Joe Pantoliano guest stars as a soldier who swaps dog-tags in order to get an early discharge. William Christopher plays his role sensitively in putting the guilt trip on.
This was the first of David Ogden Stiers's directorial efforts in M*A*S*H, and he's not bad at all. He should have directed more episodes.
However I think the scripwriters should have considered the identity crisis perpetuated in a couple of lines. One was where Charles sneeringly referred to Kellye (played by Kellye Nakahara) as sitting on a bed of "rice", sort of a a racial double-meaning with reference also to Cpl. Alvin Rice. If it was Nurse Abel, would Charles have blurted a bed of "bagels"? The second line was where Father Mulcahy reads a touching letter from Levin's family referring to the kimono and Anna May Wong. I guess white Americans think the Japanese and Chinese are alike:(
This was the first of David Ogden Stiers's directorial efforts in M*A*S*H, and he's not bad at all. He should have directed more episodes.
However I think the scripwriters should have considered the identity crisis perpetuated in a couple of lines. One was where Charles sneeringly referred to Kellye (played by Kellye Nakahara) as sitting on a bed of "rice", sort of a a racial double-meaning with reference also to Cpl. Alvin Rice. If it was Nurse Abel, would Charles have blurted a bed of "bagels"? The second line was where Father Mulcahy reads a touching letter from Levin's family referring to the kimono and Anna May Wong. I guess white Americans think the Japanese and Chinese are alike:(