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The Pacific

TV·2010–2010·1 season, 10 episodes·HBO·Drama, Action, War·1h·8.3·Created by Bruce C. McKenna

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The Pacific is an epic ten-part miniseries. The Pacific tracks the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. The miniseries follows these men and their fellow Marines from their first battle with the Japanese on Guadalcanal, through the rain forests of Cape Gloucester and the strongholds of Peleliu, across the bloody sands of Iwo Jima and through the horror of Okinawa, and finally to their triumphant but uneasy return home after V-J Day.

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  1. 01The Pacific S01E09Part NineS01E09 · 8.6After battling across the island of Okinawa for more than a month, Sledge and the rest of the 1st Marine Division are ordered to relieve an Army division that has been in combat against the most strongly defended Japanese position on the island. The primordial conditions and the moral dilemma posed by the presence of civilians put tremendous strain on the physical and psychological endurance of Sledge and the other Marines.
  2. 02The Pacific S01E02Part TwoS01E02 · 8.4Basilone and the 7th Marines arrive on Guadalcanal to reinforce Leckie and the rest of the 1st Marine Division as they continue to defend the crucial airstrip. Basilone plays a key role in repelling a nighttime Japanese attack, but suffers a frightful personal loss. After four months of continuous action, the exhausted and disease-ridden members of the 1st Marine Division are evacuated off the island.
  3. 03The Pacific S01E06Part SixS01E06 · 8.3Despite 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.

Castfull cast & details

James Badge DaleJames Badge DalePfc. Robert LeckieJon SedaJon SedaSgt. John BasiloneJoseph MazzelloJoseph MazzelloPfc. Eugene SledgeAshton HolmesAshton HolmesPfc. Sidney PhillipsJosh HelmanJosh HelmanPfc. Lew "Chuckler" JuergensRami MalekRami MalekCpl. Merriell "Snafu" SheltonKeith NobbsKeith NobbsPfc. Wilbur "Runner" ConleyMartin McCannMartin McCannPfc. R.V. Burgin

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2010Aired 8.2Season avg
  1. S01E01The Pacific S01E01Part OneMarch 14, 2010 8.2In the immediate aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Marine Sgt. John Basilone prepares to ship out and confront the enemy som
  2. S01E02The Pacific S01E02Part TwoMarch 21, 2010 8.4Basilone and the 7th Marines arrive on Guadalcanal to reinforce Leckie and the rest of the 1st Marine Division as they continue to defend th
  3. S01E03The Pacific S01E03Part ThreeMarch 28, 2010 7.9Physically and mentally debilitated after the four-month ordeal on Guadalcanal, Leckie, Basilone and thousands of their comrades land in Mel
  4. S01E04The Pacific S01E04Part FourApril 4, 2010 8.0Finally enlisted as a Marine, Sledge trains for combat at Camp Elliott. The 1st Marine Division lands at Cape Gloucester on the Japanese-hel
  5. S01E05The Pacific S01E05Part FiveApril 11, 2010 8.1Basilone's celebrity grows as he travels across the country on the war bonds tour. On Pavuvu, Sledge, assigned to the 5th Marines, 1st Marin
  6. S01E06The Pacific S01E06Part SixApril 18, 2010 8.3Despite the suffocating 115-degree heat and a lack of clean drinking water, Sledge, Leckie and the other Marines confront the highly-fortifi
  7. S01E07The Pacific S01E07Part SevenApril 25, 2010 8.3The Marines, including the newly christened "Sledgehammer," continue the battle of Peleliu against an enemy determined to fight to the last
  8. S01E08The Pacific S01E08Part EightMay 2, 2010 8.1Increasingly frustrated by his role campaigning for war bonds, Basilone convinces the Marines to allow him to train troops headed for combat
  9. S01E09The Pacific S01E09Season's bestPart NineMay 9, 2010 8.6After battling across the island of Okinawa for more than a month, Sledge and the rest of the 1st Marine Division are ordered to relieve an
  10. S01E10The Pacific S01E10Part TenMay 16, 2010 8.1After the Japanese surrender, Leckie, healed from his wounds, leaves the hospital and returns home, while Sledge heads back to Alabama to be

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