M*A*S*H (TV Series) Der Tag (1976) User Reviews

Tag, You're It

[Hitchcoc · 9/10 · 13 March 2015]

Potter gets so fed up with Frank for his morose being since Margaret is away, that he entreats Hawkeye and B.J. to be nice to him and invite him into their circle. He is asked to play poker and is a total ass of a winner, giggling loudly and offending the other players. He also gets really drunk and the boys put a toe tag on him. While wandering around camp, looking for the latrine, he stumbles into the back of an ambulance and is transported to a unit on the front lines. Potter gets a call from these guys, saying they have an unconscious surgeon. Potter is furious and sends Hawkeye and B.J. to pick up the lost soul. They find themselves in the middle of intense shelling and work to patch up several soldiers. What happens to Frank shows that sometimes the good guys don't win, and that practical jokes may have a price to them.

Joe Morton guest stars

[safenoe · 8/10 · 31 July 2020]

Here Frank gets very irritating (more than usual) when Margaret is away at a conference, and Frank gets jealous when he thinks Margaret is interested in a handsome hunk there. In this episode, we see Potter co-opting Frank into the gang through a poker game, but things go wrong when Frank wins galore and upsets everyone else.

I'm more a fan of the Hawkeye/Hunnicutt/Potter/Winchester era.