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September of '53

Episode number: 1

Overview: 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.

Together Again

Episode number: 2

Overview: 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.

Klinger vs. Klinger

Episode number: 3

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

Snap, Crackle, Plop

Episode number: 4

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

Staph Inspection

Episode number: 5

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

Night Shift

Episode number: 6

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

Shall We Dance

Episode number: 7

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

Little Broadcast of '53

Episode number: 8

Overview: 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.

Sunday, Cruddy Sunday

Episode number: 9

Overview: 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.

Thanksgiving of '53

Episode number: 10

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

Fallout

Episode number: 11

Overview: 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.

Bladder Day Saints

Episode number: 12

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

All About Christmas Eve

Episode number: 13

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

Chief of Staff

Episode number: 14

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

C.Y.A.

Episode number: 15

Overview: 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.

Yours Truly, Max Klinger

Episode number: 16

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

It Had To Be You

Episode number: 17

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

Odds and Ends

Episode number: 18

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

Another Saturday Night

Episode number: 19

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

Fever Pitch

Episode number: 20

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

By The Book

Episode number: 21

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

Up and Down Payments

Episode number: 22

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