#ep: carentan

[hbowardaily]

Winters sent me a new replacement from Philly. It was Babe. He came into the barracks, and he walked like a penguin, side to side, like a duck. He did the South Philly shuffle. You couldn't miss it. We started asking each other who we knew back home. I thought he was as goofy as I was. He liked to have fun; I liked him right away, the dirty rat.

Bill Guarnere - Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends

#bobedit #bandofbrothersedit #hbowaredit #perioddramaedit #band of brothers #bill guarnere #babe heffron #george luz #skip muck #johnny martin #ep: carentan #gifs #*ouredit #by amber

[flashnthunder]

Episode 3 || Carentan

#band of brothers #this is an underrated episode okay #my gifs #gifs #carentan #ep 3 Carentan #bob #floyd talbert #tab #skip muck #skip #george luz #luz #harry welsh #dick winters #richard winters #johnny martin #albert blithe #blithe

[wexhappyxfew]

forgot the joy of watching Carentan on the big screen 😭🙌

#a whole TREAT!!! #band of brothers #ep 3: carentan #it’s been a hot minute since i’ve watched it and it is so great on a big screen #i watch the series so often on my phone so 😭 #big screen for the win today!!!

[majorhortonisonleaveinlondon]

If you’re wanting to watch Band of Brothers/The Pacific/Masters of the Air in chronological order with BoB 1st Currahee episode split up in the dates on screen I made a list

(Updated: April 12, 2014 7:58pm pst)

July, 10 1942 Easy Company Trains in Camp Tocca (Band of Brothers Ep. 1 Currahee 2001) August 7, 1942, Allied forces land on Guadalcanal (The Pacific Ep. 1 Guadalcanal/Leckie 2010) September 18, 1942, 7th Marines Land on Guadalcanal (The Pacific Ep. 2 Basilone 2010) December 1942 The 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal is relieved (The Pacific Ep. 3 Melbourne 2010) *June 23, 1943, Easy Company Trains in Camp Mackall N.C. (Band of Brothers Ep. 1 Currahee) * June 25, 1943, 100th Bomb Group flew its first 8th Air Force combat mission (Master of the Air Ep. 1 2024)

July 16, 1943 the 100th Bomb Group bombed U-Boats in Tronbhdim (Masters of the Air Ep.2 2024) August 17, 1943 the 4th Bomb Wing of the 100th Bomb Group bombed Regenberg (Masters of the Air Ep. 3 2024) *September 6, 1943, Easy Company Boards transport ship in Brooklyn Naval Yard (Band of Brothers Ep. 1 Currahee)* September 16, 1943, William Quinn and Charles Bailey leave Belgium (Masters of the Air Ep.4 2024) September 18, 1943 -*East Company trains in Aldbourne, England (Band of Brothers Ep. 1 Currahee)* -John 'Bucky' Egan returns from leave to join the mission to bomb Munster (Master of the Air Ep.5 2024) October 14, 1943, John ‘Bucky’ Egan interrogated at Dulag Lut, Frankfurt Germany (Masters of the Air Ep. 6 2024) December 26, 1943, 1st Marine Division lands on Cape Gloucester (The Pacific Ep. 4 Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika 2010) March 7, 1944, Stalag Luft III Sagan, Germany, Germans find the concealed radio Bucky was using to learn news of the War (Master of the Air Ep.7 2024) *June 4, 1944, D-Day Invasion postponed (Band of Brothers Ep. 1 Currahee)* *June 5, 1944 Easy Company Boards air transport planes bound for Normandy (Band of Brothers Ep. 1 Currahee)* June 6, 1944, 00:48 & 01:40 First airborne troops begin to land on Normandy (Band of Brothers Ep. 2 Day of Days 2001)

June, 7 1944 Easy Company Takes Carentan (Band of Brothers 3x10 Carentan)

August 12, 1944, The 332nd Fighter Group attack Radar stations in Southern France (Masters of the Air Ep.8 2024)

September 15, 1944 U.S. Marines landed on Peleliu at 08:32, on September 15, 1944 (the Pacific Part Five: Peleliu Landing)

September 16, 1944 Marines take Peleliu airfield (the Pacific Part Six: Airfield)

September, 17 1944 Operation Market Garden -(Band of Brothers 4x10 Replacements)

October 22/23, 1944, 2100 – 0200 Operation Pegasus (Band of Brothers 5x10 Crossroads)

October, 1944 Battle of Peleliu continues (the Pacific Part Seven: Peleliu Hills)

December 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge (Band of Brothers 6x10 Bastogne)


January, 1945 Battle of Foy (Band of Brothers 7x10 The Breaking Point)


February 14, 1945 David Webb rejoins the 506th in Haguenau (Band of Brothers 8x10 The Last Patrol)

April 5, 1945 506th Finds abandoned Concentration Camp
(Band of Brothers 9x10 Why We Fight 2001)

April 1-June 22, 1945 Battle of Okinawa (The Pacific Part Nine: Okinawa)


May 7, 1945, Germany Surrenders V-E Day - (Master of the Air Ep. 9 2024) - (Band of Brothers 10x10 Points 2001)

August 15 The Empire of Japan surrenders end of the War (The Pacific Part Ten: Home)

#band of brothers #the pacific #masters of the air #HBO War Fandom

[akane171]

Things about Ron Speirs that live rent free in my head - PART II

-We can see 4 soldiers running to the Eagle’s Nest, but no Speirs with them at that moment. I’m headcanoning he was already waiting for them at the door, smoking his third cigarette and impatiently tapping his foot.

-He smoked so much, because he didn’t know what to do with his hands in social situations, don’t change my mind.

-That instant regret, when he tried to socialize in Carentan and told the soldiers they were moving soon. That last look he threw them always make me cackle. He was SO DONE. And probably didn’t even try to socialize for the next month at least.

-Him being: clean shaven with hair slicked back, with his helmet on and with ruffled hair falling on his forehead - are three different demons and they all hit you differently.

-It’s super adorable that he was the most soft-spoken and sweetest when he was or dead tired or drunk.

-And you know, in all the moments when he forced his facial muscles to smile - every time, somewhere in the universe an unicorn has died (Forced, not genuine. When he smiled genuinely every time an unicorn shat a granade).

-“Lieutenant Lipton! :DDDDD” *gross sobbing*

-All the scenes, with his side profiles, when he stood with his arms folded on his chest and silently judged the universe.

-His relationship with Janovec. Like. I can’t even imagine how hilarious it had to be in general xD

-The moment when Harry didn’t allow him to steal and he looked at Winters, like he wanted help from dad (someone else on tumblr mentioned it and it’s a perfect catch).

-It's almost canon (some deleted or not filmed scene?) that Speirs (and Jones) dragged drunken Lipton to his quarter. I guess, he would have done that after all the "officers chilling and drinking time". Dick would have done that with Nixon. (And they would just have left Harry behind, duh).

-“Hey, Liebgott, you wanna sit this out?” master troll strikes again :’) (also it’s quite funny, because real Webster really admired Speirs and said he was one of the very few officers he really liked).

-The pure admiration in his eyes for his commander, when Dick cancelled the another patrol.

-It’s quite interesting how fast he has learnt about the abilities of all of his sergeants and knew who could do the job.

-The way he taped Lipton’s chest with his knuckles, after Lip was promoted and that soft smile :’)

-All the pouts.

-The fact he had no nervous system in combat situations and then he was all meow, meow with people he liked and felt comfortable with.

-“This war is not about fighting anymore. It’s about who gets what.” On the funny note, it’s hilarious when we consider his sticky fingers here. On the serious note, knowing what happened next aka the cold war – he was totally right.  

-The scene in ep 7, when Lip talks about him and he emerged from the fog like a ghost and then scared the shit out of Christenson and other poor souls. Poetic cinema xD

-The moment when he called God, because Lipton was liptoning and refusing to lie down, while being sick. (And yes, in real life he told Lip to take the ONLY bed. Lip, because he was Lip, refused, but then he was ordered, so he agreed… I don’t know what to do with this information, seriously….).

-That hand tremble while he was pointing the gun at the asshole that shot Grant. You could cut the tension in the room with a knife, it was that thick.

-Also the line “When you talk to the officer, you say sir.” is so damned corny when you think about it, but because it was Speirs and the way he delivered it, it ended simply great. Also, A+ acting again.

-There is a lot to unpack in this scene, because why the ruthless killer, who was nicknamed “Bloody”, didn’t shot the bastard? He has had enough of killing? The prisoner was defenceless? He calculated the consequences, because he already knew he was staying in the army? All of this? Who knows.

-The fact we again, didn’t see his face for a moment, when he holstered his gun and said Grant was going to be ok - damn, I would want to see it.

(On the real side note, I think I’ve read somewhere (probably it was the Fierce Valour), that real Speirs said to Winters, that he didn’t really know, but there had to be some kind of doubt in his mind, that’s why he didn’t pull the trigger.)

Ok, the END.

It’s quite embarrassing how much time I’ve spent thinking about this asshole, but whatever.

Part one (x)

#ronald speirs #band of brothers #part II

[alyygx]

BoB Real Life Veteran Opening Interviews: (In order, By Episode)

Episode 1: Currahee

1. Joseph Lesniewski ~ "We were in a store and a guy in that store..."

2. Paul Rogers ~ "Our country was attacked..."

3. Bill Maynard ~ "Who would like to volunteer..."

4. Rod Strohl ~ "We came from a small small town..."

* He appears in the beginning of the third episode asking Lt. Harry Welch where they were heading.

5. Earl McClung ~ "I did things..."

6. Bill Maynard ~ "Guy says well you jump out of airplanes..."

Episode 2: Day of Days

1. Dick Winters ~ "Standing in the door..."

2. Buck Compton ~ "Got such an opening blast..."

3. Ed Tipper ~ "We came from the sky..."

* Is there with Sobel in the first episode when he cuts the fence. He says "I think it's Major Horton, sir".

4. Dick Winters ~ "How do you prepare..."

5. Bill Maynard ~ "In the back of your mind..."

Episode 3: Carentan

1. Bill Guarnere ~ "I never thought I'd make it through D-Day..."

2. Ed Tipper ~ "I thought one of two things..."

3. Earl McClung ~ "I think everyone had fear..."

4. Carwood Lipton ~ "It's a feeling you will not let your self down..."

5. J.B. Stokes ~ "We all had fear..."

Episode 4: Replacements

1. Donald 'Pappy' King ~ "The Toccoa men..."

2. James Alley ~ "Most of them were qualified parachutists..."

* He is the injured soldier in the beginning of ep. 5 (Crossroads) who has his face hit by shrapnel.

3. Earl McClung ~ "I think maybe they were trying to impress..."

4. Lester Hashey ~ "Cause we were in awe of them..."

* He was the tall replacement in this episode that appears with Miller and Garcia.

Episode 5: Crossroads

1. Dick Winters ~ "If you’re a leader..."

2. Buck Compton ~ "A good leader..."

3. Joe Lesniewski ~ "Seemed like he always made the right decisions..."

4. Robert 'Popeye' Wynn ~ "He went right in there..."

Episode 6: Bastogne

1. Carwood Lipton ~ "When we left for Bastogne..."

2. Lester Hashey ~ "And there was a ridge with the treeline..."

3. Earl McClung ~ "Well like in Bastogne we were down to one round..."

* Appears in this episode sharing a foxhole with Bill Guarnere. He also appears in ep. 8 (The Last Patrol) when Webster is telling them which men were wanted on the patrol. He is sitting next to Babe in this scene.

4. Hank Zimmerman ~ "One of the guys got hit in the arm with a piece of shrapnel..."

5. Herbert 'Junior' Suerth Jr. ~ "And a medic came along..."

* Is shown in this episode in the truck on the way to Bastogne. Babe asks him if he has any ammo, "You got any ammo Junior?".

6. J.B. Stokes ~ "Even today on a real cold night..."

Episode 7: The Breaking Point

1. Dick Winters ~ "I've seen death, I’ve seen my friends..."

2. Darrel 'Shifty' Powers ~ "We was hungry..."

3. Joe Lesniewski ~ "Everywhere you would look..."

4. Donald Malarkey ~ "You don’t have a chance..."

* This is by far the saddest, most emotional interview in the whole series in my opinion. I just want to hug him omg!

Episode 8: The Last Patrol

1. Carwood Lipton ~ "We had lost some very good men..."

2. Joe Lesniewski ~ "I don’t know the exact amount..."

3. Donald Malarkey ~ "Skip Muck died..."

4. Forrest Guth ~ "After Bastogne..."

* Appears in the first episode (Currahee) as a background character. His name can be seen on one of the uniforms.

5. Dick Winters ~ "You have a feeling..."

Episode 9: Why We Fight

1. Norman Nietzke ~ "It was a situation..."

2. Lester Hashey ~ "We used to say the only..."

3. Joe Lesniewski ~ "They had a job to do..."

4. Earl McClung ~ "I think that we thought..."

5. Darrel 'Shifty' Powers ~ "A lot of those soldiers..."

*I didn't include Episode 10 (Points) bc the names appear on the screen in that episode.

#BoB #band of brothers #real life veterans #carwood lipton #donald malarkey #dick winters #popeye wynn #bill guarnere #babe heffron #buck compton #shifty powers #opening interviews

[captain-marti]

Ep. 03. CARENTAN

#band of brothers #bob #easy company #hbowar #Winters #Lewis Nixon #Dick Winters

[joetoyesbrassknuckles101]

Band of brothers ep,3 Carentan

#easy company #band of brothers #gif #richard winters #hbo war #george luz #damian lewis #episode 3

[blood-mocha-latte]

Your 5 top ranked band of brothers episodes! Or do all ten! 😄

by JOVE this is GENIUS. i did top five and then had della do top five because. we are bored

por MOI:

1. carentan (underrated ep)

2. points

3. replacements

4. episode one that i Do Not remember the name of

5. the breaking point

annnnd for odella:

1. points

2. episode one that she also does not remember the name of

3. replacements

4. crossroads

5. bastogne

#rie answers #is the first episode named like. after toccoa? is it currahee? #god idek

[lewis-winters]

i have no one else to bug about this so i'm so sorry but i'm writing this winnix thing that picks up around ep 2-3 and i'm just like....my feeling is mr. richard is so aware of being devoted to lewis but he's also so devoted to repression and this is actually the one thing he's scared of that he's like...mmmm he's married i can't look at him too long but then when lewis almost dies he snip snaps and is like get in that room we're kissing. But here's my thing i feel like i gotta write some littler snaps between d-day/carentan and then market garden because i feel like it would take dick a while to break down and i guess i'm just blabbing but do you have any thoughts on this as a pillar of this community

oh you are so right and so smart for this because dick's back and forth between devotion to lewis and his repression is like CATNIP to me like. when dick winters loves someone he goes ALL IN alright and he's Intense As A Person, like ppl forget that because he's so mild mannered and not as explosive as everybody else around him they think he can be contained uh. no he fucking can't. he tackles all things with the same amount of intensity and earnestness as charging at an enemy platoon on his lonesome ok. it only makes sense that he loves nix with just the same level of gusto.

but the poor guy is also NOT having a good time reclaibrating his understanding of himself + unpacking what it means to be gay in the 1940s AND in the army AND in the middle of an actual war AND what it means to be in love on top of that (he's literally 25/26, like did any of us know what love really was at that age? cmon now). i dont think he had that many hangups about lewis being married tho bc like... let's be honest. being faithful to your wife was more of a novelty in this male dominated space than otherwise (and I've worked with soldiers before, cheating amongst their ranks is Normal). and i dont think he liked kathy very much. and like. he's kinda self-assured enough to be a lil "well i'm DIFFERENT" which. is also. another thing that the fandom should unpack more bc it is so so funny but also so so juicy. he might have a problem about the infidelity later on i think when they start to discuss the idea of Them outside of war and into the future but like... that's another convo entirely.

anyway i think your instincts are on point, and if you're a show not tell kinda person, i think your message might come across better if you showed instances from Before The Headshot to really drive home how Repressed But Ultimately Doomed dick is for this man. winnix is truly about the devotion amidst yearning and pining. you already have the devotion down, add more yearning and pining!! make it hurt!! p&p 2005 handflex the SHIT out of those bitches!!!!

or don't. I'm not the boss of you.

#ask #winnix #'pillar of this community' anon you're so silly that's very sweet thank you

[carygrant]

Favourite scene from every Band of Brothers episode

Ep. 3 - Carentan

#Band of Brothers

[hbowardaily]

Real smart. You know, you're taking your life in your own hands.

#bobedit #bandofbrothersedit #hbowaredit #perioddramaedit #band of brothers #ronald speirs #donald malarkey #alton more #ep: carentan #gifs #*ouredit #by amber

[yessoupy]

2, 5, 7, 18, 27 for the band of brothers asks!

THANK you for putting together the list and then sending me an ask!!!!

2. What is your least favorite episode?

while there are moments of carentan that i love (notably dick and nix "wtf???"ing in the alley, nix and harry on the patrol sniping at each other a lil), most of the episode is interminable for me.

5. Who is your favorite character?

LEWIS NIXON. last year at some point i did a re-watch specifically to figure out my fave and the weight of the evidence (why we fight and points weighed heavily into this!) landed in nix's favor. i have gone through my tag for him and here are some reasons i love him best

snatching the paper from his sleephole (bastogne or breaking point i haven't watched those eps in awhile)

"that's beethoven" (why we fight) - i love beethoven, so i also love that of course nix would be able to identify his work

ron playing the dick/nix relationship like a romance

nix's lil "god you're no fun but what was i expecting" look when dick decidedly doesn't ask nix where they're headed

just how much ron resembles the real nix

when he gives up his ticket home to stay in freezing belgium bc dick needs him and it will help dick solve his problem

nix giving the briefing about overlord and pronouncing everything right and then not

mostly like, this is a rich guy who has no love for his pre-war life and just kind of existed and found a place doing something he was really good at in the army and then ... wanted to keep that going after!

his lil cup

all his lil quips and comments and how he's always taking care of dick (opening his dinner for him and telling him not to get a cat)

lol here is the summary post i made after the aforementioned re-watch.

everyone who knows me is always surprised that the alcoholic is my fave, and not dick. but the CONFLICT within nix!!!!

7. How did you first find out about the show?

i answered 7 and 8 here (a great origin story if i do say so myself!!)

18. What’s a character you used to like but don’t anymore?

david webster!! he was one of my original faves (besides malarkey and compton for obvious reasons) when i watched it first in 2004 but after the lightning bolt "OH!" that really cemented winnix for me and then reading the ambrose book, i just could not deal with web, lol. before reading the book, i thought in the last patrol he was being painted in an unflattering light and i couldn't figure out what he was trying to do with the personnel on the patrol but no! he really was just like that! always trying to do as little as possible. due to this the amount of liebgott/webster that exists continues to baffle me. like i KNOW the reason why people latch onto it but it's just Not For Me.

27. Do you have any merchandise related to the show?

i have a set of dvds, the ambrose book, and dick's war memoirs. i'm like perpetually halfway through dick's book so i'll finish that sometime this summer. but idk if i'd consider any of that merchandise really?

thank you again for the meme and the asks!!

ask me about bob

#band of brothers #lewis nixon #dick winters #bob meme

[shoshimakesstuff]

CARENTAN — REQUESTED BY @thoughpoppiesblow

#i have literally no idea what this is. i didnt even recolor any of this #band of brothers #today was coincidentally the most emo i have felt about normandy in many years and so. i guess this makes sense #thoughpoppiesblow #i could queue some brass knuckles #show: band of brothers #ep: carentan

[dicksfootlocker]

Where’s Waldo Liebgott? Episode 5 Part 1

First Squad, on your feet!

What the hell are they shootin’ at?

Hold here. Wait for my signal.

Prepare to fire.

We got seven in one blow.

#bob #band of brothers #liebgott #so if youve noticed the jump from carentan to crossroads #thats because there is no lieb in ep 4 #and i mean NOTHING #He's not even in the end credits #so we're just scooting right on to ep 5 #im really loving this photoset though #pain in the ass w all the moving around they do #i probably would have been better off doing gifs #rather than screen shots #but thats okay #no regrets #i can always go back and do that later #but ill finish this first #joseph liebgott #joe liebgott #where's liebgott? #where's liebgott #wheresliebgott #love lieb

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Carentan thoughts

Oh, Blithe, you poor kid. 

Everyone just lounging and showing off souvenirs is so weird. I always forget by the end of the series that Frank started this ep with an arm full of dead guy’s watches. 

Harry going from fresh-fashed little cutie to raspy-voiced lieutenant is a shock. 

Luz is finally getting to be his wise ass myself. 

“No playing grab fanny with the man in front of you, Luz.” Like, Harry doesn’t even pause before just roasting Luz like that.

Obligatory shadow and fire and night shot because it’s a war story.

Frank just takes a watch off a dude’s wrist as they pass by his charred corpse. Seriously, I forgot this happened at all.

But honestly, that’s a strength of the show. They didn’t show you a perfectly sanitized version of events. They showed the ghoulish stuff, too. It’s just that the whole story is so much more than these creepier moments. And, honestly, when you consider when this came out (after decades of ghoulish-only Vietnam stories), it’s interesting to see the effort made to show the things that are not valorizing.

Harry in a really good commander. Just very no-nonsense. 

I swear Nix steps up to Dick and Harry talking like he’s just rolled up to a frat party. 

“Who  y’all calling a yokel?” Asks the thick-twanger.

Lewis stepping up by Blithe and giving intel about the dead German is so excellent. Just very matter-of-fact. I also love that he knows about the Edelweiss. Nix is a cad, but he’s a cad who does his job.

Dick always leads from the front. He’s shoulder-to-shoulder with Harry and has to run back away from the front of the line to get his men. It’s a nice touch.

The firefight when they get into Carentan is shot so wonderfully ugly. There’s nothing heroic or amazing about it, but it’s also done so you can follow the action. You know where everyone is. 

Who full on runs up to the window with the grenade? I can’t see his face. Is it Harry? Is Harry going full dumbass?

Shifty’s little thumbs up. 

Luz clearing houses with that giant radio on top of everything else. And then making sure they don’t just throw the grenade blindly on that second house. Awww, Luz.

First time we see Eugene as a medic. Just getting through it. 

Bull leaving the building to help his injured comrade. 

Almost RIP Lip’s nuts.

Talbert just getting it and checking and being like, “Your dick is still there. It’s okay.” 

LIebgott just instantly being gentle and careful with Tipper when they find him after the explosion. The way all the noise goes down around them for that single moment of comfort.

The chaplin just going man to man to give last rites as explosions and shots go around him. I honestly don’t know if I’m supposed to worry for him or assume he’s okay. 

“Is it safe to cross now?” As Winters just fucking stands in the middle of the street. 

Of course Dick is holding the kidney bowl for the bullet fragment while Roe digs it out.

Buck being honestly concerned thta Dick might be hurt is so sweet. I like how they just get each other even if they don’t have the same style. 

And now, the magical hotness of Dick Winters cures the blind. 

Eugene’s scissors are in his pocket, and I wanna tape ‘em there. 

Ron staring down Malark when he comes over to tell ‘em they’ll be moving out soon is such a good moment. Just a quiet little reminder. 

And then the legend of Speirs starts to grow. I love how they show a whole flashback of the supposed story.

Skip doesn’t believe the story because it’s a waste of cigarettes is hysterically funny. 

It’s so interesting how Malark saw what happened (we see him turn as the gunshots are still going off), and then here, he says he didn’t see it, but he DID see Ron take the gun. It’s as much as a narrative change as the rumors around Ron, except this one is in Malark’s own head. Yeah, he saw Ron do that. But he also saw Ron take that gun. 

(There should be more Malark/Ron)

Again, Harry is just a no-nonsense commander. It’s odd. 

The way the show leans into the visual narrative tropes of the war story genre while taking time to sometimes tweak expectations is so good.

Harry taking the time to check in on Blithe but in a sort of rough, older brother way. 

“It’s a game, Blithe. We’re just moving the ball forward one yard at a time.” That sounds very much like Harry had family in WWI. 

“How is it?” / “Hurts.” / “War is hell.” -- We don’t give Harry enough credit for some top-notch deadpan snarkery.

Oh, poor Talbert with the stabbing and again, we got Liebgott showing real concern and having a knack for calming. He’s so brittle and explosive near the end of things, I always forget all the shows of his gentleness.

Speirs coming out of the hedgerow on Blithe and just being so collected. 

“Just do what you have to do.” / “Like you did on D-Day, Sir?” -- The fact that Ron turns away like he doesn’t know what to do with it. 

Ron’s speech to Blithe works so well because you’ve just seen Blithe confess he was scared and that he didn’t try to find his unit, and Ron’s speech seems cold and calculated, but the way he says it is so soft and kind. He doesn’t berate Blithe for being scared; he gives him hope he could get over it. Is going heartless the best way to get over it? Dunno. But it's working for Ron, so might as well make the suggestion, right?

Dick literally cannot stay still if there’s a firefight. Can you imagine trying to find him with news?

Honestly, showing Blithe going through the moment by moment trauma of being in a war zone is particularly note worthy for a story about WWII. The valorization of WWII soldiers is so deeply ingrained in the American psyche that to show a man from a notably heroic unit struggling with the instant trauma must have been a fucking watershed moment in how we choose to tell these stories. 

God, Dick screaming at Blithe to fire on the Germans and fire his gun and shoot the Germans, and we know the struggle he’ll have soon enough having shot that single German while taking that field. 

Harry fucking sitting on McGrath so they can blow the tread on the tank is beyond ridiculous. You’re fucking crazy, Harry.

“Well, hello, Second Armored.” -- Nix’s voice is shaking. What must it feel like to watch all these men you trained with be on that line with those tanks. Poor Nix.

Fucking love the shot of the Sherman gunner just chilling on the top of his tank like he’s on a fucking boat or something.

The quiet moment of Blithe choosing a target and hitting him. Think of it again when we get to Dick on that hill. 

And in the middle of everything, we take a moment to remind everyone that Harry is a sweet, lovely man desperately in love with Kitty. Because this is a show about men and war and how they have to change to deal with it but also the ways they stay the same. 

Oh, Harry can’t light his cigarette after Blithe gets shot. His hands are shaking. 

I think about the fact that Harry and Dick were both played by Brits playing American, and I wonder if they ever fucked up their American accents when in a scene together. It’s gotta be harder if someone who has your accent slips, I would think. I know my southern always slips out if someone else has a twang. 

Popeye just casually smoking in the hospital wing is historically accurate, but all I can think is “What about the oxygen??”

Oh, the bright, bright green of hte English hedgerows as the boys get a break. Noticeably that it’s Malark having such a good time.

Smokey holding court with the poem, and we get our first shot of Babe with the replacements. And look at Carwood, all cleaned up and shiny from the hospital. 

Carwood’s serious, sad face as he realizes he has to break up the good time the boys are having. 

Oh, god, the laundry scene. Malark just quietly realizing what the war’s already taken. 

Blithe’s death date is incorrect. Not sure where that the mistake occurred (if it was a typo in the book or a typo on the end card), but I always remember it’s wrong because so little of the show is factually incorrect. 

Or it’s factually incorrect by accident as opposed to the men finding the Landsberg camp in “Why We Fight” being factually incorrect on purpose.

#band of brothers #carentan #i'm back on my rewatch bullshit