In the second episode of Band of Brothers, Day of Days, we are shown what Easy Company went through when they did their first jump into Normandy on June 6th. The whole episode is well done from beginning to end. There are a few bits that were slow but if it weren't for them it would have been wall to wall shooting and it wasn't always like that.
All of the actors that had a part in this episode did a phenomenal job portraying their respective characters.
Since I already shared how well I liked Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and all the others job in creating this exceptional series, I won't do so again. You'll just have to read the previous episodes review. What I will do is give you the scenes I liked over all the rest.
The first scene I liked was when Lieutenant Winters (Damian Lewis) hit the ground and realized he didn't have his weapon or some of his other equipment. Another paratrooper, Private John Hall (Andrew Scott), hits the ground near him. After introducing themselves to each other they realize that either one or both of them are in the wrong landing zone. Later they meet up with Carwood Lipton (Donnie Wahlberg) and two paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne, further displaying that the paratroopers of several outfits are in the wrong landing zone.
Several minutes later, at least in the episode, Winters, Hall and Lipton have picked up Don Malarkey (Scott Grimes), Bill Guarnere (Frank John Hughes) and a few others. On their way to the rallying point the group comes across several German soldiers. Winters gives the order to wait for his command to fire, Guarnere disregards this order and fires when he wants to. He does this because before the jump he gets news that his brother had been killed at Monte Casino in Italy and he wants revenge.
The third scene I like is when Winters meets up with Buck Compton (Neal McDonough) at the rallying point and receives orders from Lt. Colonel Sink (Dale Dye) to take out a nest of German 105 heavy guns at Brécourt, a nearby French estate. The guns are aimed directly at Causeway #1 at Utah Beach and are inflicting heavy casualties. Winters gathers two squads, one led by himself, the other by Compton. The Battle of Brécourt Manor follows and Winters proves himself an excellent tactician, using a small force to take out a larger one in a heavily fortified position. During the fight, Popeye Wynn (Nicholas Aaron) is wounded and is forced to leave the battle. Winters himself destroys three of the guns, using TNT and German "potato masher" grenades on the guns' barrels. Private Hall is killed in the trenches by a booby trap. Several of the men prove their valor in battle and Winters plans to recommend them for commendations. Lt. Speirs (Matthew Settle) takes out the fourth gun himself and the platoon retreats.
I'm gonna give you a fourth favorite scene. It's a small scene but I think it is a very important scene. Right before they arrive at the rallying point, they come across several captured German officers, one of whom is part of the "volksdeutsche" effort; German-Americans who returned to their ancestral homeland to join the German army. Malarkey himself is quite astonished that the man he meets is from his home state of Oregon. After Malarkey rejoins his company, he sees 1st Lt. Speirs of D company pass by. Malarkey hears heavy gunfire as Speirs (apparently) executes the captured German soldiers.
The episode gets 10 stars out of 10. The story is very well portrayed. The acting is great and the action is awesome.
All of the actors that had a part in this episode did a phenomenal job portraying their respective characters.
Since I already shared how well I liked Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and all the others job in creating this exceptional series, I won't do so again. You'll just have to read the previous episodes review. What I will do is give you the scenes I liked over all the rest.
The first scene I liked was when Lieutenant Winters (Damian Lewis) hit the ground and realized he didn't have his weapon or some of his other equipment. Another paratrooper, Private John Hall (Andrew Scott), hits the ground near him. After introducing themselves to each other they realize that either one or both of them are in the wrong landing zone. Later they meet up with Carwood Lipton (Donnie Wahlberg) and two paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne, further displaying that the paratroopers of several outfits are in the wrong landing zone.
Several minutes later, at least in the episode, Winters, Hall and Lipton have picked up Don Malarkey (Scott Grimes), Bill Guarnere (Frank John Hughes) and a few others. On their way to the rallying point the group comes across several German soldiers. Winters gives the order to wait for his command to fire, Guarnere disregards this order and fires when he wants to. He does this because before the jump he gets news that his brother had been killed at Monte Casino in Italy and he wants revenge.
The third scene I like is when Winters meets up with Buck Compton (Neal McDonough) at the rallying point and receives orders from Lt. Colonel Sink (Dale Dye) to take out a nest of German 105 heavy guns at Brécourt, a nearby French estate. The guns are aimed directly at Causeway #1 at Utah Beach and are inflicting heavy casualties. Winters gathers two squads, one led by himself, the other by Compton. The Battle of Brécourt Manor follows and Winters proves himself an excellent tactician, using a small force to take out a larger one in a heavily fortified position. During the fight, Popeye Wynn (Nicholas Aaron) is wounded and is forced to leave the battle. Winters himself destroys three of the guns, using TNT and German "potato masher" grenades on the guns' barrels. Private Hall is killed in the trenches by a booby trap. Several of the men prove their valor in battle and Winters plans to recommend them for commendations. Lt. Speirs (Matthew Settle) takes out the fourth gun himself and the platoon retreats.
I'm gonna give you a fourth favorite scene. It's a small scene but I think it is a very important scene. Right before they arrive at the rallying point, they come across several captured German officers, one of whom is part of the "volksdeutsche" effort; German-Americans who returned to their ancestral homeland to join the German army. Malarkey himself is quite astonished that the man he meets is from his home state of Oregon. After Malarkey rejoins his company, he sees 1st Lt. Speirs of D company pass by. Malarkey hears heavy gunfire as Speirs (apparently) executes the captured German soldiers.
The episode gets 10 stars out of 10. The story is very well portrayed. The acting is great and the action is awesome.