The Moose (M*A*S*H)

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"The Moose"
M*A*S*H episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 5
Directed byHy Averback
Written byLaurence Marks
Production codeJ305
Original air dateOctober 15, 1972 (1972-10-15)
Guest appearances
Paul Jenkins

, TV credit (Virginia Baker)
Timothy Brown


Patrick Adiarte
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"The Moose" is an episode of the television series M*A*S*H. It was the fifth episode broadcast and aired on October 15, 1972, and repeated May 27, 1973. It was written by Laurence Marks and directed by Hy Averback.

Guest cast is Paul Jenkins as Sergeant Baker, as Young-Hi, Timothy Brown as Spearchucker Jones, as Benny, as Lt. Jones, Patrick Adiarte as Ho-Jon.

Overview[]

Sergeant Baker stops by the 4077th with his "moose"; a teenage Korean girl named Young-Hi whom he bought. Obsessed with freeing the girl, Hawkeye wins her from Baker in a card game, but now Young-Hi thinks she belongs to Hawkeye.[1][2][3][4][5]

Detailed story[]

Sergeant Baker stops by the 4077th with his "moose"; a Korean girl named Young-Hi, whom he bought from her family for $500.00. The term "moose" derives from the Japanese word for daughter, "musume", and refers to female servants of servicemen, who may be treated almost as slaves. Hawkeye Pierce is outraged and tries to convince Baker to let the girl go free. Eventually, he plays poker with Baker (and cheats with a little help from Radar.)

Baker agrees to trade Young-Hi for the debt he runs up. However, he explains to Young-Hi that she now belongs to Hawkeye, rather than that she is free (as was Pierce's intent). Pierce first attempts to get rid of Young-Hi by sending her on a truck to Seoul, but she gets off when the truck stops for gas and hitchhikes back to the 4077th.

Eventually Pierce, Jones and McIntyre decide to "demoosify" Young-Hi and teach her how to be a person who deserves to be well-treated and not subservient. They send for the head of Young-Hi's family and discover that he is Young-Hi's little brother Benny and that he immediately plans to sell her again. Initially, Young-Hi agrees with Benny out of loyalty to her family but then returns, having told Benny to "shove off".

In the end, Young-Hi is enrolled in convent school in Seoul. In the last scene of the episode, Pierce, McIntyre and Spearchucker Jones receive a letter from her.[1][2][3][4][5]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Wittebols, James H. (2003). "Watching M*A*S*H, Watching America". Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. pp. 161–166. ISBN 0-7864-1701-3. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  2. ^ a b "Episode Guide". TV Guide. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  3. ^ a b "The Classic Sitcoms Guide: M*A*S*H". classicsitcoms.com. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  4. ^ a b "M*A*S*H: Season One (Collector's Edition) (1972)". digitallyobsessed.com.
  5. ^ a b Reiss, David S. (1983). M*A*S*H: the exclusive, inside story of TV's most popular show.

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