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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 21 - War Takes a Holiday
    8.7/10(304 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 15 - The Missing Klink
    8.7/10(288 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Hogan's Heroes Season 4 Episode 2 - Klink vs. the Gonculator
    8.5/10(253 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Hogan's Heroes Season 6 Episode 15 - Easy Come, Easy Go
    8.5/10(232 votes)

    #4 - Easy Come, Easy Go

    S6:E15

    Klink takes Hogan to England to steal an Allied plane, but Hogan has other plans --- to expose some Nazi spies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  5. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 12 - Will the Real Adolf Please Stand Up?
    8.4/10(270 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 3 - D-Day at Stalag 13
    8.4/10(269 votes)

    #6 - D-Day at Stalag 13

    S3:E3

    Hogan and his men play a part in the D-Day invasion of France when they are asked to create a diversion that will delay Colonel Klink and other German officials at Stalag 13 from retaliating once the invasion is underway.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Richard M. Powell

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  7. Hogan's Heroes Season 5 Episode 26 - Klink's Escape
    8.4/10(205 votes)

    #7 - Klink's Escape

    S5:E26

    Hogan gets Klink to believe he is about to bust a POW escape ring.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Harvey Bullock

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  8. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 16 - Art for Hogan's Sake
    8.3/10(235 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. Hogan's Heroes Season 5 Episode 20 - One Army at a Time
    8.3/10(209 votes)

    #9 - One Army at a Time

    S5:E20

    When he's captured in German uniform, Carter convinces the Germans that he is one of them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  10. Hogan's Heroes Season 1 Episode 1 - The Informer
    8.2/10(591 votes)

    #10 - The Informer

    S1:E1

    At Stalag 13, a German prisoner-of-war camp, Colonel Robert Hogan and his fellow cohorts are a subversive group with many hidden talents. However, a spy has been planted amongst the men by the Germans.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writers:Richard M. Powell, Bernard Fein

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  11. Hogan's Heroes Season 1 Episode 22 - The Pizza Parlor
    8.2/10(300 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 10 - A Tiger Hunt In Paris (1)
    8.2/10(261 votes)

    #12 - A Tiger Hunt In Paris (1)

    S2:E10

    In the first of a two-part story, "Tiger," a female underground agent, is arrested while trying to document some secret German bases and is held in Paris for questioning. So, Hogan and LeBeau become stowaways aboard Klink's staff car and head for Paris to free her.

    Director:Bob Sweeney
    Writer:Richard M. Powell

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  13. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 11 - A Tiger Hunt In Paris (2)
    8.2/10(256 votes)

    #13 - A Tiger Hunt In Paris (2)

    S2:E11

    While trying to free the underground agent "Tiger" in Paris, Hogan must seek help from a Parisian fortune teller, and also enlist the aid of a man who is a look-alike for Nazi Police Chief Heinrich Himmler.

    Director:Bob Sweeney
    Writer:Richard M. Powell

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  14. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 21 - The Swing Shift
    8.2/10(245 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. Hogan's Heroes Season 4 Episode 11 - Bad Day in Berlin
    8.2/10(229 votes)

    #15 - Bad Day in Berlin

    S4:E11

    Hogan and his men join forces with an undercover agent and steal away to Berlin to nab a German defector who can compromise their entire operation at Stalag 13.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  16. Hogan's Heroes Season 6 Episode 16 - The Meister Spy
    8.2/10(218 votes)

    #16 - The Meister Spy

    S6:E16

    The heroes pose a Nazi officers to root out a German spy posing as an American pilot.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Harvey Bullock

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  17. Hogan's Heroes Season 6 Episode 19 - Klink for the Defense
    8.2/10(202 votes)

    #17 - Klink for the Defense

    S6:E19

    When Klink gets assigned to defend a German officer accused of treason, Hogan helps to prove his innocence.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Hogan's Heroes Season 1 Episode 21 - The Great Impersonation
    8.1/10(286 votes)

    #18 - The Great Impersonation

    S1:E21

    When LeBeau, Newkirk and Carter are captured by the Gestapo during a sabotage mission, Hogan must convince the affable Sergeant Schultz to impersonate the stern Colonel Klink and demand their release.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  19. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 5 - The Battle of Stalag 13
    8.1/10(254 votes)

    #19 - The Battle of Stalag 13

    S2:E5

    Two German officers have new and differing plans for Stalag 13, both of which threaten Hogan's operations.

    Director:Bob Sweeney
    Writer:Richard M. Powell

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  20. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 8 - A Klink, a Bomb and a Short Fuse
    8.1/10(233 votes)

    #20 - A Klink, a Bomb and a Short Fuse

    S2:E8

    All goes well when Hogan's gang steals Klink's code book from his safe, photographs the contents, and returns it to its proper place. But there's a small hitch: Carter forgot to load the camera with film!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 18 - The Great Brinksmeyer Robbery
    8.1/10(238 votes)

    #21 - The Great Brinksmeyer Robbery

    S2:E18

    When the gang's hidden cache of money (needed to purchase a secret map) goes up in smoke, the men of Stalag 13 must come up with a way to replace the cash, and decide to pull off a bank heist in the nearby town.

    Director:Bob Sweeney
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 22 - Heil Klink
    8.1/10(244 votes)

    #22 - Heil Klink

    S2:E22

    When an important Gestapo official wants to defect, Hogan brings him to Stalag 13, and convinces Colonel Klink that the fugitive is Adolf Hitler in disguise.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Richard M. Powell

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  23. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 25 - LeBeau and the Little Old Lady
    8.1/10(224 votes)

    #23 - 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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  24. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 26 - How to Escape From Prison Camp Without Really Trying
    8.1/10(210 votes)

    #24 - How to Escape From Prison Camp Without Really Trying

    S3:E26

    Hogan is asked to immobilize the entire German 6th SS division—10,000 men—for two days, while the Allies organize a surprise attack. The task seems impossible, especially in the presence of the two stern Gestapo colonels who are filling in for a vacationing Colonel Klink.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Hogan's Heroes Season 4 Episode 3 - How to Catch a Papa Bear
    8.1/10(199 votes)

    #25 - How to Catch a Papa Bear

    S4:E3

    Colonel Hogan innocently sends Corporal Newkirk off on a mission to rendezvous with an ally—unaware that the meeting is a trap set up by the Gestapo.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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Best Episodes Summary

"War Takes a Holiday" is the best rated episode of "Hogan's Heroes". It scored 8.7/10 based on 304 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, "The Missing Klink".