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.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Hogan's Heroes Season 4.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Hogan Goes Hollywood
Sep 26, 1969 · 25 min
To transmit information home, Colonel Hogan plans to cast an American actor to star in a German propaganda film.
The Well
Oct 3, 1969 · 25 min
Hogan steals the Luftwaffe codebook, but can't use it after Newkirk accidentally drops it down a well.
The Klink Commandos
Oct 10, 1969 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
Hogan and his men plan to demolish a gasoline station that's just been built in camp.
Unfair Exchange
Oct 24, 1969 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
Colonel Klink is set up for execution after the gestapo finds him with underground information --- planted on him by Hogan.
Bombsight
Nov 7, 1969 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
When the Gestapo blackmails Klink, Hogan plans to steal the incriminating photo.
The Big Gamble
Nov 21, 1969 · 25 min
Hogan plots to keep a secret device, hidden on board a downed plane, from the Germans.
The Defector
Nov 28, 1969 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
Hogan plans to filter information into London through the wires of a German propaganda radio broadcast.
At Last - Schultz Knows Something
Dec 26, 1969 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
Hogan throws an anniversary party for Klink, planning to use party balloons to forecast the weather.
Get Fit or Go Fight
Jan 9, 1970 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
"Kinch" agrees to fight a German boxing champ to divert attention from a heist that Hogan is planning.
Gowns by Yvette
Jan 30, 1970 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
When he's captured in German uniform, Carter convinces the Germans that he is one of them.
Standing Room Only
Feb 20, 1970 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
Schultz is headed for the Russian front because Burkhalter caught him goofing off.
The Merry Widow
Mar 13, 1970 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
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 · 25 min
Hogan gets Klink to believe he is about to bust a POW escape ring.