Limited Series – Masters of the Air

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Jan 2024

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During World War II, airmen risk their lives with the 100th Bomb Group, a brotherhood forged by courage, loss and triumph.

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Soaring high with its immaculate production design and acutely well-observed characters, Masters of the Air can stand proud alongside its sibling series Band of Brothers and The Pacific.

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Mike Hale

New York Times

03/15/2024

Orloff and Shiban make choices that are in some cases puzzling, in others explicable but dramatically wrongheaded.

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Graeme Blundell

The Australian

02/17/2024

It was tough to make out what was going on, and it’s the same with Masters of the Air. The fog of war is deep indeed.

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Michael Idato

The Age (Australia)

02/02/2024

3/5

Masters of the Air attempts the same [as Band of Brothers and The Pacific] but with less success. And yet, it holds itself together. Mostly. Cary Joji Fukunaga’s direction is crisp.

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Ed Power

Irish Times

Apr 8

Butler and Keoghan command their share of screen time. But the show’s momentum flows through its huge corps of pilots, gunners, mechanics and ground crew (and a navigator portrayed by west Belfast actor Anthony Boyle).

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Archi Sengupta

LeisureByte.com

07/04/2024

3.5/5

History buffs and lovers of drama and war shows will have a field day with this series that keeps it real and moving.

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Joonatan Itkonen

Region Free

07/03/2024

5/5

Masters of Air isn’t just a good TV series, it’s an all-time great one. Easily comparable to Band of Brothers as a colossal prestige drama, the kind that we’ll look back on in another 20 years, wondering how good we had it.

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Hugh S

@RT77057868 Mar 6

Whilst I didn't particularly warm to the Buck and Bucky characters the overall production was excellent. The bombing raid scenes were superb. It's so nice to see a modern production untainted by identity politics.

Oscar L

@AnotherStupidAccpunt Feb 2

This show is absolutely awful. The biggest waste of time ever. At first I kept hoping that the next episode would be better. Then I just started wishing that all the planes would be shot down so the show would end. They were shot down, but no, the show kept going and just got worse. The aerial combat is meh, we've seen it before, and whoever made the decision to have most of the combat shot from within the planes and shown completely as pov should never work in Hollywood again. As for the characters. Omg, there was nothing there. You'd care more reading a wikipedia article. Just a god awful pos series from top to bottom. This is not Band of Brothers that's for sure.

Julian P

@JulianPoulter Dec 12

Shame because I love the WW2 movies and particularly those about the air force. Very rarely does a single character spoil it for me but Austin Butler is so over the top cheesy American that I simply couldnt watch it.

Johnny S

@RT20108234 Nov 14

BoB sequel, pretty decent, but 5mins into it Jesus that guy looks stupid with a toothpick in his mouth. With CGI flying too many planes in the sky it almost looks like AI generated content. Also a wankfest.

MisterCrow B

@RT70674714 Oct 31

Created by the same people who made Band of Brothers, you know this isn't going to disappoint. And it sure does deliver

Sam S

@RT94157041 Oct 16

Good series. Expected more. But overall a good watch.

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Austin Butler

Maj. Gale "Buck" Cleven

Callum Turner

Maj. John "Bucky" Egan

Anthony Boyle

Lt. Harry Crosby

Nate Mann

Lt. Robert "Rosie" Rosenthal

Rafferty Law

Sgt. Ken Lemmons

Barry Keoghan

Lt. Curtis Biddick

Episode 1

Aired Jan 26, 2024

Part One

Led by Majs. Cleven and Egan, the 100th Bomb Group arrives in England and joins the 8th Air Force's campaign against Nazi Germany.

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Episode 2

Aired Jan 26, 2024

Part Two

The 100th bombs German U-boat pens in Norway; with the help of Lt. Crosby's navigating, a damaged B-17 struggles to get back to Britain.

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Episode 3

Aired Feb 2, 2024

Part Three

The group participates in its largest mission to date, the bombing of vital aircraft manufacturing plants deep within Germany.

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Episode 4

Aired Feb 9, 2024

Part Four

Lt. Rosenthal joins the 100th just as one of its crews reaches a milestone; the U-boat pens at Bremen become a target for the second time.

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Episode 5

Aired Feb 16, 2024

Part Five

Rosie's next mission signals a significant shift in the 100th's bombing strategy; Crosby receives a promotion, but it comes with a high price.

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Episode 6

Aired Feb 23, 2024

Part Six

Rosie and his crew are sent to rest at a country estate: Crosby meets an intriguing British officer at Oxford; Egan faces the essence of Nazi evil.

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Episode 7

Aired Mar 1, 2024

Part Seven

The prisoners of Stalag Luft III attempt to connect with the outside world; Berlin becomes the 100th's primary target; Rosie makes a crucial decision.

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Episode 8

Aired Mar 8, 2024

Part Eight

Crosby prepares for D-Day; the POWs wonder how the Allied landing will affect their fate; Tuskegee pilots attack targets in Southern France.

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Episode 9

Aired Mar 15, 2024

Part Nine

The POWs are marched across Germany, and Rosie makes a gruesome discovery, as the war comes to its conclusion.

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