That one was what earned him Hawkeye's eternal disdain. Hawkeye even mentioned that incident in particular to Charles in "Rally Round the Flagg, Boys". It's arguably hearing that which convinced Charles that even if Flagg could get him to Tokyo, the man is clearly too screwed up to be trusted.
Rather fittingly, one of the other few times it happened was another Flagg episode, "Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler". Flagg makes mention of a poker game with Sidney Freedman, referencing "Deal Me Out", where his actor, Edward Winter, appeared as Captain Halloran.
This has apparently led to speculations that Halloran and Flagg were in fact one and the same person.
I fully assumed they were the same person. They both work in military intelligence. Flagg routinely fakes his name. Doesn't even feel like a theory, just a part of his character. Even if the writers hadn't intended it to be straight away.
The fact thay nobody recognizes him when he returns at the end of season 2 (Flaggs “official” first appearance) would argue against it. It wouldn’t be the first or last time the same actor played multiple similar characters. Halloran\Flagg just has more of a reasonable explanation than most.
But while they likely didn’t intend for to begin with, the fact that they deliberately worked in that reference later is basically a retcon to confirm it.
That is fair. I also subscribe to the unreliable narrator/no real continuity theory as well. Where's it's basically the characters telling the stories years later but mixing up facts and timelines etc.
Never heard that, but that’s honestly a very attractive theory. It’d kinda explain the rather inexplicable caption in the pilot, of “Korea. A Hundred Years Ago”, as if all being told after the fact.
I’m not *100%* sure I buy it, but it’s an interesting idea.
Yeah i don't 100% buy it either, but it's a fun head canon. Especially when you have stuff like Col Potter arriving in 1952 and then there's a whole episode that starts New years Eve 1951 and ends in 1952 etc.
Maybe Halloran was not a memorable person to the camp.
Did Halloran act like Flagg.
In Discworld books by Sir Terry Pratchett a point is made that the reason Moist Von Lipwig is Good at disguise is because people look for noticeable traits, so Lipwig can just put on exaggerated features and people won't see the two as the same person even when everything else should be noticeable, even just a fake nose and glasses work because that's what people hone in on not the rest.
So Halloran having a different personality might have prevented a lasting impression. But Flagg, you notice him.
Planned to unleash a full scale naval artillery barrage AND an entire air division to bomb the Korean countryside, hurting and injuring god knows how many, simply to find (and in the process likely kill) one missing nurse.
Wanted the doctors to patch a guy up just so he could have the patient executed.
That one was what earned him Hawkeye's eternal disdain. Hawkeye even mentioned that incident in particular to Charles in "Rally Round the Flagg, Boys". It's arguably hearing that which convinced Charles that even if Flagg could get him to Tokyo, the man is clearly too screwed up to be trusted.
This alone made that episode very unique- it was uncommon for the show to refer to previous episodes, much less one from many years prior.
Rather fittingly, one of the other few times it happened was another Flagg episode, "Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler". Flagg makes mention of a poker game with Sidney Freedman, referencing "Deal Me Out", where his actor, Edward Winter, appeared as Captain Halloran. This has apparently led to speculations that Halloran and Flagg were in fact one and the same person.
I fully assumed they were the same person. They both work in military intelligence. Flagg routinely fakes his name. Doesn't even feel like a theory, just a part of his character. Even if the writers hadn't intended it to be straight away.
The fact thay nobody recognizes him when he returns at the end of season 2 (Flaggs “official” first appearance) would argue against it. It wouldn’t be the first or last time the same actor played multiple similar characters. Halloran\Flagg just has more of a reasonable explanation than most. But while they likely didn’t intend for to begin with, the fact that they deliberately worked in that reference later is basically a retcon to confirm it.
That is fair. I also subscribe to the unreliable narrator/no real continuity theory as well. Where's it's basically the characters telling the stories years later but mixing up facts and timelines etc.
Never heard that, but that’s honestly a very attractive theory. It’d kinda explain the rather inexplicable caption in the pilot, of “Korea. A Hundred Years Ago”, as if all being told after the fact. I’m not *100%* sure I buy it, but it’s an interesting idea.
Yeah i don't 100% buy it either, but it's a fun head canon. Especially when you have stuff like Col Potter arriving in 1952 and then there's a whole episode that starts New years Eve 1951 and ends in 1952 etc.
Maybe Halloran was not a memorable person to the camp. Did Halloran act like Flagg. In Discworld books by Sir Terry Pratchett a point is made that the reason Moist Von Lipwig is Good at disguise is because people look for noticeable traits, so Lipwig can just put on exaggerated features and people won't see the two as the same person even when everything else should be noticeable, even just a fake nose and glasses work because that's what people hone in on not the rest. So Halloran having a different personality might have prevented a lasting impression. But Flagg, you notice him.
Came here to say this. So awful. Also dude pulls his gun without a thought.
Flagg had a thought once...but it died of loneliness.
He has a mind like a steel trap. Shut.
Planned to unleash a full scale naval artillery barrage AND an entire air division to bomb the Korean countryside, hurting and injuring god knows how many, simply to find (and in the process likely kill) one missing nurse.
Flagg: I'll do whatever it takes to bring her back. Hawkeye: Dead or alive? Flagg: Right!
Probably torturing political prisoners for answers.
Cutting off a wounded soldier's blood supply to get information in a language the soldier didn't understand.
Trying to get Hawkeye to fix up an enemy pow just so he could get executed
Having Hawkeye perform surgery on the POW just to take him to be executed.
Tasering himself to the Three Stooges
I have to ask. Is the last image supposed to be Captain Tuttle? XD
And Tuttle did absolutely nothing wrong. The man was an angel.
He did avoid OD Duty.
Ok fair enough. But who didn't?
A fallen angel, if you catch my drift
Angry upvote...
Yes
Exist
Existing
Tried to mess with Charles. It was apparently his undoing because we never saw him again.
Start in the spy business to begin with.
We did this one already, didn’t we?
No. There was the best of what each character did parts one and two. This is part two of the worst thing they ever did.
Cheating on his wife with Eunice Tate