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Oct 14, 2001 · The Breaking Point: Directed by David Frankel. With Nicholas Aaron, Kirk Acevedo, Doug Allen, Jamie Bamber. Easy Company remains in the Ardennes Forest preparing for an inevitable attack on German forces in the town of Foy.
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"The Breaking Point" is the 7th Episode of Band of Brothers. It is seen from the point of view of 1st Sgt. C. Carwood Lipton as he watches as several men near the breaking point in the Ardennes. Lipton is also the narrator.
In this episode, Dike is replaced by Lt. Speirs, who is able to lead the men in the capture of Foy.
The episode begins on January 2, 1945 in the Ardennes Forest at the town of Foy, where 1st Sergeant C. Carwood Lipton, 1st Lieutenant Lynn D. "Buck" Compton, and Staff Sergeant William J. "Wild Bill" Guarnere are reading a map on Staff Sergeant Donald G. "Malark" Malarkey's back. When Malarkey raises himself up with the map, Compton is joking, saying that he will nail the map on Malarkey's head, and Guarnere is assembling the 2nd Platoon.
The next day, January 3, a German SS Officer is riding on a horse, when he's ambushed by Donald Hoobler, Pvt. Lester "Les" Hashey, and Sergeant Burton P. "Pat" Christenson. The SS Officer tries to gallop away, but Hoobler shoots him in the head with his M1 Garand. Hoobler searches the body, and finds a Luger Pistol, one of his goals since he'd joined the paratroopers.
After the incident, Hoobler tells everyone that he found one, including Lipton and Sergeant Darrell C. "Shifty" Powers. Powers was digging a foxhole when Hoobler brags amiably that he might be a better shot than Powers. Shifty counters that he himself isn't nearly as good as his own father. After the conversation, Hoobler was going to test his new souvenir. Lipton and Powers are joined by Compton and Malarkey. Compton wants to know where Easy Company's CO, Lieutenant Dike is. Lipton can't answer exactly, because no one knows where Dike ever goes. Lipton then says that two men were wounded. A sudden shot is heard, and Lipton, Compton, Malarkey, and Powers duck into Shifty's foxhole. Hashey appears and says that Hoobler accidentally shot himself. The men go to his foxhole to help but are unable to find the wound quickly enough, and Hoobler bleeds to death. The Luger he'd had stuffed into his pants pocket had inexplicably fired, severing his femoral artery. Lipton tells Captain Winters about the incident. When Winters asks why Lt. Dike isn't relaying the news, Lipton says it's because Dike is nowhere to be found.
Winters that night talks to his pal Captain Lewis Nixon about who could replace Dike, understanding that Dike is not a good leader because he is never around and never really bonds with the men. After comparing the officers, they realize that one is too strict, one isn't very good ("God bless him" as Winters says), leading to them to realize the only real choice is Compton as he is a good combat leader. But they're stuck with Dike regardless because he's a favorite among the higher-ups in the company.
Later, Dike randomly asks Lipton where he is from, which leads to an awkward conversation between the pair and Dike leaves Lipton in mid-sentence. The next morning, we see Frank Perconte, Pat Christenson, and Harold Webb discussing the rumor about what Lt. Speirs did in Normandy and how he gunned down some German POWs after offering them cigarettes. Speirs himself appears and tells them that the foxhole they've dug needs to be deeper and better camouflaged, but they say Dike said it was good enough. He then offers them a cigarette, and the men's faces show horror because of the story about the POWs.
Easy returns to the front line in the forest just outside of Foy. As they dig new foxholes and strengthen the existing ones, they are bombarded several times. A shell hits very close to Joe Toye, and his right leg is severed above his knee. Bill Guarnere rushes out and begins to drag Toye to safety when another shell explodes near both of them, shredding Guarnere's right leg. As Compton approaches both men, he suddenly has trouble calling for a medic; the shock of the situation has become Compton's "breaking point," and he is taken off the front line.
•German Officer
•Corporal Donald B. Hoobler (KIA)
•StSgt. Joseph J. Toye (WIA)
•StSgt. William Guarnere (WIA)
•Sgt. Warren H. Muck (KIA)
•PFC. Alex M. Penkala Jr. (KIA)
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- Richard D. Winters. Played Damian Lewis. Damian Lewis leads the Band of Brothers cast as Richard Winters. Richard Winters is first introduced in Band of Brothers as the second lieutenant of Easy Company's 2nd Battalion during their training in Camp Toccoa.
- Lewis Nixon III. Played By Ron Livingston. Ron Livingston plays Lewis Nixon III in the Band of Brothers cast, another central character in the show. Richard Winters' close friend and fellow second lieutenant of Easy Company's 2nd Battalion, Nixon shares many of Winters' campaigns during the war but does not have the same trajectory up through the ranks.
- Lynn "Buck" Compton. Played By Neal McDonough. Played by Neal McDonough in the Band of Brothers cast, Buck Compton is assigned as Easy Company's 2nd Battalion assistant platoon leader during their training in Aldbourne, England.
- C. Carwood Lipton. Played By Donnie Wahlberg. Donnie Wahlberg had a career-defining performance when he stepped up to play Lipton in the Band of Brothers cast.
Director. Graham Yost. Writer. Easy Company battles near Foy, Belgium, losing numerous men. In the episode, the actions of 1st Lt. Norman Dike, the Company's commander, are examined and questioned. Serving as narrator is 1st Sgt. Carwood Lipton, who attempts to keep the morale of the men up as they endure their trials in the forest near Foy.
Points. In the concluding episode, Winters leads Easy Company to take the Eagle's Nest -- Hitler's mountaintop fortress. Stream Season 1 Episode 7 of Band Of Brothers online or on your device plus recaps, previews, and other clips.
Mar 4, 2014 · In the middle of the assault, he freezes up and his dallying costs the lives of several Easy men as he sends Lieutenant Foley (played by Battlestar Galactica’s own Jamie Bamber) on an ill-advised...
