Dear Dad...Again Dear Dad...Again "Dear Dad...Again" was episode No.18 of the first season of the TV series "M*A*S*H". It originally aired on February 4, 1973. Hawkeye writes to his father again about several crazy events that take place at the 4077th, including his bet with Trapper John that he could walk into the mess tent naked and nobody would notice (he loses), the arrival of Captain Adam Casey (portrayed by Alex Henteloff), a Demara-esque fraud masquerading as a doctor, Frank becoming drunk, and Margaret's attempt to sing "My Blue Heaven" at the camp "No-Talent Show". Hawkeye's line, "I have always relied upon
Private Pike with his Home Guard uniform, which supposedly prevents him from getting croup, even though only infants and (apparently) chickens are supposed to get it ("Menace from the Deep"). Despite all this an army doctor certifies him healthy when he receives his call-up papers, though having a rare blood type excludes him from military service. Pike is a fan of the cinema and narrates the plots of films that relate to the platoon, even if the relationship is vague. When the film example does mirror reality, he picks scenarios which end in death. Pike makes pointless comments while trying to help: