7.4/1055 votes#1 - September of '53
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1983
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.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: Larry Gelbart
- 6.8/1032 votes
#2 - Together Again
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1983
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.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1028 votes
#3 - Klinger vs. Klinger
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1983
Soon-Lee wants to bring her family to America; a semiconscious patient is brought in without proper papers.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1025 votes
#4 - Snap, Crackle, Plop
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1983
Klinger has a day to prepare for a civil-service exam.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1024 votes
#5 - Staph Inspection
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1983
A flasher and a staph carrier are on the loose just two days before and inspection by VA top brass.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1023 votes
#6 - Night Shift
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1983
Myraid crises call Potter, Klinger, and Mulcahy to night duty at the hospital.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1023 votes
#7 - Shall We Dance
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1983
In a campaign against depravity, Alma bans From Here to Eternity and objects to a dance for the patients.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1021 votes
#8 - Little Broadcast of '53
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1983
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.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1022 votes
#9 - Sunday, Cruddy Sunday
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1983
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1024 votes
#10 - Thanksgiving of '53
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1983
The Potters plan their first family Thanksgiving in a dozen years -- but the guest list keeps on growing.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1022 votes
#11 - Fallout
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1983
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.
Director: Larry Gelbart
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1024 votes
#12 - Bladder Day Saints
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/12/1983
Pfeiffer gets the needle from an obnoxious paitent with a face that Pfeiffer says ""only a proctologist could love"".
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1021 votes
#13 - All About Christmas Eve
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/19/1983
Santa sprinkles surprises among his gifts to the staff and patients at the hospital.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1021 votes
#14 - Chief of Staff
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/2/1984
Potter seems to be having more than his usual load of problems at the hospital.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1024 votes
#15 - C.Y.A.
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/9/1984
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.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1026 votes
#16 - Yours Truly, Max Klinger
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/16/1984
Klinger cites examples of how ""things are always jumping"" in a letter to Radar.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1021 votes
#17 - It Had To Be You
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/23/1984
About to be married, Radar turns up at the Potters', panicky and determined to call the whole thing off.
Director: Larry Gelbart
Writer: David Isaacs, Dennis Koenig, Ken Levine
- 7.3/1021 votes
#18 - Odds and Ends
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/30/1984
Klinger gambles to provide for his unborn child. Scannell goes under the knife to remove migrating shrapnel.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1023 votes
#19 - Another Saturday Night
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/6/1984
With Mildred out, Potter plans a quiet dinner, but the evening is interrupted by a stream of friends.
Director: Jamie Farr
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1014 votes
#20 - Fever Pitch
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/27/1984
Boyer is steamed because he can't get a cooling blanket for a feverish patient.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1017 votes
#21 - By The Book
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/5/1984
Klinger and Bob Scannell prospect for uranium; Potter searches for an antibiotic that hasn't been approved by the VA.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#22 - Up and Down Payments
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/12/1984
When Klinger goes house hunting, he winds up getting trapped by an agent.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of AfterMASH Season 1
Every episode of AfterMASH Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of AfterMASH Season 1!
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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"September of '53" is the best rated episode of "AfterMASH" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 55 votes. Directed by Burt Metcalfe and written by Larry Gelbart, it aired on 9/26/1983. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Together Again".