The Men and the Boys

This is a well written and acted episode. To save a friend pilot disobeys orders, putting his own crew at increased risk, as well as the whole squadron. His punishment leads to low moral and poor performance. Frank Overton as Major Stovall is the man in the middle, trying to support Savage and the pilots John Larkin as General Crow twice pressures Savage because of the poor performance -"We won't win this war this year or the next...but we can lose it now" Later he points out that everyone is expendable, even Savage. Hearing that now is really weird, because both John Larkin and Bob Lansing don't return in the next season, John died from a heart attack, and Bob was dumped despite giving the performance of a lifetime.