M*A*S*H: Are You Now, Margaret?

M*A*S*H: Are You Now, Margaret?
CBS
September 24, 1979
Dramedy
DVD
B

This is the first of seventeen M*A*S*H episodes written by Thad Mumford, who'd done a couple for What's Happening!!, while his co-writer Dan Wilcox didn't do any other of my shows.  Congressional Aide R. Theodore Williamson (Lawrence Pressman, who'd played Ed Hoffman on The Bob Newhart Show, and who would shortly be Judy's ex-husband in the movie Nine to Five) arrives at the 4077th to investigate a Com-symp, but surprise, it's not Hawkeye, but Margaret!  She dated a man in college who went on to found a suspicious organization.  What I like best about this episode is that it again gives Swit a range of emotions to play, and I like how her colleagues support her.  Note that Potter describes Klinger as his "temporary company clerk," but four seasons wouldn't exactly be temporary.

Jeff Maxwell (Straminsky), Leland Sun (this time a Chinese Patient), and Jennifer Davis Westmore (a nameless Nurse) return.