User Reviews

Here we begin with Newkirk in some German woman's apartment and almost immediately see reveals to Newkirk that she can tell from his accent that he's English. She tells him it doesn't matter and they talk a moment more before soldiers smash in the door and arrest Newkirk-who reveals to them who he really is so they don't shoot him.

Back at the stalag, Klink tells the returned prisoner there will be no punishment; instead Newkirk is to be permanently transferred to Stalag 6. It so happens that 10 of 18 men who recently escaped Stalag 6 are currently hiding in the tunnels underneath camp. Before they take Newkirk away, Hogan slips him a gun so he can escape from Schultz en route.

Major Hochstetter arrives telling Klink he captured 8 prisoners who escaped and one of them said they were all heading for Stalag 13 and Hochstetter intends to set up a ring of steel around the camp and find out why.

Meanwhile, Newkirk reappears coming in the tunnel under the bunk with his "girlfriend" Gretel. He brings her through the tunnel, past the escaped POWs and into the barracks and Hogan proceeds to outline a wild plan to help the 10 men escape. Schultz comes in and finds Newkirk, and then the woman, who reveals to him that she is working for the Gestapo and is going to the Kommandant.

Gretel tells Klink and Hochstetter all about what Hogan is up to, and moments later, a bomb explodes somewhere. Hochstetter gets some men to go to the barracks and find the tunnel and the other prisoners. Of course, the explosion closed up the tunnel entrance, and the men have hidden the other things Gretel saw, so when she tries to show Hochstetter, it looks like she made the whole thing up.

The capper was the sudden appearance of a Luftwaffe general (played by Carter) who tells Hochstetter that he should be doing more important things than inspecting bunks and (regarding the digging under the bunk to find the tunnel) "gardening." Hochstetter leaves with the woman promising to question her about her inaccurate information, and Newkirk is back as a prisoner of Klink's with the "general" telling Klink he should take a lesson from Stalag 6-too many prisoner transfers stirred up the POWs over there.

This was Hochstetter at his best-early on, instead of bellowing about Hogan with his "Vat iss zis man doink here?!" as Hogan is leaving on Klink's order, the major bellows, "I vant zis man in here!" He has several other good lines while his men are working on finding the tunnel. Newkirk's attempts to explain why he should be forgiven for almost ruining the operation were also funny. Carter was also at his best when playing the German general.

Overall, one of the funniest episodes in the series-which is why it gets one of the few "10" scores from me.