[BoB REWATCH] Part Seven: The Breaking Point & Part Eight: The Last Patrol

[thrillingdetectivetales]

Welcome to the Band of Brothers rewatch discussion post for
PART SEVEN: THE BREAKING POINT & PART EIGHT: THE LAST PATROL
You are welcome to discuss any and all aspects of the episodes in the comments on this post. Please recognize that others may hold different opinions than you and continue to abide by our #1 rule: don't be a dick. Additionally, I ask that y'all take care to keep spoiler content off of spoiler-free threads. Otherwise, have fun!

Part Seven: The Breaking Point
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Part Eight: The Last Patrol
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To participate in discussions about previous episodes, you can visit the posts below:

Part One: Currahee & Part Two: Day of DaysPart Three: Carentan & Part Four: ReplacementsPart Five: Crossroads & Part Six: Bastogne

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Yes, so senseless.

And yes, Peacock's so happy to be going and glad everyone's so happy for him! Heh.

I guess it didn't bother me because it seemed to me that in every episode they tended to switch up the way it was told. So we had a few episodes which were about no specific character, some that had a featured character, some that had what amounted to an outsider POV (which is what I'd argue Last Patrol was), one where there's only one character's POV (Doc's), and then this one where there's narration. I figured that part of the purpose here was to provide a semi-unreliable narrator. So we can see what he's doing but he's not telling us some of those things. So in the end we finally get the camera focus turned around on him.

I only now realized my voice recognition translated Dike as Dier!

I feel a lot less sympathy for him than for Sobel because he doesn't engage at all. Even though he was kind of a raging asshole in many ways, Sobel was very concerned with Easy's wellbeing.

Yes, that's someone whose death comes as a relief.

Heh, no not subtle. But some of the details were remarkable to think about, such as that they hadn't slept indoors in more than a month in that cold. The difference must have been as remarkable, and maybe that soft lit room's peace was one way of conveying that visually.