“Abyssinia, Henry”
My heart breaks every time I see the episode, “Abyssinia, Henry”, because that’s when the incredible, kind, humble, hysterical Lt. Colonel Henry Blake dies. Blake’s death was kept a secret from the entire cast until that final scene of everyone in the OR room when Radar reads the tragic words out loud. Gelbert kept it a secret so that they could capture genuine sadness and raw emotion from the cast. In fact, the only person who did know that Blake was leaving was Alan Alda. Fun fact, the producers received about 1,000 letters from heart broken fans.
Anything you can do
During all 11 seasons, Alan Alda seemed to do it all! Alan actually wrote 19 and directed 32 episodes of the iconic show. He was also the only series regular that was in every single episode, 251 episodes to be exact.