History Recap / MashS1E2ToMarketToMarket

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: While operating on the general in the opening scene, Hawkeye and Trapper aren't wearing their masks.

Lee, posing as a South Korean general, is smuggled into the 4077 to examine the desk for himself, and agrees to trade the medicine for the desk, on the condition they have it ready for pick-up at 6 a.m. the next morning. When Frank tries to run interference against Hawkeye and Trapper, convinced he'll catch them at something that will have them court-martialled for sure, the two surgeons get locked in Blake's office overnight and have to resort to removing one of the office walls and having the desk air-lifted by chopper all the way to Seoul.

The episode ends with Lee delivering the medicine, as promised, and Blake trying to come up with a believable story for his insurance company to compensate him for the lost desk.

After a harrowing moment trying to stabilize a wounded two-star General, Hawkeye and Trapper complain to Major Houlihan about missing supplies for the OR: specifically, bottles of hydrocortizone. Frank Burns interrupts to snidely inform them that the supplies ordered were hijacked before they left Seoul. A replacement truck shows up the same day, but ''that'' shipment was also hijacked, leaving them with no supplies at all.

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Hawkeye and Trapper risk dealing with the Korean black market, court-martials, and jail sentences for their attempts to steal Blake's desk. But they need the Hydrocortizone to keep their patients alive, and the military refuses to send more.

* RacialFaceBlindness: Invoked by Charlie Lee in TheTag, after Henry sees him (when he returns to the 4077 to deliver the hydrocortisone) and asks if the has a relative who's a general.

Hawkeye and Trapper complain to Henry Blake, who is more interested in fawning over his recently-acquired 100-year-old antique oak desk than listening to the surgeons. With Blake unwilling to put a call in to Brigadier General Hammond, Hawkeye calls in his place to request more supplies. The general denies their request, forcing Hawkeye and Trapper to improvise. Hawkeye decides to deal with the BlackMarket instead of the military supply chains.

Lee is smuggled into the 4077 to examine the desk for himself, and agrees to trade the medicine for the desk, on the condition that they have it ready for pick-up by six a.m. While Frank Burns tries to run interference against Hawkeye and Trapper, convinced he'll catch them at something that will have them court-martialled for sure, the two surgeons resort to removing one of the walls of Blake's office and having the desk air-lifted by chopper all the way to Seoul.

In short, the three of them plan to steal Henry Blake's antique oak desk and trade it for the Hydrocortizone.

After a harrowing moment trying to stabilize a wounded two-star General, Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper [=MacIntyre=] complain to Major Houlihan about missing supplies for the OR: specifically, bottles of Hydrocortizone. Frank Burns interrupts to snidely inform them that the supplies ordered were hijacked before they left Seoul. A replacement truck shows up the same day, but ''that'' shipment was also hijacked, leaving them with no supplies at all.

Hawkeye and Trapper complain to Henry Blake, who is more interested in fawning over his recently-acquired 100-year-old antique oak desk than listen to the two surgeons. With Blake unwilling to put a call in to Brigadier General Hammond, Hawkeye calls in his place to request more supplies. The Brigadier denies the request, forcing Hawkeye and Trapper to improvise. Hawkeye decides to deal with the BlackMarket instead of the military supply chains.

Their contact in the Black Market is reluctant to give them the Hydrocortizone for anything less than ten thousand dollars, since medical supplies are so valuable in the war-torn country. Hawkeye suggests the idea of bartering for the medicine, offering free medical care in trade. Their contact, Charlie Lee, refuses, as he steals whatever his organization needs anyway. At this point, Hawkeye appeals to Lee's sense of importance, stating his tiny office desk is unbefitting a man of his (albeit illicit) position.

* RunningGag: Twice, Henry challenges somebody (first Radar, then Lee) to guess what type of wood his desk is made out of, then – after the other person correctly guesses oak – obliviously grins, "Nope, it's oak."

* RunningGag: Twice, Henry challenges somebody (first Radar, then Lee) to guess what type of wood his desk is made out of, then – after the other person correctly guesses oak – happily responds "Nope, it's oak."