The BEST episodes directed by Tom Gries

Doughboy
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8.13
8 votes

#1 - Doughboy

Combat! - Season 2 - Episode 7

Phillip (Eddie Albert) is an American WWI veteran who survived severe shell-shock and lives on a farm with his French wife, Marie (Alida Valli). During shelling from a huge German gun nearby, he becomes confused and believes he is still fighting WWI. At first he takes Saunders prisoner, thinking he is a German spy, but he still has enough wits about him to help in the current war.

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The Chase of Fire Raid
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7.36
61 votes

#2 - The Chase of Fire Raid

The Rat Patrol - Season 1 - Episode 1

The British 8th Army sends their desert expert -- Jack Moffitt -- to the Rat Patrol for one very special mission. But Sergeant Troy (the American head of the unit) is very uneasy about this new addition. Moffitt tells Troy that the Germans have buried ammunition and petrol at an abandoned oasis which only the Afrika Korps knows about. It's up to the Rat Patrol to find this oasis and destroy the cache before the Germans can reach it. Dietrich -- familiar with the Rat Patrol's tricks -- devises a trap wherein he will follow the Patrol to the oasis. The Rat Patrol gets delayed, though, by a broken axle and, in the end, it is a race between them and Dietrich to see who will reach the supplies first.

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The Discotheque Affair
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7.33
9 votes

#3 - The Discotheque Affair

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - Season 2 - Episode 5

Napoleon Solo is given the job of searching for Thrush security records.

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A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away
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7.21
205 votes

#4 - A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away

Batman - Season 1 - Episode 11

King Boris, who hails from a European country, comes to Gotham City for a visit. Upon his arrival, there is a disturbance, which includes a clue from the Riddler. Batman and Robin investigate and get on the Riddler’s trail. They are trapped by the criminal, who ties them to large wheels that will spin with ever-increasing speed until they are dead.

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The Linesman
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7.10
10 votes

#5 - The Linesman

Combat! - Season 4 - Episode 4

A hostile signal corps sergeant, Barney McKlosky, balks at having Saunders as escort on a mission to lay wire. McKlosky was a lineman in Wyoming who nearly died depending on his co-worker. Since then, McKlosky trusts no one and holds everyone in contempt.

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Wheels
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7.07
151 votes

#6 - Wheels

Mission: Impossible - Season 1 - Episode 7

In the country of Valeria, the IMF must assure that the corrupt Nationalist party's rigged voting machine doesn't give them the election.

When the Rat's Away the Mice Will Play
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6.98
164 votes

#7 - When the Rat's Away the Mice Will Play

Batman - Season 1 - Episode 12

Batman manages to escape the Riddler’s death trap. He and Robin decide to lay low until they can figure out the Riddler’s caper. Meanwhile, the Riddler frees King Boris, who brings a gift to a major monument in Gotham City. It turns out the Riddler has substituted a bomb for King Boris’s gift and he is demanding a ransom. The Riddler, though, overplays his hand, enabling Batman and Robin to capture the Riddler and his gang.

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Fine Finny Fiends
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6.50
133 votes

#8 - Fine Finny Fiends

Batman - Season 1 - Episode 33

Alfred is kidnapped by the Penguin ans his finny fiends while buying caviar for the Multimillionaires Annual Award Dinner. Although the loyal butler does not know the secret location where the dinner is to be held, Penguin brainwashes the man-servant as part of his diabolical scheme. Batman and Robin track down the Penguin’s hideout on a fishing pier owned by "Knott A. Fish," only to walk into a trap.

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Batman Makes the Scenes
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6.47
136 votes

#9 - Batman Makes the Scenes

Batman - Season 1 - Episode 34

The Penguin learns the location of the Multi-millionaires Annual Award Dinner from Alfred: on board Bruce Wayne’s S.S. Gotham Neptune. His female fink Finella replaces the beauty queen for the chosen charity Miss Natural Resources, pops out of a giant cake at the diner and proceeds to gas all the multimillionaires present, as well as Bruce Wayne and Master Grayson’s replacements: Batman and Robin.

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Main Event
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5.44
9 votes

#10 - Main Event

Combat! - Season 4 - Episode 1

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

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The Trouble with Temple
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0.00
0 votes

#11 - The Trouble with Temple

I Spy - Season 2 - Episode 19

The trouble with Temple is her boyfriend is evil.

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Magic Mirror
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0.00
0 votes

#12 - Magic Mirror

I Spy - Season 2 - Episode 25

Difficult situation, lover tied to exiled strongman dealing in opposing missiles.

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