Band of Brothers: Points

In the tenth and final episode of HBO's critically acclaimed WWII miniseries Band of Brothers, Easy Company enters the Bavarian town of Berchtesgaden, once home to Hitler's top officers. They find the town deserted and rush on to capture Hitler's famed "Eagle's Nest" before the French can get there. ...more

The final episode of HBO's Band of Brothers reinforces the point that no matter how brave or how good at their jobs the men of Easy Company were, they were still just young men who found themselves in a world and a situation bigger than themselves. They were heroes, but they weren't saints. With the danger of combat essentially past, these men occupy Austria, while occupying themselves with looting and drinking. The episode makes it clear that these are understandable human reactions, but the ...more