The Eugene Episode

Shane Taylor was outstanding as Roe; "Bastogne" and "The Breaking Point" were my favorite episodes in the miniseries.

Renee Lemaire's aid station served the 20th Armored Infantry Battalion, making it unlikely they had the kind of relationship portrayed in episode 6 (if they met at all). But their pairing was a worthwhile dramatic invention, as it added a welcome male-female dynamic to the show. And Lucie Jeanne was excellent as Renee.

Roe was greatly respected throughout the company. When members of his family attended the world premiere of "Band of Brothers" in France, they discovered just how much Doc Roe meant to his fellow soldiers. "Whenever I said I was with the Roe family, people's eyes lit up" his grandson recalled. "Hero" and "wonderful man" were the words most often used to describe his grandfather - even "angel."

That episode really got me. Just perfect story telling. The part where he uses her head wrap for a rag, genius.

I am rewatching the series after 15 years, last night I watched "Bastogne", great episode, both for the personal dynamic and the cinematography. The bombing of Bastogne hospital was outstanding, loved the colour,the grey light and those flashes of red colour. It reminded me of Schindler's list evacuation of the ghetto, with the girl in the red coat .

"Please, if you are trying to convert me, this isn't a good time"

This is my fav episode of BoB too! Eugene Roe was awesome. The episode is beautiful and haunting at the same time.

I have not finished the series yet...(first timer here !)
But the Eugene episode had me paralyzed... He looked like he was going to crack at any minute as he saw more and more death.
Golly it was powerful. That man,,,hell all of them, surviving the insanity was a miracle.

Interestingly the Bastogne ep is my least favorite. I wish they'd have chosen another character to highlight for this part, because I find the struggles there fascinating. I thought Roe was a boring character. So what he never called Heffron by his nickname.

agree. of all the hellish missions, that one seems the worst, aside from d-day insertion.

what i couldn't figure was who to blame for sending them in unequipped & unarmed - probably the salty regimental commander.

or why they are being committed when so many able-bodied troops were being pulled back, en mass.
the actual vets remarked about that in the first show.

just one of the snafus of war - they sure got the short end a lot. what a collection of tall dogs the 101st was.

i ran into some of the 81st in jump school. the 101st by then was air-mobile. i was a marine force recon, pre-iraq.

my dad was a medical officer who froze his ass off patching troops, getting shot at, in korea. he got the short end too. after serving his tour in combat before/after the chicom invasion, they sent him to ft leavenworth as prison doctor.

Brilliant acting by Shane Taylor as Eugene G. Roe, hard to believe he's English! The nurse was very good too.