AfterMASH Season 1, Episode 21: By The Book

1

September of '53

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.

30 min

2

Together Again

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.

30 min

3

Klinger vs. Klinger

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

30 min

4

Snap, Crackle, Plop

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

30 min

5

Staph Inspection

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

30 min

6

Night Shift

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

30 min

7

Shall We Dance

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

30 min

8

Little Broadcast of '53

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.

30 min

9

Sunday, Cruddy Sunday

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.

30 min

10

Thanksgiving of '53

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

30 min

11

Fallout

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.

30 min

12

Bladder Day Saints

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

30 min

13

All About Christmas Eve

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

30 min

14

Chief of Staff

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

30 min

15

C.Y.A.

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.

30 min

16

Yours Truly, Max Klinger

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

30 min

17

It Had To Be You

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

30 min

18

Odds and Ends

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

30 min

19

Another Saturday Night

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

30 min

20

Fever Pitch

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

30 min

21

By The Book

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

30 min

22

Up and Down Payments

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

30 min