Webster's Unwelcoming and Nepo Babies: Band of Brother Ep. 8 (The Last Patrol)

Time Stamps:

00:00 Intro to the Episode, catch up on the podcast and show before the finale in two weeks!

01:00 Ben sucks at Geography.

04:14 Is WW2 tourism a little perverse? Do European’s care about American Civil War battlefields?

06:25 Ben’s ‘Murica Patriotism 

10:12 Webster’s Un-Warm Welcome Back to Easy Company

15:07 Why slower episodes are beneficial to shows?

18:00 Dissecting Webster’s plot to relieve tired soldiers on the patrol 

20:21 Colin Hanks with the Nepo-baby role.

23:50 Interesting seeing how the soldiers are dealing with the hardships

26:15 We become educated in battlefield promotions 

28:14 Major Winters is still the man.

30:34 Ben compliments the costume departments visual differences in the incoming soldiers and the guys post-Bastogne

33:03 Audible Ad

33:42 Grenades might be the least efficient way to put someone out of their misery 

38:00 “I Can’t Swim” and the Outpost Outcome

39:00 Ben has seen parts of the next episode and Dylan’s hopes they reveal who is who of the real life soldiers. 

41:00 Casting for looks vs performance vs star power

46:03 We look forward to doing Movie Reviews again and the lack of conclusion in TV episodes

48:23 Tom Hardy causes our Mid-Life Crisis

50:44 Outro

 

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Webster's Rough Return. Join Cocktails & Classics as we delve into Episode 8 of Band of Brothers, "The Last Patrol." Witness the emotional toll of prolonged war on Easy Company as the previously injured David Webster returns to Easy Company as they take on one of their final missions taking German POWs from across the Rhine River. We'll discuss the complexities of reintegrating returning soldiers, the absolutely bananas plan to put a wounded German out of their misery, and the soldiers' cautious anticipation of the war's end. Don't miss this poignant exploration of brotherhood, sacrifice, and the physically and emotional toll of war in this latest episode of Cocktails and Classics.

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