- In a plot to get to an airplane with a silent engine, Hogan gets Klink to believe that he is psychic.
- At the start, Klink is on the phone in his office talking to General Burkhalter. They are talking about a top secret project. Burkhalter wants to be sure that no one overhears them, so Klink opens the door to his office, looks out, and sees only Helga sitting at her desk. Hogan and Kinchloe are listening to the conversation in Hogan's office on the coffee pot. Suddenly, there seem to be loose connections and they can not hear what is being said.
Just then, Schultz comes to the barracks for an inspection. Newkirk, Carter, and LeBeau are playing a shell game at the table, with 4 other un-named prisoners watching. After watching two games, Schultz decides to play. He bets, Newkirk shuffles the shells, and Schultz picks the wrong shell.
Klink comes to the barracks, sees the game, and wants to know what is going on. While this is going on, Kinch is trying to fix the wires to the listening device in Klink's office; Hogan comes out of his office to see what is happening. Klink wants the men to be punished for gambling. Klink picks up one of the shells and says that this is gambling; Hogan says that this is not gambling. Hogan says that they were conducting experiments in ESP, extra-sensory perception. A German named von Tillerman wrote a book on it; Klink did not recognize the name or have the book. Hogan says that all of the great German leaders had ESP: Bismarck, Frederick the Great, and stumbled on a third name. Klink said Hitler? Hogan replied, yes, that was it. Hogan asks Klink to do a shell game. Newkirk shuffles the shells, and Klink picks right the first time. He then picks right the second time. Hogan then asks Klink to guess what number he has written on a pad of paper. Hogan picks up a pad of paper, and when Klink was not looking, gave it to Kinch. Klink puts his fingers to his forehead, concentrating; he guesses 8, no 9. Hogan shows the paper (that Kinch wrote after Klink spoke) that has an 8 crossed off and a 9 written.
Later, in Klink's office, Klink tells Hogan that all men are confined to barracks. This has nothing to do with the gambling. There are security concerns, top secret. Hogan goes into the outer office and talks to Helga. He tries to get information from her on the top secret project; she does not know anything. He sees a book from a von Tillerman on ESP sitting on her desk, one that Klink ordered.
Back in the barracks, Kinch says that the wires to the bug are burned out and need to be replaced. He can't fix it unless he runs another line. They can't do that at this time, so Hogan has another idea. He wants to plant a walkie-talkie where they can hear the conversation in Klink's office.
General Burkhalter comes to Klink's office. Klink offers cigars and brandy. Burkhalter says that this is official business, not a social visit. So Klink offers him some official cigars and official brandy. Burkhalter accepts.
Back in the barracks, Newkirk is finishing painting Klink's name on a satchel. Hogan puts the walkie-talkie in the satchel, and puts it underneath the mattress of an upper bunk. Schultz comes in and announces a barracks inspection. Newkirk is drawing a picture of Carter, with his hair parted on the wrong side. Schultz looks in several bunks and finds nothing. He looks under the mattress in one bunk, and finds a briefcase with Klink's name on it. Schultz wants to report this, the prisoners having stolen the briefcase. Hogan starts telling Schultz a sob story; LeBeau gets behind Schultz and starts playing a sad song on the harmonica. Hogan tells about his poor upbringing, and needing money for a relative's surgery. Schultz starts crying, and says that he is not going to report this. Schultz asked where they finally got the money from; Hogan says 'the bank'.
In Klink's office, Klink is talking with Burkhalter. Schultz opens the door with the briefcase and interrupts. Klink tells him to leave and he puts the briefcase down, and leaves without saying much. The conversation continues. This is a top secret project; a new airplane is arriving that will change the course of the war and may even win the war. Then Klink gets a phone call - there is a plane circling. They don't hear anything, as this is a 'silent plane'. Hogan and the men are listening in on the walkie-talkie. Hogan and the men look out the barracks door; they see a plane flying nearby. What is so special about it? It's what you don't hear; there is no noise coming from the plane. Hogan pauses, then comes up with a plan; they can wait until dark.
That night, Hogan and the men come up the outside tunnel, which happens to be near where the plane is parked outside the gate. They sneak around a bit, and then take the engine out of the plane. They take it down into the tunnel, take pictures and measurements of it, and take it apart. When looking at it, Hogan sees that the 'secret' is that gas is vaporized in a series of baffle chambers, like putting cotton in your ears.
The pilot of the plane and inventor of the engine, Herr Kinzler, is talking in Klink's office with Klink and Burkhalter. Burkhalter asks about security. Klink and Burkhalter go outside and walk towards the plane. Klink says that he has given the guards orders to shoot anyone who goes near the plane. Anyone? Yes, anyone. Burkhalter stops, and then runs back behind a small guard shack. Burkhalter asks Klink to rescind that order before they get any closer.
Down in the tunnel, the motor is being put back together. One pipe does not fit right; Hogan hits it with a hammer, and the pipe goes into a hole. Hogan says that force is the only things that Germans understand.
At the plane, Burkhalter and Klink are discussing security. Klink says that nothing will happen. Then he looks into an opening in the side of the plane, and does not see an engine. He tries to cover for this with Burkhalter.
Klink goes to Hogan, and talks with him about the missing engine. Hogan tells Klink to use his ESP to try to find the engine. Klink puts his fingers to his forehead and concentrates. He sees Burkhalter testing him.
Klink and Hogan go outside to where the plane is. Klink uses his ESP again to find the engine. It is black, no white. He pulls a bush back saying it is right here. There is nothing under the bush. Hogan then looks in the opening in the side of the plane, and says that it would be crowded with two engines in there. Klink looks, and sees the engine back in its place. He is puzzled as to what is going on.
The next day, just inside the compound, Burkhalter is talking with 3 other generals and an aide in a staff car. The other generals are here to see the demonstration of the silent engine. The engine starts, and makes a lot of grumbling noises, pops, and bangs. This is not the silent engine that was to be demonstrated. One of the generals gives a sign to the aide to drive off, and the staff car leaves, without any of them saying anything. Hogan says, in a British accent 'By jove, I don't think he's got it'.
At the end, at roll call, Klink is talking to the prisoners 'so you call yourselves soldiers'. Newkirk says no, we are prisoners. Klink says that the confinement to barracks is over. Klink shows Hogan von Tillerman's book on ESP. Hogan says that the book must be scarce, maybe the only one left. The Nazis are burning von Tillerman's books in Berlin. Klink turns around, tosses the book into a burning trash barrel, and walks off.
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