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Can we get a round of applause for Damian Lewis for leading this series just as well as Winters led Easy Company? Lets hear it for the man!

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Band of Brothers 1x05 Full Length Reaction

I am so not ready for episode 6...

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Russell Roberts

That was indeed Jimmy Fallon. He played George Rice, who made several runs to bring ammo and supplies to the paratroopers moving into Bastoigne (sp). I don't blame Fallon, were I an actor I would have wanted to be a part of this amazing series as well.

Joshua Couch

Correct me if I'm wrong, but when Doc Roe was snapping at Winters and the other officers about the amount of morphine they gave Moose after he was shot, I think you mentioned that Winters didn't give Doc Roe a dressing down or anything for talking to them that way. It quite interesting actually. In that moment, because the situation was medical in nature, Doc Roe outranked them all. Doesn't matter what rank the Medic is, even if the Medic is a Private in a room full of Generals, if the situation is medical, the Medic outranks them all.

Einherj

Damian Lewis starred in a great series called Life that ran for two seasons in 2007 to 2009. I'm not sure why it was cancelled, but the story is tied up nicely in the end of the second season. I highly recommend checking it out. It's kind of an unfortunately simple title when trying to look up the series, though. Here's the IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0874936/ Also, nothing to do with BoB, except for the HBO connection, I suggest the short running series Deadwood (2004-2006). Best western ever put to film. Amazing characters and writing. Can't recommend it enough.

Earl Smith

I will stand by my belief that Richard Winters was one of the Greatest Soldiers that the US Army has ever produced.

Jim Finley

Ironic how Sink pivoted from "Don't worry about administration" to "Light a fire under it!" Also, a great bit of symbolism - even in Paris, when Winters was lowering himself into his hot bath, he had not taken off his dog tags. He can't let go.

Alex Dunk

This episode, in my opinion is the most important of the series. I did a video essay in uni comparing the performance of Lewis as Winters and James Badge Dale as leckie (the pacific) for my acting degree. Theres so much meaning to the episode being called "crossroads" as its the center of the series and well as the crossroads in Winter's journey as a soldier - moving from frontline service into the command structure. The way that Lewis holds those private moments in the typewriter scenes is a beautiful performance. Listening to some of your comments about this show makes my own thoughts feel especially validated too - keep up the excellent work! Also fun fact, Tom Hanks cameoed in this episode as one of the Brits in the celebration scene Also the colour grading in the memory sequences is just beautiful - especially when you see the saturation contrast with the red smoke. I love this show

Eric Alzen

actually the first part of the artillery barrage was American artillery that winters called in on the German positions. the second barrage was the Germans firing back