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Hogan's Heroes Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1969 - 1970
Episode 1
Hogan Goes Hollywood
Fri, Sep 26, 196930 mins
Stalag 13 POWs are treated to a viewing of the latest war film recovered from an aircraft that had just been shot down. The audience, unappreciative of Hollywood's vision of the war, are then introduced to the newest prisoner, Major Byron Buckles, the egotistical star of that movie. Klink has managed to get Buckles to agree to making a film centered on the POW camp and its Commandant. The Stalag inmates are very contemptuous of the concept of an American star making a German propaganda film until Hogan successfully takes control of the entire production.
Episode 2
The Well
Fri, Oct 3, 196930 mins
Hogan, while visiting Hilda in Klink's office, learns of the expected arrival of General Burkhalter and Captain Ritter, a Luftwaffe intelligence officer. Later Carter and Lebeau, while cleaning the outer office, covertly observe Klink securing Ritter's code book in his office safe. The Heroes arrange to have Klink's office vacated, allowing Newkirk's magic fingers to work their marvel on the safe. As Newkirk departs the office, he is intercepted by Schultz ordering him to immediately attend a prisoner muster. Newkirk panics and tosses the book down a dry well so as not to be caught with it. Now Hogan and his gang must find a way to retrieve, copy and return the book to the safe before anybody notices that it is missing.
Episode 3
The Klink Commandos
Fri, Oct 10, 196930 mins
Marya, the White-Russian spy, returns to Stalag 13 in the company of a senior Gestapo officer, Count von Waffenschmidt, and immediately makes known to all that she is in love with Colonel Klink. She soon sets-up a scheme that results in Hogan and Newkirk being caught trying to steal secrets being carried by the Count. Now locked-up, Hogan devises a complex plan to secure their freedom and provide another opportunity to get at the contents of the courier pouch.
Episode 4
The Gasoline War
Fri, Oct 17, 196930 mins
The Heroes watch as the German's, with no attempt to hide their activity, set up a gasoline refueling depot at Stalag 13. In order to learn more, Hogan sneaks into town, meeting with an underground contact, Louisa, code named Eskimo. She informs him that this refueling station will speed up convoys resupplying German troops in France, and they have been ordered to destroy the operation which, by its location in a POW camp, is safe from bombing. It will be unreasonable for the underground to accomplish this from outside, therefor the Heroes must do it from inside. During a roll-call the next day, Colonel Klink informs the prisoners that requests to have fuel drums relocated from the POW occupied hut 12 are denied and, with glee, further denies moving those prisoners to safer barracks, thereby ensuring that there will be no sabotage attempts. Hogan cleverly devises a workable plan.
Episode 5
Unfair Exchange
Fri, Oct 24, 196930 mins
Maria Hoffman, a young underground contact, is reciting a memorized update of German military movements to Hogan and Kinchloe, in an off-campus building, when the Gestapo raid. The Heroes narrowly escape capture; however, the young woman is not so fortunate. Hogan and crew are having difficulty coming up with a method of rescuing Maria whom they consider to be a valued asset plus she still has more information wanted by Allied Command. Whilst still contemplating options, General Burkhalter and his sister, Gertrude Linkmeyer, arrive at the camp. Very quickly, a plan is born.
Episode 6
The Kommandant Dies at Dawn
Fri, Oct 31, 196930 mins
Again Hogan uses Klink to deliver information to the Underground but Klink is arrested by the Gestapo for treason on other grounds. Thus Hogan and his men must find a way to free Klink before the Gestapo finds the info on him.
Episode 7
Bombsight
Fri, Nov 7, 196930 mins
Sgt Schultz enters hut 2 ordering a complete lock-down. Nobody is to go out, nor are they permitted to even look out of a window. Hogan still manages to convince Shultz to assign Newkirk the task of watching the windows from outside to ensure that nobody is peeking. Thus, he was able to determine that the Germans are unloading crates of something labeled chicken hawk. Later, the Heroes listen-in on General Burkhalter as he arranges for Klink to store the chicken hawk plans in his office safe. The general explains that it is a new bomb capable of targeting radio transmissions and is about to describe its operation when the signal from the office is lost. The only thing that Hogan is certain of at this point, is that the Allies will not want their enemy to possess such a weapon.
Episode 8
The Big Picture
Fri, Nov 14, 196930 mins
A Gestapo officer, Captain Bohrmann, has been investigating the assassination attempt on Hitler. Now at Stalag 13, he confronts the Commandant with a photo of Klink with a prime conspirator and describes the known long history between the two men. Should Bohrmann's superiors be made aware of his findings, it will mean the end of Klink's career and most likely a death sentence. The Heroes, who have been listening on their coffee pot also clearly hear the Captain's offer of secrecy in return for a sizable financial pay-off. When Klink's dipping into the camp's finances, to make payments, begins to effect prisoners and staff alike, Hogan knows its time to put an end to this extortion.
Episode 9
The Big Gamble
Fri, Nov 21, 196930 mins
Stalag 13 staff and POWs are all watching as a large formation of Allied bombers overfly the camp. All are witness as ack-ack takes out one of the aircraft and observe the crew successfully parachuting from the doomed machine. The vacated aircraft crashes just outside of the compound and although it breaks-up, it does not burn. Soon, the Gestapo arrive to secure the wreckage for investigation by an aviation engineering expert. Meanwhile, the captured bomber pilot is brought to Stalag 13 and covertly informs Hogan that there is a top-secret device installed in the aircraft, which must not fall into enemy hands.
Episode 10
The Defector
Fri, Nov 28, 196930 mins
Hogan meets with Gretchen, an underground contact, on a dark road near Stalag 13. She informs him that Field Marshal Rudolph Richter, a very high-ranking, close friend of Hitler, wants to defect. Allied Command has ordered the Heroes to see to his escape from Germany. Regardless of Hogan's adamant protests, she, posing as a secretary, will accompany the Field Marshal to the camp on Thursday. The plan starts to go wrong when Richter shows up early, only to worsen later that evening when Gestapo Major Hochstetter arrives, hot on his trail. Now a new plan must be devised that will get Richter safely out of the country and, at the same time, end any Gestapo interest in him.
Episode 11
The Empty Parachute
Fri, Dec 5, 196930 mins
Hogan is in the Commandant's office getting a tongue-lashing due to the embarrassment Klink feels that inmates have caused him. They are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Major Hochstetter and a civilian VIP, Julius Schlager, who has a briefcase chained to his wrist. Hogan is dismissed and returns to his hut where he informs his crew of the briefcase. There is no clue as to the contents of the case, but anything that the Gestapo is safe-guarding and important enough to be chained to its courier, is a must-see for the Heroes.
Episode 12
The Antique
Fri, Dec 12, 196930 mins
Lebeau brings a pretty underground contact through the tunnel to meet with the Heroes. She informs them that the underground network's communication system is in disarray but has an extremely important message to be passed to various locations in western Europe. The message is too sensitive to be transmitted by radio, therefor must be hand carried. Hogan soon devises a plan involving Colonel Klink and his supposedly antique clock.
Episode 13
Is There a Traitor in the House?
Fri, Dec 19, 196930 mins
The Heroes are about to pass to London much-wanted details regarding a new plant located nearby, when aerial bombing close to the Stalag knocks out radio transmissions. Later, Klink has the POWs assembled to hear a radio broadcast by Berlin Betty who is seeking volunteers to be interviewed on a future program. Any such respondent would be required to renounce the Allies' war efforts and in return will be treated to an intimate evening with Betty. With this in mind, Hogan hatches a plan to get the needed information to London.
Episode 14
At Last - Schultz Knows Something
Fri, Dec 26, 196930 mins
Hogan and company listen-in as Dr. Hermann Felzer, in the company of General Burkhalter, explain to Colonel Klink that he has been chosen for a top-secret assignment. So secret is this duty that Felzer refuses to discuss any specifics in the office, instead insisting on providing those details in the privacy of Burkhalter's car. The ever-quick-thinking Hogan immediately arranges to have Lebeau climb into the trunk of the car where he overhears the conversation. As a result, the Heroes learn that the subject of this mystery is a new atomic research facility, but its location is never mentioned. With the help of Carla, an underground contact, and their only two clues, an odometer reading and potatoes, Hogan develops a plan.
Episode 15
How's the Weather?
Fri, Jan 2, 197030 mins
Hogan receives information of a planned aerial attack on a new hydro-electric dam and is ordered to provide daily wind direction data. He then fabricates an anniversary party for Colonel Klink for the sole purpose of justifying the balloons needed to acquire the needed information. Meanwhile, General Burkhalter, who is at the dam developing security protocols, telephones Klink to warn him that unauthorized radio transmissions have been detected in the local area. He goes on to demand that Klink be extra diligent in observing prisoner activity for anything out of the normal. The tightened security necessitates the need for the Heroes to create a more elaborate scheme.
Episode 16
Get Fit or Go Fight
Fri, Jan 9, 197030 mins
Colonel Klink has been enjoying an outing in town, and while at his car giving a goodbye kiss to a pretty waitress, she has a young boy conceal a note and film in the hubcap of the spare tire. Immediately upon arrival at the Stalag, the men retrieve the packet and process the film containing images of several military installations. The included note states that the next delivery will contain the information on new rocket sites that the Allies have been unsuccessful obtaining thus far. There is, however, a deadline of Friday for the pickup, at which time this underground group will disperse, and the material will no longer be available. So secretive is this group that they refuse contact of any kind with the Heroes themselves. The only means to acquire this important data is Klink's hubcap. This wasn't going to be a problem until General Burkhalter informs Klink that all Stalag Commandants will be required to undergo a physical examination which, if failed, will result in a transfer to the Russian front. Klink, who is in deplorable physical condition, makes it known that he will be working-out with no visits to town until after his doctor's appointment on Friday. The information is too important to lose, so Hogan and gang need to find a way to get Klink to town.
Episode 17
Fat Hermann, Go Home
Fri, Jan 16, 197030 mins
Colonel Hogan is in the compound delivering an open-air briefing to his crew regarding a trainload of precious artwork that may be headed their direction, when Schultz approaches the group with euphoric pride. After some prodding, he blurts-out that he has been selected to escort Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering from town to the Stalag. Schultz then goes to meet the Reichsmarschall in his hotel room where, upon entering, he finds only Marya, the White-Russian spy, who easily convinces him that he must pretend to be Goering at the camp. After arrival at Stalag 13, Marya and Schultz, as Goering, immediately seclude themselves in Klink's quarters. That evening, Hogan and company enter the room, through an underground tunnel, intent on kidnapping the Reichsmarschall in order to access the trainload of art treasures. Instead, Marya persuades the Heroes to join forces with her in a less dangerous scheme to accomplish the same goal.
Episode 18
The Softer They Fall
Fri, Jan 23, 197030 mins
Kinch is ordered to act as a sparring partner for "Battling Bruno", a guard who is preparing for the Luftstalag championship. However, Hogan finds out that a couple of Luftwafe officers are in camp planning for an attack on the English radar. In order to look at the plans Hogan has Kinch knock out Bruno during a training session in full view of Klink and Burkhalter, who have memories of Jesse Owen's performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The plan is to have Kinch carry Bruno for six rounds, however Klink and Burkhalter have Bruno load his gloves with metal weights to ensure Aryan superiority. Now Kinch must do all he can to keep on his feet so that LeBeau can photograph the plans and keep the English radar safe.
Episode 19
Gowns by Yvette
Fri, Jan 30, 197030 mins
Kinch brings news that the underground has knowledge of a factory which is in the process of manufacturing newly designed mobile rocket launchers. This critical information will be passed to Papa Bear at the hauserhof in the nearby town of Hammelburg. As the Heroes discuss how to get to town to meet the contact, the Commandant arrives to tell Hogan that General Burkhalter is on his way to oversee the wedding of his sister to Klink at that same hauserhof. Hogan is certain that he now has the means to make good his rendezvous. When Burkhalter arrives he corrects the misunderstanding, informing Klink that the wedding is for his niece and Count von Hertzel and that Klink is to make all of the arrangements. Hogan is quite pleased with this change and manages to convince the General that the famous Parisian couturier, Yvette, which just happens to be a pseudonym for Lebeau, should create the wedding gown. The plan goes somewhat awry when the Gestapo arrest the underground contact.
Episode 20
One Army at a Time
Fri, Feb 13, 197030 mins
Kinch is the look-out as the remainder of the Heroes, bedecked in German uniforms, prepare to replace the guard detail at a nearby bridge. They have with them sufficient explosives to fulfill their mission of destroying the bridge. However, they are soon interrupted by a German patrol and all scatter, headed for home. Carter is too slow and is found with the explosives. The patrol assumes that he is who he pretends to be and escort him to their base. Once there, he is regarded as something of a hero for preventing an attempted sabotage and is promoted to Acting Corporal. Carter, finally able to exit the base unnoticed, returns to the Stalag and his now-quite-worried compatriots. Even after explaining the terror he felt during his stay with the Germans and his total unwillingness to return, Hogan manages to convince him that he must do so in order to reclaim the explosives, much needed to complete their objective.
Episode 21
Standing Room Only
Fri, Feb 20, 197030 mins
Two weeks have already passed since seven POWs escaped from Stalag 5. The men, hidden all of that time in the tunnels of Stalag 13, are growing antsy and the failed escape attempt by one nearly exposes the entire Heroes' system. Only the quick thinking of Hogan and his bribery of Sgt Schultz was able to avert that disastrous outcome. The mass escape by these prisoners has created a tightening of security in and around all Stalags, thus putting a hold on moving the escapees to freedom. The following day, General Burkhalter brings Major Strauss, Commandant of Stalag 5, to Klink's office explaining to both officers that the Major will be assigned to Stalag 13 for training in the proper operation of a POW camp. Very quickly, Strauss discovers serious discrepancies in Klink's financial records and informs him that this information will be passed to Burkhalter. Now Hogan must find a way to free the seven men while saving Klink from a probable firing squad.
Episode 22
Six Lessons from Madame LaGrange
Fri, Feb 27, 197030 mins
Hogan, once again, is in town. This time to meet with the beautiful, charming and talented Lily Frankel, who is an undercover agent working as a singer performing at a popular night club. She informs him that a traitorous agent is soon to pass information to Major Hochstetter, listing the names of the entire underground organization including the Heroes. The meeting is to happen at this location, but no other details are currently known. An update will come as soon as available. Soon, Colonel Klink appears and as Hogan prepares to make a hasty retreat, Lily informs him that Klink has been painfully wooing her for several days. Back at camp, the Heroes begin setting up a scheme to escape the Stalag and simultaneously eradicate all evidence of their activities. However, when the Major shows up at the Stalag, Hogan manages to convince him that he and Klink should vie for Lily's affection. Now a new plot is hatched that should save the Heroes organization.
Episode 23
The Sergeant's Analyst
Fri, Mar 6, 197030 mins
The Heroes have just received a variety of canned foods from Sgt Schultz that he has pilfered from the supply depot. Included with this booty is a loaf of pumpernickel for Hogan. It turns out that the bread has hidden photos, part of a large collage that, when complete, will deliver needed details of the German Western Wall, thereby making possible the means for the Allies to destroy it. There is only one more set of photos required to complete the puzzle. After a hearty repast, payment for his services, Schultz stretches out on a bunk for a quick nap. Unfortunately for all, General Burkhalter pulls a surprise inspection and catches Schultz asleep, on duty, and in a prisoner hut. Colonel Klink is then forced to comply with Burkhalter's orders to transfer Schultz to the Russian front and at the same time confines him to his quarters. With Schultz out of action, Hogan must find a way to acquire the final installment of photos from their man at the supply depot.
Episode 24
The Merry Widow
Fri, Mar 13, 197030 mins
Hogan has acquired a photo negative strip detailing the construction of a new and complex landmine that is playing havoc with Allied advances. Efforts to pass on these photos have been hampered by a collapse in the primary access tunnel. Hogan makes arrangements for an agent, Countess Marlene, aka the Merry Widow, to invite Colonel Klink to a romantic evening in her hotel room. All goes exactly as planned when Klink unwittingly delivers the photos. However, only minutes later, at Stalag 13, Hogan is introduced to a new POW, Sgt Meadowns, who had led the team that obtained the original photos. He informs Hogan that the photos are for a prototype and attempts to disarm the mine in actual use, with that knowledge, will be fatal. Instead, he has a replica of the current mine that should be forwarded to Allied Command. Now Hogan must invent a new strategy to get the correct information to the Countess, and since air transport has been arranged for her departing at midnight, timeliness is essential.
Episode 25
Crittendon's Commandos
Fri, Mar 20, 197030 mins
Hogan receives orders to meet a group of commandos being parachuted into the local area. The Heroes, clad in German uniforms, arrive at the appointed site with a truck and the intention of providing transport to the group. Things begin to go afoul almost immediately when it is discovered that the klutz, Colonel Crittendon, is their leader. He quickly refuses the transport stating that he and his men will walk the ten miles to the Stalag. Having returned to the camp, the Heroes anxiously await their arrival. Eventually Crittendon appears, alone, having successfully escaped the Germans who captured his entire team. He informs Hogan and crew that the now doomed mission, was to capture Field Marshal Rommel who is currently recuperating in a hospital near Hammelburg. The end-goal is for a prisoner exchange, Rommel for a captured British Admiral, head of naval intelligence. Hogan and crew, with the leadership of Crittendon who is quick to remind all that he is senior ranking officer, undertake to complete the assignment.
Episode 26
Klink's Escape
Fri, Mar 27, 197030 mins
General Burkhalter interrupts Colonel Klink's romantic evening with fraulein Heidi, bringing news of yet another prisoner escape, this time from Stalag 12. POW escapes are out of control and the General believes that there must be a processing center to manage such a large volume of escapees. He then orders Klink to immediately increase security and perform a surprise inspection. Meanwhile, the Heroes have concerns about the great number of Allied bombers being shot down in their attempts to destroy a nearby tunnel and decide that they should make a ground sabotage attack, hopefully eliminating that target. When Klink barges in on the gang, he makes known the frustration of Burkhalter's information and subsequent orders. However, the increased security has their tunnel exit blocked by patrols. Desperate for a means to complete their chosen task, Hogan fabricates a story for Sgt Schultz, wherein a US POW camp commander arranged for prisoners to escape and be followed to their contacts. Schultz immediately informs Klink, who quickly lays claim to the idea, and begins arrangements for the Heroes to escape, thus, unbeknownst to him, supplying the means for the men to get to the tunnel.
