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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!

The Best Episodes of Combat! Season 2

Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of...

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  1. Background image for Bridge at Chalons
    8.6/10(140 votes)

    #1 - Bridge at Chalons

    S2:E1

    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.

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    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Bridgehead
    8.6/10(130 votes)

    #2 - Bridgehead

    S2:E2

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Masquerade
    8.7/10(128 votes)

    #3 - Masquerade

    S2:E3

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The Long Way Home (1)
    8.5/10(124 votes)

    #4 - The Long Way Home (1)

    S2:E4

    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.

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    Director:Ted Post
  5. Background image for The Long Way Home (2)
    8.8/10(120 votes)

    #5 - The Long Way Home (2)

    S2:E5

    Still interred in a German POW camp, Sgt. Saunders and his squad must find a way to escape before they are all killed.

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    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for The Wounded Don't Cry
    8.8/10(129 votes)

    #6 - The Wounded Don't Cry

    S2:E6

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    Director:James Komack
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Doughboy
    8.0/10(132 votes)

    #7 - Doughboy

    S2:E7

    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.

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  9. Background image for Glow Against the Sky
    8.2/10(104 votes)

    #8 - Glow Against the Sky

    S2:E8

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    Director:Sutton Roley
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Little Jewel
    8.1/10(111 votes)

    #9 - The Little Jewel

    S2:E9

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for A Distant Drum
    8.2/10(105 votes)

    #10 - A Distant Drum

    S2:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Anatomy of a Patrol
    9.0/10(135 votes)

    #11 - Anatomy of a Patrol

    S2:E11

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    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Ambush
    8.3/10(105 votes)

    #12 - Ambush

    S2:E12

    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.

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    Director:Sutton Roley
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Barrage
    8.2/10(97 votes)

    #13 - Barrage

    S2:E13

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    Director:Sutton Roley
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Thunder from the Hill
    7.7/10(103 votes)

    #14 - Thunder from the Hill

    S2:E14

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Party
    6.9/10(106 votes)

    #15 - The Party

    S2:E15

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Gideon's Army
    8.6/10(109 votes)

    #16 - Gideon's Army

    S2:E16

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for The Pillbox
    8.5/10(130 votes)

    #17 - The Pillbox

    S2:E17

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    Director:Vic Morrow
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The General and the Sergeant
    8.6/10(110 votes)

    #18 - The General and the Sergeant

    S2:E18

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    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Eyes of the Hunter
    8.2/10(104 votes)

    #19 - Eyes of the Hunter

    S2:E19

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    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for The Hostages
    8.7/10(115 votes)

    #20 - The Hostages

    S2:E20

    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.

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    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Mail Call
    8.3/10(122 votes)

    #21 - Mail Call

    S2:E21

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    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Counter-Punch
    8.4/10(114 votes)

    #22 - Counter-Punch

    S2:E22

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for A Silent Cry
    8.5/10(99 votes)

    #23 - A Silent Cry

    S2:E23

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    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for The Hunter
    8.2/10(98 votes)

    #24 - The Hunter

    S2:E24

    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.

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    Director:Sutton Roley
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for What Are the Bugles Blowin' For? (1)
    8.7/10(117 votes)

    #25 - What Are the Bugles Blowin' For? (1)

    S2:E25

    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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Bridge at Chalons" is the best rated episode of "Combat!" season 2. It scored 8.6/10 based on 140 votes. Directed by Ted Post and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/17/1963. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Bridgehead".