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Score: 9.1 Superb 150 votes

The Last Patrol

Episode Number: 8    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Sunday October 21, 2001    Prod Code: n/a
Originally aired: Sunday October 21, 2001 on HBO
Writer: Erik Jendresen
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Show Stars: Michael Cudlitz (Denver 'Bull' Randleman), Matthew Leitch (Floyd 'Tab' Talbert), Nolan Hemmings (Charles 'Chuck' Grant), Nicholas Aaron (Robert E 'popeye' Wynn), Peter Youngblood Hills (Darrell C 'shifty' Powers), Robin Laing (Edward J 'babe' Heffron), Mark Huberman (Pvt. Lester 'Leo' Hashey), Peter McCabe (IV) (Cpl Donald Hoobler), Rick Warden (II) (1st Lt. Harry Welsh), James McAvoy (Pvt. James Miller), Philip Barantini (Wayne 'skinny' Sisk), Ron Livingston (Capt. Lewis Nixon), Scott Grimes (T/Sgt. Donald Malarkey), Donnie Wahlberg (2nd Lt. C. Carwood Lipton), Neal McDonough (1st Lt. Lynn "Buck" Compton), Ross McCall (Joseph D Liebgott), Frank John Hughes (S/Sgt. William "Wild Bill" Guarnere), Rick Gomez (George Luz), Kirk Acevedo (SSgt. Joseph Toye), James Madio (Frank J Perconte), Richard Speight Jr. (Warren 'Skip' Muck), Dale Dye (Colonel Robert Sink), Damian Lewis (Richard D. Winters), Dexter Fletcher (John), Shane Taylor (Eugene G 'doc' Roe), Phil McKee (Major Robert L Strayer), Tom Hardy (Pfc. John Janovec), Matthew Settle (Capt. Ronald Spiers)
Guest Stars: Colin Hanks (2nd Lt. Hank Jones) , Eion Bailey (David Kenyon Webster) , Jamie Bamber (Jack E. Foley) , Andrew Lee Potts (Eugene E. Jackson) , Kieran O'Brien (Allen E. Vest) , Christoph Dostal (Senior German) , Martin Arno (Junior German) , Colin Ridgewell (German Soldier shot) , Brian Ethan Tyler (Curtis Jackson)

This episode is seen from the point of view of David Webster (Eion Bailey, who played Jann Wenner in Almost Famous). Webster returns to Easy Company after a relatively minor injury kept him inactive for four months. Although Webster fought at Normandy, and with Easy during Operation Market Garden, he missed the ordeal the others faced at Bastogne, and on his return, he quickly realizes that it's not the same company. Many were killed or wounded at Bastogne, and those that remain resent him for not being there. Liebgott (Ross McCall) is particularly hostile, and complains that while others who were injured found a way to get back to the front, Webster took his time recovering. The company is also joined by Lieutenant Jones (Colin Hanks, executive producer Tom Hanks' son), fresh out of West Point. The war appears to be drawing to a close. The company is still on the front line, in the French town of Haguenau, and the Germans are stationed across a small river. Both sides are encamped in relative comfort, and neither side seems eager to engage the other. On the orders of the regiment's commander, Winters (Damian Lewis) picks 15 men for a dangerous night patrol across the river to capture German prisoners for interrogation. The exhausted Malarkey (Scott Grimes) is picked to lead the patrol. Webster assesses the situation and convinces the gung-ho Jones to volunteer to take Malarkey's place, and also offers to replace Liebgott as the mission translator. Winters picks Martin (Dexter Fletcher) to replace Malarkey, and allows Jones to go along as an observer. The raid is considered successful, despite the loss of a man, and Winters is ordered to send his men out on another patrol the following night. Knowing that sending them on another pointless mission would be suicide, Winters tells his men to stand fast and covers for them saying that they did indeed complete their campaign but could gather no new intelligence.

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Episode: The Last Patrol
Season Number: 1
Episode Reviews: 3
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9.1 Superb 150 votes
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perfect: 48 (32%)
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