The Worst Episodes of AfterMASH
Every episode of AfterMASH ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of AfterMASH!
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 show takes place immediately following the end of the Korean War and chronicles the adventures of three characters from the original series: Colonel Potter, Klinger and Father Mulcahy. M*A*S*H supporting cast-member Kellye Nakahara joined them, albeit off-camera, as the voice of the hospital's public address system. Rosalind Chao 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 "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen." AfterMASH premiered in the fall of 1983 in the same Monday night 9:00 P.M. EST. time slot as its predecessor M*A*S*H. It finished 10th out of all network shows for the 1983-1984 season according to Nielsen Media Research television ratings. For its second season CBS moved the show to Tuesday nights at 8:00 EST., opposite NBC's top ten hit The A-Team, and launched a marketing campaign featuring illustrations by Sanford Kossin of Max Klinger in a nurse's uniform, shaving off Mr. T's signature mohawk, theorizing that AfterMASH would take a large portion of The A-Team's audience. The theory, however, was proven wrong. In fact, the exact opposite occurred, as AfterMASH's ratings plummeted to near the bottom of the television rankings and the show was canceled nine episodes into its second season, while The A-Team continued until 1987, with 97 episodes.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "AfterMASH" is "Up and Down Payments", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by Burt Metcalfe and written by N/A. "Up and Down Payments" aired on 3/12/1984 and is rated NaN point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Strangers and Other Lovers".
NaN/10 0 votes#1 - 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
- 6.5/10 16 votes
#2 - Strangers and Other Lovers
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1984
Potter is horrified to find himself stuck with Alma as his new secretary. The fugitive Klinger can't find a place to spend a chilly night.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/10 18 votes
#3 - The Recovery Room
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1984
Klinger tries to pick-up some extra money by filing for disability. Colonel Potter and Mildred have a tiff, and the Colonel walks out of the house. A new doctor, Andy Caldwell, is fearful of Dr. Boyer's hot flashes. Dr. Dudziak convinces Boyer to share a group therapy session with her and a few other veterans. Potter and Mildred make up and go off to a motel to spend the night together. Father Mulcahey does an early morning religion TV show.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/10 32 votes
#4 - 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
- 6.8/10 23 votes
#5 - 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
- 6.8/10 21 votes
#6 - 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
- 6.8/10 20 votes
#7 - 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
- 6.8/10 19 votes
#8 - Trials
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1984
The prosecution recount Klinger's wartime high jinks. Wally forces Boyer to perform an operation he feels he cannot do.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/10 24 votes
#9 - 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
- 6.9/10 20 votes
#10 - 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
- 7.0/10 14 votes
#11 - 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
- 7.0/10 16 votes
#12 - 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
- 7.0/10 19 votes
#13 - Calling Doctor Habibi
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1984
A new administrator arrives to take stock of the hospital. Klinger poses as doctor to avoid the police.
Director: Hy Averback
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/10 20 votes
#14 - 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
- 7.2/10 23 votes
#15 - 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
- 7.2/10 22 votes
#16 - 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
- 7.2/10 19 votes
#17 - Ward Is Hell
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/4/1984
Klinger runs a lottery. The acerbic Dr. Boyer becomes a patient.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10 20 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
- 7.3/10 19 votes
#19 - Madness to His Method
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1984
Potter writes to his old M*A*S*H colleague Sidney Freedman for advice after Klinger is sentenced to the mental ward.
Director: Burt Metcalfe
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10 55 votes
#20 - 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
- 7.4/10 28 votes
#21 - 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
- 7.4/10 25 votes
#22 - 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
- 7.4/10 24 votes
#23 - 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
- 7.4/10 22 votes
#24 - 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
- 7.5/10 25 votes
#25 - 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