AfterMASH

Sep 26, 1983

Potter, Klinger and Father Mulcahy find that adjusting to civilian life isn't easy. Potter, not wanting to mark time in retirement, applies for a job at a VA hospital. Klinger spends time in jail before being offered a job by Potter. Father Mulcahy despairs over his hearing loss suffered in the M*A*S*H finale.

Sep 26, 1983

After ear surgery, Father Mulcahy goes on R-and-R at General Pershing, where Klinger is battling Alma to find a room for a female patient.

Oct 3, 1983

Soon-Lee wants to bring her family to America; a semiconscious patient is brought in without proper papers.

Oct 10, 1983

Klinger has a day to prepare for a civil-service exam.

Oct 17, 1983

A flasher and a staph carrier are on the loose just two days before and inspection by VA top brass.

Oct 24, 1983

Myraid crises call Potter, Klinger, and Mulcahy to night duty at the hospital.

Oct 31, 1983

In a campaign against depravity, Alma bans From Here to Eternity and objects to a dance for the patients.

Nov 7, 1983

Klinger plays disc jockey on the PA system; a new nurse is being hazed; and Father Mulcahy has to contend with one patient who won't talk and another who won't stop.

Nov 14, 1983

Visitors' day attracts a group that includes a car-selling faith healer, a man dying too be admitted as a patient and an acrophobe whose brother is on the third floor.

Nov 21, 1983

The Potters plan their first family Thanksgiving in a dozen years -- but the guest list keeps on growing.

Dec 5, 1983

Potter and Pfeiffer are thinking of leaving, but the discovery that a patient's leukemia may be linked to A-Bomb tests gives them both pause.

Dec 12, 1983

Pfeiffer gets the needle from an obnoxious paitent with a face that Pfeiffer says ""only a proctologist could love"".

Dec 19, 1983

Santa sprinkles surprises among his gifts to the staff and patients at the hospital.

Jan 2, 1984

Potter seems to be having more than his usual load of problems at the hospital.

Jan 9, 1984

Mulcahy gets entangled in red tape trying to get the VA to pay for his ear operation. A woman claims the hospital lost her son.

Jan 16, 1984

Klinger cites examples of how ""things are always jumping"" in a letter to Radar.

Jan 23, 1984

About to be married, Radar turns up at the Potters', panicky and determined to call the whole thing off.

Jan 30, 1984

Klinger gambles to provide for his unborn child. Scannell goes under the knife to remove migrating shrapnel.

Feb 6, 1984

With Mildred out, Potter plans a quiet dinner, but the evening is interrupted by a stream of friends.

Feb 27, 1984

Boyer is steamed because he can't get a cooling blanket for a feverish patient.

Mar 5, 1984

Klinger and Bob Scannell prospect for uranium; Potter searches for an antibiotic that hasn't been approved by the VA.

Mar 12, 1984

When Klinger goes house hunting, he winds up getting trapped by an agent.

Sep 23, 1984

Klinger is in jail for socking a shady real estate salesman. Soon-Lee is in labor. A stranger is poking around at the hospital.

Sep 25, 1984

A new administrator arrives to take stock of the hospital. Klinger poses as doctor to avoid the police.

Oct 2, 1984

Potter is horrified to find himself stuck with Alma as his new secretary. The fugitive Klinger can't find a place to spend a chilly night.

Oct 9, 1984

The prosecution recount Klinger's wartime high jinks. Wally forces Boyer to perform an operation he feels he cannot do.

Oct 16, 1984

Potter writes to his old M*A*S*H colleague Sidney Freedman for advice after Klinger is sentenced to the mental ward.

Oct 30, 1984

Klinger tries to pick-up some extra money by filing for disability. Colonel Potter and Mildred have a tiff, and the Colonel walks out of the house. A new doctor, Andy Caldwell, is fearful of Dr. Boyer's hot flashes. Dr. Dudziak convinces Boyer to share a group therapy session with her and a few other veterans. Potter and Mildred make up and go off to a motel to spend the night together. Father Mulcahey does an early morning religion TV show.

Dec 4, 1984

Klinger runs a lottery. The acerbic Dr. Boyer becomes a patient.

Dec 11, 1984

Wally bans passes just as Klinger is preparing to spend a weekend with his family.