S8 E15
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Season 8  "Yessir, That's Our Baby"  8x15

Aired 45 years ago - Dec 31, 1979

A baby born to a Korean woman and an American GI is abandoned at the 4077th. Knowing that Amer-Asian children are often mistreated in Korean society, the troop sets about the frustrating task of finding a new home for the infant.

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Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 1
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It always amazes me how a baby can take an otherwise normal adult...
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 3
a fact confirmed by our ever-vigilant sentries and their seeing-eye dogs.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 4
I am about to make a Solomon-like decision.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 5
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 6
She doesn't like strangers.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 7
- It was for a good cause, Major. - It better be.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 8
It's enough to drive a man to Officers' Candidate School.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 9
I can just see you with a house full of little teeny majorettes.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 10
- That's a good idea. - She's mysterious, like the shifting sand.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 11
That gutter you're in is a festival of old sneakers...
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 12
[ Margaret ] Isn't she lovely?
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 13
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 14
Little boys have been emasculated...
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 15
She'll end up a virtual slave-- or worse.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 16
Armies, for centuries, have fought around it, left it untouched.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 17
It isn't. But it's the best we can do.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 18
And no funny stuff. The Red Cross ain't exactly headquarters for rib-tickling.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 19
Fine, gentlemen.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 20
Why don't you do something about the Amerasian babies?
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 21
Me too. See you. Thanks for the use of the hall.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 22
- handed down from father to son. - Pay attention now.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 23
There you have it, my dear.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 24
But it'll be a boy-- somebody I can take to the Mud Hen games...
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 25
That's a D.F., C-1 39. That's a disposition form.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 26
The company commander then recommends for approval or-- or rejection.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 27
- God gets it. - Nope, the 8th Army.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 28
We fill out this D.F. form. We buck it all the way to MacArthur.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 29
I explained to you that this is covered under Korean civil law.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 30
Captain, there is a war going on out there.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 31
She's doing great. At least she had a good day.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 32
Hold it down, Colonel, please.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 33
Threatening to file the A.G.'s top aide under ''D'' for ''Deceased''...
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 34
and I'm not trusting anybody's damn sensitivity but my own.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 35
- Who do we talk to, Yugoslavia? - I am sorry.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 36
Its culture goes back many, many centuries.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 37
Korean law barely acknowledges their existence...
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 38
France, Great Britain, the Netherlands...
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 39
[ Clock Ticking ]
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 40
Okay, Pierce. Nothing much medical going on.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 41
[ Laughing ] I do apologize for these constant interruptions.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 42
of these matters themselves, I fail to understand.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 43
Look, if you wish to accomplish our objective, you will leave this to me.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 44
- Oh! How gauche! - Yes.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 45
- No? Just like that? No? - Pierce, please.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 46
from a blood relative in the child's country of origin.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 47
Just a moment. Mr. Prescott, there are always alternatives.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 48
We are discussing a little girl--
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 49
- We'd best be off. - I hope we're doing the right thing, Father.
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 50
you sure turned this place upside down.

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Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 2
It always amazes me how a baby can take an otherwise normal adult...
#2
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 3
a fact confirmed by our ever-vigilant sentries and their seeing-eye dogs.
#3
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 4
I am about to make a Solomon-like decision.
#4
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 5 #5 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 6
She doesn't like strangers.
#6
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 7
- It was for a good cause, Major. - It better be.
#7
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 8
It's enough to drive a man to Officers' Candidate School.
#8
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 9
I can just see you with a house full of little teeny majorettes.
#9
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 10
- That's a good idea. - She's mysterious, like the shifting sand.
#10
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 11
That gutter you're in is a festival of old sneakers...
#11
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 12
[ Margaret ] Isn't she lovely?
#12
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 13 #13 Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 14
Little boys have been emasculated...
#14
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 15
She'll end up a virtual slave-- or worse.
#15
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 16
Armies, for centuries, have fought around it, left it untouched.
#16
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 17
It isn't. But it's the best we can do.
#17
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 18
And no funny stuff. The Red Cross ain't exactly headquarters for rib-tickling.
#18
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 19
Fine, gentlemen.
#19
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 20
Why don't you do something about the Amerasian babies?
#20
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 21
Me too. See you. Thanks for the use of the hall.
#21
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 22
- handed down from father to son. - Pay attention now.
#22
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 23
There you have it, my dear.
#23
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 24
But it'll be a boy-- somebody I can take to the Mud Hen games...
#24
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 25
That's a D.F., C-1 39. That's a disposition form.
#25
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 26
The company commander then recommends for approval or-- or rejection.
#26
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 27
- God gets it. - Nope, the 8th Army.
#27
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 28
We fill out this D.F. form. We buck it all the way to MacArthur.
#28
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 29
I explained to you that this is covered under Korean civil law.
#29
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 30
Captain, there is a war going on out there.
#30
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 31
She's doing great. At least she had a good day.
#31
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 32
Hold it down, Colonel, please.
#32
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 33
Threatening to file the A.G.'s top aide under ''D'' for ''Deceased''...
#33
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 34
and I'm not trusting anybody's damn sensitivity but my own.
#34
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 35
- Who do we talk to, Yugoslavia? - I am sorry.
#35
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 36
Its culture goes back many, many centuries.
#36
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 37
Korean law barely acknowledges their existence...
#37
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 38
France, Great Britain, the Netherlands...
#38
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 39
[ Clock Ticking ]
#39
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 40
Okay, Pierce. Nothing much medical going on.
#40
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 41
[ Laughing ] I do apologize for these constant interruptions.
#41
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 42
of these matters themselves, I fail to understand.
#42
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 43
Look, if you wish to accomplish our objective, you will leave this to me.
#43
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 44
- Oh! How gauche! - Yes.
#44
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 45
- No? Just like that? No? - Pierce, please.
#45
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 46
from a blood relative in the child's country of origin.
#46
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 47
Just a moment. Mr. Prescott, there are always alternatives.
#47
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 48
We are discussing a little girl--
#48
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 49
- We'd best be off. - I hope we're doing the right thing, Father.
#49
Recap of M*A*S*H Season 8 Episode 15 (S08E15) - 50
you sure turned this place upside down.
#50