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The Best Episodes of Combat! Season 4

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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 4 Episode 25 - Hills Are For Heroes (1)
    9.4/10(177 votes)

    S4:E25

    In this 2 partter Hanley & his men have to try & take out 2 bunkers. Hanley finds this almost hopeless and with Saunders wounded, (he only able to give morale support to Haley).Everything looks beck for the men of King Company they get a tank. They lose the tank. But in the end Caje& Kirby with cover of the tank take out the last bunker.

    Director:Vic Morrow
    Writer:Gene L. Coon

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  2. Combat! Season 4 Episode 26 - Hills Are for Heroes (2)
    9.4/10(159 votes)

    S4:E26

    In this 2 partter Hanley & his men have to try & take out 2 bunkers. Hanley finds this almost hopeless and with Saunders wounded, (he only able to give morale support to Haley).Everything looks beck for the men of King Company they get a tank. They lose the tank. But in the end Caje& Kirby with cover of the tank take out the last bunker.

    Director:Vic Morrow
    Writer:Gene L. Coon

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  3. Combat! Season 4 Episode 31 - The Leader
    9.0/10(107 votes)

    S4:E31

    Saunders has to return to HQ for a meeting - leaving Kirby in charge. At first being left in charge starts going to his head, But! after Caje is wounded and the phone lines are cut. Things change fast, At first Kirby starts thinking what would Sarge do. But! with a little encouragement from Doc, He stops thinking what would Sarge do but what would Kirby do to get out of this

    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Combat! Season 4 Episode 2 - The First Day
    8.8/10(125 votes)

    S4:E2

    The squad, worn-out and exhausted, receives four green replacements. The story follows these four teenagers as they attempt to survive their first day on the front line.

    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Combat! Season 4 Episode 15 - Finest Hour
    8.8/10(120 votes)

    S4:E15

    Caje forces a Frenchman to aid him and a wounded Hanley. The Frenchman takes them to a German occupied chateau where the countess must tend to his wounds while keeping his presence a secret.

    Director:Sutton Roley
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Combat! Season 4 Episode 3 - S.I.W.
    8.7/10(140 votes)

    S4:E3

    Kirby rejoins the squad in the field, bringing with him a new replacement, Kalb. Kalb is already known to Fleming. Fleming believes Kalb is a coward who ran at Omaha Beach and has been running ever since.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Combat! Season 4 Episode 16 - The Raider
    8.7/10(122 votes)

    S4:E16

    Hanley is captured by the infamous SS Captain Reichhardt. Saunders captures Reichhardt's men but does not learn the location on Hanley.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Combat! Season 4 Episode 7 - Hear No Evil
    8.5/10(115 votes)

    S4:E7

    Sgt. Saunders, alone and deafened by a grenade, tries to make his way back to American lines.

    Director:Sutton Roley
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Combat! Season 4 Episode 18 - The Good Samaritan
    8.5/10(105 votes)

    S4:E18

    Marsini the sole survivor of an ill fated patrol blames Saunders for the fate of his fellows since Saunders has orders to keep his position and could not render aid

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Combat! Season 4 Episode 19 - Retribution
    8.5/10(102 votes)

    S4:E19

    After his sister's fiance is killed by an SS Colonel, Kirby goes after the colonel.

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  11. Combat! Season 4 Episode 20 - Counterplay
    8.5/10(97 votes)

    S4:E20

    An impostor masquerades as a French resistance fighter to lead Saunders squad on a mission.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  12. Combat! Season 4 Episode 22 - Ask Me No Questions
    8.5/10(103 votes)

    S4:E22

    A German Lieutenant posing as an American sergeant is placed among arriving American prisoners, including Saunders. Mastin learns locations of key American units.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  13. Combat! Season 4 Episode 6 - Evasion
    8.4/10(121 votes)

    S4:E6

    In an ancient castle that the Germans are using as a POW camp, Hanley's fellow prisoners provide him with a fake Albanian uniform for his escape attempt.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Combat! Season 4 Episode 17 - The Mockingbird
    8.4/10(102 votes)

    S4:E17

    Three days before a German advance, a spy posing as a downed American flyer is sent to secure information on the French resistance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Combat! Season 4 Episode 27 - Gitty
    8.4/10(115 votes)

    S4:E27

    The squad find a young girl at the convent they are using as OP. Saunders has to try & tell the girl her father is dead. When they are attacked by the Krauts.

    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Combat! Season 4 Episode 28 - One at a Time
    8.4/10(107 votes)

    S4:E28

    After his men are all killed by Saunders' squad, a wounded German escapes and vows to kill Saunders' men, one at a time.

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Combat! Season 4 Episode 5 - The Farmer
    8.3/10(124 votes)

    S4:E5

    Waiting for the battle, Noah plants the crops of an evacuated French farmer. His love for the land and farming overshadow his obligations as a soldier.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Combat! Season 4 Episode 10 - The Old Men
    8.3/10(112 votes)

    S4:E10

    The Squad is saddled with three over-aged replacements: an injured vet of the Italian campaign who refuses to accept that he is incapable of fighting as he did as a youth, a homesick family man, and a politician with senatorial ambitions.

    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Combat! Season 4 Episode 8 - Crossfire
    8.2/10(109 votes)

    S4:E8

    Saunders returns from patrol with one of his squad, a decorated veteran of Omaha Beach, under arrest.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  20. Combat! Season 4 Episode 23 - The Ringer
    8.2/10(101 votes)

    S4:E23

    A suspicious straggler joins the squad and behaves erratically, endangering the lives of Saunders and company.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Gene L. Coon

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  21. Combat! Season 4 Episode 30 - Run, Sheep, Run
    8.2/10(103 votes)

    S4:E30

    In his first battle, Pvt. Corey freezes. Afterworld, the squad commends him for his actions, believing he destroyed a machine gun nest.

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Combat! Season 4 Episode 11 - Soldier of Fortune
    8.1/10(103 votes)

    S4:E11

    An explosion destroys the cellar of a German communication center where Saunders, Marsh, and Wallace were tapping lines. Trapped beneath a beam and fearing he will be left behind, Marsh uses information he has overheard as insurance for a safe return to American lines.

    Director:Sutton Roley
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Combat! Season 4 Episode 12 - The Casket
    8.1/10(114 votes)

    S4:E12

    Saunders, trying to get a wounded Kirby to a hospital crosses an elderly mother determined to give her son proper burial.

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Combat! Season 4 Episode 21 - Nothing to Lose
    8.1/10(106 votes)

    S4:E21

    Vinnick, a tough G.I. with no regard for danger, clashes with Burke, a soldier who covers his own cowardice with big talk.

    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Combat! Season 4 Episode 1 - Main Event
    8.0/10(114 votes)

    S4:E1

    Saunders' latest green replacements are a boxer and his cocky fight manager, Murphy, who wants to run both the war and Saunders.

    Director:Tom Gries
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Hills Are For Heroes (1)" is the best rated episode of "Combat!" season 4. It scored 9.4/10 based on 177 votes. Directed by Vic Morrow and written by Gene L. Coon, it aired on 3/1/1966. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Hills Are for Heroes (2)".