In a letter to Klinger (Jamie Farr), Colonel Potter (Harry Morgan) describes his return to Missouri and civilian life. His reunion with wife Mildred (Barbara Townsend) is dampened by his boredom with retirement; after and old friend dies while they play cards, Mildred suggests he apply at General Pershing VA Hospital ("General General") in nearby River Bend. Quickly hired as Chief of Staff by the bureaucratic MIke D"Angelo (John Chappell), Potter and Mildred move into the home for the Chief of Staff on the hospital grounds. Before they're settled in however, patient Danny Madden (Arliss Howard) convinced that Potter was sent to take him back to Korea, descends on the home and takes Mildred hostage, threatening suicide.
Meanwhile, while Klinger reads the letter - from his cell in the Toledo county jail - he is taken before the judge as he was arrested in a gambling ring. Explaining his difficulties adjusting to civilian life, as well as his promising marriage to Soon-Lee (Rosalind Chao), he hands the judge his letter, as Potter has offered him a job as his clerk in Missouri.
As Potter (Harry Morgan) welcomes Klinger (Jamie Farr) and Soon-Lee (Rosalind Chao) to Missouri, he gets a disturbing phone call from a rectory in Philadelphia. Father Mulcahy (William Christopher) has turned to drink over his hearing loss and failure to be given his own parish. Potter arranges for Mulcahy to have his hearing surgically corrected at the nearby VA Hospital in St. Louis.
Meanwhile, as Klinger battles Alma Cox (Brandis Kemp) for a private room for a female patient, Mulcahy arrives at General-General for some post-op R and R. After helping a soldier adjust to his artificial leg, Mulcahy accepts Potter's offer to stay on at the hospital as the chaplain.
Drs. Potter and Pfeiffer save the life of a patient who arrived without papers, only to be surprised by his identity later; while Father Mulcahy sweats getting a monthly report in on time KIinger frets over his wife's desire to get a job so she can bring her family over from Korea.
Friends, family, staff and patients pack the Potter house on Thanksgiving.
In this Emmy-nominated episode, Potter (Harry Morgan) starts to yearn for a Florida retirement while resident Gene Pfeiffer (Jay O. Sanders) considers leaving General-General for a better paying job with a doctor. Their commitment to General-General suddenly increases when they link leukemia in a patient (William Sadler) with exposure to atomic testing.
Klinger (Jamie Farr) describes how things are always jumping at General-General in a letter to Radar (Gary Burghoff, appearing in a cameo). The hospital also sees the arrival of Dr. Boyer (David Ackroyd), a brilliant but bitter surgeon who left a leg behind in Korea.
Dr. Boyer (David Ackroyd) is in need of an untested cooling blanket for a patient that administrator Mike D'Angelo (John Chappall) won't approve, and Klinger (Jamie Farr) is eager to help.
Klinger (Jamie Farr) tries to buy a house - without reading any fine print or buying under the G.I. Bill - and finds himself quickly in over his head.
Fugitive Klinger (Jamie Farr) poses as a doctor - "Habibi" - while smarmy new administrator Wally Wainwright (Peter Michael Goetz) arrives at General-General.