MASTERS OF THE AIR Episode 8 Ending Explained

[@BrainPilot]

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[@ClyFrog4]

Thank you for these weekly summaries - they’re fantastic! Ive wondered how many of these surviving WW2 B-17 pilots have lived into their late 90s- and some over 100? Just incredible! Thank you so much for your service, Lucky, I’m in complete of awe of you.

[@davidbrian2570]

I believe after episode 5, ive not been a very big fan. The characters are average at best imo.

[@boofunky]

⁠I am very grateful they made the miniseries and appreciate the amount of funding it required. I just can’t help but wonder if they could have got to ten episodes if they had removed some story arcs which didn’t seem to help the show move along. My best example is the Crosby/ Sandra scenes and maybe cutting down the Stalag scenes. In my opinion, they should have written the episodes similar to The Pacific and focused on three airmen from not just the 100th Bomb Group but different bomber, fighter, and reconnaissance groups/squadrons from the Eighth Air Force.

[@terrified057t4]

Yeah like Crosby is a weaker Nixon from Band of Brothers. Yes, he held significant influence over how the 100th performed but I just can't care about his romantic relationship with an OSS officer. And the Stalag scenes seem to dominate so much of Episode 8 that the Tuskegee just feel like a diversity hire, nothing more than a checkmark. I can't help but say that Red Tails and The Tuskegee Airmen actually look better now thanks to this episode just sidelining the men until they got to Stalag. Also completely missing D-Day because Crosby nearly worked himself to death was so lame, Rosie was literally flying during that and we only see it for a few seconds!?!?

[@legiox3719]

I thought this series went all over the place. They kept with the 100th bomb group for 7 series, then jump to the Tuskegee Airmen and their fighter group that was operating near the mediterranean. Just seemed like this series was trying to condense way to much information and events in the span of 50min.

[@PaddyThePaddy]

I’m okay with there not being much focus on DDay considering the fact that DDay is covered in length in almost every other World War Two movie/series.

[@jonnygray6557]

The Tuskagee airmen’s story is fascinating, rich and complex. However it feels artificially shoehorned into the unrelated story of the 100th with the POW camp scenes with Buck wholly imagined; unlike the rest of the series with is remarkably factual and accurate. A cynic would say they were written in just to avoid opening up the miniseries to criticism for having no black characters. Introducing this storyline in the penultimate episode clutters the episode and dilutes the existing storylines. The CGI is well below the standard of the rest of the production giving it all a tokenistic feel, as if ordered by an DEI/EDI compliance officer at Apple.

[@tonykeith76]

Right.... If you watched "Band of Brothers" ( Ep. 2 D-Day ), Dakotas, Flak, terrain and all surrounding CGI, was far better... ( Made in 2001........ )

[@Rebel-Rouser]

Totally agree... Thats exactly what this is.

[@garysimpson3900]

100% agree.

[@MrGawbeats]

The showrunners have already made big changes to history for the sake of the story/art. Sandra’s SOE experience, Bubbles’s early death, Egan being in the US airmen massacre, etc. I have read the book, and Egan/Clevens’s story is wrapped up in the first chapter. Including the Tuskegee airmen is a vehicle for the same thing those other changes brought. Let’s not be lazy and hypocritical.

[@richardsmith2684]

correct i believe as you said,,but at least they portrayed them accuratly as being a part of the 15th af flying from italy,,

[@keeneyb]

This series is by far the best movie about flying in WW II I have ever seen. The story line and cinematography are incredible. I thought knew a lot about bomber flying in WW II until I saw this. My dad was a B-35 tail gunner I wish every American would see this so they truly understand the hell the Greatest Generation went through, esp the active duty military.

[@zoso73]

What other series is there about flying in WWII? I would like to watch it.

[@swann433]

CGI is awful. The number of German aircraft shown being shot down by the b17 gunners is ridiculous. The acting is mediocre at best. Cliches everywhere within the writing. Overall just not a good show.

[@richardsmith2684]

twelve o clock high is a masterful film for its time,,,the only war film my father,,48 missions gave credit to

[@Youngbuck83]

Memphis Belle > MOTA

[@Jacky-zt5ch]

B-35?

[@joelsegovia6971]

What an absolute UNDERWHELMING episode. At this point in the series, it not only feels rushed but SUPER important events are just shown briefly. How the heck does DDAY not get more time, and that's not even talking about the famous Tuskegee men. They barely got any screen time fighting or showing their contributions. Once more, being overlooked at. This episode was a complete filler! Yes, the progression is there slightly, but if the TITLE is "MASTERS OF THE AIR" but more ground scenes are shown. What started as a great series, it not only feels rushed at this point but bleh. Kind of like when Negan killed Glenn (TWD), or the last few seasons of GoT. Yes, I'll still watch it but man.......

[@richardsmith2684]

the 332d at least had two films made about them,,,the 8th had half B24 groups,,many fighter groups etc they have had no recognition sadly,,,its a loss for us who care also,

[@tommeyer5991]

They planned a 9 episode series and realized after three bombing runs all look pretty much the same from inside an airplane looking down through a Norden bomb site.

[@mattfulmer4243]

It was nothing more than a Box Checking DEI Episode...😒

[@terrified057t4]

Yeah, "Masters of The Air" and most of the show is them being slaughtered by Krauts and by their Command. Now we don't have Masters of the Air but POWs of Stalag Luft III. Like, for fuck's sake, show us more of Rosie! Show more of the Tuskegee Airmen! LESS OF CROSBY'S FLING WITH AN OSS OFFICER AND THE GREAT ESCAPE'S LESSER BROTHER CALLED THE LAME ESCAPE.

[@screenwriter44]

Masters of the Air is now the Godfather 3 of the Hanks and Spielberg WW2 masterpieces.

[@ChristopherWHerbert]

Buck was a part of a group who were in the planing for an escape. However he did not wish to tell Bucky this because it was more obvious in his mental state Bucky was a loose cannon. To mean Buck was keeping a secret from his 'best' friend and doing so, because Buck believed it was the right thing to do. In telling Bucky that escaping was a bad idea,

[@mypl510]

Honestly, I think the Tuskegee Airmen have been pretty well covered with movies and shows, thus it would have been nice to cover other fighter groups, like the 56th Fighter Group, with Francis "Gabby" Gabreski or Hub Zemke.

[@okcomputer0101]

There are 3 series buried here. Tuskegee Airmen, Spies, and 100th.

[@onemancinema4642]

Hoorah for the Tuskegee Airmen!!!

[@katedawson6020]

Yeah - their story could have made a whole seriers in itself ... worth reading up on the history.

[@TheSocratesian]

@@katedawson6020 They should do a series about them as they were really great men and did not belong in a show about the 8th Air Force. Jamming them into this one was unnecessary at best.

[@richardsmith2684]

I was wrong,I assumed earlier that the inclusion of the 332 grp meant they had inserted them into the 8th Af rather then the 15th flying from italy where they escorted my fathers 2nd Bmb group among others,,,they were accurratly shown in the episode,,,He told me everything about them as a kid and i almost thought i was the only one that knew about them,,i actually met two of them in later years,,, it is a fine portrayal of them in the program,,

[@TheSocratesian]

It was full of garbage BS and did a great disservice to the 332nd. You need to read more.

[@cameronkohl416]

As someone who spent 20 years in the navy I love that they showed the planning side. I can’t tell you how much stress and lack of sleep goes into planning large operations.

[@HazletNJ]

I have enjoyed your summaries after almost all of the episodes. Nice job putting them together.

[@BrainPilot]

Thanks a lot! Glad you've enjoyed them

[@TMish73829]

Wonderful show and wonderful recaps!! While this show doesn’t hold a candle to Band of Brothers, it’s still incredible. Also I agree re: wanting to see more of D Day, but at the same time I understand why it wasn’t a focal point bc we’re following a set of characters who had some degree of separation from the “on the ground” experience. (I’m not by any means trying to discount the impact the actual people who experienced this war had on the actual day, but we’re following the human aspect of these folks… if that makes sense? I hope it does!) I’m loving this show and cannot wait for the finale.

[@fuzzdad2]

I have to think they had plans for three or four more episodes and due to costs had to cut short a few story lines. That said...been a great show and amazed we have it.

[@BrainPilot]

I know what you mean! It's all relying on this final episode for the pacing! But I've loved it too

[@SbrGrendel65]

I’m enjoying Masters of the Air, just like I enjoyed. Band of Brothers, Pacific, Tuskegee Airman, Red Tails and Saving Private Ryan. I wished they would have made the episodes longer it would have helped in getting through the long time line that the 100th was flying missions. But what the Bomber crews went through to complete a mission was brutal. They were chewed up and spit out. Things really didn’t change for them until the P51’s got into Europe and things really changed once the Red Tails started flying top cover for them. It’s too bad that they don’t have any of the guys/gals they are portraying in these series have since passed on. They’re other groups they could have mini series about. I love WWII fought by great men and women

[@swann433]

Red tails was hot garbage. Best ww 2 movie was a German film called downfall.

[@richardsmith2684]

agreed,,,much to short in material sadly,,,what wonderful effects can be done these days,,,,war films never get the credit they should compared to the nonsense these days,,or when an effort is made it falls short as napoleon

[@carlosgrahamjr84]

I feel alot of the criticism wouldn't be here if the show had a bigger budget tbh. Outside of that aspect, It's pretty entertaining as historical series. Of course it's some mistakes but what you expect lol

[@geraldmarfoe348]

FS stands for 'Fighter Squadron', NOT 'firing squad' !

[@tommeyer5991]

By the appearance of of the men the Red Cross packages delivered to Das Stalag included books, cigs, roast beef, veggies, and eight months supply of Clairol Frost & Tip for Buck Cleven. The fellas look fit and trim.

[@lk-of4gi]

I read Frank Murphy's book. The Red Cross packages were distributed regularly during the first part of his stay. They even let them form a band, build a theater and give peformances with insturments provided by the YMCA. Most of the records, record players, books and magazines were provided by the YMCA also.

[@thegreatdominion949]

This series started out looking reasonable but has quickly devolved into a dog's breakfast. The amount of territory and time they have chosen to cover is obviously far too great for the amount of screen time they have allowed themselves. The final two episodes are going to be ridiculously compressed time-wise as a result. The outcome is disappointing but not unexpected.

[@johnye4433]

From the time U.S. had full air control, their experience would be more toned down. I think the rest of the series would be to add some more off the sky stories, which was what the reality was.

[@c123bthunderpig]

Very well said , I thought I was the only one who had high hopes for the series

[@c123bthunderpig]

@@johnye4433 you are completely wrong about air superiority - the Germans were tenacious and fought like hell till the last day. Aircraft losses were still high because of rookie crews, we could just put up more to replace them.

[@johnye4433]

@@c123bthunderpig Georing disbanded some air units into infantry, most of the remaining casualties were from flaks and mechanical

[@richardsmith2684]

sadly agree,,,,the Pacific excluded Tarawa because it wasnt the First marine div,,,,Tarawa could stand on its own as a series,

[@chiefmagalahi1559]

Wish they showed more of the dday missions I knew it would go like this started good but it’s going down to many story lines in my opinion

[@BrainPilot]

Yeah I wish it did too! I understand why they didn't because it was told through the perspective of Croz but I do wish we got to see more!

[@nepoliansumal3547]

Tbf the bomber did have a somewhat easier time because of the lack of the Luftwaffe

[@chiefmagalahi1559]

@@nepoliansumal3547 yea but still they could’ve shown more of it. If they made it longer it would have been better like Bob and the pacific are all 10 episodes

[@TheSocratesian]

Episodes 7 and 8 are hot garbage.

[@Legendary_UA]

There's a lot to wrap up in just one episode. Rosie "visits" Poland and Crosby being shot down. The comparison to BoB is normal, however you have to remember the last eight episodes of BoB only had to cover approximately 10 months in actual time while Masters is trying to cover almost two years in 6 episodes.

[@Tinyweiner2.0]

I didn't like this episode personally

[@rubbishmodeller]

That's no excuse for making this shit.

[@Tinyweiner2.0]

We wasted a whole epsiode watching rosenthal at Oxford and saw 5 minutes of tuskeegee I like the series but I mean it seems like they are missing some crucial parts here

[@BobHerzog1962]

The thing about the action on day is this: From the perspective of the airmen it wasn't all that exiteing. Doodlittles strategy of destroying the Luftwaffe by sending the Mustangs to the airfields and destroying their fighters whle landing and refuleing worked better than all the attempt to destroy air craft production ever did. By the time D-Day happenend the allies had not just air superiority in northern France they had supremacy. So all they could have shown were a lot of missions that went rather smothly. Yes there was still Flak, but overall it was actually more likley for the later crews to hit their 30 (and more) missions without injury or death than it was for those who had the "easier" number of 25 early on.

[@Seafariireland]

Excellent review!

[@BrainPilot]

Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed!

[@jwatari]

Episode 9 will 1 Hour 17 minutes

[@BrainPilot]

That's amazing! So glad it's gonna be over an hour

[@nash_355]

Well it has to be. They barely showed us any action in this one so the last has to wrap up the story fully. It should be at least 2 hours long.

[@jamesconfrey9117]

Thank you, only i would have liked 3 hrs. :)

[@_TheDarkHalf]

@@jamesconfrey9117yeah in all honesty it probably needs at least 3 lol

[@LizziFromCanada]

I agree about the timeline. They could have made more episodes. I would have enjoyed that and like you said, I will miss it when it ends.

[@Lexington101]

Nine episodes are not enough for this series.

[@MrSpock-wc2sy]

I just watched 12 O'clock High on You Tube. Great to watch as a Prequel to Masters.

[@stevej2451]

Excellent series that does feel rushed .. makes me wonder what the story would be if told over 20 episodes

[@richardsmith2684]

a masterpiece

[@TheSocratesian]

@@richardsmith2684 NOT!

[@richardsmith2684]

@@TheSocratesianif you are as much of a dolt usually ,,lost cause

[@cleverusername9369]

I for one couldn't care less about Crosby's time-consuming dalliance with Subaltern Forgettable McWhatsherface.

[@crazyonmyblock5956]

Everything seems a bit rushed. IDK if it will end well.

[@nash_355]

They should make a 2nd season about fighter pilots this time.

[@crazyonmyblock5956]

@@nash_355 indeed. would be better.

[@jamesconfrey9117]

Masters of the, air is great, but as a documentery. The way it`s cut, is to short for the last couple of eps, we could have spend a lot more time, with each of the segments played out, it all just goes by to fast, a petty because, you want to know a lot more about these people.

[@craggyexplores3070]

It's been a beast because all the characters are that good

[@itzSeapak]

Cant believe they didn’t show any action at DDAY😤

[@_TheDarkHalf]

Bro the fact they advertised that one clip. And then…DDAY was that one clip…is criminal lol..

[@richardsmith2684]

@@_TheDarkHalfmost of the bombing landed in land from the beach targets sadly,,

[@_TheDarkHalf]

@@richardsmith2684 yeah. But I’m sure they could have found somethin to show lol…in the biggest battle of all time haha. Just sayin

[@gacaptain]

Because of the unexpectedly bad weather during D-Day the bombing was not nearly as effective as they had hoped. That's one reason the soldiers on Omaha Beach caught so much hell.

[@_TheDarkHalf]

@@gacaptain true. I just feel like…with all the different people and stories they tried to cram in one episode it would have been better to have focused on at least something from DDAY. I dunno.

[@magnuslauglo5356]

I appreciate seeing the Tuskegee Airmen, but if they had introduced them earlier (as a sort of representation of the escort fighter experience) their inclusion might have seemed less tokenistic. The whole show just sometimes feels like a big story being told, but missing important chapters - like why didn't we see Quinn escape from Europe?

[@thegreatdominion949]

Generally speaking, when important new characters are introduced in the second to last episode of a series, something is desperately wrong.

[@bjornsmith9431]

Where Chuck Yeager and Clearance Bud Anderson stories the big week air offensive the escort that break the Luftwaffe in early 1944 why ?

[@Redwhiteblue-gr5em]

Chuck, Bud, Eggleston, Gabby, Robert Johnson, Gentile etc were the wrong color. That’s why only the Tuskegee airmen’s story was told instead.

[@bjornsmith9431]

@@Redwhiteblue-gr5em guess so being a White Fighter pilots is no !, no ! in woke Hollywood World War 2 films today, even though these Guys, you mentions are the aces that break the Luftwaffe in 1943 - 45 time frame, has I remember the Tuskegee Air men experiment never produce an aces, they came to the air fight after the Luftwaffe and there Axis allied was broken by late April- early May 44, before D day after June 6, 1944 the Luftwaffe was nearly dead, the Tuskegee fliers was doing escort by late July 1944 no much of the Luftwaffe pilots was left.

[@bjornsmith9431]

@@Redwhiteblue-gr5em those guys you mentioned are the aces that break the Luftwaffe in 1943- 1945, that give confident to General Eisenhower to say if you see planes in the sky to the ground troops there ours. The Luftwaffe and there Axis allied was breaking by April 1944 the great majority of there pilots was dead, the sky was allied rule the Tuskegee airmen take up bomber escorting by June 44 there barely any Axis fighters pilots in the west front left, but it the Tuskegee Airmen that mention when they never products an aces, Holly weird film fake history films, because they have an anti European descendents males agenda.

[@bjornsmith9431]

@Redwhiteblue-gr5em those guys you mentioned are the aces that break the Luftwaffe in 1943- 1945, that give confident to General Eisenhower to say if you see planes in the sky to the ground troops there ours. The Luftwaffe and there Axis allied was breaking by April 1944 the great majority of there pilots was dead, the sky was allied rule the Tuskegee airmen take up bomber escorting by June 44 there barely any Axis fighters pilots in the west front left, but it the Tuskegee Airmen that mention when they never products an aces, Holly weird film fake history films, because they have an anti European descendents males agenda.

[@SpitfireCGI]

The Tuskegee Airmen deserved longer airtime doing what they did best, their record in protecting the B-17's was impeccable ,they had great skills as fighter pilots and being the "little friends " to the Forts up in the air , we didn't really see them in that defensive and offensive role protecting the B-17's ,we just saw them crashing and D-Day seemed to be over in 10 seconds ! This episode didn't have much flying time either and all seemed a bit rushed . Masters of the Air perhaps needed to have many more episodes ..shame.

[@Zefram0911]

i feel exactly the same way about the passage of time in this show. i wanted to see more action on D Day.. but it was just glossed over and we ended up 2 months later. like WTF!?

[@BrainPilot]

Yeah it's a shame!

[@Stick4.4]

The Red tails story has been done already with 2 movies,would have been better about the actual escort squadron that escorted the 100th….also red tails p40’s didn’t have the Sharks teeth painted on the nose,from all pics I could find ,they had big numbers for identification on the nose, and no delay fuse on bombs? …first bomb would take out the guy following behind

[@crazyonmyblock5956]

Well, you just said ''from all pics i could find''. So, the shark teeth may be true, may be not.

[@swann433]

Red tails movie was just awful....

[@richardsmith2684]

yes it has,,,but as usual us types have to take what we get,,

[@rubbishmodeller]

They don't like the facts to get in the way of their story...

[@russellgreer2370]

I'm not aware that any "Tuskegee Airman" unit sport sharkmouth livery on it's P-40s. The CGI got kind of "cheesy" here. During the opening bomb scene in the P-40s, those airplanes were WAY too close to one another in trail formation for bomb release. The leader would've likely "fragged" one or more of the airplaines in trail behind him. When an airplane loses a wing, it will spin on its longitudinal axis away from the intact wing, not the other way. The intact wing is the one still producing lift. Production was a little sloppy in these sequences.

[@rubbishmodeller]

Glad I watched this because now I don't have to waste my time watching the whole episode - it looks dreadful! The Tuskegee Airmen deserve their own show, not being crudely tacked onto one they really have nothing to do with. And it's at the expense of actually focusing on the real story - the 100th. Not showing anything from D-Day is just pathetic.

[@Gr8estspySterlingArcher]

Think they intended for 10 episodes or maybe more but had to make cuts due to money I mean we saw nothing from DDAY that we didn’t get in the preview a 3 second CGI ocean with ships

[@BrainPilot]

Yeah I could have watched a whole episode of D-Day!

[@richardsmith2684]

I believe the series was planned for years then dropped out of sight,,a surprise to see it,,

[@PeterD75]

Probably the show deserved 2-3 more episodes for more fluent narrative . Plus with the final episode next week a documentary narrated by Tom Hanks will also be shown for the bloody hundred...🤔🤔

[@WayneByrne-hs3pz]

A little more footage of Tuskegee Airmen would have made a good series a brilliant series.

[@BrainPilot]

Yeah it would have been cool to have seen more!

[@JDski]

They bypassed the stories of the P51 pilots that actually covered them but instead had to cover the squad we've seen so many times over and over that weren't even with them.

[@Redwhiteblue-gr5em]

DEI and the woke agenda rears it’s ugly head

[@Red72618]

Ep.8 - June 6, 1944 to Oct 1944.

[@PuddleofOJ]

Jeez. This episode should’ve been strictly about them bombing at Normandy and the Tuskegee airmen, then close out the episode with buck and Bucky meeting the Tuskegee pilots and planning escape. To much stalag stuff and Crosby stressing out and not sleeping. These last two episodes would’ve had to been the best ones yet for me to even put this series anywhere close to BOB or the pacific. Show wasn’t bad but nothing of what I expected considering how great the first two series were, pretty let down.

[@gavin-cy]

I don't like how MOTA recreate the story of Red Tails. Red tails never equipped with any P-51D-25 which could fire HVAR rocket. And their role in 44-45 were mainly bomber escort, not ground attack. Just don't understand why there were so many legends in Red Tails but MOTA still created a fiction story from it. Maybe it was because Speilberg liked P-51 for ground attack like how he did in the empire of the sun and SPR🤷‍♂

[@rubbishmodeller]

The truth is twisted to make a story. Disgraceful.

[@gavin-cy]

@@rubbishmodeller Can't agree more

[@mattfulmer4243]

Yeah, he also used P-51's as "Tank Busters" in Saving Private Ryan....🙄

[@gavin-cy]

@@mattfulmer4243 P-47: 🙄

[@plp9894]

Lets be honest here masters of the air is not that good.

[@myselfmyself3872]

This was great until the last few episodes. Then it turned into fantasy drama. This is what would happen when I played with GI Joe guys as a kid. Not sure why they did this.

[@nissanzenkiboy]

I personally liked it it did need a bit more action but I’m happy regardless because it’s finally something that’s not completely woke

[@Agrippa-nl2rn]

Enjoy your recaps. I felt the episode was rushed. Didn't like the Crosby scenes, it felt over- dramatic,

[@donaldgrant9067]

Well I've watched every episode and by episode 8 I can't figure out why it is called masters of the air. The Bunk's are in a prison camp, the Tuskegee airmen are in the prison camp. The Navigator who works at headquarters is a speed freak and passes out and the only flying is a flash back to D Day. So not many are in the air to become masters. I was hoping for more from these people involved, they did such a good job of Band of Brothers and to a lesser extent Pacific and then they turn out this. I guess it is a progression down hill with their collaborations.

[@Redwhiteblue-gr5em]

No the reason for the huge difference between Bands and Pacific was because it was done when most of the WWII veterans were still alive and Hollywood and Media didn’t know what Woke was.

[@donaldgrant9067]

@@Redwhiteblue-gr5em So you noticed the difference between those movies. And now we have this Masters of the Air and it is even worse. Yep very disappointed in this series.

[@mojoneko8303]

That is my one and only complaint also. It should have been at least 12 episodes but this is still the best historical series I've watched in a long time other than Shogun. That is well done also.

[@BrainPilot]

Yeah I wish it was longer too to be honest!

[@O1993-f8u]

HBO rejected the show because of budget. A D-Day episode would’ve raised the budget too much. The narrator said there wasn’t any resistance on that day. At this point, the U.S. had air superiority. I doubt a D-Day episode would have been particularly exciting but perhaps a nice contrast to the start of the war.

[@TheSocratesian]

You are horribly misinformed. The 8th AF existed to pave the way for D-Day and the operations in the weeks before and after D-Day were crucial and what the entire show and books it is based on are about.

[@EdLeslie-h4w]

The Pacific?

[@BrainPilot]

I'm going to continue breaking that down very soon!

[@s.t.3041]

The 99th Firing Squad? Huh?

[@rubbishmodeller]

02:21 The Army Sargeant didn't say blacks to the left - he actually used the n-word...

[@wt1272]

1:21 Where they were treated "differently" 😂

[@garysimpson3900]

We all know that the Tuskagee airman story inserted into a drama series about the 100th Bomb Group is just diversity "Box Ticking". Producers are not allowed to make a programme or advert without having ethnic minorities involved these days. I am still waiting for the statutory homosexual/lesbian character, perhaps they will appear in the final episode.

[@NEILL0608]

I knew that I wouldn't get too far into the comments before I started seeing racist comments.

[@catherinelw9365]

@@NEILL0608 Racism, blah blah blah. You maxed out your "racism" card and no one cares.

[@richardsmith2684]

agree with your premise,,not in those days openly lol

[@WayneKing53054]

The three black pilots who were shot down were in the same camp with Buck and Bucky.

[@rubbishmodeller]

I thought the homosexual stuff was covered nicely in the Buck/Bucky thread!

[@tonykeith76]

The only good episodes were the first three.. The seventh was a "Star Wars" episode...But who cares? Ep 8: ....In Europe, the P-51 never used HVAR rockets... But who cares? And...When a target was attacked, the fighters were coming from different directions to disperse the anti-aircraft fire....But who cares? 🤣

[@aeromatt]

agreed the time changes are a big problem with this show.

[@BrainPilot]

Yeah it's such a small thing, but it does just transport you out of it for a brief moment. Rather than it all just flowing smoothly

[@everesth2751]

This series went from a good enough start to a pretty forgetfull uninteresting piece of content this series had a lot of potential and how could they skip out on the dday bombings

[@observer4916]

this show started off well, especially when they were actually focusing on the nigh-suicidal bombing raids. but by God was this episode dog shit. the POW camp stuff is so painfully boring

[@Kammitoes]

I don't have any problem with the time passing I have to say. But a couple of things about your commentary. 1. the word is "reality" not realness (no such word). 2. what's wrong with people that they don't understand the difference between 'ground and floor' and roof and ceiling'. Bucky/Buck were fighting on the 'ground' not the floor.

[@XxBloggs]

Episode 8 had terrible CGI terrible writing. The Tuskegee airman and the SOF stuff was simply to appeal to the American black vs white thing and women. It was a waste of an episode.

[@mikeb.7183]

I think now that the survivors of WWII are few and far between the attention to detail that we got with Band of Brothers is slipping away. The Red Tails storyline seemed forced, it might be a great story it just didn’t fit into this one.

[@longshanks1978]

This series would of been better based in the prisoner of war camps and pilots who have crashed and survived being chased by the nazis across europe ,anyone agree

[@demi3115]

That sounds like an interesting idea, tbf.

[@johndillinger4392]

If you’re looking to learn about history this is a great series. Looking for action than watch the pacific or band of brothers. I personally think master of air is boring

[@c123bthunderpig]

Nothing but actors in wardrobe who know nothing about what these airmen went through and CGI, That's why I don't watch the series

[@alankordzikowski7670]

Agreed. You watch movies from the late 40’s, 50’s and 60’s and most of those actors served in the military at some point if not directly in ww2. Gives them some credibility

[@dvtye3378]

You know people are just making shit up when the comments in this video are either ‘Tuskegee Airmen should have had more time’ or ‘Tuskegee Airmen should not have been in the show”. Ya’ll were gonna bitch either way.

[@mattfulmer4243]

Totally disagree. I think most of the viewers of the series are big fans of WW2 aviation history and have GREAT affection for the accomplishments of the Tuskegee Airmen. The problem is the historical inaccuracies, and the feeling that they were shoehorned into the episode strictly to get that DEI Box checked.

[@AyeYoBoxingWithMadiba]

@@mattfulmer4243 it sounds to me that “DEI” has rotted your brain

[@USCTrojansOwn]

There was no need for the Tuskegee squadron!!!!!

[@BJohnson22727]

What?

[@whattodolou173]

Horrible job executing this episode.

[@chadhaskins5653]

Build up to D-Day with it covered for all of 5 seconds. This show has been a mess I think, too much standing around talking. Did they not have budget for more missions? A lot of odd side character scenes with no real point. Disappointing they've been working on this for 10yrs or so and this is what they came up with.

[@TheFergyme]

Weak episode. Really weak. Terrible CGI and the sense that the Tuskegee Airmen were tacked on to somehow make sure and bring in minority soldiers was really terrible. The Tuskegee Airmen deserve a series of their own.

[@Redwhiteblue-gr5em]

They already had two movies. Meanwhile the 357th Fighter Group and the 56th Fighter Group had the best and most prolific air aces in the ETO and did ten times more than the Tuskegee Airmen to win the air war has zero movies.

[@TheFergyme]

I get the sense that racism has more to do with your comment than anything else.@@Redwhiteblue-gr5em

[@alpinestar6125]

Very disappointing series. It’s all over the place and lacks the feel and authenticity of BOB and The Pacific.

[@uchinan_chiburu]

why is this series only 9 eps? I think The Pacific is better than this series.

[@BrainPilot]

Not sure why there's only 9! Would have been good if there were 10

[@David-ll2nq]

Who is to blame for the way our beloved Black airmen were treated? That great Democratic President. F.D.R. BIGGEST RACIST PRESIDENT EVER.

[@mattfulmer4243]

To be honest, it was a HORRIBLE episode. Historically SO very inaccurate. This was nothing more than a DEI Box Checker. No surprise, actually if you look at who the Director was and who one of the main "writers" was. Sad. VERY...sad....

[@surferdude44444]

Worst episode of the series……..and I am/was a fan.

[@BrainPilot]

That's a shame!

[@cindkrkdncv5963]

one of the best episode

[@spanishroyalty1254]

This was the worst episode. Bad acting, bad dialogue. Also it’s dumb to me that they don’t answer simple questions to the German guy. It’s not like he’s asking for secrets. Just be polite.

[@XxBloggs]

Oh come on. The Germans were not being polite. They were trying to get information out of the airmen. Tried and true method.

[@cindkrkdncv5963]

one of the best episode all this

[@spannerpasser]

Name, rank and number is the standard response to questions when captured by an enemy. Interrogation isn’t always a brutal experience and answering a personal question gives them an in to then exploit and cause you more stress. Ie start to go on about your wife and children and how they won’t ever see you again unless you comply. I one attended a briefing by military intelligence and the officer giving the presentation asked one a about 5 questions. His answers were then explained to us on what they could do with it. It was frightening stuff.

[@kskitchens9964]

1-2-8 episodes are worst

[@ericwalter4771]

This whole series is a massive nothing burger of disappointment.

[@Andropodos]

They've drifted off way too much? Too little action and too many time jumps. Tuskegee was only in the show for the woke movement. Gone downhill episode by episode

[@demi3115]

This was a terrible, terrible episode. Also, too mcuh focus on the guys that crashed - i understand telling the story how ti was in the POW camp... but, blegh. episode 7 was a filler-episode, whicih is ridiculous for a 9 episiode series.

[@screenwriter44]

Tuskegee Airmen, brave men who served their country, BUT not part of the story. Crosby's little spy chick friend with benefits, NOT part of the story. This whole series took a turn after episode 3 into the toilet. It's up there with SAS Woke Heroes as one of the WORST WW Deuce creations by Hollywood. I thought it was going to be a combo of 12 O'Clock High and BoB. It's a Looney Tune CGI cartoon with bad acting, even worse writing and a whole lot of woke idiocy. Masters of Wokeness is the Godfather 3 of the Hanks and Spielberg WW 2 series and films. Thumbs down!

[@svenhaheim]

They had to ruin it by adding the tuskagee airmen to hit the woke quota in the end all cudos to those airmen but this was supposed to be about the bombers, now its become to same character oversaturated mess the pacific was.

[@crazyonmyblock5956]

woke lol cant be serious.

[@_TheDarkHalf]

Bro I am having a hard time accepting this but it’s true. They totally threw them in to fill the woke quota and it’s so frustrating. With a show already losing focus in the last few episodes…it’s rough…Because you’re right…the last 3 really lost their footing in my opinion so throwing them in there was the icing on the cake. It’s a shame dude. Years of waiting for this..

[@_TheDarkHalf]

@@crazyonmyblock5956 I think so. According to the book the Tuskegee airmen had nothing to do with the story. Buck briefly crossed paths with one of them in the stalag and that’s it. It feels like they were thrown in there to fill the diversity gap.

[@svenhaheim]

@@crazyonmyblock5956 found the leftie.

[@WaitAMinute1989]

@@crazyonmyblock5956 He can't read. LMAO

[@TheSocratesian]

This episode sucked. Whoever wrote and or directed it should be embarrassed.

[@Bloodgod40]

You sanitized a bit what was said to Alexander Jefferson as he came down the gang plank. It wasn't even "blacks to the left" it was... "N-----s to the left." It was that bad.