I was watching a Watch Mojo video on unsuccessful spinoffs to successful shows, with one of them being AfterMash. In part of the clip, a character has a gun to his head, threatening to shoot himself. The former Colonel Potter tells him "Do it then. Go ahead. Pull the trigger."

I thought about how many times that same logic permeated other TV shows and movies from the 70s and 80s. That kind of negligent pseudo-psychological writing must have influenced a generation of viewers (while at the same time, exhibiting the previous generation's attitudes toward suicide and depression.)

No wonder my own family thinks that I can control how I react when I'm at my lowest points. I wonder how they would react if the character in AfterMash had done exactly what Sherman Potter instructed. #Depression #SuicideAwareness #misinformation
#shameful