Period of Adjustment

"Period of Adjustment" was the 179th episode of the M*A*S*H television series, and the sixth episode of season eight. The episode aired on October 22, 1979. Synopsis Radar's departure is revisited in events surrounding B.J. and Klinger. Klinger is still unable to perform the duty of company clerk as efficiently as Radar did and is receiving backlash for it from Colonel Potter, who questions if Klinger should admit the job is too much for him, declaring "We can't all be Radars", Margaret, and Charles, both of whom remark on how much better Radar was. Hawkeye, B.J, and Father Mulcahy are the only ones being somewhat supportive of Klinger's efforts. Meanwhile, B.J. receives a letter from his wife Peg, claiming that she and their daughter Erin met Radar in San Francisco, and Erin mistakenly called Radar "Daddy". B.J. grows increasingly troubled anytime anyone mentions Radar's name, and falls into a deep depression. Agonizing over missing out on his daughter's childhood, B.J. decides to drink his way out of the Army. But when confronted by Hawkeye, who insists that it won't work. B.J. destroys their still and punches Hawkeye in the face as he runs out of the Swamp. He eventually meets up with Klinger, who is having similar frustrations with his own issues, and the two go on a collective bender that gets them thrown out of Rosie's Bar, and culminates in them trashing Col. Potter's office.