Colditz 1x14, "Gone Away"

This is the first part of the two-episode series 1 finale. It opens with Dick, Simon, and Pat in Preston's quarters. Dick and Simon are arguing for an escape plan they've devised, which involves getting into the Kommandantur (the part of Colditz housing the German staff, where prisoners aren't allowed and which is therefore less heavily guarded) and hiding in a pit in the courtyard. Pat has already vetoed this plan because Dick and Simon are simply assuming there'll be a way out of the pit. Dick asks Preston to overrule Pat, arguing that morale is so low that a successful escape is needed; simultaneously, he insists it's not "a show of no confidence" in Pat as Escape Officer and that Pat has done "a marvelous job." Preston refuses to overrule Pat.

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