Currahee (Band of Brothers)

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“Currahee”
Band of Brothers episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 1
Guest stars	Jason O'Mara as Lt. Thomas Meehan Michael Edmiston as Training jumpmaster Jonathan Edwards Young as Lt. John Kelly
Written by	Erik Jendresen and Tom Hanks
Directed by	Phil Alden Robinson
Production no.	–
Original airdate	September 9, 2001
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Currahee is the first episode of Band of Brothers. The episode was directed by Phil Alden Robinson and written by Erik Jendresen and Tom Hanks. It first aired on September 9, 2001 on HBO.

[edit] Plot

Easy Company undergoes paratrooper training at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, including climbing Currahee Mountain. The major characters are introduced, particularly Lt. Dick Winters and Lt. Lewis Nixon. The episode focuses largely on the men's reaction to Capt. Herbert Sobel, the egocentric and harsh commander of Easy Company, whose leadership ineptitude during combat training exercises leaves the men uneasy about following him into battle. The episode focuses on the controversial aspects of Sobel's command, and his adversarial relationship with Winters. At the end of the episode, the company is shipped to England and prepares to drop into Europe as a part of the Operation Overlord D-Day invasion.

[edit] Trivia

• The actors attended a two-week boot camp where they learned basic paratrooper tactics, including how to wear a paratroopers uniform and how to stand to attention, as well as field tactics and parachute jump training.
• In physical training exercises running up Currrahee, in the book Captain Sobel was primarily lagging behind the rest of the company, where as in the HBO series, he is shown to be leading at the front.

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Currahee •Day of Days •Carentan •Replacements •Crossroads Bastogne •The Breaking Point •The Last Patrol •Why We Fight •Points