Payday (M*A*S*H)
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| “Payday” | |||||||
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| M*A*S*H episode | |||||||
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 22 |
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| Written by | Gary Markowitz John W. Regier |
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| Directed by | Hy Averback | ||||||
| Guest stars | Eldon Quick (Captain Sloan) Jeff Maxwell (Igor Straminsky) |
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| Production no. | B305 | ||||||
| Original airdate | March 4, 1975 | ||||||
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[edit] Overview
Things get crazy at the 4077th when payday comes around, and everybody is spending money and getting into debt with everyone else. "Hot Lips" tricks Frank Burns into giving her a real pearl necklace in place of a fake, Klinger tries to bribe Colonel Blake for a discharge (but withdraws the offer when he learns he could get twenty years in prison), and Trapper John "borrows" Hawkeye's watch to bet in a poker game.
Paymaster Hawkeye receives $3000 compensation for lost civilian pay, which he donates to Father Mulcahy, but bureaucrat Captain Sloan arrives from headquarters, demanding the money back. After Trapper wins the poker game, Hawkeye promply takes back his watch and Trapper's winnings, paying off his debt to the Army, with an $8 surplus for Hawkeye (charging four dollars an hour for the rent of his watch).
| Preceded by "Big Mac" |
M*A*S*H episodes | Succeeded by "White Gold" |
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