History Recap / MashS1E13Edwina

* HollywoodDateless: Edwina has not had a man in her life since her fiancé stopped writing to her.

* QuestForSex: It's more implied than stated outright (this being early-'70s network TV and all), but Edwina is shipping back home soon and is hoping to lose her virginity before leaving.

* FakeOutOpening: The episode opens with tense music playing while the camera pans across the characters' anticipatory faces, as Radar listens intently for someone's approach and then whispers a ten-second countdown. Incoming wounded? An enemy patrol? Nope, they're all just waiting in the mess tent for Edwina to show up for her surprise birthday party.

* FakeOutOpening: The episode opens with tense music playing while the camera pans across the characters' anticipatory faces, as Radar listens intently for someone's approach and then starts a ten-second countdown. Incoming wounded? An enemy patrol? Nope, they're all just waiting in the mess tent for Edwina to show up for her surprise birthday party.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Frank behaves unusually very nicely at Edwina's birthday party.

* FakeOutOpening: The episode opens with tense music playing as the camera pans across the characters' anticipatory faces, with Radar listening intently and then starting a ten-second countdown. Incoming choppers? An enemy patrol? Nope, they're just waiting for Edwina to show up for her surprise birthday party.

---> '''Trapper''': Henry, you're the commanding officer. Command the girls to cut this out! It's driving us nuts!

--->'''Radar''': Shower's ready, sir.\\

---> '''Hawkeye''': Frank, I think I speak for everyone when I say that if you don't lend your full co-operation in our little enterprise, you will be stripped naked, painted purple, and dropped by helicopter behind enemy lines.

---> '''Hawkeye''': The whole thing is inhuman, unfair and un-American. ''[pauses, as tries to get a random nurse's attention, and fails]'' Besides, it's bad for the health.

* [[OneOfTheBoys One Of The Girls]]: Given that Frank is among the men spurned by the nurses at Hawkeye's meeting, it is implied that Margaret supports the nurses' protest. The implication has added strength when the two are not seen together until after the men have surrendered.

* SureLetsGoWithThat: Henry tries to make a speech at the party and is eventually drowned out by the camp doing a rendition of "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow". He stops speechmaking and joins in.

--->''[Hawkeye draws the short straw]''\\

* WeirdTradeUnion: The nurses build up an interesting strike. If no man dates Eddie before she leaves for home, then all of the men in the camp won't ever have a date again.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Flipped around. Trapper attempts to get Henry to use his authority as the commanding officer to stop the strike.

-> '''Radar''': Shower's ready, sir.
-> '''Henry''': Is it cold?
-> '''Radar''': Icy, sir.

-> '''Hawkeye''': Frank, I think I speak for everyone when I say that if you don't lend your full co-operation in our little enterprise, you will be stripped naked, painted purple, and dropped by helicopter behind enemy lines.

-> '''Hawkeye''': The whole thing is inhuman, unfair and un-American. ''[pauses, as tries to get a random nurse's attention, and fails]'' Besides, it's bad for the health.

---> ''[Hawkeye draws the short straw]''
---> '''Hawkeye''': [[OhCrap Shall we make it]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck two out of three?]]

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Nurse Margie Cutler, Hawkeye's current LoveInterest, thinks this about Hawkeye "winning" the date with Edwina. Frank thinks it's funny too.
** After the Amusing Injuries listed below, Hawkeye can't help but laugh his ass off at how the night has gone.

---> '''Radar''': Shower's ready, sir.
---> '''Henry''': Is it cold?
---> '''Radar''': Icy, sir.

---> '''Hawkeye''': Frank, I think I speak for everyone when I say that if you don't lend your full co-operation in our little enterprise, you will be stripped naked, painted purple, and dropped by helicopter behind enemy lines.

---> '''Hawkeye''': The whole thing is inhuman, unfair and un-American. ''[pauses, as tries to get a random nurse's attention, and fails]'' Besides, it's bad for the health.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Frank unusually behaves very nicely at Edwina's birthday party.
* TheKlutz: Edwina

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Edwina's ex, Seymour Chomkey. At least, that's how Nurse Cutler sees it.
* [[OneOfTheBoys One Of The Girls]]: Given that Frank is among the men spurned by the nurses at Hawkeye's meeting, it is implied Margaret supports the nurses' protest. The implication has added strength when the two are not seen together until after the men have surrendered.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Edwina Ferguson is a smart woman, so she knows when Hawkeye is seeking her romantic attention, she can tell something is up right away.
** It is heavily implied that Margaret sided with the nurses against Frank, something we don't see again until he marriage to Donald.

* ShrinkingViolet: Edwina

* TemptingFate: Trapper thinks the nurses wouldn't dare to carry out their protest. Guess what, Trap? '''They. Would.'''

* [[OneOfTheBoys One Of The Girls]]: Given that Frank is among the men spurned by the nurses at Hawkeye's meeting, it is implied Margaret supports the nurses' protest. The implication has added strength when the two are not seen together until after the men have surrendered.

When it appears that no man at the camp will date Eddie, the nurses launch into action by enacting a blanket "No Date" strike at the 4077 until it happens. The men panic and try to find a way around it, but it soon becomes clear when the nurses stand firm and resolute, and they surrender. What they need now is for one of them to volunteer...

* AmusingInjuries: Let's the count the many Hawkeye received during his date with Edwina.