![]() Sobel is surprised to learn that Horton is on leave in London and couldn't have given the order. Later, Sobel is chastised for having cut down the fence and causing a farmer's cows to escape. Then, while Sobel is wasting his time tearing apart the fence, the rest of the Easy Company take a detour through an adjacent village, getting ahead of Sobel. "Horton" instructs Sobel to cut the fence that's in his way. His men believe that Sobel has gotten them lost yet again and play a prank on him by acting as if Major Horton is in his presence and angered. He particularly takes issue upon finding a fence in his company's way. Again, Sobel struggles in the drills, arriving late for one such mission. Next, on Septemin Aldbourne, England, the Easy Company continues its training on European soil, working on hand-to-hand combat skills. On the voyage, the men worry about where they are headed and talk about the trust they will have to have with each other when the "bullets start flying." Tensions rise when Sobel is insulted for being a Jew by William "Wild Bill" Guarnere as fellow Jew Joseph Liebgott takes offense. ![]() The program picks up on Septemin the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard as the Easy Company loads onto a ship headed for Europe. Later, the Easy Company takes a secretive train ride to New York City, where they are due to head to England. ![]() Harry Welsh visits with Nixon and Winters, revealing that he has heard many negative "rumblings" about Sobel getting "jumpy in the field." Soon enough, the Easy Company's men are beginning to doubt how Sobel will perform in the heat of war. The Easy Company struggles with many men "dying" or becoming "wounded" during the training after Sobel miscalculates the location of "the enemy." Later, Lt. Next, the program shifts to Jat Camp Macall, North Carolina, as Sobel and his men practice further ground drills in a forest. There, Sink tells them about the "brand new concept" of parachute infantry. Afterward, the men celebrate their triumphs with some beers at a party. Next, the Easy Company does some "exit" work from a C-47 aircraft in order to become certified paratroopers. Not surprisingly, the men vomit up the cheap spaghetti during their run, but then begin singing a march song, much to Sobel's dismay. Later, Sobel bursts into the mess hall in the middle of a spaghetti lunch and forces his men to go on another six-mile run up and down Currahee. He then tells him that he will be tested on his organizational skills as "mess officer" for the next fourteen days. Later, Sobel goes through the men's bunk searching for "contraband" and punishes them for the likes of "non-regulation clothing." Afterward, Sobel reveals to Winters that he has been promoted. Despite his autocratic behavior, Sobel is soon commended for his men's performance during training by Col. Meanwhile, Sobel takes Walter "Smokey" Gordon to task, then tells him to make it to the top and back of Currahee in fifty minutes. The next day, the Easy Company undergoes more intense obstacle course training. Afterward, Winters reveals to Nixon who he chose to punish. When Private Burton "Pat" Christenson is found to have had some water, an angered Sobel instructs Winters to punish six of his men. After the march, the men are forced to show that they did not drink any water from their canteen. Later, Denver "Bull" Randleman wonders why Easy Company is the only company that has to march twelve miles on Friday nights. Sobel gives his men fifteen minutes to get to the top of the daunting Currahee mountain. Carwood Lipton, Private White refuses to leave the barrack for PT. Afterward, Nixon, Winters and all the others are sentenced to a physical training session, angering them. The narrative flashes back two years earlier to Camp Toccoa, Georgia, as the martinet Captain Herbert Sobel inspects his underlings' weapons, revoking their weekend pass privileges due to minor infractions. Richard Winters discuss what is going on in America. As the rest of the troop members are distracted by watching Cary Grant and Myrna Loy in "Wings in the Dark," buddies Lt. Part one begins on Jin Upottery, England, as Easy Company is told that inclement weather has caused a twenty-four hour standby until they will make a jump. The premiere in this ten-part miniseries based on the experiences of Easy Company, the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, United States Army 101st Airborne Division, during World War II, and featuring commentary from Easy Company veterans preceding each episode.
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