might have been great pals, but they didn’t see eye to eye oneverything.
Hawkeye is going to remove Lacy’s appendix to put him out of commission, but despite B.J.
’s intense dislike for the Lieutenant, he refuses to take part in this operation.
of his plan to perform an unnecessary surgery on the Lieutenant.
Hawkeye is going to remove Lacy’s appendix to put him out of commission, but despite B.J.
’s intense dislike for the Lieutenant, he refuses to take part in this operation.
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According to Ken Levine, Alda even took part in the rewrites to add B.J.
and Hawkeye’s fight into thisMASHepisode.
Yes, after the table reading Mike balked at having B.J.
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go along with this operation.
But there was no tension whatsoever.
“Preventative Medicine” offers one ofMASH’smost compelling dilemmas, since viewers can sympathize withbothviewpoints.
swore an oath and can only see the operation as an intentional act of mutilation on a patient.
MASHran for 11 seasons, and would occasionally repeat the same plots or character arcs.
The character of Trapper earned his own spinoff withTrapper John, M.D.
