Nobody was expecting Henry Blake's death on MASH - even after it had been spoiled months in advance. While the show was intended to be an ensemble, Alan Alda's Hawkeye quickly emerged as the lead ...

Colonel Henry Blake (MacLean Stevenson ... the saloon shack just up the road where the M*A*S*H crew often repaired for drinks. It’s at Rosie’s where the episode hits peak M*A*S*H, injecting ...

McLean [Stevenson, who played Henry Blake] was never better ... In writing the last story, where his time is up, he’s gonna come home, we said, “What if he went into the drink?” ...