The Rat Patrol "The Wildest Raid of All" #1.3 (1966)

Fun (if you don't think about it too much), 11 July 2017

As The Wildest Raid of All opens, Troy and Hitchcock have been taken prisoner by the Nazis. They arrive at a German camp and are taken to meet a General. It's all a ruse, though, and before you can say Rat Patrol, the guys turn the table and take the General hostage. But for what purpose? Is he just a POW or do the guys have a more creative use for their prisoner?

Again, I'm not going to comment on the historical accuracy of equipment, uniforms, etc. I watch these episodes for entertainment purposes only – not a history lesson.

The Wildest Raid of All certainly gets off to a wild start. I was settling in to watch the episode when – BAM - there goes the General. It caught me off guard. As for the rest, it's not as exciting as the beginning, but it is entertaining nonetheless. I admit that you have to be capable of turning off your brain and ignoring a lot of illogical facets of the episode. You can't think too hard about things like why didn't the Germans just shoot the Americans and take the General. That would have been too easy. With that in mind, the Rat Patrol's plan for the General is incredibly exciting and makes for good TV. Overall, it's a solid episode.

7/10