We know the temptation. You type "Download Generation Kill Season 1 torrent" into Google. The first result promises a 4GB file in 10 minutes. Here is what you are actually downloading:

The Verdict: Don’t do it. The cost of renting the season on Prime ($14.99) is less than a pizza and a movie ticket.

The series follows the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion of the U.S. Marine Corps during the first 40 days of the Iraq War. The dialogue is laced with jargon, the action is disorienting, and the protagonists are simultaneously brilliant and flawed. When you download Generation Kill, you aren’t getting explosions every five minutes; you are getting the boredom, the heat, the mechanical failures, and the moral ambiguity of modern warfare.

Recommendation: If you love the show, buy the Blu-ray or the iTunes digital copy. You will revisit it every few years.