''AfterMASH'' is an American

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television series produced as the first spin-off (second overall) and a continuation of ''

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'' that aired on

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from September 26, 1983 to May 31, 1985. It was developed as the sequel series as it takes place immediately following the end of the

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and chronicles the postwar adventures of three main characters from the original series:

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(played by

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), Sergeant Maxwell Klinger (played by

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) and Father John Mulcahy (played by

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). ''M*A*S*H'' supporting cast-member

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joined them, albeit off-camera, as the voice of the hospital's public address system.

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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 "

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Synopsis

Season one

In the one-hour pilot episode "September of '53"/"Together Again", Colonel Potter returned home from

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to his wife Mildred (Barbara Townsend) in

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. He soon found physically enforced retirement stifling, and Mildred suggested he return to work. Potter was soon hired by the bombastic and bureaucratic hospital administrator Mike D'Angelo (John Chappell) as the chief of staff at General Pershing Veterans' Hospital ("General General"), located in a fictional version of River Bend, Missouri. Max Klinger had found himself in trouble with the law in Toledo. Colonel Potter wrote to him and offered him a job as his administrative assistant. Klinger's nemesis at General General was D'Angelo's executive secretary Alma Cox (

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), a mean-spirited woman who was forever trying to "get the goods" on him, from rifling through his desk to giving him just one day to prepare for a

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, the latter of which, despite her underhanded efforts, he still manages to pass. Father Mulcahy, whose hearing was damaged in the final episode of ''M*A*S*H'', was suffering from depression and drinking heavily. Potter arranged for Mulcahy to receive an operation at another VA Hospital in

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. After his hearing was surgically corrected, he stopped drinking and joined Potter and Klinger at "General General" as its Catholic chaplain. Also on hand was the idealistic, talented, and often hungry young resident surgeon Gene Pfeiffer (

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), attractive secretary Bonnie Hornbeck ( Wendy Schaal), who had an eye for Klinger, and old-timer Bob Scannell (

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) who served under then-Sergeant Potter in World War I and was now a hospital resident of 35 years (thanks to his exposure to mustard gas). Unlike the other patients and staff who addressed Potter by his retired rank of Colonel, Scannell called him "Sarge" at Potter's request. Halfway through the first season, Dr. Mark Boyer (

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) was introduced as a hardened veteran who lost a leg in Korea and had a hard time adjusting to civilian life. Despite only having signed on for two episodes, his character began appearing more often toward the end of the season, so often that Dr. Pfeiffer was suddenly pulled from the cast after Dr. Boyer's debut episode. The only other main character from the original series to appear on ''AfterMASH'' was

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(played by

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), who appeared in a first season two-part episode. As Potter, Klinger, and Mulcahy prepare to head to Iowa for Radar's wedding, Radar shows up in a panic at Potter's house in Missouri, believing his intended fiancée has cheated on him in "It Had to Be You". The Radar character later appeared in a

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called ''

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'', in which Radar moved from

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, after his wife left him on his wedding night, and he became a

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. (The series was never picked up, and the pilot was aired in July 1984 as a TV special on CBS exclusively in the Eastern and Central time zones; the show was pre-empted in Pacific and Mountain time zones by the

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. The pilot/special was broadcast by CBS only once.) The season included home scenes with the Potters, most notably when they were deluged with guests in "Thanksgiving of '53", and Potter tried to keep the phone occupied so Klinger could not call his relatives, who were on the way over to surprise him; this episode also marked the only onscreen appearance of Potter's oft-mentioned daughter, Evvy Ennis, and Potter's grandson, Corey. One of the season's standout episodes was the Emmy-nominated "Fall Out", where Potter and Pfeiffer considered leaving General General, but reconsidered when they linked the leukemia seen in a patient with exposure to atomic testing; writer-director

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received a Peabody Award for this episode. The season closed in March with Klinger being arrested for assaulting a real estate agent as pregnant Soon Lee went into labor. In May, CBS announced the show was renewed for a second season.

Season two

Season Two opened with Klinger escaping from the River Bend County Jail to attend the birth of his child and remaining a fugitive until a judge sent him to the psychiatric unit at General General, where Klinger feigned insanity to avoid prison and the Potters took in Soon Lee and the (as yet unnamed) baby. Mike D'Angelo was transferred to Montana and was replaced by smarmy new administrator Wally Wainwright (

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Relationship with MAS*H

Only a few of the characters both main and recurring from the original series were ever mentioned in the sequel series. Hawkeye was mentioned in a voice-over narration by Father John Mulcahy in the one-hour pilot episode. Major Frank Burns was mentioned both times by Colonel Sherman Potter, one in the first season episode "Chief of Staff" and another one in the second season episode. In a season 1 episode titled "Chief of Staff", Colonel Sherman Potter's office was redecorated with all of the items from the 4077th MASH unit including a portrait from the Season 10, Episode 21 of M*A*S*H titled "Picture This" and it would remain that way throughout the sequel series. In a season 2 episode called "Madness to His Method", Colonel Sherman Potter writes to Major Sidney Freedman who had accepted a post at the University of Chicago after leaving Korea and the army talking about the episode's situation to an unseen character. Edward Winter who played Colonel Samuel Flagg in the original series had resurfaced and reprised his role in a season 2 episode titled "Trials". While the AfterMASH was being produced and renewed for a second season, plans were made for

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and other actors from the original series to appear in the show as guest stars but it was canceled before the plans were finalized.

Characters

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Production

Writing

''AfterMASH'' made frequent references to ''

'', and likewise featured storylines that highlighted the horrors and suffering of war, from the non-combat perspective of a veterans' hospital. The series was canceled after twenty-nine broadcast episodes. "Wet Feet", the thirtieth episode, was never aired.

Broadcast

''AfterMASH'' premiered in late 1983 in the same Monday at 9 p.m. time slot as its predecessor, ''M*A*S*H''. It finished at #15 out of 101 network shows for the 1983–1984 season according to

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television ratings. For its second season, CBS moved the show to Tuesday nights at 8 opposite

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's Top 10 hit ''

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'', and launched a marketing campaign featuring illustrations by Sanford Kossin of Max Klinger in a female nurse's uniform shaving off

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's signature mohawk, theorizing that ''AfterMASH'' would take a large portion of the ''A-Team'' audience. In fact, however, the opposite occurred, as ''AfterMASH's'' ratings plummeted to near the bottom of the television rankings, leading to its cancellation just nine episodes into its second season, finishing at only #72 out of 77 shows for the 1984-1985 season. Meanwhile, ''The A-Team'' continued until 1987, with 97 episodes.

Episodes

Season 1 (1983–1984)

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, ShortSummary=A fresh-from-Korea and bored Potter takes a job as Chief of Staff at the General Pershing VA Hospital. He writes a letter to a struggling Klinger, offering him the job of secretary, and Klinger accepts. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=Together Again , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 9, 26 , EpisodeNumber=2 , ProdCode=2E02 , DirectedBy=Nick Havinga , WrittenBy=Larry Gelbart , ShortSummary=Potter arranges for a depressed, alcoholic Father Mulcahy to come to St. Louis for ear surgery and he eventually decides to take a job as the hospital chaplain. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=Klinger vs. Klinger , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 10, 3 , EpisodeNumber=3 , ProdCode=2E03 , DirectedBy=

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, ShortSummary=Klinger and Soon-Lee argue about Soon-Lee wanting to get a job, Potter and Pfeiffer operate on a patient without proper identification, and Mulcahy rushes to write his monthly report. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=Snap, Crackle, Plop , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 10, 10 , EpisodeNumber=4 , ProdCode=2E04 , DirectedBy=Nick Havinga , WrittenBy=Dennis Koenig , ShortSummary=Klinger takes his civil service exam on less than 12 hours' notice, Potter tries to get D'Angelo, who'd rather buy a new canopy, to get a new autoclave, and Mulcahy deals with a patient who thinks God is trying to kill him. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=Staph Inspection , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 10, 17 , EpisodeNumber=5 , ProdCode=2E07 , DirectedBy=Burt Metcalfe , WrittenBy=Ken Levine, David Isaacs , ShortSummary=Potter deals with a dying World War I friend and patient, Klinger tries to get organized, and Mulcahy tries to control a flasher, all while a staph infection grips the hospital and an inspection is on its way. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=Night Shift , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 10, 24 , EpisodeNumber=6 , ProdCode=2E06 , DirectedBy= Edward H. Feldman , WrittenBy=

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, Elliott Reed , ShortSummary=During the night shift at the hospital, Pfeiffer deals with fatigue and overwork, Mulcahy helps a patient see his son, and Klinger searches for missing mattresses, while Potter tries to get back home to a fancy dinner with his wife. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=Shall We Dance , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 10, 31 , EpisodeNumber=7 , ProdCode=2E05 , DirectedBy=Will Mackenzie , WrittenBy=Ken Levine, David Isaacs , ShortSummary=Alma tries to get ''

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'' banned from General Pershing, while Pfeiffer tries to win the affections of Alma's secretary Bonnie, who only has eyes for Klinger. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=Little Broadcast of '53 , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 11, 7 , EpisodeNumber=8 , ProdCode=2E08 , DirectedBy=Burt Metcalfe , WrittenBy=Dennis Koenig , ShortSummary=During an October week at General General, a new nurse adjusts to hospital work and hijinks, Klinger begins to do lunchtime P.A. broadcasts, and Mulcahy deals with a clingy patient. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=Sunday, Cruddy Sunday , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 11, 14 , EpisodeNumber=9 , ProdCode=2E09 , DirectedBy=Nick Havinga , WrittenBy=Dennis Koenig , ShortSummary=On Visitor's Day at General Pershing, D'Angelo flirts with Mildred Potter's niece, much to Alma's chagrin, a freelance preacher gives false hope to patients, and a healthy man tries to get admitted. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=Thanksgiving of '53 , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 11, 21 , EpisodeNumber=10 , ProdCode=2E10 , DirectedBy=Burt Metcalfe , WrittenBy=Ken Levine, David Isaacs , ShortSummary=It's the first Thanksgiving at home since Korea, and the Potters are deluged with guests, including a camera-bug Mulcahy, all the Klingers from Toledo, a mooching Pfeiffer, and a lonely D'Angelo. Notably, Potter's daughter and grandchildren, who were often mentioned in the original series, appear in this episode. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=Fallout , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 12, 5 , EpisodeNumber=11 , ProdCode=2E12 , DirectedBy=Larry Gelbart , WrittenBy=Larry Gelbart , ShortSummary=Potter and Pfeiffer consider leaving the bureaucratic VA hospital, but a patient who contracted leukemia from government atomic testing bring them back. Larry Gelbart was nominated for the Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series Emmy after directing this episode. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=The Bladder Day Saints , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 12, 12 , EpisodeNumber=12 , ProdCode=2E11 , DirectedBy=Nick Havinga , WrittenBy=Everett Greenbaum, Elliott Reid , ShortSummary=During the annual bladder inspection for local vets, Pfeiffer deals with his first death, a patient tries to fake back pain to stay in the hospital, and Klinger begins to feel uncomfortable when he meets a friend from Korea who didn't come back whole. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=All About Christmas Eve , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1983, 12, 19 , EpisodeNumber=13 , ProdCode=2E13 , DirectedBy=Burt Metcalfe , WrittenBy=Dennis Koenig , ShortSummary=On Christmas Eve, the Klingers announce they are having a baby and a depressed Alma consoles herself by trying to fire Klinger. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=Chief of Staff , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 1, 2 , EpisodeNumber=14 , ProdCode=2E15 , DirectedBy= Burt Brinckerhoff , WrittenBy=

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, ShortSummary=As Klinger plans a special surprise for Col. Potter's birthday, Mr. D' Angelo finds out he needs prostate surgery, and a Southern African–American nurse finds it hard to adjust to an integrated hospital. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=C.Y.A. , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 1, 9 , EpisodeNumber=15 , ProdCode=2E14 , DirectedBy= Burt Brinckerhoff , WrittenBy=Janis Hirsch , ShortSummary=Father Mulcahy fights bureaucracy to get the V.A. to pay for his ear surgery and another patient's transportation, Klinger helps out a paralyzed patient, and the hospital scrambles to find a missing patient. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=Yours Truly, Max Klinger , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 1, 16 , EpisodeNumber=16 , ProdCode=2E16 , DirectedBy=Burt Metcalfe , WrittenBy=Ken Levine, David Isaacs , ShortSummary=Klinger writes Radar a letter about recent events in his life, including Soon-Lee being pregnant with his child, his struggle to sell frozen beef to make a little extra money, and a troublesome new surgeon, Dr. Boyer. This episode is the last appearance of Jay O. Sanders as Dr. Gene Pfeiffer, the first appearance of David Ackroyd as Dr. Boyer, and features a guest appearance by Gary Burghoff reprising his role as Radar O'Reilly. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=It Had to Be You , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 1, 23 , EpisodeNumber=17 , ProdCode=2E17 , DirectedBy=Larry Gelbart , WrittenBy=Dennis Koenig, Ken Levine, David Isaacs , ShortSummary=Radar takes refuge at the Potters' after he discovers his fiancée was unfaithful. Meanwhile, Doctor Boyer finds it hard to approach women at a local bar. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=Odds and Ends , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 1, 30 , EpisodeNumber=18 , ProdCode=2E18 , DirectedBy=

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, WrittenBy=Everett Greenbaum, Elliott Reid , ShortSummary=Klinger resorts to gambling to get money for the coming baby, and Mulcahy helps Scannell write a new will before Scannell goes under the knife. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=Another Saturday Night , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 2, 6 , EpisodeNumber=19 , ProdCode=2E19 , DirectedBy=

, WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay, s=Dennie Koenig, t=Ken Levine, David Isaacs , ShortSummary=With the Mrs. out of town for the night, Dr. Potter heads for the local bar for a meal and someone to talk to. Meanwhile, on Potter's advice, D'Angelo begins to socialize with the hospital patients, but causes more harm than help, and Klinger tries to keep up with Soon-Lee's cravings. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=Fever Pitch , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 2, 27 , EpisodeNumber=20 , ProdCode=2E21 , DirectedBy=Burt Metcalfe , WrittenBy=Dennis Koenig , ShortSummary=A hot day brings a patient who needs his fever cooled. Dr. Boyer wants to use a cooling blanket, but it is not V.A. approved, so he turns to Klinger to get one. Meanwhile, Father Mulcahy is in search of a new place to stay, after life in the rectory turns substandard. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=By the Book , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 3, 5 , EpisodeNumber=21 , ProdCode=2E20 , DirectedBy= Gabrielle Beaumont , WrittenBy=Larry Balmagia , ShortSummary= Mulcahy must stop a man who thinks he is Superman from endangering other patients. , LineColor=AAA {{Episode list , Title=Up and Down Payments , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 3, 12 , EpisodeNumber=22 , ProdCode=2E22 , DirectedBy=Burt Metcalfe , WrittenBy=Ken Levine, David Isaacs , ShortSummary=Klinger gets arrested for punching a crooked real estate agent. Soon-Lee goes into labor. This episode is the last appearance of John Chappell as Mark D'Angelo and Barbara Townsend as Mildred Potter. , LineColor=AAA

Season 2 (1984–1985)

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, WrittenBy=Ken Levine, David Isaacs, Dennis Koenig , ShortSummary=While Soon-Lee is being rushed to the delivery room, Klinger stands in a jail cell worried about his wife, and later conspires with another inmate in order to make his escape. Meanwhile, V.A. Administrator Burt Philbrick (Max Wright) tours the hospital, later informing Dr. Potter that Mr. D'Angelo has been replaced. Soon-Lee gives birth to her son, with Max at her side, after he tells everyone he is going to hide out at the hospital. , LineColor=d3edf2 {{Episode list , Title=Calling Doctor Habibi , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 9, 25 , EpisodeNumber=24 , ProdCode=2W02 , DirectedBy=

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, ShortSummary=Wally Wainwright arrives and immediately runs into Klinger, who is still on the run from the law. After introducing himself as Dr. Habibi, Klinger is asked to show Mr. Wainwright around. Meanwhile, Alma is demoted to Potter's clerk and Boyer tries to prove himself to Wainwright, despite his prosthetic leg. , LineColor=d3edf2 {{Episode list , Title=Strangers and Other Lovers , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 10, 2 , EpisodeNumber=25 , ProdCode=2W03 , DirectedBy=Burt Metcalfe , WrittenBy=Dennis Koenig , ShortSummary=Potter tries to deal with the overbearing Alma Cox, Boyer beds the wife of a patient, and Klinger is finally arrested. , LineColor=d3edf2 {{Episode list , Title=Trials , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 10, 9 , EpisodeNumber=26 , ProdCode=2W04 , DirectedBy= Charles S. Dubin , WrittenBy=Ken Levine, David Isaacs , ShortSummary=Max Klinger's trial finally takes place, with the result of Klinger being found not guilty by reason of insanity. Klinger is also ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation at General General. Meanwhile, at the hospital, Mr. Wainwright forces Dr. Boyer into performing a difficult operation. Edward Winter reprises his ''M*A*S*H'' role of Colonel Flagg to testify against Klinger. , LineColor=d3edf2 {{Episode list , Title=Madness to His Method , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 10, 16 , EpisodeNumber=27 , ProdCode=2W05 , DirectedBy=Burt Metcalfe , WrittenBy=Tom Straw , ShortSummary=Dr. Potter writes to Dr. Sidney Freeman about recent events at the hospital, including news of the hospital's brand new psychiatrist, Dr. Lenore Dudziak (Wendy Girard), who has arrived to perform Klinger's psychological evaluation. Meanwhile, Boyer flirts with Dudziak, Potter tries to connect with a silent patient, and Wainwright decides to serve deluxe meals in the cafeteria to prevent malcontent from the patients. , LineColor=d3edf2 {{Episode list , Title=The Recovery Room , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 10, 30 , EpisodeNumber=28 , ProdCode=2W06 , DirectedBy=Charles S. Dubin , WrittenBy=Jay Folb , ShortSummary=The Klinger baby causes friction between Mr. and Mrs. Potter, while Klinger tries to get mental disability from the VA and Dudziak tries to convince Boyer to attend group therapy. Meanwhile, Dr. Andy Caldwell arrives at the hospital for an internship. , LineColor=d3edf2 {{Episode list , Title=Ward Is Hell , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1984, 12, 4 , EpisodeNumber=29 , ProdCode=2W09 , DirectedBy=Burt Metcalfe , WrittenBy=Ken Levine, David Isaacs, Dennis Koenig , ShortSummary=Klinger runs a hospital lottery, but trouble ensues when Soon-Lee has the winning ticket. Meanwhile, Dr. Boyer is laid up with a staph infection, bringing his anger and bad attitude to the post-op ward. , LineColor=d3edf2 {{Episode list , Title=Saturday's Heroes , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 1985, 05, 31 , EpisodeNumber=30 , ProdCode=2W07 , DirectedBy=Burt Metcalfe , WrittenBy=Ken Levine, David Isaacs , ShortSummary=Attempts at weekend romances are interrupted when the Potters' car breaks down and Wainwright revokes passes for the psychiatric ward. Elsewhere, the Klinger baby is christened and named. , LineColor=d3edf2 {{Episode list , Title=Wet Feet , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, Not aired in the U.S.The episode "Wet Feet" was set to air at 8:00 p.m. on May 31, 1985, immediately before the airing of "Saturday's Heroes". See ''

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Reception

Critics were mostly negative about the program. In 1999, ''

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'' magazine listed the show as one of the 100 worst ideas of the century, and in 2002, ''

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External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0084969, title=AfterMASH
AfterMASH – MASH4077TV.com
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