Hogan's Heroes: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Hogan's Heroes Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Hogan Goes Hollywood
Sep 26, 1969
To transmit information home, Colonel Hogan plans to cast an American actor to star in a German propaganda film.
The Well
Oct 3, 1969
Hogan steals the Luftwaffe codebook, but can't use it after Newkirk accidentally drops it down a well.
The Klink Commandos
Oct 10, 1969
In order to steal key documents, Hogan and his men volunteer for a German suicide-squad train bound for the Russian front.
The Gasoline War
Oct 17, 1969
Hogan and his men plan to demolish a gasoline station that's just been built in camp.
Unfair Exchange
Oct 24, 1969
Hogan kidnaps General Burkhalter's sister, with the intention of exchanging her for a captured Allied agent.
The Kommandant Dies at Dawn
Oct 31, 1969
Colonel Klink is set up for execution after the gestapo finds him with underground information --- planted on him by Hogan.
Bombsight
Nov 7, 1969
A new weapon is about to be tested and Hogan schemes to get the blueprints to foil its detonation.
The Big Picture
Nov 14, 1969
When the Gestapo blackmails Klink, Hogan plans to steal the incriminating photo.
The Big Gamble
Nov 21, 1969
Hogan plots to keep a secret device, hidden on board a downed plane, from the Germans.
The Defector
Nov 28, 1969
A defecting Field Marshal tailed by Major Hochstetter to Stalag 13 needs Hogan's help to get to England.
The Empty Parachute
Dec 5, 1969
By planting an opened parachute in camp, Hogan tricks the Germans into looking for an Allied agent --- so he can find the missing briefcase that was handcuffed to a courier.
The Antique
Dec 12, 1969
Hogan convinces Klink to open a business selling "rare" cuckoo clocks, which Hogan plans to use for smuggling information.
Is There a Traitor in the House?
Dec 19, 1969
Hogan plans to filter information into London through the wires of a German propaganda radio broadcast.
At Last - Schultz Knows Something
Dec 26, 1969
Hogan prods Sergeant Schultz to reveal the site of a secret atomic installation that Schultz has been assigned to guard.
How's the Weather?
Jan 2, 1970
Hogan throws an anniversary party for Klink, planning to use party balloons to forecast the weather.
Get Fit or Go Fight
Jan 9, 1970
Hogan convinces Klink to get back in shape so he won't be shipped to the Russian front.
Fat Hermann, Go Home
Jan 16, 1970
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.
The Softer They Fall
Jan 23, 1970
"Kinch" agrees to fight a German boxing champ to divert attention from a heist that Hogan is planning.
Gowns by Yvette
Jan 30, 1970
By having LeBeau design her gown, Hogan plans to use the wedding of Burkhalter's niece as a smokescreen to smuggle a defector out of Germany.
One Army at a Time
Feb 13, 1970
When he's captured in German uniform, Carter convinces the Germans that he is one of them.
Standing Room Only
Feb 20, 1970
Hogan tries to save Klink from the officer who wants to turn him in for his lousy bookkeeping skills.
Six Lessons From Madame LaGrange
Feb 27, 1970
With the help of a singer, Hogan schemes to prevent the Gestapo from arresting all the local Allied agents.
The Sergeant's Analyst
Mar 6, 1970
Schultz is headed for the Russian front because Burkhalter caught him goofing off.
The Merry Widow
Mar 13, 1970
To transport secret documents, Hogan sets up Klink with a female agent --- but when the wrong documents fall into Klink's hands, Schultz becomes the delivery boy.
Crittendon's Commandos
Mar 20, 1970
On a mission to capture Rommel, Colonel Crittendon and his commandos parachute into camp, but the Colonel is the only one to avoid capture.
Klink's Escape
Mar 27, 1970
Hogan gets Klink to believe he is about to bust a POW escape ring.