1966

S1.E1 ∙ The Chase of Fire Raid

Sun, Sep 11, 1966

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.

6.8 /10

S1.E2 ∙ The Life Against Death Raid

Sun, Sep 18, 1966

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.

7 /10

S1.E3 ∙ The Wildest Raid of All

Sun, Sep 25, 1966

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 ?

7.3 /10

S1.E4 ∙ The Kill or Be Killed Raid

Sun, Oct 02, 1966

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.

7.4 /10

S1.E5 ∙ The Chain of Death Raid

Sun, Oct 09, 1966

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.

7.5 /10

S1.E6 ∙ The Do or Die Raid

Sun, Oct 16, 1966

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.

7.3 /10

S1.E7 ∙ The Blind Man's Bluff Raid

Sun, Oct 23, 1966

A sun-blinded Sgt. Troy is an unwitting ploy in Dietrich's scheme to rout the Rat Patrol.

7.7 /10

S1.E8 ∙ The Fatal Chase Raid

Sun, Oct 30, 1966

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.

6.8 /10

S1.E9 ∙ The Blow Sky High Raid

Sun, Nov 06, 1966

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.

6.8 /10

S1.E10 ∙ The Moment of Truce Raid

Sun, Nov 13, 1966

Troy and Dietrich declare an uneasy truce when both of their units are ambushed by a horde of homicidal Bedouins.

8.1 /10

S1.E11 ∙ The Deadly Double Raid

Sun, Nov 20, 1966

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.

7.5 /10

S1.E12 ∙ The Gun Runner Raid

Sun, Nov 27, 1966

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.

7.4 /10

S1.E13 ∙ The Lighthouse Raid

Sun, Dec 04, 1966

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.

6.9 /10

S1.E14 ∙ The Dare-Devil Rescue Raid

Sun, Dec 11, 1966

Believing his father has survived a plane crash, Moffitt disobeys Troy's direct orders and sets out to rescue his father from the Germans.

6.9 /10

S1.E15 ∙ The Last Harbor Raid: Episode I

Sun, Dec 18, 1966

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.

6.8 /10

S1.E16 ∙ The Last Harbor Raid: Episode II

Sun, Dec 25, 1966

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.

7.2 /10

S1.E17 ∙ The Last Harbor Raid: Episode III

Sun, Jan 01, 1967

Marianne helps Troy to convince suspicious local fisherman to evacuate Allied POWs who are forced to repair port facilities for a German supply depot.

7.1 /10

S1.E18 ∙ The One That Got Away Raid

Sun, Jan 08, 1967

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.

6.9 /10

S1.E19 ∙ Two for One Raid

Sun, Jan 15, 1967

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.

6.4 /10

S1.E20 ∙ The Last Chance Raid

Sun, Jan 22, 1967

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.

7.3 /10

S1.E21 ∙ The B Negative Raid

Sun, Jan 29, 1967

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.

7.1 /10

S1.E22 ∙ The Exhibit A Raid

Sun, Feb 05, 1967

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.

7.2 /10

S1.E23 ∙ The Holy War Raid

Sun, Feb 12, 1967

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.

7.2 /10

S1.E24 ∙ The Two Against Time Raid

Sun, Feb 19, 1967

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.

7.5 /10

S1.E25 ∙ The Wild Goose Raid

Sun, Feb 26, 1967

The Rat Patrol is assigned to oversee security for an important high level meeting occurring at headquarters.

7.3 /10

S1.E26 ∙ The Bring 'Em Back Alive Raid

Sun, Mar 12, 1967

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.

7.1 /10

S1.E27 ∙ Take Me to Your Leader Raid

Sun, Mar 19, 1967

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.

7.9 /10

S1.E28 ∙ The Double or Nothing Raid

Sun, Mar 26, 1967

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.

7.1 /10

S1.E29 ∙ The Hour Glass Raid

Sun, Apr 02, 1967

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.

7.4 /10

S1.E30 ∙ Mask-A-Raid

Sun, Apr 09, 1967

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.

7.3 /10

S1.E31 ∙ The Fire and Brimstone Raid

Tue, Apr 25, 1967

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.

7.1 /10

S1.E32 ∙ The Delilah Raid

Sun, Apr 30, 1967

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.

7.1 /10