Father Mulcahy writes a letter to his sister, describing the frustration he feels, especially during the Christmas season.
Hawkeye and company escape to Rosie's bar and declare it a new nation.
Hawkeye has twenty minutes to save a critically wounded soldier.
Father Mulcahy's promotion is once again trapped in red tape and the MASH staff must tend bar after tending to a wounded Rosie.
Charles receives highly valued newspapers while Hawkeye deals with a pair of Korean brothers who haven't been together since the war began.
