Band of Brothers

If you're a leader, you lead the way.

Not just on the easy ones. You take the tough ones too.

A good leader has to understand the people that are under him...

...understand their needs...

...their desires or how they think a little bit.

He always made the right decisions along the way.

He was a real soldier.

Some of the officers... .

I don't think I'd follow them into water.

But he was one of the best.

He went right in there and he didn't... He never thought of not being first...

...or sending somebody in his place.

I don't know how he survived.

But he did.

Lew? Wake up.

They want us back at Regiment.

Come on Nix, get up. Let's go.

- Something's up. - I'll be right down.

- You got 10 minutes. - Go away.

Come on. Let's go.

- Leave me alone. - Okay.

- Come on. - Damn it!

That's my own piss, for chrissake!

Son of a bitch.

We're the only unit that's got the Germans on their side of the Rhine.

If we'd taken Antwerp...

...we'd be well-supplied and have the Krauts on their heels.

If I can just get lke on the phone. Are you listening?

Hanging on every word.

- Moose, you too? - Yeah, Sink's not happy.

Nixon, Heyliger.

Colonel Dobie, British 1st Airborne. Nixon is our S2.

That's 1st Lt. Heyliger.

The Brits lost 8000 men when Market Garden fell...

...which is why Colonel Dobie has to coordinate a rescue...

...for the troops who are trapped.

Dutch Resistance are hiding 140 men...

...outside a town north of the river.

They'll assemble in the woods.

Pick a team and get them across the Rhine.

- 140 men? - The Canadians have supplied six boats.

The rendezvous point is landable. I swam it last night.

At 0030, they'll signal V for victory with a hand-held red torch.

That'd be a red flashlight.

Operation Pegasus. 2nd Battalion is on the spot.

Assist Colonel Dobie. If you need anything, come to me.

I can't ask for more.

You didn't endorse the Market Garden report...

...or the TO&E. Why? - I'll have them at CP 1300, sir.

I want an inventory on material the British 43rd left. Rations, supplies.

Yes, sir.

- Dick. - Sir.

I need your report on that operation.

- Yes, sir. - Light a fire under it.

We asked for this yesterday. A day late and a dollar short.

Enemy maps in the S2. Let's look at that.

There's 100 of them?

This is it, boys.

They have to get across the river and over the dyke.

- That's a lot to cover. - Where do we go?

You, Hashey? You get the penthouse.

Thank you. We're up top.

- How bad does it get? - You'll find out.

- That's a lot of ground. - Couple of regular GI Joes.

You said it. Come on.

New guys giving the replacements the what-for and why-is.

- I swear one of them has never shaved. - Kids.

This is a hell of a dog, Tab.

- There you go. - What'd you call it, Tab?

- Trigger. - That's good, I like that. Trigger.

- Got anything? - It's quiet.

- Penetration! - Alley's hurt!

All right, get him on the table. It's Alley.

I got this.

Alley, you're gonna be okay.

- Get Doc Roe. - Where am I? What happened?

- Where was it? - Crossroads.

- It was because of your loud mouth! - Back off!

Send for Lieutenant Welsh. Assemble a squad.

1st Squad, on your feet! Weapons and ammo only!

Let's go, let's go!

Get the boots off and elevate the leg. Liebgott, use the sulfur.

Let's get this done quickly. We gotta move.

Hey, Alley.

- MG42? - Yeah.

What are they shooting at? What's down there?

Headquarters.

That's three miles away. Why reveal position?

- Not as smart as me and you? - I'll check it out anyway.

- Hold here. Wait for my signal. - Yes, sir.

Holding here. I'm waiting for a signal.

This is our fallback position.

Mortars, deploy here. 1st Squad, on me.

Go!

Second on the right.

First on the right.

Third on the right. Nail the machine gun.

Second on the left. First on the left.

Wait for my signal.

- Prepare to fire. - Two rounds, ain't she quick?

- Fall back! - Fire.

Fire!

Higgins!

Handful of Krauts, on the dyke, 12 o'clock!

- How many Krauts are left? - I don't know.

But we got seven in one blow.

Bring on Boyle and Perconte. Go!

Come on, fall back!

Suppressing fire!

Suppressing fire!

Hashey, Garcia, follow me!

Tell Peacock to bring the balance of 1st Platoon!

And another machine gun squad.

Dukeman! Go get that machine gun on the right flank. Go!

Christenson!

Fuck! Dukeman's down.

Sir, the balance of 1st Platoon is here.

Gordon and More brought another.30 cal.

Sir?

They're behind a solid embankment. We're in a ditch.

They can outflank us along the dyke as soon as they figure it out.

- How many Krauts are there? - There's a ferry crossing here...

...so it could be a whole battalion.

Okay. What are your orders?

We got no choice.

Here. Talbert, you'll take 10 men along the dyke.

Peacock, take 10 along the left flank. I'll take 10 up the middle.

Questions? Go.

Enter.

- I don't know why I'm still doing this. - What, drinking?

No, hiding it in your footlocker. I'm a captain, for chrissake.

Well, why don't you...?

Why don't you just give it up?

- Drinking? - No.

Hiding it in my footlocker. You're a captain, for Pete's sake.

Maybe this is the place to stop drinking.

Right here on the business end of the Allied advance.

Cheers.

That's not literature, just keep it simple.

Try using the first person plural. Say "we" a lot.

Thanks for the tip.

Fix bayonets.

Go on the red smoke.

No! Wait for the signal!

Jesus.

Come on, pour it on! Shoot your targets!

Let them have it!

Come on, boys!

Four.

Five.

Holy shit!

- It's a whole other company! - No shit!

Easy Beaver to Easy Minor! Reinforce Easy at phase one yellow!

Plus one, strike three. Fire concentration Charlie.

Drop 200, left 100.

Repeat, plus one, strike three! Fire concentration Charlie.

Drop 200, left 100!

Krauts in the open! Fire for effect! Over!

- What's he saying? - He says they're Polish.

There are no Poles in the SS!

Move!

Jesus Christ!

Oh, shit!

- Send Lightning a report. Boyle! - Lightning, Lightning. Over.

Go up and spot the fall of those rounds.

Incoming rounds!

Easy Company, take cover!

- Boyle's hit! - Jesus Christ, they got me!

Take cover! It's German artillery!

Get Boyle, he's down! Come on, help me!

Jesus, captain, they're SS.

Joe?

- Joe, knock it off. - Goddamn it, what?

- You're hit. - I'm okay.

Take these prisoners to CP, and get cleaned up.

Yes, sir. Come on, Kraut boys.

- Joe? - Yeah.

- Drop your ammo. - What?

- You kidding me? - Give me your weapon.

You have one round. Johnny, how many prisoners are there?

Got 11 right now, sir.

Drop a prisoner, the rest'll jump you. I want all prisoners alive.

Yes, sir.

"They got me." You believe that? You believe I said that?

- Can you make it back to CP? - Yeah.

I will see you someplace else.

Take these to Battalion.

- And split them up. - Yes, sir.

All right.

Here you are.

- We had them on the run. - How's that?

They were flooding back when we hit them with artillery.

It was a turkey shoot.

They hit us with their 88s, zeroed in on this crossroad.

Now we were lucky, though. Only 22 wounded.

Lucky.

- Captain Winters? - Down there, sir.

All right, carry on.

All right, Krauts.

Twenty-two wounded, huh? You okay?