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The Red/White Blues
The sick Klinger has left the office in a mess. The MASH staff try desperately to keep Potter out while they tidy up but he forces his way in.
Season 9, Episode # 17
Number (#214) in series (256 episodes)
Guest star(s):
Kellye Nakahara
Jeff Maxwell
Roy Goldman
Frank Pettinger
Jo Ann Thompson
Network:
CBS-TV
Production code:
Z-416
Writer(s):
Dan Wilcox & Thad Mumford
Director(s):
Gabrielle Beaumont
Original airdate:
March 9, 1981
IMDb:
The Red/White Blues
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The Red/White Blues was the 17th episode of Season 9 of the CBS-TV series M*A*S*H, also the 214th overall series episode. Written by Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford and directed by Gabrielle Beaumont, it originally aired on March 9, 1981.
SynopsisEdit
Col. Potter's blood pressure is too high and he has two weeks to get it back down, causing everyone to mollycoddle him, much to his dismay. Meanwhile, the malaria medicine they are sent makes Klinger sick.
Full episode summaryEdit
Klinger is excitedly packing for several days of R&R in Tokyo when Colonel Potter comes in and tells Klinger that I Corps has several outdated reports from the 4077th, because the paper forms changed some time ago and Klinger didn't notice. Potter cancels Klinger's leave as punishment for not keeping up with the daily reports.
Later, Col. Potter undergoes a routine physical - the last one he'll have to undergo while on active duty - and the results aren't good. His blood pressure is way above the norm, and he runs the risk of being pulled from command and stuck behind a desk.
Potter begs Hawkeye to fudge the numbers, but he refuses. Potter is adamant, and asks Hawkeye for two weeks to get his numbers down before the report has to be sent in to HQ. Hawkeye agrees, but reminds him he's going to have to cut down on his drinking, his salt, his cigars, and his penchant for getting angry due to the pressures of being in command.
Hawkeye promises to keep Potter's condition a secret, but almost immediately he spills the news to everyone, who start treating Potter with kid gloves, which of course drives him nuts.
Back in his office, Potter flies off the handle when he thinks Klinger ordered the wrong medicine needed to preemptively deal with the Malaria problem - they're stuck with Primaquine instead of Chloroquine. After blowing his stack, Hawkeye finds a letter enclosed that HQ was out of Chloroquine, so they sent the other, less effective drug, instead.