![]() "Replacements" is another episode filled with spectacle, from the gorgeous daytime jump into Holland through the impromptu parade through the tank battle between the Brits and Germans. But when I watched it this time, having a much stronger idea of who everybody was, I could just appreciate it as a strong ensemble episode that managed to tell both sides of that story while also giving a snapshot of Easy's role in the mess that was Operation Market Garden, the first time in the war that the 101st got its rear end kicked. My recollection was that it might have been stronger had it been told primarily from the point of view of either a Toccoa veteran (presumably Bull Randleman) dealing with the replacements, or of a replacement (maybe Hashey?) in awe of these men who jumped into Normandy. But where "Carentan" and, to a lesser extent, "Crossroads" suffer from problems I still see all these years later, my issue with "Replacements" turns out to have been largely about unfamiliarity with the characters. In the initial run of "Band of Brothers," "Replacements" came in the middle of a trio of episodes I wasn't especially fond of. has lost it.Ĭhange into your PT gear, we're running Currahee.Okay, we're up to episode four of "Band of Brothers." Spoilers for "Replacements" coming up just as soon as I remember to stop throwing left-handed. Now, thanks to these men and their infractions, every man in the company who had a weekend pass. I wouldn't take this rusty piece of shit to war, and I will not take *you* to war in your condition! Rust on the buttplate hinge spring, Private Bullshit. Malarkey's slang for "bullshit," isn't it? When did you sew on these chevrons, Sergeant Lipton? Your weekend pass is revoked.ĭirt in the rear sight aperture. Volunteering for the parachute infantry is one thing, Perconte, but you've got a *long* way to prove that you belong here. Private Perconte, have you been blousing your trousers over your boots like a paratrooper? You people are at the position of attention! One chunk in the face, the other chunk nearly took out his nuts. Hey, even First Sergeant Lipton there, he got a couple of pieces of a tank shell burst in Carentan. Yeah, kind of an Easy Company tradition, getting shot in the ass. And, uh, Buck got shot in his rather large butt in Holland. He got shot in his scrawny little butt in Normandy. And right next to him, the other skinny little guy, that's Popeye. ![]() Now Leibgott, the skinny little guy? He got pinged in the neck in Holland. ![]() he got a piece of exploding tank in Holland. He landed on broken glass in Normandy, and got peppered by a potato masher. Almost every one of these guys got hit at least once. "Injured" is when you fall out of a tree or something.ĭon't worry, there so much crap flying around, you're bound to get dinged sometime. Joe got hit in the arm? New Year's Eve gift from the Luftwaffe.
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