Review(s): DVD Hogan's Heroes - The Complete Fifth Season
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Get ready for another season of wacky antics and laughs from the gang at Stalag 17. The guys are up to their old tricks to sabotage and subvert the Nazi efforts, along with the bungling Col. Klink and Sgt. Schultz. Here's what you can expect in Season 5.
The 26 episodes with original telecast dates include:
Episode 1: Hogan Goes Hollywood (9/26/1969)
Episode 2: The Well (10/3/1969)
Episode 3: The Klink Commandos (10/10/1969)
Episode 4: The Gasoline War (10/17/1969)
Episode 5: Unfair Exchange (10/24/1969)
Episode 6: The Kommandant Dies at Dawn (10/31/1969)
Episode 7: Bombsight (11/7/1969)
Episode 8: The Big Picture (11/14/1969)
Episode 9: The Big Gamble (11/21/1969)
Episode 10: The Defector (11/28/1969)
Episode 11: The Empty Parachute (12/5/1969)
Episode 12: The Antique (12/12/1969)
Episode 13: Is There a Traitor in the House? (12/19/1969)
Episode 14: At Last-Schultz Knows Something (12/26/1969)
Episode 15: How's the Weather? (1/2/1970)
Episode 16: Get Fit or Go Fight (1/9/1970)
Episode 17: Fat Hermann, Go Home (1/16/1970)
Episode 18: The Softer They Fall (1/23/1970)
Episode 19: Gowns by Yvette (1/30/1970)
Episode 20: One Army at a Time (2/13/1970)
Episode 21: Standing Room Only (2/20/1970)
Episode 22: Six Lessons From Madame LaGrange (2/27/1970)
Episode 23: The Sergeant's Analyst (3/6/1970)
Episode 24: The Merry Widow (3/13/1970)
Episode 25: Crittendon's Commandos (3/20/1970)
Episode 26: Klink's Escape(3/27/1970)
This season marks Col. Crittendon's fourth appearance in the show. It would also be Sgt. Kinchloe's (Ivan Dixon) last year with the series.
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