When MASH* killed off Colonel Henry Blake in its third season, television would never be the same again.
The series, which began as a goofy army comedy, had already been evolving into something deeper — a smart, emotional blend of humor and heartbreak. But nothing prepared audiences for the gut-punch ending of the 1975 episode “Abyssinia, Henry.
At the time, killing off a beloved main character was almost unthinkable. Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead would later make it common, but MASH* did it first — and in a way that felt brutally real.
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