- Trapper enters the inter-camp boxing tournament.
- Hot Lips sends away her newest recruit, Nurse Cutler, to another unit on the claim that she distracts the doctors. Outraged at losing such an available and able nurse just because they hit on her, Hawkeye and Trapper go to Henry for help. Henry says he'll only help if one of the two fights in a boxing tournament. Hawkeye weasels Trapper into entering the fray. Will Nurse Cutler come back? Or is it "goofnight, nurse" for Trapper?—irishdramagirl
- Hawkeye and Trapper engage in a couple of rounds of competitive flirting with Nurse Margie Cutler, which outrages Hotlips; typical of her earlier snits, Hotlips transfers Margie to another unit. The Captains take her case to Colonel Blake; unfortunately, Henry is more concerned with General Barker and his intramural boxing match than his surgeons' love lives. But, if one of the Captains competes with the General's protege, Henry will revoke Hotlips' order, returning Margie to the 4077th. Trapper had boxing experience in school and the crafty Hawkeye is a born manager, but the surgeons soon realize their best option is medicinal. Ugly John helps the derelict duo set up the ideal one-two punch, until Hotlips and Frank hit them below the belt. Sucker punch! Will "ether" fighter win the match? And, which Captain will win the affections of Nurse Cutler: the brawn or the brain?—LA-Lawyer
- After meeting new nurse Margie Cutler (Marcia Strassman) together, Hawkeye and Trapper each are determined to become her lover. Haweye continues to flirt with Cutler during surgery, and this is noticed by both Burns and Houlihan. Trapper tries to spend time with Cutler after surgery, regaling her with tales of his heroics in surgery. While they are all discussing surgical procedures in the mess tent Major Houlihan tells Cutler she needs to see her. Houlihan tells both Trapper and Hawkeye that they can forget about Cutler and she will make sure of that. After they leave, Hawkeye and Trapper both try to let on that they're going back to sleep or work. However, they both go to Cutler's tent (Trapper suggests that they share her, with Hawkeye taking the day watch and Trapper taking the night watch) and find her packing her things; Houlihan had her transferred to another unit because she was a distraction.
Hawkeye and Trapper go to Col. Blake's office to demand that Cutler's transfer be stopped. He tells them that Major Houlihan makes all the decisions about the nursing staff, but if one of them would box in the inter-unit boxing tournament he's ordered to participate in by Brigadier General Barker, he would see what he could do. Barker's boxer is the champion material and he is bringing him to the 4077 for the first fight. The nurse who fought in the tournament last year is gone. So, he needs one of Trapper or Hawkeye to step up for 3 rounds. After sadly watching Cutler drive off in a jeep, Trapper decides to fight. Trapper used to box in high school, but is not in shape.
Hawkeye spends some time training Trapper but neither are really confident about winning, especially after they discover Trapper has a "glass stomach". Even father Mulcahy says Trapper hasn't got a prayer. While the two are relaxing in the Swamp, Radar comes in and tells them that Trapper's opponent Sgt Flaker has arrived and that he heard that the guy is remarkably tough. The guy is huge, he knocks out jeep when angry and is mean. They decide the only way Trapper is going to survive is if they cheat. Capt. 'Ugly John' Black's (John Orchard) (Anesthetic) plan is to rub ether on Trapper's boxing glove and then to get his opponent in a clinch so that the ether's fumes will knock him out.
Later on, Pierce, McIntyre, Blake and Burns are sitting in the mess tent talking when General Barker and his boxer come in. After they leave, Henry asks Trapper if he wants to reconsider and Hawkeye tells Henry and Frank about their plan to use ether. Frank was sitting at their table having lunch, and hence overheard the entire conversation. During the introductions of the boxing match, Burns and Houlihan switch the ether with distilled water. When Trapper gets clobbered in the first round (he goes down twice and hits the mat), Hawkeye discovers the switch and runs to get real ether. During the second round, Trapper, with real ether on his glove, gets his opponent in a clinch, until he falls out of the ring, out cold, on top of Burns and Houlihan. Henry holds up his end of the bargain and gets Cutler transferred back to the 4077, where she is so impressed that Trapper fought for her, she completely ignores Hawkeye
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