Episode 22— Major Fred C. Dobbs
Aired March 11, 1973 · 25 min
Synopsis
Frank's constant verbal abuse of Ginger leads Hawkeye to play a prank by casting his arm while he sleeps. After Frank announces his transfer during a broadcast and Margaret decides to leave with him, Colonel Blake responds by assigning Hawkeye and Trapper to double post-operative duty until replacements for Burns and Houlihan can be found.
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Alan Alda
as Capt. Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce
Wayne Rogers
as Capt. 'Trapper John' McIntyre
Mclean Stevenson
as Lt. Col. Henry Blake
Loretta Swit
as Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan
Larry Linville
as Maj. Frank Burns
Gary Burghoff
as Cpl. Walter 'Radar' O'Reilly
Harvey J Goldenberg
as Kaplan
Odessa Cleveland
as Lt. Ginger Bayliss, RN
Gwen Farrell
as Nurse
Sheila Lauritsen
as Nurse Sheila Hardy
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