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YMMV / M*A*S*H S2 E22: George

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  • Fair for Its Day: By modern standards, the episode's handling of the gay theme is pretty weak. George's sexuality is entirely an Informed Attribute, and he has very little agency despite being ostensibly the center of the plot (in fact, George's final scene in the episode is when he tells Hawkeye he's gay — everything from that point on, including the entire conflict of the episode, is other people talking about him); additionally, the story ultimately has very little to do with homosexuality, as George's sexuality is used primarily as a plot device to create conflict between Frank and the others. At the time, however, the episode was monumental just for portraying a gay man in a positive light and rejecting the idea that his sexuality made him inherently unfit to serve in the military.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight: Hawkeye jokes about him volunteering to make Radar an officer. In Lt. Radar O'Reilly...

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