Period of Adjustment (M*A*S*H) Period of Adjustment (M*A*S*H) "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. 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, Margaret and Charles. B.J. goes into a deep depression after receiving a letter from his wife Peg: She and their daughter Erin met Radar in San Francisco, and Erin mistakenly called Radar "Daddy". Agonizing over
Alan Alda Greatest TV Stars of All Time". The following is a list of "M*A*S*H" episodes written and/or directed by Alda. Alda's prominence in the enormously successful television series "M*A*S*H" provided him a platform to speak out on political topics. He has been a strong and vocal supporter of women's rights and the feminist movement. He co-chaired, with former First Lady Betty Ford, the Equal Rights Amendment Countdown campaign. In 1976, "The Boston Globe" dubbed him "the quintessential Honorary Woman: a feminist icon" for his activism on behalf of the Equal Rights Amendment. Alda played Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman in the