Colonel Potter's Office

Lore & Background

The narrative provided describes AfterMASH, where Colonel Potter returns to his wife Mildred in Hannibal, Missouri, finds retirement stifling, and accepts a position as chief of staff at General Pershing Veterans' Hospital. In this sequel setting, he works alongside Sergeant Maxwell Klinger, who arrives after being ostracized by his family for marrying Soon-Lee Klinger, and Father John Mulcahy. The text mentions the office environment of the veterans' hospital generally involves bureaucratic conflicts with administrator Mike D'Angelo and his secretary Alma Cox, but it offers no details about a specific command office from the 4077th unit in Korea.

In Their Own Story

The source provides no story elements concerning an office scene in M*A*S*H. It does recount that Colonel Potter returns home in the pilot episode 'September of '53'/'Together Again' and is hired by Mike D'Angelo at General Pershing Veterans' Hospital. It mentions Klinger's nemesis, Alma Cox, trying to 'get the goods' on him by rifling through his desk or setting impossible exam deadlines, but these events occur in River Bend, Missouri, not in a Korean War field hospital office. The text notes that AfterMASH was created because Morgan, Farr, and Christopher were the only main cast members who wanted the series to continue, yet it does not describe specific dramatic moments occurring inside an M*A*S*H command post.

Reader's Guide

No guide information regarding Colonel Potter's Office in M*A*S*H exists within the source. The text describes the production history of AfterMASH, noting it was created by Larry Gelbart and produced by Burt Metcalfe, Ken Levine, and David Isaacs. It mentions that the series was retooled twice, changing its supporting cast, theme music, and timeslot, moving from Monday at 9 p.m. to Tuesday nights at 8:00 p.m. against The A-Team. While it details the show's cancellation after two seasons (31 episodes total) due to plummeting ratings, there is no architectural or functional description of any office setting from the parent series.

Did You Know?

• AfterMASH aired on CBS for only two seasons, running from September 26, 1983, to May 31, 1985.
• The show featured Colonel Potter, Sergeant Klinger, and Father Mulcahy as the three main characters continuing their stories immediately after the Korean War ended.
• Rosalind Chao joined the cast as Soon-Lee Klinger, a character Klinger married in the M*A*S*H finale 'Goodbye, Farewell and Amen'.
• The series was cancelled with only nine episodes produced for its second season, one of which never aired in the USA.
• Larry Gelbart later admitted he took full responsibility for the show's failure, stating he was too in love with the title to think objectively about the show's tone.