Easy Company goes through training under the leadership of a captain who relentlessly pushes them to their limits but may be limited as a leader in the field.Easy Company goes through training under the leadership of a captain who relentlessly pushes them to their limits but may be limited as a leader in the field.Easy Company goes through training under the leadership of a captain who relentlessly pushes them to their limits but may be limited as a leader in the field.
- Wayne A. (Skinny) Sisk
- (as Philip Barrantini)
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- TriviaSome scenes showing Capt. Sobel's incompetence and pettiness actually happened. Sobel had difficulty reading a map, which led to his getting lost many times in the field. He was also tricked by 'Maj. Horton' into cutting a wire fence, thereby releasing cows. In that instance, the only difference between what happened in real life and in the series was-that the actual event happened at night. Sobel also ran around exercises and rifle ranges with a leather aviation jacket. He went through the men's footlockers and confiscated allege "'contraband" and scattered their possessions. Sobel would also pick on soldiers, gigging them for the smallest of infractions or ones he just made up, like having dirty ears. The feud between Capt. Sobel and Lt. Winters, where the former altered the time of inspection and charged Winters with failure to carry out orders, did play out as shown. What was left out was, that Strayer and his staff found a legal loophole that got Sobel's charges set aside. Sobel followed it up by charging Winters with failure to ensure that the soldier cleaning the latrine was not properly shaved. That charge was also set aside but it also got the mutiny going. There were other acts that were not shown in the series; on a night exercise, Sobel and 1st Sgt. Evans decided to teach the importance of soldiers guarding their weapons as they slept by stealing about 50 rifles from sleeping troopers. Come morning the two assembled the company, chastising them for their failures. They were interrupted by angry members of Fox Company. The two thieves got lost, went into the wrong camp and stole the rifles from the wrong men. In another night exercise, Easy Company was lying in ambush. A wind came through the woods and ruffled the branches, leaves and grass. Sobel panicked and began shouting, "Here they come!'", thereby giving away Easy's position.
- GoofsDuring "Curahee" in the scene where Easy Co. is receiving a lecture, there are various German weapons on the wall. One of them is an Stg 44, not used in combat until 1944. Thus, it is impossible that the Americans had captured one in 1942-43.
- Quotes
George Luz: [reading aloud Col. Sink's announcement of the impending jump into Normandy] "Soldiers of the Regiment! Tonight is the night of nights. Today, as you read this, you are en route to the great adventure for which you have trained for over two years."
Bill Guarnere: So that's why they gave us ice cream.
This first episode, "Currahee" is about the rigid training under the difficult command of Lt. Sobel. As Easy Company heads to England to prepare invasion of Germany, the sergeants decide to get rid of Sobel and his hard ways. No one feels more than that than Sgt. Winters.
Overall, this is a majestic episode that works some wonders thanks to the masterful direction by Phil Alden Robinson, some wonderful producers in Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, great acting by the cast especially Damian Lewis, and great music/cinematography. I rate this episode 9/10.
- g-bodyl
- Sep 15, 2013