Original artwork, not a still
Colonel, if you can hear me, knock three times! If you can't, knock twice! (Two knocks are heard) Oh Lord, he's dead! Bombed
— M*A*S*H · 1972
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Klinger devises a contradictory knocking test: someone unable to hear the instruction would still have to follow it. His conclusion that the colonel is dead does not follow reliably from the comic exchange. The final line retains the episode note.
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