Masters of the Air

This article contains spoilers forMasters of the Air .

Summary

Long beforeMasters of the Airpremiered on Apple TV+ , the series was marketed as a companion toBand of Brotherswith an amazing ensemble cast conduce byElvisstar , Austin Butler , however a plot braid in instalment 4 means that this marketing architectural plan may have been a lie all along . Masters of the Airfollows the humankind of the centesimal Bomb Group as they take on German forces in the spring and summer of 1943 . Though countless men make up the 100th , one of the very best isAustin Butler ’s Major Gale ' Buck ' Cleven .

While the first episodes ofMasters of the Airfollow Cleven fairly closely , showing his reaching at Thorpe Abbotts and his first mission , episode 4 changes everything for Buck Cleven . While Major John ' Bucky ' Egan move on a personal day , Cleven sets off on a delegacy to Bremen . Unlike past mission , Masters of the Airdoes not show this one . Instead , it is reveal that Cleven and his bunch did not make it back . The seriesdoes not offer explanation or give sneak peeksat Buck ’s fate . He is simply run . This alteration signify Buck ca n’t perchance be the lead .

overlord of the Air episode 4 did something with its master character that Goetzman , Hanks and Spielberg ’s Band of Brothers never would in 2000 .

Masters of the Air TV Show Poster showing Austin Butler and Several Air Pilots in World War II Uniforms

Austin Butler’s Buck Cleven No Longer Seems Like Masters Of The Air’s Main Character

ThoughMasters of the Airdid a good job of concenter on Buck Cleven while also provide the perspective of the other members of the 100th , this guinea pig is no longer the same . After episode 4 , Cleven isgone from the story , and he does not re-emerge in episode 5 or in the teaser for installment 6 . With only nine episode in the show , that means he is absentminded for a third of the news report . It also does not aid that all the charactersbelieve Buck to be dead .

How could a take for granted dead man keep leading a series ?

What makes this choice specially unusual is thatMasters of the Airmade it seem like Austin Butler was the chief character of the serial publication . LikeBand of Brothers’Dick Winters , Cleven would be the drawing card that everyone could expect up to , and who would survive the war with several accomplishments to be proud of . However , the serial completely sidetrack that with his disappearance . And while the genuine Buck Cleven did disappear after the Bremen delegacy , it is strange thatMasters of the Airwould not delay in on him for three whole episodes . That ruins his independent lineament status .

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Austin Butler’s Buck Probably Can’t Become Masters Of The Air’s Main Character Again

The unfortunate true statement is that Gale ' dollar bill ' Cleven can not become the main character again . harmonise to chronicle , Cleven escape the Bremen charge alive and then expend the rest of the war as a POW at Stalag Luft III . Notably , he reunited with Major John Egan there as well . Despite this , Cleven likelycannot go the rest of the serial . ThoughMasters of the Airmay follow him once again at the POW coterie , it seems likely that the show will continue mainly focusing on the 100th ’s missions . This finally exit Cleven as a supporting plot line rather than the main lineament .

Cast

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Callum Turner and Austin Butler as John Egan and Gale Cleven in Masters of the Air

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