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The Best Episodes of Hogan's Heroes Season 2

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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
    Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 1 - Hogan Gives a Birthday Party
    7.9/10(260 votes)

    #1 - Hogan Gives a Birthday Party

    S2:E1

    A German oil refinery is so heavily protected that allied bombers have been unable to destroy it. So, Colonel Hogan decides that the only way to fool the gunners is to use a German plane.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Richard M. Powell

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  2. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 2 - The Schultz Brigade
    8.0/10(246 votes)

    #2 - The Schultz Brigade

    S2:E2

    When the hapless Colonel Klink reluctantly joins two other German prison camp Kommandants in a plot to discredit General Burkhalter, all three men are subsequently arrested. Hogan and the gang must act quickly to keep their clueless Kommandant in charge of Stalag 13.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Richard M. Powell

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  3. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 3 - Diamonds in the Rough
    7.7/10(240 votes)

    #3 - Diamonds in the Rough

    S2:E3

    After being double-crossed by a female lure, Hogan and his men are confronted by a Gestapo agent who knows all about their secret operation and demands "hush" money—in the form of a million dollars in diamonds!

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  4. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 4 - Operation Briefcase
    7.6/10(234 votes)

    #4 - Operation Briefcase

    S2:E4

    Hogan is unexpectedly drawn into an assassination plot against Adolf Hitler when he is ordered to deliver a briefcase rigged with explosives to a German general involved in the plot.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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

    #5 - 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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  6. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 6 - The Rise and Fall of Sergeant Schultz
    8.0/10(239 votes)

    #6 - The Rise and Fall of Sergeant Schultz

    S2:E6

    Hogan is stymied over how to rescue a captured member of the underground until a potential diversion, in the form of an old World War I buddy of Sergeant Schultz, arrives at Stalag 13.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  7. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 7 - Hogan Springs
    7.8/10(225 votes)

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

    #8 - 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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  9. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 9 - Tanks for the Memory
    7.8/10(231 votes)

    #9 - Tanks for the Memory

    S2:E9

    When Newkirk discovers a new radio controlled tank that could win the war for Germany, the allies want Hogan and the men to photograph the tank and then destroy it, but complication ensue during their mission.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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

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

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

    #12 - 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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  13. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 13 - Don't Forget to Write
    7.8/10(222 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 14 - Klink's Rocket
    7.4/10(215 votes)

    #14 - Klink's Rocket

    S2:E14

    Hogan and his men make plans to lure Luftwaffe bombers within range of an allied anti-aircraft installation hidden in an abandoned warehouse, but Carter makes a shamble of the plan when, while "leaking" the info to Klink, he forgets the name of the town where the strategic warehouse is located.

    Director:Bob Sweeney
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 15 - Information Please
    7.9/10(224 votes)

    #15 - Information Please

    S2:E15

    Suspecting a security leak at Stalag 13, General Burkhalter goes fishing with some false information and Colonel Hogan falls for the bait. As a result, Burkhalter plants a spy among the prisoners to expose the guilty parties.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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

    #16 - 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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  17. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 17 - The General Swap
    8.0/10(230 votes)

    #17 - The General Swap

    S2:E17

    Colonel Hogan is less than thrilled when he is assigned to help an obnoxious American general flee Stalag 13, and the secret escape plan, involving a prisoner swap, winds up as trying and difficult as the arrogant escapee himself.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Harvey Bullock

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

    #18 - 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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  19. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 19 - Praise the Führer and Pass the Ammunition
    7.8/10(231 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 20 - Hogan and the Lady Doctor
    7.7/10(219 votes)

    #20 - Hogan and the Lady Doctor

    S2:E20

    Hogan nixes a mission to destroy a synthetic fuel plant because the caper is too risky, but he is overruled, and forced to participate in the scheme by the ploy's mastermind, a strong-willed, determined female scientist.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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

    #21 - 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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  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 2 Episode 23 - Everyone Has a Brother-in-Law
    7.7/10(212 votes)

    #23 - Everyone Has a Brother-in-Law

    S2:E23

    Captain Kurtz, General Burkhalter's annoying, ambitious brother-in-law, becomes the camp's tough new adjutant. What's worse he's keeping a watchful eye on every corner of Stalag 13, and ends up getting in the way of Hogan's plans to blow up an enemy munitions train.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  24. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 24 - Killer Klink
    7.7/10(211 votes)

    #24 - Killer Klink

    S2:E24

    The bumbling Sergent Schultz has unwittingly been conned into making a trip to Heidelberg as courier for the underground, but after upsetting Colonel Klink, the sergeant is ordered to remain grounded at the camp. How will Hogan and the gang win him a new weekend pass?

    Director:Bob Sweeney
    Writer:Harvey Bullock

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  25. Hogan's Heroes Season 2 Episode 25 - Reverend Kommandant Klink
    7.9/10(219 votes)

    #25 - Reverend Kommandant Klink

    S2:E25

    When a French flier is captured, the Nazis verbally malign the man's fiancée in an attempt to get him to reveal important information. Hogan must find a way to keep him from cracking under the manipulative interrogation.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writers:Art Baker, Richard M. Powell

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Hogan Gives a Birthday Party" is the best rated episode of "Hogan's Heroes" season 2. It scored 7.9/10 based on 260 votes. Directed by Gene Reynolds and written by Richard M. Powell, it aired on 9/16/1966. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Schultz Brigade".