The BEST episodes written by Richard M. Powell

A Reliable Source
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8.13
14 votes

#1 - A Reliable Source

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 6 - Episode 22

Mary learns that an old friend seeking re-election to Congress had financial help from the mob. Lou threatens to use the story on the air.

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Three Wishes for Opie
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7.86
66 votes

#2 - Three Wishes for Opie

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 5 - Episode 14

Opie makes three wishes on a "magic lamp" Barney bought. When one of his wishes doesn't come true, Barney dismisses the whole thing. Opie learns there are many different ways for a wish to be granted.

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The Informer
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7.80
771 votes

#3 - The Informer

Hogan's Heroes - Season 1 - Episode 1

At Stalag 13, a German prisoner-of-war camp, Colonel Robert Hogan and his fellow cohorts are a subversive group with many hidden talents. However, a spy has been planted amongst the men by the Germans. And when he learns of the gang's subversive operations, "Hogan's Heroes" must act fast to discredit him.

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The Battle of Stalag 13
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7.78
283 votes

#4 - The Battle of Stalag 13

Hogan's Heroes - Season 2 - Episode 5

Two German officers have new and differing plans for Stalag 13 --- both of which threaten Hogan's operations. In order to protect the camp and the gang's secret subterfuge, Hogan plays the two men against each other.

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Carter Turns Traitor
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7.66
261 votes

#5 - Carter Turns Traitor

Hogan's Heroes - Season 3 - Episode 16

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.

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Hold That Tiger
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7.65
630 votes

#6 - Hold That Tiger

Hogan's Heroes - Season 1 - Episode 2

When Colonel Klink boasts that the Nazis' new Tiger Tank will lead the Germans the victory, Colonel Hogan devises a plan to get his hands on one of the vehicles, have it disassembled, send its blueprints to the Allies, and reassemble it --- right under Klink's nose.

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Duel of Honor
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7.64
258 votes

#7 - Duel of Honor

Hogan's Heroes - Season 3 - Episode 22

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.

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Hogan Gives a Birthday Party
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7.63
301 votes

#8 - Hogan Gives a Birthday Party

Hogan's Heroes - Season 2 - Episode 1

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—and he makes plans to hijack one!

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The Assassin
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7.59
294 votes

#9 - The Assassin

Hogan's Heroes - Season 1 - Episode 29

An important German nuclear scientist must be eliminated and Hogan's crew is asked to perform the task—a plan that takes an unexpected twist when the scientist comes to Hogan and asks for help in fleeing the Nazi regime.

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Reverend Kommandant Klink
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7.59
324 votes

#10 - Reverend Kommandant Klink

Hogan's Heroes - Season 2 - Episode 25

When a French flier is captured, the Nazis verbally malign the man's fiancee in an attempt to get him to reveal important information. To keep him from cracking under the interrogation, Hogan smuggle the man's girlfriend into the stalag and arranges for the two to be married.

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A Tiger Hunt in Paris (2)
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7.58
224 votes

#11 - A Tiger Hunt in Paris (2)

Hogan's Heroes - Season 2 - Episode 11

Part 2 of 2. 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.

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It Takes a Thief...Sometimes
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7.56
247 votes

#12 - It Takes a Thief...Sometimes

Hogan's Heroes - Season 1 - Episode 20

Hogan is enthusiastic about joining forces with an underground unit that is targeting a local railway tunnel --- unaware that the "saboteurs" are actually Gestapo agents masquerading as allies!

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The Schultz Brigade
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7.56
288 votes

#13 - The Schultz Brigade

Hogan's Heroes - Season 2 - Episode 2

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

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D-Day at Stalag 13
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7.56
296 votes

#14 - D-Day at Stalag 13

Hogan's Heroes - Season 3 - Episode 3

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.

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The Late Inspector General
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7.49
548 votes

#15 - The Late Inspector General

Hogan's Heroes - Season 1 - Episode 4

To prevent Colonel Klink from being transferred to the Russian front, Hogan and his men attempt to convince a visiting Inspector General that the Colonel is a cold, heartless disciplinarian. But their plan backfires when, as a result, Klink is promoted to a post in Berlin!

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A Tiger Hunt in Paris (1)
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7.48
235 votes

#16 - A Tiger Hunt in Paris (1)

Hogan's Heroes - Season 2 - Episode 10

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.

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The Ultimate Weapon
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7.46
288 votes

#17 - The Ultimate Weapon

Hogan's Heroes - Season 3 - Episode 28

The Germans' top-secret weapon in their war effort is --- Sergent Schultz??? General Burkhalter and the other camp officials begin to think so after Schutzy starts to predict Allied attacks with uncanny accuracy!

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The Hostage
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7.43
261 votes

#18 - The Hostage

Hogan's Heroes - Season 3 - Episode 15

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?

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Lady Chitterly's Lover (2)
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7.43
146 votes

#19 - Lady Chitterly's Lover (2)

Hogan's Heroes - Season 6 - Episode 5

Part 2 of 2. Hogan fears the phony Sir Charles can't trick Hitler. Things get even more complicated when Chitterly escapes from the prisoner's tunnel.

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Heil Klink
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7.40
274 votes

#20 - Heil Klink

Hogan's Heroes - Season 2 - Episode 22

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... who is trying to elude assassins by hiding at the camp!

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The Flight of the Valkyrie
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7.39
444 votes

#21 - The Flight of the Valkyrie

Hogan's Heroes - Season 1 - Episode 5

Hogan's scheme to help a German baroness escape to London is thwarted by the arrival of a new prisoner of war--- Colonel Crittendon--- whose repeated bungled attempts at escape are wreaking havoc on Hogan's mission to spirit away the baroness.

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Fat Hermann, Go Home
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7.35
176 votes

#22 - Fat Hermann, Go Home

Hogan's Heroes - Season 5 - Episode 17

Things heat up as Hogan schemes to return a load of stolen paintings to London, just as Marya convinces Schultz to impersonate Reich Marshal Goering.

Lady Chitterly's Lover (1)
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7.34
148 votes

#23 - Lady Chitterly's Lover (1)

Hogan's Heroes - Season 6 - Episode 4

Part 1 of 2. When Sir Charles Chitterly parachutes into Stalag 13, Hogan asks Colonel Crittendon to pretend he's Sir Charles --- but Lady Chitterly isn't fooled.

Sticky Wicket Newkirk
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7.33
266 votes

#24 - Sticky Wicket Newkirk

Hogan's Heroes - Season 3 - Episode 20

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!

The Crittendon Plan
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7.33
312 votes

#25 - The Crittendon Plan

Hogan's Heroes - Season 3 - Episode 1

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.

The Klink Commandos
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7.32
227 votes

#26 - The Klink Commandos

Hogan's Heroes - Season 5 - Episode 3

In order to steal key documents, Hogan and his men volunteer for a German suicide-squad train bound for the Russian front.

Who's Who in Neverland
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7.31
110 votes

#27 - Who's Who in Neverland

Quincy, M.E. - Season 1 - Episode 2

Margo Bently is writing her first book, the contents of which could prove very damaging to a certain group of people. She is murdered and brought into the lab as a suspected alcoholic prostitute with cirrhosis but Quince thinks the body is telling him something different about her social standing. Quince is asked to present a seminar in Bufflo NY by Asten, while he's preparing his notes Asten takes over in the lab. In Quincys absence, Asten signs the body out to a phoney coroner and Quincy begins tracking her down. This leads him to a murdered literary agent in New York a race to autopsy him before he's cremated so he can prove a link.

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Hogan Goes Hollywood
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7.31
183 votes

#28 - Hogan Goes Hollywood

Hogan's Heroes - Season 5 - Episode 1

To transmit information home, Colonel Hogan plans to cast an American actor to star in a German propaganda film.

The Prince from the Phone Company
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7.29
264 votes

#29 - The Prince from the Phone Company

Hogan's Heroes - Season 1 - Episode 26

Kinchloe dresses up as an African prince, whom Hogan has kidnapped, in order to ask the Germans for money to open a submarine base. Complications arise when the prince's wife arrives.

The Sniper
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7.28
585 votes

#30 - The Sniper

M*A*S*H - Season 2 - Episode 10

A lone sniper has the 4077th pinned down - including Radar and Henry in the shower. The poor boy thinks he's firing on McArthur's headquarters, and a chopper finally comes by and wounds him with gunfire from above, ending the siege. Hawkeye walks out to into the bush to tend to the wounded soldier.

The Witness
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7.28
192 votes

#31 - The Witness

Hogan's Heroes - Season 4 - Episode 23

Hogan is stunned to learn that the Germans are planning to send him to England, with a startling message for the Allied forces: surrender, or face the Nazis' "ultimate weapon."

The Kamikazes Are Coming
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7.28
139 votes

#32 - The Kamikazes Are Coming

Hogan's Heroes - Season 6 - Episode 20

When a rocket lands near camp, the heroes don't know how they'll smuggle it out --- until Russian spy Marya comes on the scene.

Is General Hammerschlag Burning?
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7.16
349 votes

#33 - Is General Hammerschlag Burning?

Hogan's Heroes - Season 3 - Episode 11

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.

Barney Runs for Sheriff
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6.68
62 votes

#34 - Barney Runs for Sheriff

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 5 - Episode 21

Andy is offered a job in Minnesota so Barney decides to run for sheriff in the upcoming election. But when Andy's job offer falls through, he returns to Mayberry to find Barney with a case of campaign fever, aiming to unseat Andy.

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The Lucky Letter
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6.29
61 votes

#35 - The Lucky Letter

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 5 - Episode 19

Barney feels he's become "hexed" after Andy persuades him to throw away a chain letter. Now with the annual law-enforcement officers' pistol-shooting qualifications coming up, Andy has to soothe Barney's nerves or he may lose his job.

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The Arrest of the Fun Girls
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5.49
58 votes

#36 - The Arrest of the Fun Girls

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 5 - Episode 28

After arresting a couple of "fun girls" from Mount Pilot, Andy and Barney need to postpone their big date with Helen and Thelma Lou. Not wanting their dates to worry, Andy describes their prisoners as hard-bitten criminals. The ploy works, until Helen and Thelma Lou decide to make a surprise visit to the courthouse.

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