History Recap / MastersOfTheAirS1E04PartFour

* WatchingTroyBurn: Being on the receiving end of an enemy bombing raid during his leave in London clearly has a profound effect on Bucky, making him ask himself some uncomfortable questions about the morality of the bombing raids he's participated in himself.

* CoverIdentityAnomaly: A "BlinkAndYouMissIt" one. [[spoiler: Before shooting "Bob", the suspected German infiltrator, the Belgian Resistance Members ask him for a light. The cigarette lighter "Bob" pulls out is not a classic "Zippo" lighter ubiquitous to the American Military, but rather a model made ''only'' in Austria, something that wouldn't make sense for an American to have on hand. Once the Belgians see this, they shoot "Bob" on the spot]].

* SurvivorGuilt: Quinn is guilt-stricken over saving himself after he couldn't save Baby Face, and initially lies to Bailey about Baby Face's fate rather than admit to what happened.

* RewatchBonus: Watching the Belgian Resistance scenes again make it easy to see the signs that [[spoiler: "Bob" is a German Spy. He has an oddly calm demeanor compared to the other two American Pilots, particularly for someone who (supposedly) recently escaped a violent plane crash, is now stuck in German-occupied territory, and is about to being interrogated by the Belgian Resistance (as though he was expecting to meet them). He writes the current date the European way rather than the American method. And finally, when he is shot, the lighter he drops is an Austrian Model instead of an American Zippo lighter]].

* RewatchBonus: Watching the Belgian Resistance scenes again make it easy to see the signs that [[spoiler: "Bob" is a German Spy. He has an oddly calm demeanor compared to the other two American Pilots, particularly for someone who (supposedly) recently escaped a violent plane crash, is now stuck in German-occupied territory, and is about to being interrogated by the Belgian Resistance (as though he was expecting to meet them). He writes the current date the European way rather than the American method. And finally, when he is shot, the lighter he drops is an Austrian Model instead of an American Zippo lighter]].

* AcceptableTargets: After Bucky informs a woman he meets that he's a pilot, she zings him with the traditional pilot joke:
-->'''Polish Cafe Patron''': You know how to tell if a man is a pilot?
-->'''Bucky''': How?
-->'''Polish Cafe Patron''': He'll tell you!

* GeniusBonus: What led the interrogators to their conclusion? [[spoiler: "Bob" wrote the date in the European style, day-month-year instead of month-day-year, and with the digits written European-style as well. He also sang the National Anthem confidently while getting a lyric wrong, as if he had studied the song but not been around many Americans singing it, and finally when asked for a light, he produced an Austrian lighter instead of an American or British one.]]

* ImpostorExposingTest: The downed airmen are taken to a back room and told to give their names, both verbally and in writing, and are quizzed about various details like sports trivia, asked about statues in London, and if they can name and sing the National Anthem. Notably, all of the airmen struggle to answer every question and sing the (notoriously difficult to sing) "The Star-Spangled Banner" [[spoiler: After Bailey and Quinn talk about how nervous they were during the interrogation, Bob gets shot as a probable infiltrator.]]

* DoubleTap: [[spoiler: The Belgian Resistance Members shoot “Bob” in the head with a revolver after concluding he’s a German Infiltrator. After “Bob” falls to the ground, they put another bullet in him to make sure he’s dead and won’t report them to the Germans]].

* CoverIdentityAnomaly: A "BlinkAndYouMissIt" one. [[spoiler: Before shooting "Bob", the Belgian Resistance Members ask him for a light. The cigarette lighter "Bob" pulls out is not a classic "Zippo" lighter ubiquitous to the American Military, but rather a model made ''only'' in Austria, something that wouldn't make sense for an American to have on hand. Once the Belgians see this, they shoot "Bob" on the spot]].

* GeniusBonus: What led the interrogators to their conclusion? [[spoiler: Bob wrote the date in the European style, day-month-year instead of month-day-year, and with the digits written European-style as well. He also sang the National Anthem confidently while getting a lyric wrong, as if he had studied the song but not been around many Americans singing it, and finally when asked for a light, he produced an Austrian lighter instead of an American or British one.]]

* RewatchBonus: Watching the Belgian Resistance scenes again make it easy to see the signs that [[spoiler: "Bob" is a German Spy. He has a very calm demeanor compared to the other two American Pilots, like he was expecting to meet the Belgian Resistance. He writes the current date the European way rather than the American method. And finally, when he is shot, the lighter he drops is an Austrian Model instead of an American Zippo lighter]].

* CoverIdentityAnomaly: A blink-&-you'll-miss-it one. [[spoiler: Before shooting "Bob", the Belgian Resistance Members ask him for a light. The cigarette lighter "Bob" pulls out is not a classic "Zippo" lighter ubiquitous to the American Military, but rather a model made ''only'' in Austria, something that wouldn't make sense for an American to have on hand. Once the Belgians see this, they shoot "Bob" on the spot]].

* RewatchBonus: Watching the Belgian Resistance scenes again make it easy to see that [[spoiler: "Bob" is a German Spy. He has a very calm demeanor compared to the other two American Pilots, like he was expecting to meet the Belgian Resistance. He writes the current date the European way rather than the American method. And finally, when he is shot, the lighter he drops is an Austrian Model instead of an American Zippo lighter]].

* AmbigousSitution: At the end of the episode both the troops back at the base and the audience are left wondering what happened to the missing aircrews. We hear reports from the surviving aircrews but they might not be 100% reliable due to the heat of battle. Both the characters and the audience are left to wonder who lived and who died.

* LifeDeathJuxtaposition: Bucky and the Polish widow have sex while a German air raid is happening outside. Further, they [[DiscussedTrope discuss the trope while they do it.]]

* ImpostorExposingTest: The downed airmen are taken to a back room and told to give their names, both verbally and in writing, and are quizzed about various details like sports trivia, asked about statues in London, and if they can name and sing the National Anthem. Notably, all of the airmen struggle to answer every question and sing the (notoriously difficult to sing) "The Star-Spangled Banner" [[spoiler: After Bailey and Quinn talk about how nervous they were during the interrogation, Bob gets shot as a probable infiltrator.]]

* ImpostorExposingTest: The downed airmen are taken to a back room and told to give their names, both verbally and in writing, and are quizzed about various details like sports trivia, asked about statues in London, and if they can name and sing the National Anthem. Notably, all of the airmen struggle to answer every question and sing the (notoriously difficult to sing) "The Star-Spangled Banner" [[spoiler: except for Bob, who gets shot in the head as a probable German infiltrator.]]

* ImpostorExposingTest: The downed airmen are taken to a back room and told to give their names, both verbally and in writing, and are quizzed about various details like sports trivia, asked about statues in London, and if they can name and sing the National Anthem. Notably, all of the airmen struggle to answer every question and sing the (notoriously difficult to sing) "The Star-Spangled Banner" [[spoiler: except for Bob, who gets shot in the head as a probable German infiltrator.]]
* MilestoneCelebration: The 100th is celebrating one of their crews who completed Twenty-Five missions and is being sent home. It turns out to be a bittersweet affair because they are all painfully aware of how many already have been killed or captured, and how low the odds are for the rest of them.

* ImpostorExposingTest: The downed airmen are taken to a back room and told to give their names, both verbally and in writing, and are quizzed about various details like sports trivia, asked about statues in London, and if they can name and sing the National Anthem. Notably, all of the airmen struggle to answer every question and sing the (notoriously difficult to sing) "The Star-Spangled Banner" [[spoiler: except for Bob, who gets shot in the head as a probable German infiltrator.]]

* Foreshadowing: Nash and Helen's flirting:

* ImpostorExposingTest: The downed airmen are taken to a back room and told to give their names, write their initials and the date, and are quizzed about various details like sports trivia, asked about statues in London, and if they can name and sing the National Anthem. Notably, all of the airmen struggle to answer every question and sing the (notoriously difficult to sing) "The Star-Spangled Banner" [[spoiler: except for Bob, who gets shot in the head as a likely German infiltrator.]]