The original TV Guide description of this episode began with "Cupid's arrows misfire". Charles is inexplicably attracted to a South Korean working girl who is alternately baffled and annoyed by his attempts to instill culture in her. Meanwhile a nurse from the neighboring 8063rd MASH is intrigued by Klinger despite his wardrobe, and BJ and Hawkeye are driving each other nuts with their various eccentricities, compounded by BJ's worry over a patient of his who was in poor condition when he left the 4077th.
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Attention all personnel! Charles and Klinger are smitten with the following tropes:
- Above the Influence: Charles seems to be this at first when Sooni offers her services to him. Subverted when it turns out he needs her companionship more than her working skills.
- Born Lucky: Margaret is an infallible winner at Bingo, much to everyone else's consternation.
- Drowning My Sorrows: Charles and Klinger do this in The Tag and duet on a drunken version of "Stormy Weather."
- Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: Charles in particular, as his efforts to get Sooni interested in classical music and literature prove futile. But Klinger also runs afoul of this when he realizes Debbie just sees him as an amusing distraction rather than a potential life partner.
- Tsundere: Debbie gives off a mild version of this. After the first conversation she has with Klinger, she says "I think I'm in love." But when Klinger makes it clear he's serious about her, she cools to him.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: Hawkeye and BJ, never more than in this episode. They berate each other for the smallest of peccadilloes, and their friendship strains to the point where Hawkeye moves into Radar's office temporarily. But they have a joyful reconciliation when Hawkeye learns that BJ's patient is going to pull through.
