r/mash

I grew up binge watching MASH as a kid but my mom always advised not watching the last 2 seasons because they were too dark and I was too young.

Today, approximately 20 years later I’m about to turn 30 and I have now finally seen the finale. I’m devastated. It was beautiful but now I feel somewhat empty, like they’re not still in korea getting into hijinks and saving people. The feeling will probably pass, but the grief and love for this show is intense.

I’ve watched mash probably 20+ times (it was my hyper fixation for 5 years when my mother introduced me to it at 11 years old, which only ended when my mother unsubscribed from Disney plus and I lost access to my beloved army show) as soon as I’d see the last episode I’d immediately load the first episode again and start the show all over again, but there’s something I’ve never understood:

Why do they call Hawk’s robe purple? Was it purple irl? Was the script writer colour blind? Were cameras really bad at reading purple so turned it red? (I’m really young so I don’t know how old cameras worked, I was born a year before the first iPad came out) does anyone have an explanation or is it just some media mystery?

Sarah, one of the members of the troupe visiting the 4077th, tells Margaret and Father Mulcahy about the ballet slippers that her brother had when he was killed in combat. Mulcahy says he knows the chaplain at the 8063rd, so he offers to call and ask if he can help with finding the slippers.

Klinger reaches the 8063rd, and Father Mulcahy takes the phone to talk to... Charlie Chaplain...

(I am well aware it's not the actor; I just thought the unintentional pun was amusing.)