- The Moose (M*A*S*H)
Infobox Television episode
Title = The Moose
Series = M*A*S*H
Caption =
Season = 1
Episode = 5
Airdate =October 15 ,1972
Production = J305
Writer = Laurence Marks
Director =Hy Averback
Guests =Paul Jenkins Virginia Ann Lee
Timothy BrownCraig Jue Barbara Brownell Patrcik Adiarte
Episode list = List of "M*A*S*H" episodes
Prev = "Chief Surgeon Who?"
Next = "Yankee Doodle Doctor""The Moose" is an episode from the television series "M*A*S*H". It was the fifth episode broadcast and aired on
October 15 ,1972 , and repeatedMay 27 ,1973 . It was written by Laurence Marks and directed byHy Averback .Guest cast is
Paul Jenkins as Sergeant Baker,Virginia Ann Lee as Young-Hi, Timothy Brown asSpearchucker Jones ,Craig Jue as Benny ,Barbara Brownell as Lt. Jones,Patrcik Adiarte asHo-Jon .Overview
Sergeant Baker stops by the 4077th with his "moose"; a teenaged Korean girl named Young Hi whom he "bought." Obsessed with freeing the girl, Hawkeye wins her from Baker in a card game, but now Young Hi thinks she belongs to Hawkeye.
Detailed story
Sergeant Baker stops by the 4077th with his "moose"; a Korean girl named Young-Hi, whom he "bought" from her family for $500.00.
Hawkeye Pierce is outraged and tries to convince Baker to let the girl go free. Eventually, he playspoker with Baker (and cheats with a little help from Radar.)Baker agrees to trade Young-Hi for the debt he runs up. However, he explains to Young-Hi that she now belongs to Hawkeye, rather than that she is free (as was Pierce's intent). Pierce first attempts to get rid of Young-Hi by sending her on a truck to
Seoul , but she gets off when the truck stops for gas and hitchhikes back to the 4077th.Eventually Pierce, Jones and McIntyre decide to "demoosify" Young-Hi and teach her how to be a normal person. They soon meet the head of Young-Hi's family, and discover that he is Young-Hi's little brother Benny and that he immediately plans to sell her again. Initially, Young-Hi agrees with Benny out of loyalty to her family but then returns, having told Benny to "shove off".
In the end, Young-Hi is enrolled in convent school in Seoul. In the last scene of the episode, Pierce, McIntyre and Spearchucker Jones receive a letter from her.
M*A*S*Hisms
*When Benny shows up and says, "You bought Young Hi from Baker. Now you want to dump her. What's the beef? She goofing off?" Pierce replies, "The '
Dead End Kids ' in Korea.":The "Dead End Kids" were six young actors fromNew York, New York that starred in the play and the movie "Dead End ".Notes
*Though
Larry Linville andLoretta Swit are listed in the opening titles, neitherFrank Burns nor Major Houlihan appear in the episode.*Another "moose" was seen in the fourth-season episode "Of Moose and Men."
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