"M*A*S*H" Back Pay (TV Episode 1980) Poster

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(1980)

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Overworked and Underpaid
Hitchcoc21 April 2015
Hawkeye becomes incensed when he finds out that civilian doctors are working for the military, getting paid a huge amount of money for minimal services, but they don't have to put in time in the Army. He decides to send a bill to the Army (well over 38,000 dollars). The second plot line is Charles being given the task of instructing three Korean doctors in the fineries of U.S. medical procedures. He treats them with disdain and condescension, even though they have every right to be there. Charles has another problem. He is totally doubled up with back pain. The Korean doctors claim they can help him, but nothing doing.

Meanwhile, Pierce tries to get his pay, but he is laughed at and even threatened. He takes a jeep as partial pay. Soon he is facing off with a colonel who has no sense of humor at all about what is going on. Fun episode. I especially liked the three Koreans.
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7/10
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safenoe4 November 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Winchester's derogatory and condescending comments towards three visiting Korean surgeons kind of resembles what Frank Burns would do. This episode, broadcast 40 years ago, may be one of the first to depict acupuncture.

Hawkeye gets all puffed up because a civilian doctor is earning loads of cash doing x-rays back home.
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