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Season 5  "Hanky Panky"  5x18

Aired 47 years ago - Feb 01, 1977

Nurse Carrie Donovan receives a "Dear Jane" letter from her husband, and practically falls apart. B.J. consoles her, and they spend the night together. Feelings of guilt come over B.J. until he discusses them with Donovan and the air is cleared.

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Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 1
- Poor girl's gone bonkers. - Who, Donovan?
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 2
- Who gets an "A" in fidelity? - R.C.A. Victor.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 3
- Are you sure there's nothing going on between you two kids? - Honest.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 4
- I just don't understand why Donald hasn't written. - Maybe there's another woman.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 5
- He's made 126 jumps. - Once from a plane.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 6
And sometimes they're opened by creepy company clerks...
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 7
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 8
- I'm getting excited. - Eat your pudding.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 9
It's a letter from my old man... a Dear Jane.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 10
- No. I'll be there. - You don't have to. I can handle it.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 11
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 12
I keep nudging her till she gets sore enough to swing at me.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 13
I'll meet you in the kitchen.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 14
You wanna talk in your tent, we'll talk in your tent.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 15
- I did? I didn't mean to. - Why did you do that?
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 16
Right. Sparky? Yeah, Sparky, listen. Get me Tokyo Army Hospital, quick.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 17
- A patient. - A patient. And it's an emergency.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 18
- Worried to death. - Worried to death.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 19
I'm not tying up a chopper and losing a nurse...
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 20
[Clears Throat] Why don't you get some rest, Romeo?
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 21
"It'd be so much easier.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 22
- It seems impossible. - I know.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 23
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 24
Gee, I dreamt I was dancing with Major Houlihan, and Betty Grable woke me up.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 25
Ah, I hate to see them grow up.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 26
I'm just teasing. I mean, do I know what I'm saying?
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 27
- Hello? - Hi.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 28
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 29
He's not terribly sick. All I know is that he's in the hospital.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 30
How lovely. A Japanese umbrella.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 31
Oh, why not? I'm always ready if you need me.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 32
- But it's not enough. I can't stand it anymore. - Frank, stop it!
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 33
- How do you feel? - Terrible.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 34
And I'm miserable.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 35
B.J., you stumbled last night. That's all.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 36
- This will pass. - Like a kidney stone.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 37
There's probably a career for me in saving marriages.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 38
- Uh, my husband wants a divorce. - Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 39
Um, I'd like a transfer, Colonel.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 40
- Don't you agree? - Yes, Colonel.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 41
- You're crazy. - You might say that, Colonel.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 42
- You are the Toledo Strangler? - I confess I am.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 43
Beat it, Klinger.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 44
but maybe just once, okay?
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 45
- Give me another unit of plasma. - Right.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 46
- What? - What do you care?
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 47
B.J., it's important to me.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 48
I know how you feel.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 49
I'm hopelessly, passionately in love with my wife.
 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 50
We didn't plan that.

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Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 2
- Who gets an "A" in fidelity? - R.C.A. Victor.
#2 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 3
- Are you sure there's nothing going on between you two kids? - Honest.
#3 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 4
- I just don't understand why Donald hasn't written. - Maybe there's another woman.
#4 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 5
- He's made 126 jumps. - Once from a plane.
#5 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 6
And sometimes they're opened by creepy company clerks...
#6 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 7 #7 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 8
- I'm getting excited. - Eat your pudding.
#8 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 9
It's a letter from my old man... a Dear Jane.
#9 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 10
- No. I'll be there. - You don't have to. I can handle it.
#10 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 11 #11 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 12
I keep nudging her till she gets sore enough to swing at me.
#12 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 13
I'll meet you in the kitchen.
#13 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 14
You wanna talk in your tent, we'll talk in your tent.
#14 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 15
- I did? I didn't mean to. - Why did you do that?
#15 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 16
Right. Sparky? Yeah, Sparky, listen. Get me Tokyo Army Hospital, quick.
#16 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 17
- A patient. - A patient. And it's an emergency.
#17 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 18
- Worried to death. - Worried to death.
#18 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 19
I'm not tying up a chopper and losing a nurse...
#19 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 20
[Clears Throat] Why don't you get some rest, Romeo?
#20 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 21
"It'd be so much easier.
#21 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 22
- It seems impossible. - I know.
#22 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 23 #23 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 24
Gee, I dreamt I was dancing with Major Houlihan, and Betty Grable woke me up.
#24 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 25
Ah, I hate to see them grow up.
#25 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 26
I'm just teasing. I mean, do I know what I'm saying?
#26 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 27
- Hello? - Hi.
#27 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 28 #28 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 29
He's not terribly sick. All I know is that he's in the hospital.
#29 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 30
How lovely. A Japanese umbrella.
#30 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 31
Oh, why not? I'm always ready if you need me.
#31 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 32
- But it's not enough. I can't stand it anymore. - Frank, stop it!
#32 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 33
- How do you feel? - Terrible.
#33 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 34
And I'm miserable.
#34 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 35
B.J., you stumbled last night. That's all.
#35 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 36
- This will pass. - Like a kidney stone.
#36 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 37
There's probably a career for me in saving marriages.
#37 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 38
- Uh, my husband wants a divorce. - Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
#38 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 39
Um, I'd like a transfer, Colonel.
#39 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 40
- Don't you agree? - Yes, Colonel.
#40 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 41
- You're crazy. - You might say that, Colonel.
#41 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 42
- You are the Toledo Strangler? - I confess I am.
#42 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 43
Beat it, Klinger.
#43 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 44
but maybe just once, okay?
#44 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 45
- Give me another unit of plasma. - Right.
#45 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 46
- What? - What do you care?
#46 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 47
B.J., it's important to me.
#47 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 48
I know how you feel.
#48 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 49
I'm hopelessly, passionately in love with my wife.
#49 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 5 Episode 18 (S05E18) - 50
We didn't plan that.
#50