Band of Brothers 1
2001-09-09 | Drama,War & Politics | 10 episodes2 Seasons
Episode
Currahee (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. The company is shipped to England to prepare for D-Day.
Directed By
- Phil Alden Robinson
Writer
- Erik Jendresen
Day of Days (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 and 1st Lt. Speirs is introduced.
Directed By
- Richard Loncraine
Writer
- John Orloff
Carentan (2001)
Easy Company are sent to liberate the French village of Carentan, where they lose several men in heavy fighting. The episode focuses on Private Albert Blithe, who struggles with crippling anxiety following the battle.
Directed By
- Mikael Salomon
Writer
- E. Max Frye
Replacements (2001)
With the addition of many new men, Easy Company heads to Holland to participate in Operation Market Garden and prepare an Allied route into Germany, but they meet stiff German resistance.
Directed By
- David Nutter
Writer
- Graham Yost
Crossroads (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. Operation Pegasus is depicted. Easy Company is called to Bastogne to repel the sudden German counterattack.
Directed By
- Tom Hanks
Writer
- Erik Jendresen