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The Best Episodes of Hogan's Heroes

Every episode of Hogan's Heroes ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Hogan's Heroes!

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Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to July 4, 1971, on the CBS network. The show was set in a German prisoner of war camp

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    Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 21 - War Takes a Holiday
    10.0/10(315 votes)

    #1 - War Takes a Holiday

    S3:E21

    After a first attempt to sneak four underground leaders out of the German camp fails, Hogan and his men come up with a new plan: Convince the camp commanders that the war is over!

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Hogan's Heroes Season 4 Episode 2 - Klink vs. the Gonculator
    10.0/10(257 votes)

    #2 - Klink vs. the Gonculator

    S4:E2

    When Sergeant Carter constructs an amazingly complicated rabbit trap, a suspicious Colonel Klink comes to believe that the contraption is a secret electronic spying device.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Hogan's Heroes Season 4 Episode 26 - Happy Birthday, Dear Hogan
    10.0/10(211 votes)

    #3 - Happy Birthday, Dear Hogan

    S4:E26

    To celebrate Colonel Hogan's birthday with a bang, his men plan to surprise him by blowing up a Nazi ammunition dump. But will the merry celebrants fall into an elaborate trap set by the Germans?

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Hogan's Heroes Season 5 Episode 13 - Is There a Traitor in the House?
    10.0/10(213 votes)

    #4 - Is There a Traitor in the House?

    S5:E13

    Hogan plans to filter information into London through the wires of a German propaganda radio broadcast.

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Hogan's Heroes Season 6 Episode 7 - Kommandant Schultz
    10.0/10(203 votes)

    #5 - Kommandant Schultz

    S6:E7

    When Schultz is put in command, his mania for power jeopardizes Hogan's plan to smuggle uranium to London.

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  6. Hogan's Heroes Season 1 Episode 30 - Cupid Comes to Stalag 13
    9.3/10(266 votes)

    #6 - Cupid Comes to Stalag 13

    S1:E30

    Colonel Klink is desperate after General Burkhalter plays matchmaker and pairs Klink with the general's sister, Gertude. Can Hogan deflect some of the Cupid's flying arrows away for the hapless, helpless Klink?

    Director:Howard Morris
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Hogan's Heroes Season 1 Episode 11 - Happiness is a Warm Sergeant
    9.0/10(319 votes)

    #7 - Happiness is a Warm Sergeant

    S1:E11

    Sergeant Schultz, while escorting Newkirk to the dentist, gets drunk and is replaced by a hard-lined, no-nonsense guard. Hogan and his crew must act fast to get the docile Schultz restored to his post.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  8. Hogan's Heroes Season 1 Episode 22 - The Pizza Parlor
    9.0/10(309 votes)

    #8 - The Pizza Parlor

    S1:E22

    When an Italian POW camp commander arrives at Stalag 13 to train under Colonel Klink, Hogan and his gang try to convince the new arrival to go to work for the Allies.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Hogan's Heroes Season 1 Episode 26 - The Prince from the Phone Company
    9.0/10(294 votes)

    #9 - The Prince from the Phone Company

    S1:E26

    Kinchloe dresses up as an African prince, whom Hogan has kidnapped, in order to ask the Germans for money to open a submarine base. Complications arise when the prince's wife arrives.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Richard M. Powell

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  10. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 7 - Hogan Springs
    9.0/10(234 votes)

    #10 - Hogan Springs

    S2:E7

    Hogan manages to free four underground leaders from the Germans and smuggles the quartet into Stalag 13. But a plan to spirit the men off to freedom in England suddenly looks hopeless when a leaky pipe fills the gang's emergency tunnel with water!

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  11. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 12 - Will the Real Adolf Please Stand Up?
    9.0/10(279 votes)

    #11 - Will the Real Adolf Please Stand Up?

    S2:E12

    With camp security raised, Hogan and his men are desperate to smuggle some top-secret photos of German fortifications to the allies. The solution? Make liberal use of Carter's remarkable impersonation of Adolf Hitler.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  12. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 13 - Don't Forget to Write
    9.0/10(229 votes)

    #12 - Don't Forget to Write

    S2:E13

    The aristocratic Colonel Klink fails a routine physical exam and lands a combat assignment at the Russian front! Fearing a hard-line replacement at Stalag 13, the men must do all they can to rescind Klink's marching orders.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  13. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 16 - Art for Hogan's Sake
    9.0/10(243 votes)

    #13 - Art for Hogan's Sake

    S2:E16

    An assertive General Burkhalter "requisitions" the famous Édouard Manet painting, "The Fife Player," from the Louvre museum in Paris to give to Hermann Goering as a birthday present. Undaunted by the seeming impossible logistics, Hogan and LeBeau decide to steal it back!

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  14. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 19 - Praise the Führer and Pass the Ammunition
    9.0/10(240 votes)

    #14 - Praise the Führer and Pass the Ammunition

    S2:E19

    Hogan and his men are determined to create chaos during staged war games a ruthless Nazi colonel has scheduled near Stalag 13.

    Director:Bob Sweeney
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 21 - The Swing Shift
    9.0/10(252 votes)

    #15 - The Swing Shift

    S2:E21

    Masquerading as German workers, Hogan and the crew have made elaborate and foolproof plans to blow a German cannon factory sky-high, but their plan backfires when Newkirk winds up being drafted into the German army!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 26 - The Most Escape-Proof Camp I've Ever Escaped From
    9.0/10(230 votes)

    #16 - The Most Escape-Proof Camp I've Ever Escaped From

    S2:E26

    Colonel Klink's "no escape" record is jeopardized when Malcolm Flood, a British escape artist, lands in Stalag 13 and intends to continue his impressive escape record.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 22 - Duel of Honor
    9.0/10(218 votes)

    #17 - Duel of Honor

    S3:E22

    Hogan and the gang decide that the hapless Colonel Klink would be the ideal patsy to use to get an important list of agents safely to England, with a little boost from Carter's masquerade as a ferocious German general with a fondness for duels.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Richard M. Powell

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  18. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 25 - LeBeau and the Little Old Lady
    9.0/10(232 votes)

    #18 - LeBeau and the Little Old Lady

    S3:E25

    LeBeau's weekly visits to an underground contact, one he describes as a "mean little old lady,” are revealed as something more after Hogan and the men discover that the "old lady" is actually a beautiful, young Dutch woman with whom LeBeau has fallen in love.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 30 - Drums Along the Dusseldorf
    9.0/10(201 votes)

    #19 - Drums Along the Dusseldorf

    S3:E30

    A German truck carrying an experimental jet fuel is the latest target for Hogan and the gang. But when all efforts to sabotage the shipment fail, Carter decides to get down to business with the remaining weaponry at hand—a bow and arrow!

    Director:Bob Sweeney
    Writer:Arthur Julian

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  20. Hogan's Heroes Season 4 Episode 5 - To the Gestapo with Love
    9.0/10(237 votes)

    #20 - To the Gestapo with Love

    S4:E5

    Is love blind? Three beautiful German girls arrive at Stalag 13 and set the men's hearts beating faster, but their mission is to pry secrets out of the love-struck POWs.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Hogan's Heroes Season 4 Episode 15 - The Missing Klink
    9.0/10(288 votes)

    #21 - The Missing Klink

    S4:E15

    Hogan's scheme to kidnap General Burkhalter and trade him for an underground agent goes awry when Colonel Klink --- not the general --- is the one who gets kidnapped.

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Hogan's Heroes Season 4 Episode 20 - Klink's Old Flame
    9.0/10(202 votes)

    #22 - Klink's Old Flame

    S4:E20

    The French underground is in desperate need of valuable radios, so Hogan decides to utilize Colonel Klink's former girlfriend to ensure the delivery of the equipment.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Hogan's Heroes Season 4 Episode 23 - The Witness
    9.0/10(230 votes)

    #23 - The Witness

    S4:E23

    Hogan is stunned to learn that the Germans are planning to send him to England, with a startling message for the Allied forces: surrender, or face the Nazis' "ultimate weapon."

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Richard M. Powell

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  24. Hogan's Heroes Season 5 Episode 2 - The Well
    9.0/10(195 votes)

    #24 - The Well

    S5:E2

    Hogan steals the Luftwaffe codebook, but can't use it after Newkirk accidentally drops it down a well.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  25. Hogan's Heroes Season 5 Episode 3 - The Klink Commandos
    9.0/10(221 votes)

    #25 - The Klink Commandos

    S5:E3

    In order to steal key documents, Hogan and his men volunteer for a German suicide-squad train bound for the Russian front.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Richard M. Powell

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Best Episodes Summary

"War Takes a Holiday" is the best rated episode of "Hogan's Heroes". It scored 10/10 based on 315 votes. Directed by Bruce Bilson and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/27/1968. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Klink vs. the Gonculator".