The point of John Henry isn't that he triumphs. He doesn't. He dies and he does not stop progress.
The victory is in the defiance. The resistance. The struggle.
John Henry shows us that our spirit matters just as much as the end result, if not more so.
They really are getting everything, huh? Most of these specials were buried away. Sure you could pirate 'em, but anything that wasn't in regular rotation usually wasn't showing up for, like, reruns or HBO Max or anything. Pretty cool!