- The nurses go behind Margaret's back so that a fellow nurse confined to her tent can spend the night with her soldier husband who is paying her a surprise visit.
- In a pivotal episode, the 4077 is suffering shortages in water and supplies; everyone is hot, cranky and on edge. Margaret is particularly hostile; she and four of her nurses are at each other's throats. One nurse, Lt. Baker, made a rude remark to Hotlips and has been confined to her tent. Margaret is tired of insubordination, snide comments, lies and attitudes she gets from her nurses. The nurses are tired of the lack of trust and the feeling of being ruled, regulated and reported to death by their Head Nurse. Young Mickey Baker was recently married and never had a honeymoon; her new husband suddenly appears at 4077. Lt. Tony Baker (Gregory Harrison) has to rejoin his unit in 24 hours, but he wants to surprise his bride. Tender-hearted Radar brings the issue before the Swamp doctors. An unauthorized, secret and hasty honeymoon is organized for the newlyweds; there is only one tent available and the situation is managed with subterfuge and lies. Margaret, Frank and Colonel Potter are kept out of the loop. There is a final showdown when Baker's friends and tent mates, Lts. Gaynor, Preston, and Walsh, demand to know what the Major is going to do to Lt. Baker for disobeying orders. It is a rare to glimpse what goes on behind the masks of these nurses; it is rarer, still, to witness that even head nurses have feelings, too. Will Major Houlihan throw the book at the impetuous redheaded lieutenant? Or will Margaret handle things differently... with Mickey Baker and with all of her nurses?—LA-Lawyer
- In a pivotal episode, the 4077 is suffering shortages in water (its been a week since anyone had a shower) and supplies; everyone is hot (as it is sweltering outside), cranky and on edge. Margaret is particularly hostile (she is snapping at everyone in the OR and even kills the radio); she and four of her nurses are at each other's throats. She blames the nurses even when the 3-0 silk runs out, even though its not their problem, since the whole camp is out of 3-0 silk. One nurse, Lt. Baker (Linda Kelsey), made a rude remark to Hotlips and has been confined to her tent. Baker wont allow Frank to blame her for his own incompetence and this riles Houlihan. Houlihan asks Baker to clean the entire OR after surgery as punishment. That even, when she visits the nurses tent, she reprimands Baker for being drunk, even though she did 17 hrs of duty in the OR. She yells at another nurse for stealing peroxide from supply to dye her hair blonde, which prompts Baker to say that even Houlihan is not a natural blonde. Houlihan puts Baker on report and confines her to her tent.
Margaret is tired of insubordination, snide comments, lies and attitudes she gets from her nurses. The nurses are tired of the lack of trust and the feeling of being ruled, regulated and reported to death by their Head Nurse. Margaret gets accused of the same things that she accuses her nursing staff for.
Young Mickey Baker (the nurse) was recently married and never had a honeymoon; her new husband suddenly appears at 4077. Lt. Tony Baker (Gregory Harrison) has to rejoin his unit in 24 hours, but he wants to surprise his bride. Tender-heart Radar brings the issue before the Swamp doctors. An unauthorized, secret and hasty honeymoon is organized for the newlyweds; there is only one tent available and the situation is managed with subterfuge and lies. Hawkeye tells Margaret that a sick soldier has been quarantined in her tent as he has the plague and doesn't allow her to step inside.
Margaret, Frank and Colonel Potter are kept out of the loop. Hawkeye and BJ tell Potter some common disease that is considered quarantine worthy (but only when you wade waist high through the Nile). Margaret is ordered to bunk with the nurses for the night. Now Nurse Baker is worried how to get past HotLips to get to her hubby in Hotlips's tent. The nurses sedate Margaret to allow Baker to get away for the night. When Baker returns the following morning, Margaret catches her red handed.
There is a final showdown when Baker's friends and tent mates, Lts. Gaynor (Carol Lawson Locatell), Preston (Patricia Sturges), and Walsh (Mary Jo Catlett), demand to know what the Major is going to do to Lt. Baker for disobeying orders. Baker admits the truth to Margaret and she replies that her own nursing staff has never been friendly to her and that has hurt her feelings. It is a rare to glimpse what goes on behind the masks of these nurses; it is rarer, still, to witness that even head nurses have feelings, too. Potter understands that Hawkeye and BJ have fooled him and asks Margaret to level charges, but she declines saying that this was a private matter between she and her nurses.
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