The Long Road Home - Season 1

Season 1
This November, National Geographic will premiere a gripping, intimate look at the human toll war takes on both soldiers and their families in a brand new scripted series The Long Road Home. Based on the New York Times best-selling book by internationally acclaimed journalist Martha Raddatz,The Long Road Home tells the story of April 4, 2004, when a small platoon of soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division out of Fort Hood, Texas, was ferociously ambushed in the teeming, maze-like Baghdad suburb of Sadr City — a day that would come to be known in US military annals as "Black Sunday." The series offers an intimate window into the experience of war as seen through the eyes of the soldiers themselves and the families back home. It is an adrenaline-fuelled and heart-filled journey that follows the action of the battle on two simultaneous fronts — the chaotic, terror filled streets of Sadr City, where a group of inexperienced young soldiers face an unexpected and unimaginable attack, and the home front at Fort Hood, where family members, desperate for news of their loved ones and fearing the worst, discover their own bravery as well. The eight part series, which lasts the exact amount of time the soldiers were pinned down, tells the story of not only these men, but also those in the three desperate rescue missions launched to save them.

Episodes

Black Sunday: The Road to War
It's the first day on patrol for Task Force Lancer when troops under Lt. Shane Aguero are ambushed during a routine sanitation mission.

Black Sunday: The Eye of the Storm
Lt Shane Aguero and his platoon take refuge in a house and set up defensive positions, while at Camp War Eagle, Volesky and Denomy launch a rescue mission to retake the city and free their men.

Into the Unknown
Denomy leads the first rescue into Sadr City under heavy fire. It's clear the locals have been preparing for this ambush for weeks.

In the Valley of Death
Before Staff Sgt. Robert Miltenberger's deployment, he is overcome by a strong premonition that he will die in Iraq.

The Choice
Jassim's troubled past is revealed and his allegiances tested. Aguero is forced to make a choice that scars his platoon for the rest of their lives.

A City Called Heaven
Tomas Young learns about the realities of war, beginning a lifelong struggle through which he'll touch countless lives.

Abandon Hope
With a diminishing supply of ammunition, Bourquin struggles to signal helicopters in a desperate attempt to get the men out alive.

Always Dream of Me
The rescuers finally punch through to the stranded platoon, but the battle hasn't finished taking its toll, both in Sadr City and at Fort Hood.
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