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.

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Cuisine à la Stalag 13
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6.91
222 votes

#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.

Directors: Jerry London
The Kommandant Dies at Dawn
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7.09
237 votes

#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.

Directors: Richard Kinon
Sergeant Schultz Meets Mata Hari
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7.11
348 votes

#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.

Directors: Gene Reynolds
The Prisoner's Prisoner
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7.13
426 votes

#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.

Directors: Gene Reynolds
Writer: R.S. Allen
Monkey Business
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7.15
253 votes

#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.

Directors: Bob Sweeney
I Look Better in Basic Black
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7.16
296 votes

#6 - 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!

Directors: Howard Morris
One in Every Crowd
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7.16
307 votes

#7 - 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.

Directors: Bob Sweeney
Is General Hammerschlag Burning?
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7.16
350 votes

#8 - 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.

Some of Their Planes Are Missing
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7.18
324 votes

#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.

Directors: Gene Reynolds
An Evening of Generals
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7.19
324 votes

#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.

Directors: Bob Sweeney
Axis Annie
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7.20
265 votes

#11 - 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?

Directors: John Rich
Will the Real Colonel Klink Please Stand Up Against the Wall?
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7.20
203 votes

#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.

Directors: Richard Kinon
The Well
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7.20
225 votes

#13 - 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.

Directors: Bruce Bilson
How to Win Friends and Influence Nazis
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7.21
338 votes

#14 - 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.

Directors: Bob Sweeney
Writer: Phil Sharp
Hot Money
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7.22
370 votes

#15 - 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.

Directors: Bob Sweeney
Watch the Trains Go By
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7.22
170 votes

#16 - 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.

Directors: Bruce Bilson
A Russian Is Coming
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7.22
297 votes

#17 - 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.

Directors: Bob Sweeney
Writer: Phil Sharp
Praise the Führer and Pass the Ammunition
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7.23
285 votes

#18 - 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?

Directors: Robert Sweeney
Writer: Jack Elinson
The Tower
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7.24
222 votes

#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.

Directors: Gene Reynolds
Up in Klink's Room
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7.24
243 votes

#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.

Directors: Bruce Bilson
Writer: R.S. Allen
To Russia without Love
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7.25
163 votes

#21 - 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.

Directors: Bruce Bilson
Klink's Old Flame
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7.25
194 votes

#22 - 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.

Directors: Bruce Bilson
Unfair Exchange
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7.26
206 votes

#23 - 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.

Directors: Richard Kinon
No Names Please
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7.26
244 votes

#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.

Directors: Marc Daniels
Operation Hannibal
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7.26
197 votes

#25 - 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.

Directors: Bruce Bilson