The WORST episodes of Hogan's Heroes
Every episode of Hogan's Heroes ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Hogan's Heroes!
The exploits of five World War II prisoners in a German POW camp, 'Stalag 13' who, while "under the cover" of being typical prisoners of war, are really secretly doing their utmost to sabotage the German war effort through whatever means necessary. Col. Klink is very proud that no prisoner has ever escaped under his watch, not that they would want to. Suave, cool and smart, Col. Hogan takes advantage of Col. Klink and Sgt. Schultz's bravado and general cluelessness to carry out his missions.
#1 - Cuisine à la Stalag 13
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1970
Colonel Hogan needs LeBeau to whip up something special for a German general, but the chef has made plans to escape to France.
#2 - The Kommandant Dies at Dawn
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1969
Colonel Klink is set up for execution after the gestapo finds him with underground information --- planted on him by Hogan.
#3 - Sergeant Schultz Meets Mata Hari
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/1967
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.
#4 - The Prisoner's Prisoner
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1965
While on a sabotage caper, Hogan and Carter encounter a German general, overpower him, and smuggle him back to Stalag 13. Once there, they come up with a ploy to trick the disoriented general into revealing his troop's attack plans.
#5 - Monkey Business
Season 3 - Episode 29 - Aired 3/23/1968
Carter returns from an unsuccessful mission with a new pal in tow --- a runaway chimpanzee from the local bombed-out zoo. The men of Stalag 13 decide to make "Freddy" their barracks mascot --- but Hogan sees a more practical use for the happy-go-lucky chimp.
#6 - Is General Hammerschlag Burning?
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/18/1967
Paris is targeted for destruction should the Allied armies invade, so Hogan and Kinchloe secretly travel to the French capital to learn more about the plot --- and end up seeking help in their caper from an exotic dancer/medium named Kumasa.
#7 - I Look Better in Basic Black
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/1/1966
The men of Stalag 13 have no interest in tunneling into a neighboring barracks that houses new prisoners --- until they discover that the new detainees are women!
#8 - One in Every Crowd
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1967
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.
#9 - Some of Their Planes Are Missing
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1967
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.
#10 - An Evening of Generals
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/2/1967
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.
#11 - Watch the Trains Go By
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/1/1969
Hogan's plan to sneak out of Stalag 13 and blow up a German train hinges on getting General Burkhalter's lovelorn sister --- the marriage-minded Gertrude --- to distract Colonel Klink.
#12 - Will the Real Colonel Klink Please Stand Up Against the Wall?
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/21/1968
The hapless Colonel Klink lands a date with a German firing squad after Sergeant Carter, disguised as Klink, is spotted at a sabotage site.
#13 - Axis Annie
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/10/1968
Hogan must deliver important information to a contact in the nearby town, but the Gestapo has cracked down tight on the camp. Will Hogan be forced to make traitorous pro-Nazi statements to Axis Annie of the German Propaganda Ministry in order to get the information to its destination?
#14 - The Well
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1969
Hogan steals the Luftwaffe codebook, but can't use it after Newkirk accidentally drops it down a well.
#15 - How to Win Friends and Influence Nazis
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/1967
A famed scientist is recruited by the Germans to develop a revolutionary new metal alloy for the Nazi war machine --- so Hogan and the gang must distract the doctor --- or worse --- to keep him from accomplishing his task.
#16 - Hot Money
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/1967
Stalag 13 becomes the site for a German counterfeiting factory that will produce both American and British currencies. But Sergeant Schultz's sticky fingers inadvertently tip Hogan off to the scheme when Schultzy spends some of the "funny money" gambling at the prisoners' casino.
#17 - Praise the Führer and Pass the Ammunition
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/20/1967
Hogan and his men are determined to create chaos during some staged war games a ruthless Nazi colonel has scheduled near Stalag 13. So what do you suppose would happen if the fake explosives planned for the exercises were somehow replaced with live ammunition?
#18 - A Russian Is Coming
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/25/1967
Hogan and his men face the difficult task of returning a Soviet pilot to his homeland --- especially when the fanatical, demanding Russian refuses to follow the usual escape route to England.
#19 - The Tower
Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/17/1967
When the Nazis construct a new communication tower near Stalag 13 -- one that is potentially deadly to the allies -- Hogan enlists a beautiful underground agent to help destroy the tower, with Kinchloe assigned to snap some incriminating photos of General Burkhalter.
#20 - Up in Klink's Room
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/15/1969
Hogan must somehow get himself hospitalized so that he can get top-secret information from a wounded British agent who has been posing as a Nazi officer.
#21 - Klink's Old Flame
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/8/1969
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.
#22 - Operation Hannibal
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/18/1969
A German general is the mastermind behind a plan designed to prolong the war, so Hogan winds up working with the general's daughter in an effort to photograph the strategic documents.
#23 - To Russia without Love
Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/31/1971
To get ahold of secret papers, Hogan enlists a beautiful Russian spy to convince Klink he's needed at the Russian front.
#24 - No Names Please
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1968
Shortly after Hogan helps a journalist escape to freedom, the Germans are amazed to read an American newspaper story about a sabotage-and-subterfuge unit hard at work right under their noses at one of their POW camps.
#25 - Unfair Exchange
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1969
Hogan kidnaps General Burkhalter's sister, with the intention of exchanging her for a captured Allied agent.