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AfterMASH: Season 1

22 episodes Premiered Sep 26, 1983 Updated Oct 4, 2026
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Season 1 Episodes

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (19): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S1·E1 Mytharc

September of '53

Sep 26, 1983 · 30 min

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 spen

S1·E2 Core

Together Again

Sep 26, 1983 · 30 min

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.

S1·E3 Core

Klinger vs. Klinger

Oct 3, 1983 · 30 min

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

S1·E4 Core

Snap, Crackle, Plop

Oct 10, 1983 · 30 min

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

S1·E5 Core

Staph Inspection

Oct 17, 1983 · 30 min

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

S1·E6 Core

Night Shift

Oct 24, 1983 · 30 min

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

S1·E7 Core

Shall We Dance

Oct 31, 1983 · 30 min

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

S1·E8 Core

Little Broadcast of '53

Nov 7, 1983 · 30 min

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.

S1·E9 Core

Sunday, Cruddy Sunday

Nov 14, 1983 · 30 min

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.

S1·E10 Core

Thanksgiving of '53

Nov 21, 1983 · 30 min

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

S1·E11 Core

Fallout

Dec 5, 1983 · 30 min

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.

S1·E12 Core

Bladder Day Saints

Dec 12, 1983 · 30 min

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

S1·E13 Core

All About Christmas Eve

Dec 19, 1983 · 30 min

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

S1·E14 Core

Chief of Staff

Jan 2, 1984 · 30 min

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

S1·E15 Core

C.Y.A.

Jan 9, 1984 · 30 min

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.

S1·E16 Core

Yours Truly, Max Klinger

Jan 16, 1984 · 30 min

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

S1·E17 Core

It Had To Be You

Jan 23, 1984 · 30 min

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

S1·E18 Core

Odds and Ends

Jan 30, 1984 · 30 min

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

S1·E19 Core

Another Saturday Night

Feb 6, 1984 · 30 min

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

S1·E20 Core

Fever Pitch

Feb 27, 1984 · 30 min

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

S1·E21 Mytharc

By The Book

Mar 5, 1984 · 30 min

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

S1·E22 Mytharc

Up and Down Payments

Mar 12, 1984 · 30 min

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

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