Points

Episode aired Nov 4, 2001
TV-MA
59m

IMDb RATING

9.2/10

9.2K

YOUR RATING

Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Ross McCall, and Matthew Settle in Band of Brothers (2001)

Action Drama History War

As the Germans surrender, it appears that the hard days for Easy Company are over when they are stationed in Austria. However, they soon learn that those soldiers without enough service poin... Read allAs the Germans surrender, it appears that the hard days for Easy Company are over when they are stationed in Austria. However, they soon learn that those soldiers without enough service points will be sent to fight in Japan.As the Germans surrender, it appears that the hard days for Easy Company are over when they are stationed in Austria. However, they soon learn that those soldiers without enough service points will be sent to fight in Japan.

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IMDb RATING

9.2/10

9.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
In real life, Dick Winters kept the pistol given to him by the surrendering German officer. He noticed that it had never been fired through six years of war. He still owns the pistol and it has still never been fired. He shows it to the camera in the HBO documentary We Stand Alone Together.

Goofs
If Easy Co. played any baseball games at this point in the war, Buck Compton would not have been the catcher. In reality, he never returned to Easy after he was taken off the line in The Breaking Point episode.

Quotes
Richard D. Winters: [real life interview with Winters where he quotes Mike Ranney on how Ranney answered a question his grandson once asked him] 'I cherish the memories of a question my grandson asked me the other day when he said, "Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?" Grandpa said, "No... but I served in a company of heroes."'

Soundtracks
Main Theme
(uncredited)
Composed by Michael Kamen
Performed by The London Metropolitan Orchestra

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Review

Featured review

10/10

A fitting end

Easy Company enters the final stages of the war.

'Points' is a great conclusion to the dramatised account of Easy Company's European campaign. It contains some great philosophical narration from Major Winters and insightful observations about the experiences after the German surrender and the points system used for being discharged from duty.

There are some slight issues with historical accuracy in relation to Major Winters acceptance of the surrendering German officer's sidearm and the role of David Webster in one scene involving a suspected concentration camp commander. Many historical records state the American Third Division was the first into Berchtesgaden. However, the more research you do into this (and numerous other events) the more you find certain claims are disputed.

For me the strength of the episode is the reflective tone it has about what this generation of soldier (on both sides of the conflict) went through together and the bonds formed.

The best parts, as in every episode of Band of Brothers, are the excerpts from the interviews with the actual Easy Company veterans of WWII. This one is unique as it reveals the identities of the interviewees. You would have to be very cold hearted not to be moved to tears by the final line spoken by the real Major Winters.

For me it's a 9.5/10 but I round upwards.