The allied artillery is not able to destroy an important German observation post and a recon patrol is completely destroyed, returning only Pvt. Burgess bringing his wounded Sgt. Maury Calder to the American base. Calder advises Sgt, Saunders to keep his eyes on Burgess but he does not explain why. Burgess guides Saunders and his squad to the German pillbox and along their journey, they learn more about his personality. Will they succeed in their mission?
"The Eyes of the Hunter" is a strange "Combat!" episode. Burgess' attitudes may be questionable in 1945 or 1962, but he seems to be a dangerous but effective soldier. His assignment is to guide and destroy the American squad to the German observation post and he effectively does. While Saunders does not know what to do to destroy the bunker, Burgess forgets his connections and friendship with Caje and Billy and proposes to do what is necessary to destroy the pillbox. The cost of two lives would save the lives of many others. It is hard to say that Burgess is a psychopath or a military oriented to his objective. In times of war, people sometimes need to stay in the gray area between the good and the evil. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Olhos de Caçador" ("Eyes of Hunter")
"The Eyes of the Hunter" is a strange "Combat!" episode. Burgess' attitudes may be questionable in 1945 or 1962, but he seems to be a dangerous but effective soldier. His assignment is to guide and destroy the American squad to the German observation post and he effectively does. While Saunders does not know what to do to destroy the bunker, Burgess forgets his connections and friendship with Caje and Billy and proposes to do what is necessary to destroy the pillbox. The cost of two lives would save the lives of many others. It is hard to say that Burgess is a psychopath or a military oriented to his objective. In times of war, people sometimes need to stay in the gray area between the good and the evil. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Olhos de Caçador" ("Eyes of Hunter")