M*A*S*H: Potter's Retirement

M*A*S*H: Potter's Retirement
CBS
February 20, 1978
Dramedy
DVD
B

This Laurence Marks story has Potter considering leaving the 4077th because someone has been sending negative reports.  The obvious suspect is Charles, who's now been there six months.  But it turns out to be Corporal Benson (George Wyner, who was on The Bob Newhart Show a couple times), actually a reluctant spy.  The moment when Hawkeye says "Sherman" is touching because, fond as he is of Potter, he takes him much more seriously than he ever took Henry Blake.

Ken White, who's Corporal Denning here, would be a Marine Recruiter on Welcome Back, Kotter.  Peter Hobbs makes his first of two M*A*S*H appearances, as Gen. Waldo Kent.  Johnny Haymer (Zale), Enid Kent (Bigelow), and Sal Viscuso (PA Announcer) return.  This is the 400th CBS program I've reviewed, and William Christopher's 100th appearance (including the ones on That Girl).