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- Episode aired May 16, 2010
- TV-MA
- 1h 1m
After V-J Day, Leckie and Sledge return home and try to readjust to civilian life.After V-J Day, Leckie and Sledge return home and try to readjust to civilian life.After V-J Day, Leckie and Sledge return home and try to readjust to civilian life.
- Sgt. John Basilone
- (credit only)
- Edward Sledge
- (as Josh Close)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaGene tries to register for classes at "Alabama Polytechnic Institute." This was the earlier name for what is today known as Auburn University.
- GoofsWhen John Basilone's wife Lena, who was also a Marine, visits John's family at the end of the war, there are no award ribbons on her jacket. As a minimum, she would have earned the American Campaign Medal for her service in the United States.
- Quotes
Tom Smee: [at the newspaper office] You made quite an entrance, Bob. The whole room is buzzing.
Robert Leckie: Hope they meet their deadlines.
Tom Smee: We're all mighty proud of you. Proud of all you soldiers.
Robert Leckie: [with a slight smile] I was a marine.
Tom Smee: Proud of all of you.
[pause]
Tom Smee: So, now you're back. I'm guessing you're here for a job.
Robert Leckie: [confidently] That's why they made you the editor. I'll take my former position.
Tom Smee: You still want to cover local sports?
Robert Leckie: Yep. To start with.
[Smee raises his eyebrows]
Robert Leckie: Here's why: that guy you got writing the column right now... he's got no snap, no style. The prose just lays there like spilled ink on newsprint. You need to send him to obits and give me his desk.
Tom Smee: I do?
Robert Leckie: For the sake of the paper.
Tom Smee: [humoring him somewhat] And when did you see me demoting him and hiring you?
Robert Leckie: Today's good.
Tom Smee: Today?
Robert Leckie: Urban Catholic plays Dombosco Prep this afternoon. Kick-off is at three, so...
[picks up a pad and pen from the desk]
Robert Leckie: I'd better get goin'.
[gets up and goes to the door]
Tom Smee: Shouldn't we talk about salary?
Robert Leckie: Ten dollar a week raise'll do it.
Tom Smee: I will give you seven.
Robert Leckie: [cockily] I'd have taken five.
[he leaves]
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2010)
- SoundtracksHonor - Main Title Theme From The Pacific
(uncredited)
Composed by Blake Neely, Geoff Zanelli, Hans Zimmer
After the gritty, graphic, death-and-destruction-filled battle scenes of the last few episodes, an episode with no action at all but one that is entirely essential to the series. We see Sledge and Leckie come home and how they, and veterans in general, need to adjust to fit back into civilian life.
The personal struggles are endless and are not something us that haven't been a soldier in wartime can relate to: how do you go from being a merciless killing machine to average peaceful citizen, how do you move on from what you've seen and done, how do you relate to people who weren't there, what to do now?
It's all quite powerful and emotional and makes for a superb ending to an excellent series.
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- May 16, 2024
Details
- Runtime1 hour 1 minute
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1