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    MASH - General Discussion

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    Personally, I'm fonder of the later seasons, but that's mainly because I was born in 1972, and the later episodes are the ones I most remember watching as they first aired. I did catch a few of the reruns here and there, but I didn't start watching them regularly 'til after I finished high school. So I'm much more nostalgic for the later episodes.

    I still favour the later seasons, though. Yeah, I admit, it did tend to devolve into Alan Alda's Emmy reel a bit too often, but for the most part, the writing to me seemed a lot more nuanced, especially when it came to characters. Margaret had evolved from a three-note antagonist from the early seasons to a much more nuanced character. Charles was a much better foil than Frank. Potter was a better leader than Blake. Where Hawkeye and Trapper were two peas in a pod, BJ was in many ways Trapper's polar opposite, which gave him and Hawkeye a different dynamic.

    And yes, I'll say it, when Klinger gave up on the Section 8, and focused his scheming ways into becoming the Sultan of Scrounge, he became a much more nuanced character. He was still no Radar, I'll give you that, but he managed to forge his own path.

    Just now, Egg McMuffin said:

    They also missed the boat by only having one significant female cast member. Lt. Dish was an important character in the movie, but only appeared twice in the first season and then disappeared. Marcia Strassman’s character also disappeared after season 1. You’d think that that could have developed another nurse character to come to the forefront.

    I thought Nurse Kelleye filled that void nicely.

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    Quantum Leap - General Discussion

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    On 11/3/2022 at 7:28 PM, Sarah 103 said:

    I am watching the new series and had a question about the original series. I need some help with an episode. In the original series, there is a scene where Al and Sam have a passionate argument about whether or not the devil/hell exists. I cannot remember which episode it is from, but hopefully someone here can help. 

    One of these episodes, maybe?

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