The BEST episodes written by Robert Schenkkan
#1 - Part Ten
The Pacific - Season 1 - Episode 10
After the Japanese surrender, Leckie, healed from his wounds, leaves the hospital and returns home, while Sledge heads back to Alabama to be reunited with his family and Sid Phillips. Lena visits Basilone’s home and has an emotional meeting with his family. Leckie adjusts to post-war life by resuming his old job and starting a new relationship, but for Sledge, unsure why he survived the war seemingly unscathed, adjustment will require more time.
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#2 - Part Six
The Pacific - Season 1 - Episode 6
Despite the suffocating 115-degree heat and a lack of clean drinking water, Sledge, Leckie and the other Marines confront the highly-fortified enemy as they attempt to capture the Peleliu airfield. After seeing his comrades badly injured, Leckie himself is wounded and evacuated from the island. Sledge witnesses the shocking truth about what is sometimes required to survive and fight another day.
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#3 - Part Eight
The Pacific - Season 1 - Episode 8
Increasingly frustrated by his role campaigning for war bonds, Basilone convinces the Marines to allow him to train troops headed for combat. Transferred to Camp Pendleton, he enjoys a whirlwind romance with an initially reluctant female Marine, Lena Riggi. But the couple know they are living on borrowed time, as Basilone is soon to take part in the Marine landing on Iwo Jima.
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#4 - Part Four
The Pacific - Season 1 - Episode 4
Finally enlisted as a Marine, Sledge trains for combat at Camp Elliott. The 1st Marine Division lands at Cape Gloucester on the Japanese-held island of New Britain. As Leckie and the other Marines battle the Japanese, they quickly realize that the more ominous enemy is the smothering jungle itself. Having survived Gloucester and stationed on the godforsaken island of Pavuvu, Leckie begins displaying the physical and mental effects of combat and is sent to a naval hospital on nearby Banika for psychiatric observation.
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#5 - Part 1
The Andromeda Strain - Season 1 - Episode 1
After a satellite crashes, the entire population of a small town is wiped out by a deadly plague, except for one man and one baby. A team of specialists is activated and tasked to find a cure for what is called "The Andromeda Strain". The army tries to discredit and silence an addicted reporter who discovers that something dangerous is going on.
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#6 - Part 2
The Andromeda Strain - Season 1 - Episode 2
While the team of scientists are still frantically searching for a cure, investigative reporter Jack Nash literally comes under fire. The president has to make a difficult decision and in order to prevent a nuclear disaster that would actually strengthen the "Andromeda Strain", the team have to overcome the building's safeguards aimed at preventing contamination.
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