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AfterMASH Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - September of '53

First aired: Sep/26/1983
Writer: Larry Gelbart
Director: Burt Metcalfe

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.



2 :01x02 - Together Again

First aired: Sep/26/1983
Writer: Larry Gelbart
Director: Burt Metcalfe

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.



3 :01x03 - Klinger vs. Klinger

First aired: Oct/03/1983
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: Will Mackenzie

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.



4 :01x04 - Snap, Crackle, Plop

First aired: Oct/10/1983
Writer: Dennis Koenig
Director: Nick Havinga



5 :01x05 - Staph Inspection

First aired: Oct/17/1983
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Guest star: Charles Tyner (Rivers)



6 :01x06 - Night Shift

First aired: Oct/24/1983
Writer: Everett Greenbaum, Elliott Reid
Director: Edward H. Feldman



7 :01x07 - Shall We Dance

First aired: Oct/31/1983
Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine
Director: Will Mackenzie



8 :01x08 - Little Broadcast of '53

First aired: Nov/07/1983
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Guest star: Terence McGovern (Conway), John Chappell (Michael D'Angelo), Greg Norberg (Fowler)



9 :01x09 - Sunday, Cruddy Sunday

First aired: Nov/14/1983
Director: Nick Havinga



10 :01x10 - Thanksgiving of '53

First aired: Nov/21/1983
Director: Burt Metcalfe

Friends, family, staff and patients pack the Potter house on Thanksgiving.



11 :01x11 - Fallout

First aired: Dec/05/1983
Writer: Larry Gelbart
Director: Larry Gelbart

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.



12 :01x12 - Bladder Day Saints

First aired: Dec/12/1983
Director: Nick Havinga



13 :01x13 - All About Christmas Eve

First aired: Dec/19/1983
Director: Burt Metcalfe



14 :01x14 - Chief of Staff

First aired: Jan/02/1984
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff



15 :01x15 - C.Y.A.

First aired: Jan/09/1984
Writer: Janis Hirsch
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff



16 :01x16 - Yours Truly, Max Klinger

First aired: Jan/16/1984
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: Burt Metcalfe

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.



17 :01x17 - It Had To Be You

First aired: Jan/23/1984
Writer: Dennis Koenig
Director: Larry Gelbart



18 :01x18 - Odds and Ends

First aired: Jan/30/1984
Director: Peter Levin



19 :01x19 - Another Saturday Night

First aired: Feb/06/1984
Director: Jamie Farr



20 :01x20 - Fever Pitch

First aired: Feb/27/1984
Writer: Dennis Koenig
Director: Burt Metcalfe

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.



21 :01x21 - Up and Down Payments

First aired: Mar/12/1984
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: Burt Metcalfe

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.



22 :02x01 - Less Miserables

First aired: Sep/23/1984
Writer: Dennis Koenig, Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: Burt Metcalfe



23 :02x02 - Calling Doctor Habibi

First aired: Sep/25/1984
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: Hy Averback

Fugitive Klinger (Jamie Farr) poses as a doctor - "Habibi" - while smarmy new administrator Wally Wainwright (Peter Michael Goetz) arrives at General-General.



24 :02x03 - Strangers and Other Lovers

First aired: Oct/02/1984
Writer: Dennis Koenig
Director: Burt Metcalfe



25 :02x04 - Trials

First aired: Oct/09/1984
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: Charles S. Dubin



26 :02x05 - Madness to His Method

First aired: Oct/16/1984
Writer: Tom Straw
Director: Burt Metcalfe



27 :02x06 - The Recovery Room

First aired: Oct/30/1984
Writer: Jay Folb
Director: Charles S. Dubin



28 :02x07 - Ward Is Hell

First aired: Dec/04/1984
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: Burt Metcalfe



29 :02x08 - Saturday's Heroes

First aired: Dec/11/1984
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: Burt Metcalfe



30 :02x09 - Wet Feet

First aired: Unaired
Writer: Dennis Koenig
Director: Hy Averback