History Recap / MashS6E6TheLightThatFailed

* KarmaHoudini: Giving a patient a wrong injection is medical malpractice, and could've resulted in Winchester being sued, court-martialed, or losing his license as a surgeon, yet he faced no actual penalties aside from [[LaserGuidedKarma a telling off from Hawkeye and B.J.]], most likely due to the lack of a replacement surgeon.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The fictional Abigail Porterfield is clearly patterned after Creator/AgathaChristie.

** When Hawkeye calls out his attitude, Charles accuses him of being jealous. He at one point ignores all of Hawkeye's criticisms and latches onto Hawkeye describing him as being skilled as proof rhat he is right.

* RiddleForTheAges: ''Who'' was the murderer in ''The Rooster Crowed at Midnight''?

* NoEnding: "The Rooster Crowed at Midnight" thanks to its missing page. After the author's ending is revealed to be wrong because the guilty party had an alibi, Hawkeye declares himself the murderer.

** When Hawkeye calls out his attitude, Charles accuses him of being jealous.

A supply shortage has everyone feeling the blues. The only relief is a mystery novel mailed to B.J. that has everyone hanging on the next page... until they find the last page is missing.

* RealityEnsues: In an attempt to shut Hawkeye up, B.J. tears out the first chapter to let him read it. Further sections are torn out and passed around the camp, leading to sections of the book being damaged and lost, resulting in TheUnreveal of the killer's identity because no one can find the page where it is written.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out how the book actually ended.

* KarmaHoudini: Giving a patient a wrong injection is medical malpractice, and could've resulted in Winchester being sued, court-martialed, or losing his license as a surgeon, yet he faced no actual penalties aside from [[LaserGuidedKarma a telling off from Hawkeye and B.J.]].

A supply shortage has everyone feeling the blues. The only relief is a mystery novel mailed to B.J. that has everyone hanging on the next page...until they find the last page is missing.

* KarmaHoudini: Giving a patient a wrong injection is medical malpractice, and could've resulted in Winchester being sued, court-martialed, or losing his license as a surgeon, yet he faced no actual penalties aside from [[LaserGuidedKarma a telling off from Hawkeye and B.J]].

** After accidentally injecting a patient with curare instead of morphine, Charles' biggest worry is about how hit will affect ''him''.

--->'''Charles:''' It certainly takes longer around here.
--->'''B.J.:''' How would you know?

* KarmaHoudini: Giving a patient a wrong injection is medical malpractice, and could've resulted in Winchester being sued, court-martialed, or losing his license as a surgeon, yet he faced no actual penalties aside from a telling off from Hawkeye and B.J.

-->'''Charles:''' It's just amazing how much heat one of those things[[note]]the lightbulb[[/note]] can give off.

A supply shortage has everyone feeling the blues. The only relief is a mystery novel mailed to BJ that has everyone hanging on the next page...until they find the last page is missing.

* BetterThanSex: Reading BJ's mystery novel after a long period without new books is evidently this, according to Hawkeye:

* DeathOfTheAuthor: The camp resorts to calling the aged and evidently senile Abigail Porterfield, the author of the mystery novel, to get the ending from her after the last page is found to be missing. Minutes before the episode ends, Colonel Potter gets on the loudspeaker and announces to the whole camp that the person that the author named as the culprit couldn't be responsible, because he had an alibi, leaving the whole camp no better off than they were before.

-->'''Charles:''' It's just amazing how much heat one of those things[[note]]the lightbulb[[/note]] can give off.

* ItsAllAboutMe: After accidentally injecting a patient with curare instead of morphine, Charles' biggest worry is about how hit will affect ''him''.

* NoEnding: "The Rooster Crowed at Midnight" thanks to its missing page. After the author's ending is revealed to be wrong because the guilty party had an alibi, Hawkeye declares himself the murderer.

* DeathOftheAuthor: The camp resorts to calling the aged and evidently senile Abigail Porterfield, the author of the mystery novel, to get the ending from her after the last page is found to be missing. Minutes before the episode ends, Colonel Potter gets on the loudspeaker and announces to the whole camp that the person that the author named as the culprit couldn't be responsible, because he had an alibi, leaving the whole camp no better off than they were before.