Band of Brothers

BAND OF BROTHERS gives the history and tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as soldiers' journals and letters, BAND OF BROTHERS chronicles the experiences of these young men who knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear.

Episodes



"Currahee"

September 9, 2001
Easy Company is introduced to Captain Sobel, who has the group undergo hard and unfair training. As a result, Sobel comes into conflict with his men, including Richard Winters, his executive officer. After displaying a lack of leadership ability in the field, Sobel is reassigned. The company is shipped to England to prepare for
D-Day.




"Day of Days"

September 9, 2001
Easy Company lands in Normandy, scattered all across and away from their 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 guns at Brécourt and thereby wins the respect of his fellow soldiers as a leader. 1st Lt. Speirs is introduced, around whom rumours start to circulate after he is believed to have massacred a group of prisoners of war.




"Carentan"

September 16, 2001
Easy Company are sent to liberate the French village of Carentan. The episode focuses on Private Albert Blithe, who struggles with crippling anxiety. After he is finally spurred into action by Winters during an attack, Blithe overcomes his fears but later gets shot in the neck by a German sniper after volunteering to be lead scout in a patrol.



"Replacements"

September 23, 2001
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. 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.





"Crossroads"

September 30, 2001
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.



"Bastogne"

October 7, 2001
Easy Company experiences the Battle of the Bulge and have to hold ground near Bastogne. The episode focuses on 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.






"The Breaking Point"

October 14, 2001
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 1st Lt. Ronald Speirs, who becomes the Company's new leader. Serving as narrator is 1st Sgt. 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 pending field promotion to 2nd. Lt. for his leadership ability.



"The Last Patrol"

October 21, 2001
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 and leave hospital early unlike other soldiers in the company. At the end of the episode, Captain Winters is promoted to Major, and Lipton is promoted to 2nd Lt.





"Why We Fight"

October 28, 2001
A concentration camp near Landsberg is discovered by the Company. Based on the liberation of Kaufering IV in the area of Hurlach. This site leaves many soldiers shocked and disgusted at what they're witnessing at the hands of the Nazi Germans.





"Points"

November 4, 2001
The company captures Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden, and also discover Hitler and Goering's large supply of liquor. The end of the war is announced.









From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he today that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now abed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day

(speech from Henry V by William Shakespeare)