Band of Brothers

Miniseries

September 9, 2001 (25 years ago)

10 episodes

8.4/10

Stream on

HBO Max

No overview available.

Key Crew

Director

Phil Alden Robinson

Age 51 (now 76)

Writer

Bruce C. McKenna

Age 39 (now 64)

Producer

Tom Hanks

Age 45 (now 69)

Cinematographer

Remi Adefarasin

Age 53 (now 78)

S01E01

8.2/10

Currahee

1h 14m

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. The company is shipped to England to prepare for D-Day.

S01E02

8.3/10

Day of Days

52m

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 and 1st Lt. Speirs is introduced.

S01E03

8.5/10

Carentan

1h 6m

September 16, 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.

S01E04

8.3/10

Replacements

September 23, 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.

S01E05

8.1/10

Crossroads

56m

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. Operation Pegasus is depicted. Easy Company is called to Bastogne to repel the sudden German counterattack.

S01E06

8.6/10

Bastogne

1h 8m

October 7, 2001

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.

S01E07

8.8/10

The Breaking Point

1h 13m

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. 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.

S01E08

8.1/10

The Last Patrol

59m

October 21, 2001

Easy Company is in Hagenau in Feburary, 1945, where they prepare for a night patrol mission to capture German prisoners. The patrol includes one veteran who is despised for missing Bastogne and a new lieutenant fresh out of West Point.

S01E09

9.0/10

Why We Fight

59m

October 28, 2001

As the Allies move into Germany and the war comes closer to an end, disillusionment and anger set in for Easy Company--until they stumble onto a concentration camp abandoned by the German military.

S01E10

8.6/10

Points

1h 3m

November 4, 2001

As the Germans surrender, it appears that that the hard days for Easy Company are over as they are stationed in Austria. But they soon learn that those solders without enough service points will be sent to fight in Japan.