7.9/101,269 votes#1 - Get Some
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/13/2008
Marines prepare to invade Iraq at the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom; while the Marines wait to receive their orders at Camp Mathilda in Kuwait, they learn that Rolling Stone columnist Evan Wright will be embedded with them.
Director: Susanna White
Writer: David Simon, Ed Burns
8.1/101,088 votes#2 - The Cradle of Civilization
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/20/2008
Bravo Company gets an order to treat any Iraqi, holding a weapon, as a hostile.
Director: Susanna White
Writer: David Simon, Ed Burns
8.3/101,008 votes#3 - Screwby
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/27/2008
Bravo Company waits for their next orders, while scoping out a roadside firefight, they watch in shock as a regimental combat team arrives with guns blazing.
Director: Susanna White
Writer: Ed Burns, David Simon
8.2/10977 votes#4 - Combat Jack
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/3/2008
After capturing an Iraqi airstrip, the First Recon is ahead of the other American and Coalition troops, which gives them time to regroup.
Director: Simon Cellan Jones
Writer: David Simon
8.6/10997 votes#5 - A Burning Dog
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/10/2008
First Recon get their orders to cross a local Iraqi bridge, which gives them their first chance to use local Iraqi citizens. As First Recon gets closer to the bridge, they are ambushed.
Director: Simon Cellan Jones
Writer: Ed Burns, David Simon
8.3/10948 votes#6 - Stay Frosty
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/17/2008
First Recon get their next mission, which is to help escort the Iraqi civilians leaving Baghdad from a nearby highway, while trying to help them flee, the men see the humanity in the Iraqi civilians; First Recon come to the realization that since Baghdad is the next stop for American and Coalition forces, their war is almost at a close.
Director: Simon Cellan Jones
Writer: Ed Burns, David Simon
8.6/10979 votes#7 - Bomb in the Garden
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/24/2008
Having reached Baghdad, Bravo Team is shocked at the size of the city; while First Recon begin doing their daily patrols in Baghdad, they find out the obstacles that they and the Iraqis face is much greater than they could ever think of.
Director: Susanna White
Writer: David Simon
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The first 40 days of the war in Iraq as seen through the eyes of an elite group of U.S. Marines who spearheaded the invasion...
Genres:War & PoliticsDramaAction & Adventure
Network:HBO
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Get Some" is the best rated episode of "Generation Kill" season 1. It scored 7.9/10 based on 1269 votes. Directed by Susanna White and written by David Simon, Ed Burns, it aired on 7/13/2008. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Cradle of Civilization".