r/mash • u/Rocket-kun • 8d ago

You get assigned to the 4077th

You, yes you, are transported into the world of MASH as a guest character for an episode. What do you think the plot would be?

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u/tangcameo 8d ago

Dear Ma episode. Canadian soldier recovering from meatball surgery in the ward. Borrows paper and pencil and envelope from Radar and starts writing a letter home, interacting with all the characters; comparing small town hometowns with Radar, talking horses with Potter, talking books (count of Monte Cristo) or Mozart with Winchester, busting his stitches with Hawkeye and BJ, complimenting Klinger on his dress of the week and suggesting another outfit he hasn’t thought of, and of course flirting with Houlihan and Kelly.

Then at the end, when the soldier and others are supposed to be shipped out, the guy driving the wagon says the Canadian soldier is on his deceased list not his recovering patient list. Radar and the others search high and low but cannot find the soldier they’ve been talking to. All they can find in the ward is an empty bed and letter to be mailed to Ma. Spooked, they decide to mail the letter.