lord_cellytron | Haha, you thought you were free of my M*A*S*Hy ramblings for today.

The first episode was ANOTHER ONE I've already seen before. I can't believe it! Two for two!!! And this one, I actually knew who everyone was the first time I saw it, so there was very little "Oh my god, that turned out to be HIM?!" since the first time around I had no idea who anyone was. It was the episode with that random baby left outside the Swamp, and even though it was really the quintessential "let's show a bunch of grown adults all turning into big drooling pillows because of a wittuw baby omggggg" episode, awww.. Charles called her "small one" and almost beat the shit out of this guy who refused to send her to the States. And Klinger made some sort of.. er.. diaper that he called a "popo". *squees* That's funny, since we call Coconut Popo sometimes. Ha ha. Listen to Cel state the obvious. Like anyone's even reading this. Hellooooo???

Okay, second episode. Very... disconcerting. The subplot was some guy who tried to kill himself. Who cares.

Klinger had, I guess, not been company clerk long and he was adding some.. uh, decoration to the office. To be blunt, the entire place was covered with Persian rugs and those stupid beads and kitsch and it looked like a harem. Potter yelled at him about it and Klinger argued that he had a right to put up stuff that reminded him of home (he must have had some weird fuggen house). So, they invite all the doctors in to see if they thought it was okay, and everyone was ripping on it and cracking up. Well, I mean... Margaret was howling with laughter, and Charles made several cracks. One of the only times I've ever really seen Klinger visibly angry and hurt.. it's very attractive.

Charles made some crack about "now we know why Toledo is still in Ohio", and while everyone was hooting, Klinger went around asking everyone why they could have their stuff in their rooms (I can't recall Hawkeye, BJ's or Margaret's, but he mentioned Charles' velvet pillow and Potter's painting of a thumbnail), but yeah, he was ordered to put everything away.

So, awhile later, he's put everything away and is sulking. Charles comes into the swamp and sees BJ playing some sort of game in which he's trying to break rubber glove balloons, and in the process has broken the lightbulb. (BJ: "Now you're gonna have to wait until morning to find out if the Little Engine could!") but BJ ends up going into the office to get a new lightbulb.

Meanwhile, guess what? Klinger's fed up with everything and since he's company clerk now, he's practicing forging Potter's signature to put on his discharge papers. So, BJ comes in and he quickly folds his arms over the tablet, and says there are no lightbulbs. Anyway, eventually BJ finds out what he's doing and tells him it's not worth it to be on the run for committing a felony. But of course it is!!!!11

Anyway, more stupid crap with the suicidal guy, and then we see the next day where Klinger is filing a request for Charles' lightbulb. Charles notices that Klinger's acting really bitchy and asks why he's not acting like the.. what the hell did he say... something about a loyal pet.. uh, that he usually is. Klinger gets all offended and stuff and tells him to get the hell out, and when Charles is leaving, he looks back oh-so-come-hitherly and says "I like you better this way!" Awww. *_* Then, who should show up but Sidney so he can talk to the suicidal dude. He says hi to Klinger, and something else, and Klinger bitches him out and told him to just go on, ignore the guy who can't talk to anybody and who no one cares about. Sidney slowly backs away and tells him to hold that thought, and Klinger gives his forged discharge papers to some I Corps dude.

OF COURSE, then Potter decides that everyone was really mean to him and gives him 3 days leave. Uh oh. So, Klinger begs BJ to let him use his jeep so he can run and get them back. Some general dude has already read them and is preparing to discharge him, but Klinger tells him not to. The general says, "Oh, you must be Radar!" So Klinger starts saying "golly gee whiz" and they both bitch about how out of control Klinger is. Finally he convinces the general to let Potter take care of disciplining him, so the general gives the papers back.

Anyway, at the end Klinger puts up this lamp, and Potter's standing there reading a piece of paper. Klinger asks what it is, and Potter says, "It's got the same words, over and over and over again. 'Sherman T. Potter', 47 times". Klinger totally freaks out and makes up some crap about Potter having written it in his sleep. Potter says, "Oh, well, okay" or something on that order, but then adds that Klinger put too much swoop in the T.

At first I was sort of disappointed that Charles was part of the problem, rather than the solution... because I have yet to see an episode where they're very companionable with each other.. I mean.. I really haven't. I've heard about these episodes, and there are a few episodes that I'm looking forward to with all my might, and of course there are undertones everywhere, but for the most part I've just seen either..

Charles being a total jackass
those two fighting
one or the other of those two being humiliated and the other laughing...

and that's really just about it..

Well, except for that beautiful one where Klinger was driving Charles to a place where he could catch some transportation or other to either Seoul or Tokyo and the jeep breaks down and they have to spend the night with some wounded guys and it's all windy and Charles doesn't want Klinger to leave because he's scared. That's really it. I mean, I'm sure someone who recalled the episode in better detail would be able to see subtext there, but as I recall it it was those two yelling at each other and then one small confession and Charles being able to perform something and Klinger's all happy and proud, but then the next morning Charles just ships him off in a handbasket to go look for help and they go back to being pissed at each other and it turns out they were like 30 yards from the camp and Klinger's totally making fun of Charles for being so scared. Still... it was those two. And Klinger was wearing a skirt. A really really nice skirt.

Oh, and let's not forget the dream episode. Duh. And, there was the one with that great cook and Klinger was trying to be his publicist and basically was the maitre'd of the Mess Tent, wearing this nice tuxedo and telling people they couldn't come in unless they had a reservation, and Charles barges in front with someone and says "Good evening Max" and Klinger just lets him in. But.. yeah, that doesn't count. It was just the first time *I* had ever heard him say Max.

Hell, I dunno. There has to be more, though. Has to be. HAS to be!

So, the lipgloss I ordered from whatshername came today, and the first thing I thought of was "I spent five fuggen dollars for THIS?!" because let me tell you, it is MINISCULE. It goes on nice and everything... uh.. but there isn't too much of it. Of course, it's Prescriptives, so maybe I'd have paid $5 for it new. Hard to say. :P

I know.. it's Christina Aguilera and everything, but this is a really pretty song. The video's great, too.