MAS*H

The Incubator

Season 2, Episode 12, Aired 12/1/73

Episode Summary

Hawkeye and Trapper recover from an all night party. Henry gets a barbecue, and Hawkeye puts in a request for an incubator. The Quartermaster turns him down. They locate a Major with 3 incubators, but he won't let them have one. A Colonel tries to sell them one, and then they get into trouble with a General at a press conference. Finally, Radar trades the barbecue for an incubator.moreless

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Cast & Crew

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Gary Burghoff

Corporal Walter Eugene "Radar" O'Reilly (Season 1-8)
McLean Stevenson

Lt. Colonel Henry Braymore Blake (Season 1-3)
Wayne Rogers

Captain John Francis Xavier "Trapper" McIntyre (Season 1-3)

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A routine matter that turns out to be not so routine...

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By maritimer00, Jul 27, 2005 Report Abuse

In a theme common to the first three seasons, Hawkeye and Trapper set out to acquire a incubator needed for critical cases after having their supply request turned down. In their travels, the two discover that if they thought dealing with army bureaucracy was difficult, it paled in comparison to the greed and ignorance displayed by the people they encounter. From an army sergeant and a supply room that he treats as his personal fiefdom to a general that excels in saying nothing, the two MASH surgeons grow frustrated at every turn. The episode concludes with a scene that reminds one of the old adage: ' The solution for life's problems begins at home.' or something like that.

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Trivia
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- General Mitchell said the US army was the best equipped fighting force since the Romans crossed the Alps into Spain, but the Alps are in Italy. The Pyrenees are what they would have had to cross to get into Spain. Edit
- Hawkeye demands a bag of ice from a nurse and his hair is tousled. In the next scene his hair is suddenly combed. Edit
- The first operational B-52 (B-52B 52-8711)was delivered by Boeing on 29 June 1955, after the end of hostilities in Korea. Edit
Notes
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- Margaret does not appear in this episode. Edit
Quotes
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- Hawkeye: Radar, you know I have the impression that we woke you about 3:30 this morning. Radar: Uh, no, it was ten to four. Trapper: Did we say why? Radar: Ah, you said you wanted to sacrifice a virgin. Hawkeye: Did we? Radar: I was too sleepy. Edit
- Hawkeye: (waking up with a hangover; talking in a normal voice) Trapper? Trapper? Trapper: (also waking up with a hangover) I'm not gonna talk unless you stop screaming. Edit
- Trapper: Why don't we have an incubator here so we can do our own tests? Nurse: Because it would save time, and effort, and it would make sense. Hawkeye: We can't have any of that in the Army. Edit
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- Hawkeye: And a little corporal shall lead them. An allusion to the often used biblical/Christian phrase "And a child shall lead them" Edit