Generation Kill: Season 1

2008 · 7 episodes · ★ 7.6

Miniseries

What Season 1 of Generation Kill

Follows the story of the First Recon battalion, a team of highly qualified and well-trained Marines, during the first forty days of the Iraq War. The true story of what happened, told through the experiences of its protagonists: professionals who had to face a lack of proper equipment, incompetent commanders, outdated hierarchies and rules that never evolved, and a poorly defined strategy.

7episodes

Jul 13, 2008premiered

Aug 24, 2008final episode

7.9 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Get Some
Jul 13, 2008 · 69 min · ★ 6.5
First Recon Marines prepare to invade Iraq at the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom. While the Bravo Company waits to receive their orders at Camp Mathilda in Kuwait, they learn that Rolling Stone columnist Evan Wright will be embedded with them.
Directing: Susanna White · Writing: Ed Burns, David Simon · Starring: David Barrera, J. Salome Martinez, Nabil Elouahabi, Langley Kirkwood
1x02 The Cradle of Civilization
Jul 20, 2008 · 68 min · ★ 7.8
Under orders to consider any Iraqi carrying a weapon hostile, Bravo busts north towards Nasiriyah. Chomping at the bit while others are carrying the fight, the platoon finally gets 'lit up' in a violent but successful skirmish in Al Gharraf.
Directing: Susanna White · Writing: Ed Burns, Evan Wright
1x03 Screwby
Jul 27, 2008 · 64 min · ★ 7.6
Bravo Company waits for their next orders, while scoping out a roadside firefight, they watch in shock as a regimental combat team arrives with guns blazing.
Directing: Susanna White · Writing: Ed Burns · Starring: Badria Timimi
1x04 Combat Jack
Aug 3, 2008 · 67 min · ★ 7.7
After capturing an Iraqi airstrip, the First Recon is ahead of the other American and Coalition troops, which gives them time to regroup.
Directing: Simon Cellan Jones · Writing: David Simon · Starring: Tyrone Keogh, Antonio David Lyons
1x05 A Burning Dog
Aug 10, 2008 · 70 min · ★ 7.7
First Recon get their orders to cross a local Iraqi bridge, which gives them their first chance to use local Iraqi citizens. As First Recon gets closer to the bridge, they are ambushed.
Directing: Simon Cellan Jones · Writing: Evan Wright · Starring: Josh Barrett
1x06 Stay Frosty
Aug 17, 2008 · 67 min · ★ 7.7
First Recon get their next mission, which is to help escort the Iraqi civilians leaving Baghdad from a nearby highway, while trying to help them flee, the men see the humanity in the Iraqi civilians; First Recon come to the realization that since Baghdad is the next stop for American and Coalition forces, their war is almost at a close.
Directing: Simon Cellan Jones · Writing: Ed Burns · Starring: Michael Mosley
1x07 Bomb in the Garden Season Finale
Aug 24, 2008 · 68 min · ★ 8.1
Having reached Baghdad, Bravo Team is shocked at the size of the city. While First Recon begin doing their daily patrols in Baghdad, they find out the obstacles that they and the Iraqis face is much greater than they could ever think of.
Directing: Susanna White · Writing: David Simon