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The Rat Patrol Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
32 Episodes 1966 - 1967
Episode 1
The Chase of Fire Raid
Mon, Sep 12, 196625 mins
British non-commissioned officer Sgt. Jack Moffitt is assigned to the Rat Patrol and must prove himself to a resistant Sgt. Troy. Moffitt's mission is to help the Rats locate a buried German supply dump before Dietrich's forces find it.
Episode 2
The Life Against Death Raid
Mon, Sep 19, 196625 mins
Hitch is critically wounded and to save his life the Rat Patrol risk their own by bringing him into a German hospital camp for emergency surgery.
Episode 3
The Wildest Raid of All
Mon, Sep 26, 196625 mins
The Rat Patrol's U.S. Sgt. Sam Troy lets himself be captured as a ploy to take an Africa Korps General hostage. A Rat Patrol jeep frees Sgt. Troy, and grabs the General, but is blocked into a desert canyon behind German lines by Capt. Dietrich's mobile squad. How will the vastly outnumbered Rat Patrol escape, to complete its mission to blow up a Nazi munitions dump ?
Episode 4
The Kill or Be Killed Raid
Mon, Oct 3, 196625 mins
Moffitt impersonates a German archaeologist in order to infiltrate a German stronghold and steal the secret of an ancient scroll believed to pinpoint a desert water supply.
Episode 5
The Chain of Death Raid
Mon, Oct 10, 196625 mins
Troy and Dietrich are taken captive by a roving band of Bedouin slave traders. Meanwhile, Moffitt, Hitch and Tully are preparing to sabotage an oasis the Germans depend upon for water.
Episode 6
The Do or Die Raid
Mon, Oct 17, 196625 mins
Expert lock-pick Sgt. Frank Griffin's mission is to substitute a doctored map for the real one within a German officer's locked cabinet. The Rat Patrol's job is to get Griffin in and out of the seaside Nazi compound.
Episode 7
The Blind Man's Bluff Raid
Mon, Oct 24, 196625 mins
A sun-blinded Sgt. Troy is an unwitting ploy in Dietrich's scheme to rout the Rat Patrol.
Episode 8
The Fatal Chase Raid
Mon, Oct 31, 196625 mins
After liberating POWs, the Rat Patrol must transport to safety surly Sgt. Gribs, who possesses key information about Nazi troop movements. Along for the trip are Tex and Eddie, two privates determined to kill their sergeant for cowardice.
Episode 9
The Blow Sky High Raid
Mon, Nov 7, 196625 mins
To knock out an Afrika Korps radar station, clearing the way for an Allied bombing raid, the Rat Patrol employs a new explosive. To get there in time, the Desert Rats must uncover an ancient shortcut through the mountains, made even more dangerous by the easily-upset French explosive, which is tossed like a snowball.
Episode 10
The Moment of Truce Raid
Mon, Nov 14, 196625 mins
Troy and Dietrich declare an uneasy truce when both of their units are ambushed by a horde of homicidal Bedouins.
Episode 11
The Deadly Double Raid
Mon, Nov 21, 196625 mins
Moffitt and Tully infiltrate a German prisoner of war camp seeking a soldier who has memorized Rommel's secret plans. But the man is dead, and now two men claim to have been his confidante.
Episode 12
The Gun Runner Raid
Mon, Nov 28, 196625 mins
The Rat Patrol is taken prisoner by an embittered American soldier turned traitor. From his lavish desert compound he sells captured American weapons and equipment to the Germans. His proposition to Troy and Moffitt: Join me as partners.
Episode 13
The Lighthouse Raid
Mon, Dec 5, 196625 mins
The Rat Patrol undertakes an ambitious two-phase mission. First they must rescue an ailing French Resistance leader from a Nazi stronghold and second they must smuggle him aboard a trawler launching from a German-held lighthouse.
Episode 14
The Dare-Devil Rescue Raid
Mon, Dec 12, 196624 mins
Believing his father has survived a plane crash, Moffitt disobeys Troy's direct orders and sets out to rescue his father from the Germans.
Episode 15
The Last Harbor Raid: Episode I
Mon, Dec 19, 196625 mins
The Rats are given orders to liberate prisoners being used to keep a dock area vital to the Germans. The resistance contact Bertaine is organizing the fishing boats to transport the POWS but sacrifices himself to protect the mission.
Episode 16
The Last Harbor Raid: Episode II
Mon, Dec 26, 196625 mins
El Gamil steps in, replacing Bertaine, to aid the Rat Patrol in liberating the POWs. Sgt. Troy secretly meets captured officer Major Indrus while Moffitt and Hitchcock connect with Bertaine's daughter Marianne, a suspected collaborator.
Episode 17
The Last Harbor Raid: Episode III
Mon, Jan 2, 196725 mins
Marianne helps Troy to convince suspicious local fisherman to evacuate Allied POWs who are forced to repair port facilities for a German supply depot.
Episode 18
The One That Got Away Raid
Mon, Jan 9, 196725 mins
The Rat Patrol is assigned a rescue mission to save Oberleutnant Gustaf Friedrich Luden, a German defector code-named "buttercup," whose cover may have been exposed. As a bonus, Luden will turn over the latest German secret codes.
Episode 19
Two for One Raid
Mon, Jan 16, 196725 mins
Sgt. Troy and his Rats are tasked with preventing a supply drop to a German convoy headed by the renowned Colonel Seidner. His teen son Peter ends up in their custody and Troy endangers the mission to spare the Colonel.
Episode 20
The Last Chance Raid
Mon, Jan 23, 196725 mins
The patrol finds themselves trapped in a German radio station after trying to contact the British with urgent information. Troy and his fellow rats must outwit Dietrich to escape death or capture.
Episode 21
The B Negative Raid
Mon, Jan 30, 196725 mins
Moffitt is wounded after an attack on a German convoy and needs a transfusion of a rare blood type. Troy and Hitchcock secretly enter Dietrich's camp and find an American deserter Cpl Pennell who is unwilling to cooperate.
Episode 22
The Exhibit A Raid
Mon, Feb 6, 196725 mins
Sgt. Troy has a notorious German soldier Colonel Beckman in custody when an altercation occurs and another POW is killed. Beckman frames Troy for the murder, so the remaining patrol conducts a daring raid to clear him.
Episode 23
The Holy War Raid
Mon, Feb 13, 196725 mins
Capt. Dietrich schemes to kidnap Holy Man Marabout, then "rescue" him so his tribe will side with the Germans. The Rats must rescue him as Pettigrew and Hitchcock are held hostage by the Arabs until Troy and Moffit return with Marabout.
Episode 24
The Two Against Time Raid
Mon, Feb 20, 196725 mins
The Rat Patrol's mission to blow up a German ammunition depot is thwarted by Captain Dietrich. He confronts Troy but a landslide traps them together. Moffitt has orders to dynamite the site despite his entombed comrade.
Episode 25
The Wild Goose Raid
Mon, Feb 27, 196725 mins
The Rat Patrol is assigned to oversee security for an important high level meeting occurring at headquarters.
Episode 26
The Bring 'Em Back Alive Raid
Mon, Mar 13, 196725 mins
Troy kidnaps a German research doctor, but the others are captured in the process. Troy is unaware the doctor possesses a vial of deadly radioactive radium.
Episode 27
Take Me to Your Leader Raid
Mon, Mar 20, 196725 mins
Capt. Dietrich contrives to have a German soldier impersonate Major Lansing, be picked up by the Rat Patrol and taken to headquarters, where he is to assassinate an Allied general.
Episode 28
The Double or Nothing Raid
Mon, Mar 27, 196725 mins
Sgt. Moffitt is wounded, taken prisoner and about to be executed by the Germans. After the Rats initial rescue fails, Moffitt learns from a doctor that he is being used as bait to trap the rest of the patrol and eliminate them.
Episode 29
The Hour Glass Raid
Mon, Apr 3, 196725 mins
Captain Dietrich kidnaps Dr. Anderson from a medical unit to aid a wounded German officer. Sgt Troy and the Rats pursue Dietrich who is injured during a sandstorm. As he is being treated he reveals a traitor among the Allies.
Episode 30
Mask-A-Raid
Mon, Apr 10, 196725 mins
Sgt. Troy smuggles a heavily bandaged Moffitt in German HQ posing as a Luftwaffe pilot. Moffitt pretends to have important information about Allied movements but their cover is blown leading to Troy's capture.
Episode 31
The Fire and Brimstone Raid
Wed, Apr 26, 196725 mins
Sgt. Troy and his patrol are trapped in a munitions depot by Deitrich who forces the local chieftain to become his ally. The desperate situation takes a turn when Moffitt appeals to the sheik's pride regarding the German threats against him.
Episode 32
The Delilah Raid
Mon, May 1, 196725 mins
Sgt Troy and his men encounter Michele, claiming to be a resistance fighter, while on a mission. Taking her along, she leads them to be captured by Col. Ulrich Leske. Ulrich is her lover and the Rats must escape plus blowup a fuel depot.