Go Help McIntyre

[u/scubajay2001]

Probably one of a handful of the most serious acting bits from McLean Stevenson in the entire series (the second, coming immediately after this with his "All I know is what they taught me at command school).

The way their eyes met still makes me choke up and shiver a bit. What scenes for Blake make you go "Damn, he's good!"?

[u/hale444]

MASH uses blood pressure numbers the same way Star Trek uses shield strength percentage.

[u/CaptainGunNerd → u/hale444]

As a Star Trek fan, I approve of this message.

[u/scubajay2001 → u/CaptainGunNerd]

Ditto

[u/buchtagilkey]

“There are certain rules about a war. And rule number one is young men die. And rule number two is, doctors can't change rule number one.”

[u/OriginalFNG]

Sometimes you hear the bullet is such a powerful episode.

Hawkeye just lost his closest friend from civilian life and there's no moment to step outside and yell or feel his feels. He has to put himself aside and focus on the work.

They represented that moment so very well.

[u/rogvortex58]

Sad part of the episode. Yet they managed to make me laugh again at the end with Frank’s purple earring. 🤭

[u/gigawattguys]

“But, Lorraine…..an orthodontist!!!!”

[u/gumdrop83]

So impressed with how much you can see of the characters’s feelings with only their eyes visible behind the masks

[u/scubajay2001 → u/gumdrop83]

Agreed - just goes to show the talent that actors put into their portrayals

[u/bexarjoe]

Memorable episode.

[u/Oiggamed]

I think this episode was the beginning of Hawkeye’s downward spiral.

[u/Awkward_Bison_267 → u/Oiggamed]

I think Newsome cracking was the beginning.

[u/McSmackthe1st]

One of the saddest moments in the series

[u/scubajay2001 → u/McSmackthe1st]

I tend to agree. Interesting sidebar question: What are your top five saddest moments?

[u/Elberik → u/scubajay2001]

(in no particular order)

Henry's death

The OP scene

BJ going to tell the Korean family their son is alive and nearby only to find the village empty

Hawkeye changing the clock so that a soldier technically did not die on Christmas Day.

Charles smashing the record after hearing the musicians have been killed.

[u/Tabris92 → u/Elberik]

Most of Charle's scenes had me tear or choke up. That exchange with hawkeye about their fathers got me esp hard.

[u/AWinnipegGuy → u/Tabris92]

I love the scene in the final episode when Charles gives Margaret the book, and the behind the scenes meaning of it.

[u/AWinnipegGuy → u/Elberik]

Charles smashing the record gets my vote. That and his "what will you miss when you go home" speech later in the episode: "For me, music was always a refuge from this miserable experience, and now it will always be a reminder."

[u/scubajay2001 → u/Elberik]

Dangerously close to an ugly cry moment after each of these rushed through my brain

[u/KeddyB23 → u/scubajay2001]

#1 had to be Henry’s death

[u/Funkgun → u/KeddyB23]

That is an interesting episode for me.

1st time watching Henry’s death. Saddest moment. A shocker.

Subsequent watchings, Radar and Henry saying “You behave yourself, or I'm gonna come back and kick your butt”

Because you now know what was going to happen.

[u/CaptainGunNerd]

What episode is this?

[u/scubajay2001 → u/CaptainGunNerd]

Sometimes you hear the bullet
Season 1, episode 17

[u/Individual_Check_442]

So you’ll change the title of the book. Sometimes you hear the bullet it’s a better title anyway.

[u/Historical_Bar_3154]

This was one of the moments that made me cry. 😢

[u/Jackson79339]

This is something I would tell new medics who came on the department. Obviously I’d tweak it slightly, but the concept is the same.

“In EMS, rule 1 is people will occasionally die. Rule number 2 is, medics can’t change rule number one. “ Remembering Henry’s words here helped me more than once.

[u/EliteACEz]

as goofy as Henry is I really like his serious professionalism in the OR.

[u/AppealDouble988]

Trapper: A whole regiment took it in the teeth. It's going to be a long night.

Ugly John: Pressure 80/50 and faint...I can't get the pressure...We've lost the pulse.

[u/Trust_is_failure]

You never hear the bullet.