Vendetta

Actually, as strange as this episode is, it's a pretty fun episode. With everybody zipping around in jeeps this episode really moves. It's actually sped up for commercial television so it looks even faster than it was naturally when it was first made. They want to fit in more commercials which I guess is their god-given right if they so choose. Even the DVD's are sped up. I don't care for it personally.

A common theme in Combat is somebody showing up and pushing the Combat heroes to be even more brave than they already are, actually pushing them into foolish recklessness that could get everybody killed. It creates drama and action. That's why they wrote episodes like this. So that's the vibe of this episode. Somebody pushing our heroes. In this case it's a jerk of a Greek colonel, played by the legendary Telly Savalas. The central problem is should you basically commit suicide just to make some crazy Greek colonel happy? Lt. Hanley has to wrestle with that one.

Someone mentioned The Rat Patrol and it does indeed have a strong Rat Patrol look and flavor and that's fine with me because that's my favorite war show. "Let's shake it...."

The ending is really over the top. I won't give it away, but it's very operatic. I wasn't sure if the colonel was to be pitied or admired.