Band of Brothers episodes
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"Currahee" |
September 9, 2001 |
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Easy Company is introduced to Captain Sobel, who has the group undergo hard drills and exercises. As a result, Sobel comes into conflict with his men, including Richard Winters, his executive. The company is shipped to England to prepare for D-Day. Sobel is eventually reassigned to jump school for medics among others. |
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"Day of Days" |
September 9, 2001 |
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Easy Company lands in Normandy, but is scattered all across the region and away from their designated drop zone. 1st Lt. Meehan, commander of Easy, is killed when his plane suffers a direct hit and 1st Lt. Winters must take command. With a small group of men, Winters takes out a set of German gun emplacements at Brécourt and thereby wins the respect of his fellow soldiers as a leader. 1st Lt. Speirs is introduced. |
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"Carentan" |
September 16, 2001 |
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Easy Company are sent to liberate the French village of Carentan, where they lose several men in heavy fighting. Rumors start to circulate that Lt. Speirs killed a group of German prisoners of war. The episode focuses on Private Albert Blithe, who struggles with shell-shock following the battle. After he is finally spurred on and into action by Winters during a German counterattack, Blithe overcomes his fears but days later gets shot in the neck by a German sniper after volunteering to be lead scout in a patrol. |
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"Replacements" |
September 23, 2001 |
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New characters are introduced when replacements join Easy Company, who struggle to be accepted by the veterans who fought at Normandy. The Company is sent to parachute into and fight in the Netherlands as part of Operation Market Garden, where they liberate Eindhoven. During combat in Nuenen, the replacements integrate themselves with the Company, but the Company is forced to retreat. The episode follows Sergeant Denver "Bull" Randleman, the replacements' immediate superior, as he evades German soldiers in Nuenen after being cut off and forced to stay there and must wait until the enemy leaves in the morning. |
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"Crossroads" |
September 30, 2001 |
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Winters writes a report on the challenge of an unexpected resistance to a German attack, and is haunted by his conscience after shooting a teenage German soldier; this flashback occurs several times in later episodes. Operation Pegasus is depicted. Easy Company is called to Bastogne to repel the sudden German counterattack. At the end of the episode, Captain Winters now effectively commands the whole battalion. |
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"Bastogne" |
October 7, 2001 |
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Easy Company experiences the Battle of the Bulge and have to hold ground near Bastogne while running low on ammunition and other supplies. The episode focuses on medic Eugene "Doc" Roe as he helps out his fellow soldiers where he can, while also scrounging for medical supplies, of which the Company is dangerously low. He also befriends a Belgian nurse in Bastogne, who is later killed during a German bombing raid. |
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"The Breaking Point" |
Graham Yost |
October 14, 2001 |
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Easy Company battles near Foy, Belgium, losing numerous men. In the episode, the actions of 1st Lt. Norman Dike, the Company's commander, are examined and questioned. He is eventually relieved by First Lieutenant. Ronald Speirs, who becomes the Company's new leader. Serving as narrator is First Sergeant Carwood Lipton, who attempts to keep the morale of the men up as they endure their trials in the forest near Foy, earning him a Battlefield promotion to 2nd. Lt. for his leadership ability. |
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"The Last Patrol" |
Erik Bork & Bruce C. McKenna |
October 21, 2001 |
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Easy Company carries out a dangerous mission in Haguenau as David Webster (who narrates this episode) returns from a hospital. Together with new replacement 2nd Lt. Jones, he eventually (re)integrates with the other soldiers, whose experiences at Bastogne have made them weary and closed off from Webster due to the fact he didn't try to leave hospital early unlike other soldiers in the company. At the end of the episode, Captain Winters is promoted to Major, and Lipton is officially promoted to 2nd Lt. |
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"Why We Fight" |
David Frankel |
October 28, 2001 |
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As Nixon battles alcoholism, Easy Company enters Germany. A concentration camp near Landsberg is discovered by a patrol. This site leaves many soldiers both shocked and disgusted at what they're witnessing at the hands of the Nazis. The episode was based on the liberation of Kaufering IV in the area of Hurlach. |
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"Points" |
Mikael Salomon |
Erik Jendresen & Erik Bork |
November 4, 2001 |
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The company captures Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden, and also discover Hitler and Goering's large house. Major Winters has had double guard on Goering's house, as it holds "10,000 bottles of the Worlds best Wines and liquers". He gives this as a gift to his friend, Nixon telling him to feel free to take what he wants. The battalion heads out to Austria where the end of the war is announced. While those with enough points go home, the remainder of Easy Company stays behind until the end of the Pacific War is declared. |
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