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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 387642" data-attributes="member: 151">Trapper, Winchester and Potter, for me.  In the debate of Trapper versus BJ, I honestly don't have much of a preference....in many ways, they're hard for me to tell apart.  BJ got more to do, but was also less 'edgy', if you will.I never much cared for Burns as a foe.  He became such a caricature after the first season, that he was unbelievable as either a threat or a challenge.  The only thing he possessed that was of importance was rank, being inferior mentally and skill-wise, and since rank mattered little (other than the occasional 'I'll get you court-martialed' plot), he was essentially powerless.  Winchester, on the other hand, was a mental equal of Hawkeye and BJ, and was a foil, not a foe.  While his compassion was well hidden and often in doubt, he was an equal in the OR, and sometimes it was obvious his arrogance was somewhat earned.  His occasional dips down to help the others was a clear sign that he was on the side of the angels...even if he thought he was slumming. Classic scene I recall is Hawkeye waiting for a call about his father, who's getting surgery in the states, and who didn't tell Hawkeye until the last possible moment.  A frantic Hawkeye waits by the phone, wracked with concern.  Charles sits and talks with him, and explains how he's envied Hawkeye's relationship with his father, as opposed to his own distant parent...how he has a father and Hawkeye has a 'dad'. Says Hawkeye: "Charles, you've never told me anything like that before."Says Charles: "Hawkeye, I've never told you anything before."To a lesser degree, I feel the same way about Colonels Blake and Potter.  Blake was a good one-liner character, but seemed powerless over his own unit to the extent that he wasn't very useful as a character.  He was an extension of a sidekick, and a poor one at that.  Harold T. Potter came in, kicked some ass, and got to work.  He functioned as friend, foe and always was motivated by his ideals.  And unlike Blake, he had the muscle to back them up.And before we get any further, I'll state my preference for Klinger over Rizzo. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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