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With Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit. While Father Mulcahy frantically tries to prepare for a visit from a respected cardinal, Hawkeye has to deal with a soldier who cannot donate blood for his buddy because it turns out that he himself has leukemia.
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- Comedy, Drama, War
- Harry Morgan
- 1981-04-06
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Father Mulcahy frantically prepares for a visit from Cardinal Reardon, a VIP to both the Army and the church, while Hawkeye is faced with the difficult task of having to tell a patient he has an incurable disease.
With only a few patients in Post Op, Hawkeye and B.J. are doubtful about whether B.J.'s patient, Dan Lowry, will pull through. But Hawkeye's patient and Lowry's best friend, Gary Sturgis, is certain that he'll make it. B.J. prepares to give Lowry a pint of blood, but Sturgis offers to donate his own as they have the same blood type. Hawkeye and B.J...
Ray Middleton as Cardinal ReardonG.W. Bailey as Sergeant Luther RizzoJeff Maxwell as Igor StraminskyThis was the seventh of nine episodes of M*A*S*H directed by Harry Morgan.In a tragic irony, Patrick Swayze, who played Sturgis, actually died of pancreatic cancer on September 14, 2009 at age 57.The part of Cardinal Reardon was one of Ray Middleton's final acting performances. He died three years later in April 1984.When Hawkeye tells Mulcahy about Sturgis, Mulcahy is wearing his clerical shirt and collar underneath his bathrobe, but when we next see him in Post Op talking with Sturgis (which he certainly would have done right after talking to Hawkeye), he is wearing only an olive drab T-shirt underneath the same robe.
May 18, 2015 · Every Monday, I spotlight a random episode of M*A*S*H, providing a brief review and asking readers to offer their thoughts. Capsule Summary: While Father Mulcahy prepares for a visit from an Army cardinal, Hawkeye grapples with how to tell a wounded soldier he has leukemia.
But instead he chose to think not of himself, but of a brother. A brother! When the first man saw the dignity and the selflessness of the second man, he realized how petty and selfish he had...
Blood Brothers Aired Apr 6, 1981 Comedy War Reviews Hawkeye must tell a wounded soldier that tests indicate he has chronic leukemia and can't give blood to his best buddy.
The Tag: After Cardinal Reardon leaves the camp, Father Mulcahy invites everyone to the Officer's Club: "The drinks are on me!" Title Drop: When B.J. says Lowry needs a blood transfusion, Sturgis mentions he and Lowry are both A-positive; "Sort of makes us blood brothers."
