Outrageous Hope

But I make no apologies. One episode that always gets to me opens with gruff, old Col. Potter dressed as Father Time and making a toast: “Here’s to the new year. May she be a damn sight better than the old one … and may we all be home before she’s over.” As the episode ends he repeats the toast, and melancholy sets in as you (OK, I) realize that 30 minutes and yet another year are coming to an end and Hawkeye, B.J., Hot Lips, etc. didn’t make it home “before she’s over.”