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The Last Patrol
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The Last Patrol is the eighth episode of the television miniseries Band of Brothers, which premiered on the HBO cable network on October 21, 2001. The episode features the members of Easy company as they carry out a dangerous mission in Haguenau, France. It prominently featured the character Private David Webster (Eion Bailey), who struggles trying to fit back into the company after a long absence.
The Last Patrol was directed by Emmy Award-winner Tony To and was written by Bruce C. McKenna and Erik Bork.
Plot summary
With the war seemingly in its final weeks, Easy Company is rejoined at
Haguenau by
David Webster (whose book
Parachute Infantry was a prime source for both Ambrose's book and the scriptwriters). Webster's voiceovers convey the feelings of a combat veteran missing Easy's biggest challenge — Bastogne — and trying to fit back into the company after a long absence. Replacement Lieutenant Jones (played by
Colin Hanks, son of the executive producer,
Tom Hanks) also joins the company. A dangerous mission (from which the episode gets its title) — seemingly senseless so late in the war — is reluctantly carried out by the weary company, and with the end so near, inexperienced soldiers like Lieutenant Jones and even the company clerk are eager to see action before the finish. Captain Winters, however, seems determined to avoid unnecessary losses with the end in sight, and his surprising order at the end of the episode reveals another facet of his character. Winters receives promotion to Major at the end of the episode.
Spoilers end here.
