[In Rosie's Bar, where a fight goes throughout the scene]
Any diversion is welcome, except the diversions become routine. Crazy thing is, hell though it is, I think I feel closer to the people in this hospital than I've ever been to anybody else in my life, or ever expect to. [To bartender] Keep 'em coming, Kim.
On Hawkeye's tab?
Right. I'm entertaining a client.
My teeth will turn purple.
Women love that.
You know, I really can't wait to see the place.
You can wait. You've heard of a military post? This is a compost. Everything we've got is surplus. The lice are surplus. Only the wounded are new. Supplies are a joke. The tedium is relieved only by the boredom. I can't think of a single reason why we're here, except we're needed. [The fight breaks through the window behind, with only BJ noticing] So, pitch in, muddle through, pip pip and the whole schmear. Ours not to reason why, ours not to let 'em die. Drink up, you're behind.
In other words, do your job as best you can, and shove...
You got it. [Radar casually moves to the bar just as the fight crashes into their table] Please, I'm with friends.
[returning] They're all out of maraschino cherries.
Kim, some more sake.
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