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The Best Episodes of Hogan's Heroes Season 3

Every episode of Hogan's Heroes Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hogan's Heroes Season 3!

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From a German prisoner of war camp during World War II, Colonel Robert E. Hogan coordinates an international crew of Allied prisoners running a Special Operations group.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 21 - War Takes a Holiday
    8.7/10(322 votes)

    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 3 Episode 3 - D-Day at Stalag 13
    8.4/10(287 votes)

    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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  3. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 26 - How to Escape From Prison Camp Without Really Trying
    8.2/10(226 votes)

    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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  4. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 5 - Funny Thing Happened on the Way to London
    8.1/10(235 votes)

    S3:E5

    Newkirk, Kinchloe and LeBeau must help Hogan thwart the Nazis' planned assassination plot against British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  5. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 25 - LeBeau and the Little Old Lady
    8.1/10(241 votes)

    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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  6. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 4 - Sergeant Schultz Meets Mata Hari
    8.0/10(245 votes)

    S3:E4

    Sergent Schultz falls head over heels for an attractive woman, but Hogan suspects that she is a Gestapo agent and has Carter shadow the two loverbirds on one of their dates.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  7. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 19 - Hogan, Go Home
    8.0/10(223 votes)

    S3:E19

    Colonel Hogan receives a stunning message: he's to return home to the U.S.A. for a hero's welcome. The men of Stalag 13, convinced the Hogan will remain at the camp to continue his operation, are further stunned when he is overjoyed at the news—and plans to bid Stalag 13 a fond farewell!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 13 - An Evening of Generals
    7.9/10(237 votes)

    S3:E13

    Hogan and his men have cleverly rigged the tabletop centerpieces to explode during a banquet for Germany's top generals, unaware the one of the guests at the banquets is an invaluable spy working undercover for the Allies.

    Director:Bob Sweeney
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  9. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 15 - The Hostage
    7.9/10(246 votes)

    S3:E15

    A rocket fuel depot that the Germans build near Stalag 13 is a tempting target for Hogan and his men. But is the new facility just part of a plan to lure Hogan into a trap?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Richard M. Powell

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  10. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 16 - Carter Turns Traitor
    7.9/10(232 votes)

    S3:E16

    To get the inside secrets of a Nazi chemical warfare facility, Hogan and his cohorts must convince the Germans that Carter has turned traitor and wishes to defect to the Third Reich.

    Director:Howard Morris
    Writer:Richard M. Powell

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  11. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 20 - Sticky Wicket Newkirk
    7.9/10(246 votes)

    S3:E20

    Corporal Newkirk sneaks into town for a romantic rendezvous with a German girl, one who professes that she is on the side of the Allies. But when Newkirk sneaks her into the camp and shows her the gang's secret setup, she promptly reports her findings to Major Hochstetter!

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Richard M. Powell

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  12. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 1 - The Crittendon Plan
    7.8/10(272 votes)

    S3:E1

    Colonel Hogan is called on to destroy a German convoy inside a tunnel, but he balks when he discovers that his accomplice will be his old adversary, Colonel Crittendon.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Richard M. Powell

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  13. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 2 - Some of Their Planes Are Missing
    7.8/10(241 votes)

    S3:E2

    The Germans' plan to shoot down British bombers by using captured RAF airplanes is uncovered, and Hogan and his men must attempt to destroy the aircraft before they can be flown on their deadly, deceptive mission.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  14. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 14 - Everybody Loves a Snowman
    7.8/10(231 votes)

    S3:E14

    An American military captain and his crew hiding out at Stalag 13 face capture when Major Hochstetter and his search party zero in on the POW camp, and its elaborate tunnel system to freedom is threatened with exposure.

    Director:Bob Sweeney
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 17 - Two Nazis for the Price of One
    7.8/10(253 votes)

    S3:E17

    Hogan's surreptitious operation, as well as secret information on America's atom bomb project, is threatened when it's discovered that a top Gestapo official knows all about Hogan's espionage activities and plans to offer him a deal.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Phil Sharp

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  16. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 22 - Duel of Honor
    7.8/10(227 votes)

    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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  17. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 28 - The Ultimate Weapon
    7.8/10(224 votes)

    S3:E28

    The Germans' new top-secret weapon becomes—Sergeant Schultz? General Burkhalter and the other camp officials believe he is, after Schutzy starts to predict Allied attacks with uncanny accuracy!

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Richard M. Powell

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  18. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 6 - Casanova Klink
    7.7/10(232 votes)

    S3:E6

    Klink's new secretary Gertude Linkmeyer decides to throw herself into the task of completely organizing the commandant's workplace—an all-night project that throws a monkey wrench into Hogan's mission of raiding the safe in Klink's office.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 18 - Is There a Doctor in the House?
    7.7/10(218 votes)

    S3:E18

    Colonel Klink's sudden bout with the flu jeopardizes Hogan's plan to smuggle an underground agent out of the camp in the trunk of the ailing Kommandant's automobile.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 23 - Axis Annie
    7.7/10(218 votes)

    S3:E23

    Hogan must deliver important information to a contact in the nearby town, but the Gestapo has cracked down tight on the camp.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  21. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 29 - Monkey Business
    7.7/10(224 votes)

    S3:E29

    Carter returns from an unsuccessful mission with a new pal in tow—a runaway chimpanzee from the local bombed-out zoo.

    Director:Bob Sweeney
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 7 - How to Win Friends and Influence Nazis
    7.6/10(214 votes)

    S3:E7

    A famed scientist is recruited by the Germans to develop a revolutionary new metal alloy for the Nazi war machine. Hogan and the gang must keep him from accomplishing his task.

    Director:Bob Sweeney
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 10 - One in Every Crowd
    7.6/10(226 votes)

    S3:E10

    When Hogan and his men set out to destroy the Germans' new S-5 gun that's being guarded at Stalag 13, they uncover more then they bargained for—a traitor amongst their ranks who has gone to Colonel Klink to report on Hogan's planned sabotage.

    Director:Bob Sweeney
    Writer:Laurence Marks

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  24. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 24 - What Time Does the Balloon Go Up?
    7.6/10(213 votes)

    S3:E24

    Has Colonel Hogan finally snapped under the pressure of confinement? The men think so when Hogan suggests that, to rescue a captured British agent, the men of Stalag 13 take up basket weaving, tent making and kite flying!

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Hogan's Heroes Season 3 Episode 30 - Drums Along the Dusseldorf
    7.6/10(209 votes)

    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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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"War Takes a Holiday" is the best rated episode of "Hogan's Heroes" season 3. It scored 8.7/10 based on 322 votes. Directed by Bruce Bilson and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/27/1968. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "D-Day at Stalag 13".