AfterMASH

September 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.

September 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.

October 3, 1983

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

October 10, 1983

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

October 17, 1983

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

October 24, 1983

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

October 31, 1983

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

November 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.

November 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.

November 21, 1983

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

December 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.

December 12, 1983

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

December 19, 1983

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

January 2, 1984

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

January 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.

January 16, 1984

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

January 23, 1984

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

January 30, 1984

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

February 6, 1984

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

February 27, 1984

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

March 5, 1984

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

March 12, 1984

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