YMMV / M*A*S*H S1 E24: Showtime

• Irony: This is essentially the first episode to use the "serious A/B plot and silly B/A plot" format associated with the "Dramatic M*A*S*H" era of season 4 onwards, and the serious plotline is centered on Trapper, who went home between seasons 3 and 4.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Henry Blake has a story arc where his wife is about to have a baby back home in Bloomington and he and Radar struggle with communications to get in touch with Bloomington General Hospital. The arc is resolved when the news is received that Mrs. Blake delivered a healthy baby boy, a son that sadly will never know his father.
  • Kaplan, the camp's dentist, is afraid of all the things that could go wrong with his trip home to the States, which is played for comedy. It's not as laughable when you consider Henry's departure.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Radar says the only way he'd be able to help deliver a baby is with his eyes shut.
  • Henry's wife is named Mildred in this episode but that later gets retconned to being Lorraine. Three seasons later, we learn about Mildred Potter.
  • Kaplan is worried sick about Retirony, but the fact that he'd be replaced by Phil Cardozo implies that he managed to get home okay.