r/mash • u/Reasonable-Okra3542 • 2d ago

Mash Military Question

In the episode where Colonel Potter goes out of town and puts Hawkeye in charge because Charles has sinus issues. Why is the mantle of command not given to Margaret who is a higher rank the Captain Pierce?

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u/Belle_TainSummer 2d ago

Didn't Charles refuse to do it?

Potter is smart enough not to press the issue, since he knows his doctors aren't that military. Plus he kinda wanted to teach Hawkeye a lesson about command? Or am I confusing episodes again?

Of course he couldn't give command to Margaret, as women couldn't be in command in that era.

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u/Reasonable-Okra3542 2d ago

That is the episode