Band of Brothers: Season 1

2001 · 10 episodes · ★ 8.5

Miniseries

What Season 1 of Band of Brothers

The season begins in 1942 at Camp Toccoa in Georgia, where a group of ordinary volunteers starts paratrooper training. They are young men driven by a sense of duty who form Easy Company, part of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. From there, the series follows the unit through D-Day. The fighting in France and Bastogne tests the soldiers, and the losses weigh heavily on the group. The rivalry between Lieutenant Sobel and Lieutenant Winters defines the early episodes. Winters, Speirs and medic Roe are the central characters driving the plot.

10episodes

Sep 9, 2001premiered

Nov 4, 2001Latest episode

10.5 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Currahee
Sep 9, 2001 · 74 min · ★ 8.2
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.
Directing: Phil Alden Robinson · Writing: Erik Jendresen, Tom Hanks · Starring: Laird Macintosh, Marc Warren, Jason O'Mara, Adam James
1x02 Day of Days
Sep 9, 2001 · 52 min · ★ 8.4
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.
Directing: Richard Loncraine · Writing: John Orloff · Starring: Marc Warren, Simon Fenton, Jason O'Mara, Adam James
1x03 Carentan
Sep 16, 2001 · 66 min · ★ 8.5
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.
Directing: Mikael Salomon · Writing: E. Max Frye · Starring: Marc Warren, Adam James, Iain Robertson, Robin Laing
1x04 Replacements
Sep 23, 2001 · 60 min · ★ 8.4
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.
Directing: David Nutter · Writing: Graham Yost, Bruce C. McKenna · Starring: Jack Wouterse, Peter Stark, Robin Laing, Ben Caplan
1x05 Crossroads
Sep 30, 2001 · 56 min · ★ 8.1
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.
Directing: Tom Hanks · Writing: Erik Jendresen · Starring: Luke Roberts, Adam James, Robin Laing, Ben Caplan
1x06 Bastogne
Oct 7, 2001 · 68 min · ★ 8.7
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.
Directing: David Leland · Writing: Bruce C. McKenna · Starring: William Armstrong, Robin Laing, Ben Caplan, Marc Ryan-Jordan
1x07 The Breaking Point
Oct 14, 2001 · 73 min · ★ 8.8
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.
Directing: David Frankel · Writing: Graham Yost · Starring: Robin Laing, Jordan Frieda, George Calil, Doug Allen
1x08 The Last Patrol
Oct 21, 2001 · 59 min · ★ 8.1
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.
Directing: Tony To · Writing: Erik Bork, Bruce C. McKenna · Starring: Andrew-Lee Potts, Colin Hanks, Robin Laing, Philip Barantini
1x09 Why We Fight
Oct 28, 2001 · 59 min · ★ 9.0
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.
Directing: David Frankel · Writing: John Orloff · Starring: Robin Laing, Philip Barantini, George Calil, Doug Allen
1x10 Points Season Finale
Nov 4, 2001 · 63 min · ★ 8.7
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.
Directing: Mikael Salomon · Writing: Erik Bork, Erik Jendresen · Starring: Paul Herzberg, Dan van Husen, Robin Laing, Philip Barantini