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pajama party with the girls
every so often I go a bit insane over the tragedy of Henry Blake. like. they're in this place broadly agreed not only to be hell on earth, but actually worse than hell, and he gets to go home. nobody gets to go home. the goal post is always moving, and the only way to be shipped back is in a cast, minimum. and Henry gets sent home, to his wife, to his kids. everyone is so pleased for him, so pleased, because if anybody deserves this it's Henry.
and then he dies during the trip. the war refuses to let him leave, so he gets shot down over the sea of japan, and he never makes it home.
what gets me about this is the fact that to my recollection, nobody from the 4077th (save for the woman who died in the minefield and brave, brave tuttle) dies. they all survive the war, they all make it home, bruised and a little bit broken, but there. and if Henry hadn't got that 'lucky break', if he hadn't been sent back home, then he probably would've got there.
I am on the episode of mash where they throw frank a birthday party and I love every single character in this show so much 😠frank was so happy that they remembered his birthday it was so sweet. Ugh I love everyone