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AfterMASH
1983 - 1984 5.1 (9 votes) 2 Seasons
Genres
Comedy
Networks
CBS
Created By
Larry Gelbart

AfterMASH

Overview

AfterMASH is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from September 26, 1983, to December 11, 1984. A spin-off of the series M*A*S*H, the show takes place immediately following the end of the Korean War and chronicles the adventures of three characters from the original series: Colonel Potter, Klinger and Father Mulcahy. M*A*S*H supporting cast-member Kellye Nakahara joined them, albeit off-camera, as the voice of the hospital's public address system. Rosalind Chao rounded out the starring cast as Soon-Lee Klinger, a Korean refugee whom Klinger met, fell in love with and married in the M*A*S*H series finale "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen." AfterMASH premiered in the fall of 1983 in the same Monday night 9:00 P.M. EST. time slot as its predecessor M*A*S*H. It finished 10th out of all network shows for the 1983-1984 season according to Nielsen Media Research television ratings. For its second season CBS moved the show to Tuesday nights at 8:00 EST., opposite NBC's top ten hit The A-Team, and launched a marketing campaign featuring illustrations by Sanford Kossin of Max Klinger in a nurse's uniform, shaving off Mr. T's signature mohawk, theorizing that AfterMASH would take a large portion of The A-Team's audience. The theory, however, was proven wrong. In fact, the exact opposite occurred, as AfterMASH's ratings plummeted to near the bottom of the television rankings and the show was canceled nine episodes into its second season, while The A-Team continued until 1987, with 97 episodes.

Key Crew

Producer: Burt Metcalfe

Top Cast

Harry Morgan
Harry Morgan

Sherman T. Potter

Jamie Farr
Jamie Farr

Max Klinger

William Christopher
William Christopher

Father Mulcahy

Rosalind Chao
Rosalind Chao

Soon-Lee Klinger

Peter Michael Goetz
Peter Michael Goetz

Wally Wainright

Anne Pitoniak
Anne Pitoniak

Mildred Potter

Brandis Kemp
Brandis Kemp

Alma Cox

David Ackroyd
David Ackroyd

Dr. Boyer

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1983)

No overview available.

22 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: September of '53
1983-09-26

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Together Again
1983-09-26

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Klinger vs. Klinger
1983-10-03

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Snap, Crackle, Plop
1983-10-10

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Staph Inspection
1983-10-17

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Night Shift
1983-10-24

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Shall We Dance
1983-10-31

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Little Broadcast of '53
1983-11-07

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Sunday, Cruddy Sunday
1983-11-14

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Thanksgiving of '53
1983-11-21

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: Fallout
1983-12-05

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Bladder Day Saints
1983-12-12

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: All About Christmas Eve
1983-12-19

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: Chief of Staff
1984-01-02

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 15: C.Y.A.
1984-01-09

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 16: Yours Truly, Max Klinger
1984-01-16

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 17: It Had To Be You
1984-01-23

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 18: Odds and Ends
1984-01-30

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 19: Another Saturday Night
1984-02-06

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 20: Fever Pitch
1984-02-27

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 21: By The Book
1984-03-05

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 22: Up and Down Payments
1984-03-12

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

Runtime: 30 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (1984)

No overview available.

9 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Less Miserables
1984-09-23

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Calling Doctor Habibi
1984-09-25

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Strangers and Other Lovers
1984-10-02

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Trials
1984-10-09

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Madness to His Method
1984-10-16

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: The Recovery Room
1984-10-30

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Ward Is Hell
1984-12-04

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Saturday's Heroes
1984-12-11

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

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Wet Feet

Runtime: 30 min

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