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Colonel Bidwell (Leonard Stone) of "I" Corp operations is doctor shopping; he wants the cream of the 4077 crop to be personal physician to three-star General Theodore A. Korshak, (Edward Binns) Commander of "I" Corp and tamer of the tiger tank. Bidwell wants to see Hawkeye, the least possible GI of all Army doctors, in action. Bidwell watches as Hawkeye wrestles his patient from the grasp of "the bastard" (death). A GI returning stateside, Cpl. Mulligan (Larry Wilcox) asks Radar to do him a favor: watch over his girl, Mai Ping... and their baby, Lee Chin. Korshak is not a man who takes "no" for an answer and he thinks Hawkeye is a pistol. Radar finds he likes being a family man. Can Hawkeye handle being chief lackey to a three-star general?

Larry Wilcox's character of Corporal Mulligan was established as being from Bitter Creek, Wyoming. In real life, Wilcox was raised in Wyoming.

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    • Author: Yar
    Two plots here. A colonel comes to the MASH unit, looking for a top doctor to become his boss's (a three star general's) personal physician. Potter thinks he has talked the guy out of taking Pierce but not long after the visit, the general himself comes to snatch up Hawkeye. Meanwhile, a soldier who is set to go home (who has a Korean wife and baby) gets Radar to agree to look after his family. Radar starts to like the job and grows attached to the young woman and her little son. Pierce does everything he can to not be an attractive candidate to be a personal physician. It gets down to will he/won't he and what will eventually happen to the little guy.
  • Episode cast overview:
    Alan Alda Alan Alda - Capt. Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce
    Mike Farrell Mike Farrell - Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt
    Harry Morgan Harry Morgan - Col. Sherman T. Potter
    Loretta Swit Loretta Swit - Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan
    Larry Linville Larry Linville - Maj. Frank Burns
    Gary Burghoff Gary Burghoff - Cpl. Walter 'Radar' O'Reilly
    Jamie Farr Jamie Farr - Cpl. Maxwell Q. Klinger
    William Christopher William Christopher - Father Francis Mulcahy
    Edward Binns Edward Binns - General Korshak
    Leonard Stone Leonard Stone - Colonel Bidwell
    Susie Elene Susie Elene - Mai Ping (as Suesie Eléne)
    Larry Wilcox Larry Wilcox - Corporal Mulligan
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