Band of Brothers (TV Mini Series)

The Breaking Point (2001)

Damian Lewis: Richard D. Winters

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• [Winters finds Lipton waiting for him outside the C.P., smoking a cigarette] 

  Richard D. Winters : Lip. Didn't figure you for a smoking man.

  C. Carwood Lipton : Neither did I.

  [Winters hands a dispatch to a waiting runner] 

  Richard D. Winters : D Company, Lieutenant Speirs. Patrol order.

  [to Lipton] 

  Richard D. Winters : So?

  C. Carwood Lipton : We've been watching Foy all day, sir. Not much activity.

  Richard D. Winters : Want a coffee?

  C. Carwood Lipton : No, thank you, sir.

  Richard D. Winters : How's Easy's status?

  C. Carwood Lipton : The men are good, sir. They're prepared. I'm gonna be leading Second Platoon tomorrow. They're probably the weakest after losing Toye and Guarnere and Muck and Penkala. But all in all, I have every confidence in the men, sir.

  Richard D. Winters : Good.

  [Lipton looks down and steels himself before continuing] 

  C. Carwood Lipton : But on the other hand, I have no confidence in our C.O., sir. Lieutenant Dike is an empty uniform, Captain. He's just... he's not there, sir.

  Richard D. Winters : Well, he's gonna be there tomorrow.

  C. Carwood Lipton : Yes, sir, I understand he will be there physically. But tomorrow's gonna be the real deal, and he's gonna have to lead those men. And he's gonna have to make decisions, sir, and I... I gotta tell you, sir, I think he's gonna get a lot of Easy Company men killed.

  [Winters looks at him for a long moment] 

  Richard D. Winters : Thank you, Sergeant, that'll be all.

  C. Carwood Lipton : [resignedly]  Yes, sir.