Masters of the Air episode 5 heralds the halfway mark of the limited series' run, with just four episodes remaining. Appropriately, the show hits a seismic turning point this week in an installment that brings shattering loss, large-scale spectacle, and more lingering grief.
There is an opening moment of genuine cheer to guide us through the bleakness of the rest of the episode, though: Crosby makes it back to base alive and well after last week's misadventure. It's sobering when Cros and his crewmates return to find replacements already in their beds – even more uncanny is when Crosby's fellow navigator, Bubbles, admits he penned a letter to Cros's wife about his death. Luckily, it went unsent.
