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After V-J Day Leckie and Sledge return home and try to readjust to civilian life.

Director:

Jeremy Podeswa

Writers:

Bruce C. McKenna (as Bruce McKenna), Robert Schenkkan

Stars:

James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
James Badge Dale	...	PFC Robert Leckie
Joseph Mazzello	...	PFC Eugene Sledge
Jon Seda	...	Sgt. John Basilone (credit only)
Betty Buckley	...	Marion Leckie
Joshua Close	...	Edward Sledge (as Josh Close)
Linda Cropper	...	Mary Frank Sledge
Caroline Dhavernas	...	Vera Keller
Ashton Holmes	...	PFC Sidney Phillips
Brandon Keener	...	Charles Dunworthy
Rami Malek	...	PFC Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton
Martin McCann	...	Sgt. R.V. Burgin
Conor O'Farrell	...	Dr. Sledge
Annie Parisse	...	Sgt. Lena Basilone
Frank Aldridge	...	Troop Train Porter
Kate Bell	...	Mary Houston Phillips

Storyline

The war is over and the men wonder what the future might hold for them. Robert Lechie returns home to his cold family and gets his old job back. His main purpose is to see if he can start a relationship with Vera who lives across the street. Eugene Sledge makes it home some six months after VJ Day and is met by his old friend, Sid Phillips. Eugene is having trouble settling into civilian life and cannot quite understand why some men like himself survived with no physical injuries when so many others died. Lena visits John Basilone's parents and has something of John's she thinks they should have.

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Plot Keywords:

victory in japan day | grief | hug | crying | civilian | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

Gene tries to register for classes at "Alabama Polytechnic Institute." This was the earlier name for what is today known as Auburn University.

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Goofs

When Bob Leicke was "re-interviewing" for his old job at the Bergen Evening Record, he said he wanted to cover a football game between Don Bosco Prep and Bergen Catholic. Bergen Catholic High School opened on September 11, 1955 - 10 years after the surrender of the Japanese in Tokyo Bay. A better choice for script choice would have been Bob's own Parish High School, Saint Mary High School was founded in 1929 or St. Cecilia High School (Which has closed in 1986) where THE Vince Lombardi was the Head coach at St. Cecilia High School in Englewood, NJ (1942-47).

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Quotes

PFC Sidney Phillips: [driving Eugene home from the train station] What d'you remember about Mary Huston?
Eugene B. Sledge: Mary Huston?
PFC Sidney Phillips: Yeah.
Eugene B. Sledge: *The* Mary Huston? Well, like everybody else in Mobile, I was in love with Mary Huston
PFC Sidney Phillips: Well, that's too bad for you, 'cause she's marryin' me.
Eugene B. Sledge: [sarcastically] Yeah, sure she will. The minute she goes blind.
PFC Sidney Phillips: Well, I asked her. She said yes. So you're just gonna have to deal with it, brother.
Eugene B. Sledge: You're saying that Mary Huston is gonna be Mary Huston Phillips?
PFC Sidney Phillips: [happily] In the eyes of God and the law.
Eugene B. Sledge: Well, ...
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Connections

Featured in Outside Xbox: 6 Videogame Voice Actors in TV and Movies - Pt. 2 - Nolan North, Elias Toufexis, Keith David (2013)

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Soundtracks

With The Old Breed - End Title Theme From The Pacific
(uncredited)
Composed by Blake Neely, Geoff Zanelli, Hans Zimmer

User Reviews

A difficult, fitting finale

The final episode of "The Pacific" is difficult not in subject matter - narratively it's formulaic to a fault - but in contrast to the prior episode, on Okinawa. We have (arguably) the darkest and ugliest episode, follow by the most sentimental and rosy. Sledgehammer suffers the earliest reactions to PTSD, postwar, while Leckie sweet-talks his way into his old job and into the arms of his sweetheart across the street. Incidentally, I found the Leckie and Vera scenes to be an appropriate conclusion. And dare I say, endearing? Cliché they may be, but wasn't this the era that invented such cinematic clichés to begin with? Also, the Vera-Leckie angle is satisfying, considering that Leckie was probably the only really engaging character in the whole series.

Many rightly consider "Band of Brothers" the best television miniseries, ever; it's a tough act to follow, and "The Pacific" doesn't really try. Instead it endeavors to show a side of of the Second World War not often portrayed in mainstream entertainment, and not just in a geographic sense. Although wildly uneven in tone, taken as a whole "The Pacific" effectively captures the brutality of the Pacific Theater, particularly the psychological pain of its combatants.

Details

Release Date:

16 May 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

DreamWorks, HBO Films, Playtone

Technical Specs

Runtime:

61 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1