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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The F.B.I. Season 6 Episode 3 - Escape to Terror
    8.4/10(37 votes)

    #1 - Escape to Terror

    S6:E3

    Case: George C. Breen - Fugitive, Fraud Against the Government, Conspiracy, Bond Default.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Don Brinkley

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  2. The F.B.I. Season 7 Episode 25 - Dark Journey
    8.4/10(31 votes)

    #2 - Dark Journey

    S7:E25

    Case: Jason Peale et al, securities fraud. Con man Jason Peale impersonates a famous ""invisible"" tycoon to sell stock in a bogus company.

    Director:Philip Abbott
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 29 - The Animal
    8.3/10(71 votes)

    #3 - The Animal

    S1:E29

    Case file #76-2947-C - Earl Clayton, Roy Joe Spencer, et al. - Escaped Federal Prisoners, Killing a Federal Officer.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 32 - The Hiding Place
    8.3/10(50 votes)

    #4 - The Hiding Place

    S1:E32

    Erskine and Rhodes are sent to a small town in Oregon with a predominant Asian American population. Evidence has surfaced that one of its residents may have been a traitor during World War II, serving as a Japanese officer without ever renouncing his U.S. citizenship. The one-time officer also was involved in torture during the war. To find the man, the agents eventually must seek the aid of one of the torture victims from the war.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The F.B.I. Season 2 Episode 9 - Vendetta
    8.3/10(46 votes)

    #5 - Vendetta

    S2:E9

    Case File #65-40515-S: Karl Friederich Schindler - Espionage.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 4 - Traitor
    8.3/10(46 votes)

    #6 - Traitor

    S3:E4

    Inspector Lew Erskine posing as a communist courier, uncovers a plot to steal top secret missle data.

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The F.B.I. Season 8 Episode 5 - The Gopher
    8.3/10(31 votes)

    #7 - The Gopher

    S8:E5

    To crack a loan sharking operation, Inspector Lew Erskine sets out to find the man who stole the organizations book of borrowers' name.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The F.B.I. Season 8 Episode 22 - The Detonator
    8.3/10(30 votes)

    #8 - The Detonator

    S8:E22

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 7 - The Problem of the Honorable Wife
    8.2/10(65 votes)

    #9 - The Problem of the Honorable Wife

    S1:E7

    Case file #98-63520-M - Maury Maddock - Sabotage.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 17 - The Chameleon
    8.2/10(54 votes)

    #10 - The Chameleon

    S1:E17

    Case file #29-31091-C - Andrew S. Cook, Jr., with Aliases - Violation of Federal Reserve Act, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Murder. A clever confidence man of a thousand faces plays a deadly game of cat & mouse with a million dollars as the prize

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 30 - The Plunderers
    8.2/10(49 votes)

    #11 - The Plunderers

    S1:E30

    Case file #91-62290-H - King Hogan, Frank Donald Collins, Otto Hans Breese, Edward Ralph Richards - Bank Robbery, Murder. The F.B.I. leads a search for bank robbers who did not take enough money.

    Director:Ralph Senensky
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The F.B.I. Season 2 Episode 1 - The Price of Death
    8.2/10(57 votes)

    #12 - The Price of Death

    S2:E1

    Case file #7-23938-C - Arnold George Casey - Kidnapping.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The F.B.I. Season 2 Episode 5 - The Scourge
    8.2/10(45 votes)

    #13 - The Scourge

    S2:E5

    Case file #92-5843-A: John V. Albin - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering - Murder.

    Director:Paul Wendkos
    Writer:Norman Jolley

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  14. The F.B.I. Season 2 Episode 19 - The Gray Passenger
    8.2/10(47 votes)

    #14 - The Gray Passenger

    S2:E19

    Case file #45-82133-A: Carlos Avila et al - Crime on the High Seas - Murder, Privacy.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The F.B.I. Season 2 Episode 24 - Flight Plan
    8.2/10(48 votes)

    #15 - Flight Plan

    S2:E24

    Case file #87-24533-D: Robert Dewey - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Francis M. Cockrell

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  16. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 5 - By Force and Violence (1)
    8.2/10(43 votes)

    #16 - By Force and Violence (1)

    S3:E5

    Inspector Lew Erskine connects the kidnapping of a teenage boy to a multi-million dollar heist planned by his long lost father.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 6 - By Force and Violence (2)
    8.2/10(48 votes)

    #17 - By Force and Violence (2)

    S3:E6

    Trailing the kidnappers of a teenage boy, Inspector Erskine uncovers plans for a $3,000,000 robbery by the boys father.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 5 - Death of a Fixer
    8.2/10(46 votes)

    #18 - Death of a Fixer

    S4:E5

    Case: Roy Donald Blake - Fugitive, Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering - Gambling.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 8 - Breakthrough
    8.2/10(36 votes)

    #19 - Breakthrough

    S4:E8

    Case: Vincent Preston Gray - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering, Extortion.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 1 - Target of Interest
    8.2/10(36 votes)

    #20 - Target of Interest

    S5:E1

    Case: Michael Weil, Sandra Davis, Eugene Moody, et al - Espionage.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 7 - Flight
    8.2/10(32 votes)

    #21 - Flight

    S5:E7

    Case: Walter Everett Hazlett - Crime Aboard Aircraft, Piracy, Attempted Murder. Inspector Lew Erskine urges the Hijacker of a Cuban-bound plane to land immediately to save the life of a wounded passenger.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 17 - Fatal Impostor
    8.2/10(33 votes)

    #22 - Fatal Impostor

    S5:E17

    Case: Victor Kiley, Rick Davis - Unlawful Flight, Murder.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 19 - The Diamond Millstone
    8.2/10(38 votes)

    #23 - The Diamond Millstone

    S5:E19

    Case: Victor Amazeen, Billy Jack Lyle, James Tate - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. The bad guys rip off a 31 carat diamond pendant with the aid of the owner's maid.

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The F.B.I. Season 8 Episode 4 - The Franklin Papers
    8.2/10(32 votes)

    #24 - The Franklin Papers

    S8:E4

    While Inspector Lew Erskine investigates a con game that was perpetrated Christine Minton and her boyfriend, The pair set out to sell forged historical documents to an amateur historian.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The F.B.I. Season 8 Episode 23 - Sweet Evil
    8.2/10(31 votes)

    #25 - Sweet Evil

    S8:E23

    No description available

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Escape to Terror" is the best rated episode of "The F.B.I.". It scored 8.4/10 based on 37 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Don Brinkley, it aired on 10/4/1970. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dark Journey".