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The Best Episodes of Combat! Season 2

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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 American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Combat! Season 2 Episode 1 - Bridge at Chalons
    8.6/10(148 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.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Combat! Season 2 Episode 2 - Bridgehead
    8.6/10(141 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.

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Combat! Season 2 Episode 3 - Masquerade
    8.7/10(138 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Combat! Season 2 Episode 4 - The Long Way Home (1)
    8.6/10(135 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.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  5. Combat! Season 2 Episode 5 - The Long Way Home (2)
    8.8/10(128 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.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Combat! Season 2 Episode 6 - The Wounded Don't Cry
    8.8/10(138 votes)

    #6 - The Wounded Don't Cry

    S2:E6

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    Director:James Komack
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Combat! Season 2 Episode 7 - Doughboy
    8.0/10(141 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.

    Director:Tom Gries
    Writer:Bernard C. Schoenfeld

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  8. Combat! Season 2 Episode 8 - Glow Against the Sky
    8.2/10(111 votes)

    #8 - Glow Against the Sky

    S2:E8

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    Director:Sutton Roley
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Combat! Season 2 Episode 9 - The Little Jewel
    8.0/10(120 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Combat! Season 2 Episode 10 - A Distant Drum
    8.3/10(117 votes)

    #10 - A Distant Drum

    S2:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Combat! Season 2 Episode 11 - Anatomy of a Patrol
    8.9/10(148 votes)

    #11 - Anatomy of a Patrol

    S2:E11

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    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Combat! Season 2 Episode 12 - Ambush
    8.1/10(116 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.

    Director:Sutton Roley
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Combat! Season 2 Episode 13 - Barrage
    8.2/10(108 votes)

    #13 - Barrage

    S2:E13

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    Director:Sutton Roley
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Combat! Season 2 Episode 14 - Thunder from the Hill
    7.7/10(111 votes)

    #14 - Thunder from the Hill

    S2:E14

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Combat! Season 2 Episode 15 - The Party
    7.0/10(115 votes)

    #15 - The Party

    S2:E15

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Combat! Season 2 Episode 16 - Gideon's Army
    8.5/10(119 votes)

    #16 - Gideon's Army

    S2:E16

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Combat! Season 2 Episode 17 - The Pillbox
    8.5/10(140 votes)

    #17 - The Pillbox

    S2:E17

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    Director:Vic Morrow
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Combat! Season 2 Episode 18 - The General and the Sergeant
    8.4/10(117 votes)

    #18 - The General and the Sergeant

    S2:E18

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    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Combat! Season 2 Episode 19 - Eyes of the Hunter
    8.2/10(116 votes)

    #19 - Eyes of the Hunter

    S2:E19

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    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Combat! Season 2 Episode 20 - The Hostages
    8.6/10(123 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.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Combat! Season 2 Episode 21 - Mail Call
    8.3/10(133 votes)

    #21 - Mail Call

    S2:E21

    No description available

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Combat! Season 2 Episode 22 - Counter-Punch
    8.3/10(124 votes)

    #22 - Counter-Punch

    S2:E22

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Combat! Season 2 Episode 23 - A Silent Cry
    8.5/10(109 votes)

    #23 - A Silent Cry

    S2:E23

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    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Combat! Season 2 Episode 24 - The Hunter
    8.3/10(108 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.

    Director:Sutton Roley
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Combat! Season 2 Episode 25 - What Are the Bugles Blowin' For? (1)
    8.7/10(124 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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Bridge at Chalons" is the best rated episode of "Combat!" season 2. It scored 8.6/10 based on 148 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".