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
The Powers That Be (TV series) the actors, Joseph Gordon-Levitt took a role in "3rd Rock from the Sun", Robin Bartlett played a recurring part on "Mad About You", Peter MacNicol would soon reach fame with a similar eccentric character (as John Cage) in FOX's "Ally McBeal", and David Hyde Pierce was chosen for his role as Niles Crane in the series "Frasier" partly on the basis of his work in this program. Holland Taylor also went on to greater sitcom stardom later in the CBS sitcom "Two and a Half Men". The Powers That Be (TV series) The Powers That Be is an American sitcom