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[AngryOldDem]

8. Some later Margaret episodes

They dropped the ”Hot Lips” nickname altogether.

Here are some eps I remember off the top of my head that were progressive not only for the early 1950s, but for late ‘70s-early ‘80s TV.

1) She thought she was in line for a promotion, but it was only if she slept with her superior officer. She threw him out of her tent.

2) She divorced her husband and resolved to become totally independent.

3) She broke up with an infantry boyfriend who expected her to become a stay-at-home wife after leaving the military. He couldn’t understand why she wanted a career.

4) She stood up to Potter when Potter wanted to evacuate the nurses.

5) She evolved from a parody of a shrewish, rigid prude into a compassionate, thoughtful human being.

I didn’t much care for the later episodes of the series (got too preachy for my taste), but I watch the show quite often. Margaret’s evolution is striking, and well done. I have the series on DVD, and a copy of the movie came with it, which I really have no desire to watch because of its datedness.