes are wonderful, I find Margaret's and Charles' scenes annoying in the extreme, and I would have hoped BJ and Hawkeye could have gotten some counseling, as well, as the way Hawkeye keeps bugging BJ in the mess tent, "Smell this! Smell this!" really would annoy me. Arbus is good throughout, but I think this is another one of those that tries too hard to do too much in too little time. (sigh)Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242198036084484844.post-21970773927423538672009-08-02T01:39:31.759-04:002009-08-02T01:39:31.759-04:00An excellent episode that revisits Alda’s own “Dea...An excellent episode that revisits Alda’s own “Dear Sigmund” and, in my opinion, improves on it. The bonfire’s growing presence from the mundane burning of uniforms is exactly the sort of steam-blowing one would expect from this beleaguered unit. Sherm’s initial, incredulous disapproval is exactly what we expect- as well as his wisdom in eventually seeing Sidney's outsider perspective on it. <br /><br />Meanwhile, the patient’s hatred for Sidney at the psychiatrist’s technique of getting the psychologically scarred back to the foxhole is equally believable, as is Freedman’s painful admittance that ‘he may never know’ if he has succeeded in this particular case or not. His pained expression, tightly controlled, followed by his melancholy walk away is one of Arbus’ best moments in the series.This idea would be returned to, of course, in the finale; arguably, not as well as it is illustrated here.<br /><br />Finally, the individual scenes with characters mano a mano with Sidney are <i>all</i> wonderful: Margaret and Charles are hilarious in their telling nonchalance when discussing each other; Radar's wondering about his teddy bear is sweet and not at all overdone; Klinger's scene is one of his best- measured, funny and ultimately serious.<br /><br />A classic.What The Parrot Sawnoreply@blogger.com