The Late Captain Pierce trying to contact his father back in Maine to tell him he's still alive. The episode opens with Klinger (filling in for Radar, who is on leave in Seoul) waking up B.J. Hunnicutt with a midnight call from Hawkeye's father. Hawkeye is informed of the call and accompanies B.J.and Klinger to the phone, but all Hunnicutt hears from Hawkeye's father is "how?" and "why?" before the phone line is knocked out. At daybreak, Lieutenant "Digger" Detmuller (Richard Masur) arrives at the camp looking for Captain Pierce, and is surprised to find him still alive. Detmuller shows Pierce his own death
What the Dickens their names with characters from books, films, TV shows, plays, or musicals. They had 90 seconds to ask yes or no questions to the mystery guest and then take a guess, for two points if guessed correctly. If wrong, Sandi threw it over to the other side for one point. Played only in Series 3, replacing "Yes, and I'm Mickey Mouse". The teams were shown three famous people and had to guess what all three had in common. The final quickfire round. Each team captain had 90 seconds to communicate the titles of books, films, plays, musicals, or TV shows,