Combat! episode reviews by Jo
Davidsmeyer
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SYNOPSIS:
In a newly liberated French town,
Saunders is reluctant to accept the ministrations of a courageous thirteen-year-old girl,
whose one ambition is to serve the troops as a nurse. Despite Sanders' sometimes cruel
resistance to her, Claudine grows deeply attached to him, and he to her. During a battle
outside town, she risks her life to bring Saunders medical aid on the line.
 REVIEW:
 "The Little Carousel" is a special episode for
me. When I saw this as a child, I was devastated. I cried myself to sleep that night and
remembered exact dialogue decades later. As a little girl who wanted to be a nurse, I
strongly identified with the girl in the story.
Bernard McEveety directed another superb episode in "The Little Carousel." Morrow runs the range of emotions in this C bitterness, anger, frustration, joy, exultation, love. Saunders fell in love with this little girl who healed not only his body, but his soul. Sylvian Margolle, as the little nurse Claudine, is a sweet breath of life amid the war. Saunders' carefully groomed, hard-bitten facade falls away when he gives in to something he had almost forgotten existed - pure joy.At the end, the stoic Saunders openly shows his agonizing grief in a primal scream, oblivious to his men around him. Fan comments about this episode - add your own comment! CAST:Vic Morrow as Sgt. Saunders Rick Jason as Lt. Hanley Sylviane Margolle as Claudine Warren Vanders as Henderson
Combat! Episodes
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(077) The Little Carousel
