8.7/10132 votes#1 - Bridge at Chalons
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1963
Lee Marvin guest stars as a sergeant in command of a small demolition team that Saunders and his squad is ordered to take behind German lines to destroy a bridge. Lee Marvin does not believe the squad is large enough to handle the job of getting him to the bridge and back alive. He requests a platoon but is refused by Lieutenant Hanley. Marvin submits but has a huge chip on his shoulder due to a close friend being killed while on a similar mission. He has no confidence in Saunders or his men to get the job done and frequently ridicules them during the mission.
Director: Ted Post
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/10125 votes
#2 - Bridgehead
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1963
Hanley orders Saunders and his squad to take a bridge which is guarded by a heavily fortified house. Nick Adams guest stars as a self-centered wise-cracking private who only cares about saving his own skin. He reveals during the episode that he is a jazz drummer and is soon to be leaving the front to play in an army band entertaining troops and wants to be sure he keeps himself in one piece. In the end he sacrifices his life to complete the mission he ridiculed.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/10123 votes
#3 - Masquerade
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1963
James Coburn guest stars as a ruthless German spy masquerading as an American G.I. in order to get into an American Batallion HQ to create havoc. The jeep he is in hits a land mine and Coburn's German Officer is wounded. Saunders and his squad bring him and the two other German infiltrators back to their Company HQ for first aid. Saunders slowly begins to suspect there is something wrong as Coburn's character makes slight mistakes while speaking and interacting with the other men.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/10118 votes
#4 - The Long Way Home (1)
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1963
Returning from patrol, Saunders and his men are captured by a platoon of German SS. They take the squad back to their base to be interrogated by their commander, an SS Captain played by Richard Basehart. Simon Oakland also guest stars as an American sergeant already held captive by the Germans.
Director: Ted Post
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
- 8.8/10116 votes
#5 - The Long Way Home (2)
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1963
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Director: Ted Post
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/10125 votes
#6 - The Wounded Don't Cry
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1963
No description available
Director: James Komack
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10128 votes
#7 - Doughboy
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1963
Eddie Albert guest stars as an American WWI veteran living in France with his French wife he met while soldiering in the previous war. During the shelling from a Big German gun nearby he becomes confused and believes he is still fighting WWI.
Director: Tom Gries
Writer: Bernard C. Schoenfeld
- 8.2/10101 votes
#8 - Glow Against the Sky
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1963
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Director: Sutton Roley
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/10107 votes
#9 - The Little Jewel
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1963
All the squad except Kirby take to an orphan boy named Bizzue. When Caje is captured by the Kurts, the others begin to think just maybe Kirby is right.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10102 votes
#10 - A Distant Drum
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1963
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.0/10130 votes
#11 - Anatomy of a Patrol
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1963
No description available
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10100 votes
#12 - Ambush
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/1963
When the men arrive in a town the French shoot a man for collaborating and his daughter blames the Americans - who later learn he was actually an undercover allied agent. Regulars: Saunders, Hanley, Kirby, Caje, Billy Nelson, Littlejohn, Doc 2.
Director: Sutton Roley
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1096 votes
#13 - Barrage
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1963
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Director: Sutton Roley
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10101 votes
#14 - Thunder from the Hill
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/17/1963
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/10105 votes
#15 - The Party
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/24/1963
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/10106 votes
#16 - Gideon's Army
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 12/31/1963
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/10128 votes
#17 - The Pillbox
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/7/1964
No description available
Director: Vic Morrow
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/10108 votes
#18 - The General and the Sergeant
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/14/1964
No description available
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10103 votes
#19 - Eyes of the Hunter
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/21/1964
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Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/10111 votes
#20 - The Hostages
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 1/28/1964
Suander And Caje are held hostage by two Germans while Doc try and get a vehical to get them out of town. When they get out of town Doc learns why the Germans wanted them for. He trys to stop them by recking the ambulance. We he does Caje get a broke leg and the German in the back get killed. When the 1 German have Doc & Saunders leave an injored Caje behind, Doc get a chance to jump him in the fight Doc kills the german with his bear hands.Saunders bring Doc to reality by letting Doc know he is wounded.
Director: Ted Post
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10119 votes
#21 - Mail Call
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/4/1964
No description available
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/10110 votes
#22 - Counter-Punch
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/11/1964
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1098 votes
#23 - A Silent Cry
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2/18/1964
No description available
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
8.2/1097 votes#24 - The Hunter
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 2/25/1964
While in a reconnaissance patrol in an abandoned French winery, Saunders and Kirby stumble upon two Germans in an observation post. Kirby protects the radio in an empty building but is shot by a German officer called Heismann. Sunders kills one German soldier and Heismann rescues Kirby expecting to force Saunders to surrender. However the wounded Kirby destroys the German radio and Heismann uses his hunting rifle to hunt down Saunders. Meanwhile Saunders gets out of ammunition with the dangerous hunter seeking him out.
Director: Sutton Roley
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/10113 votes
#25 - What Are the Bugles Blowin' For? (1)
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/3/1964
In this 2 partter Saunders and his men have to get the retreat message to a British troupe behind enemy lines. The British Captain uses his authority to keep Saunders and his men to help him fight the Germans
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Combat! Season 2
Every episode of Combat! Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Combat! Season 2!
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Bridge at Chalons" is the best rated episode of "Combat!" season 2. It scored 8.7/10 based on 132 votes. Directed by Ted Post and written by N/A, it aired on 9/17/1963. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Bridgehead".