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The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series.

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    The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 32 - The Hiding Place
    8.6/10(42 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. The F.B.I. Season 7 Episode 21 - The Set-Up
    8.6/10(26 votes)

    #2 - The Set-Up

    S7:E21

    While Inspector Erskine and Agent Rhodes pursues Larry Kulhane and his gang for bank robbery, he plans to rob and kill a wealthy aristocrat Adryth Nolan.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 29 - The Animal
    8.5/10(66 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 7 Episode 26 - Escape to Nowhere
    8.5/10(34 votes)

    #4 - Escape to Nowhere

    S7:E26

    Case:Mark Drugman, Escaped Federal Prisoner, Unlawful Interstate Flight to avoid confinement. The F.B.I. pursues escaped convict Mike Drugan, learns that crime boss Nelson Wayland has ordered him murdered to prevent him from testifying at an upcoming trial.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The F.B.I. Season 2 Episode 1 - The Price of Death
    8.4/10(48 votes)

    #5 - The Price of Death

    S2:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The F.B.I. Season 2 Episode 12 - The Camel's Nose
    8.4/10(41 votes)

    #6 - The Camel's Nose

    S2:E12

    Case file #164-429-C: Steven Jerome Colton, Michael Arnold Kessler, William Ray Milton - Crime Aboard Aircraft, Murder.

    Director:Joseph Sargent
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 26 - The Tunnel
    8.4/10(32 votes)

    #7 - The Tunnel

    S3:E26

    The FBI goes after bank robbers who use a tunnel to penetrate the vault.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 25 - The Cober List
    8.4/10(28 votes)

    #8 - The Cober List

    S4:E25

    Case: Terence Cober - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 7 - Flight
    8.4/10(27 votes)

    #9 - 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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  10. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 19 - The Diamond Millstone
    8.4/10(34 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. The F.B.I. Season 6 Episode 3 - Escape to Terror
    8.4/10(32 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 11 - All the Streets Are Silent
    8.3/10(89 votes)

    #12 - All the Streets Are Silent

    S1:E11

    Case file #52-499362-M - Mike Murtaugh - Theft of Government Property.

    Director:William A. Graham
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The F.B.I. Season 2 Episode 26 - The Executioners (2)
    8.3/10(46 votes)

    #13 - The Executioners (2)

    S2:E26

    As Part II opens, Leo Roland is desperate. His close La Cosa Nostra associate, Ed Clementi, has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Clementi is desperate to get out of the rackets but Roland reminds Clementi of the oath he swore to La Cosa Nostra - the La Cosa Nostra comes before family and all else. Roland is prepared to order a hit on anybody Clementi knows who could be a potential witness. Meanwhile, Clementi's nephew, Paul, the hit man known to the authorities as "Cupid," has committed a potential fatal blunder. The FBI has recovered one of his teeth that was knocked loose by Cupid's last victim. Now, FBI Inspector Lewis Erskine has a way to find who Cupid is and to connect him to Leo Roland. The question is whether the FBI's top investigator can reach Cupid in time before he turns murder into slaughter.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 6 - By Force and Violence (2)
    8.3/10(41 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 2 - Out of Control
    8.3/10(33 votes)

    #15 - Out of Control

    S4:E2

    Case: Miguel Ramos Valdez-Assaulting a Federal Officer, Murder. Assistant Director Arthur Ward, Inspector Lew Erskine and Agent Tom Colby track down an oil field killer.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 26 - Moment of Truth
    8.3/10(28 votes)

    #16 - Moment of Truth

    S4:E26

    Case: Vincent Tobias, John Beeker - Crime on a Government Reservation, Murder. A banker runs a loan sharking ring from his bank. He specializes in ripping off ex servicemen who have been rejected for a normal loan at his bank. The crime on a government reservation was the murder of a serviceman who could not pay the outrageous interest on a ""loan"".

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Don Brinkley

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  17. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 5 - Silent Partners
    8.3/10(33 votes)

    #17 - Silent Partners

    S5:E5

    Case: Victor Berris, Carl Torrance, Steven Harber - Jury Tampering. Inspector Lew Erskine duels with a hitman who bribed a juror in the trial of a mob kingpin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jack Turley

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  18. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 13 - The Prey
    8.3/10(35 votes)

    #18 - The Prey

    S5:E13

    Case: Carl S. Beaumont, Ten Most Wanted Fugitives - Transportation of Stolen Property, Major Theft.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Don Brinkley

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  19. The F.B.I. Season 6 Episode 7 - The Innocents
    8.3/10(31 votes)

    #19 - The Innocents

    S6:E7

    Case:Frank Raphael Colling,Elizabeth Dulcie Colling - Kidnapping, Extortion. Inspector Erskine and the FBI Captures a man and wife kidnapping team who have abducted a seven-year-old boy.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The F.B.I. Season 6 Episode 8 - The Deadly Pact
    8.3/10(31 votes)

    #20 - The Deadly Pact

    S6:E8

    Case: Daniel Ginger Dodds, Ernest Geiger, James Steen, et al - Organized Crime, Extortionate Credits Transactions, Attempted Murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The F.B.I. Season 7 Episode 7 - The Mastermind (2)
    8.3/10(36 votes)

    #21 - The Mastermind (2)

    S7:E7

    Case: Curtis Breer, Howard Douglas Rademaker, Clenard Massey, Lewis Lyle Chernick-Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle. In part(2) of this episode, After capturing one of the members of a gang of robbers, the F.B.I. learns the identity of two others, but not the phantom leader who double-crossed his partners in-crime.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The F.B.I. Season 7 Episode 25 - Dark Journey
    8.3/10(26 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. The F.B.I. Season 8 Episode 5 - The Gopher
    8.3/10(29 votes)

    #23 - 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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  24. The F.B.I. Season 9 Episode 6 - Tower of Terror
    8.3/10(27 votes)

    #24 - Tower of Terror

    S9:E6

    A mouse of a man avenging a lifetime of scorn has forced the Feds into a race with the clock. He said he has planted a bomb in a high-rise office building, but neglected to mention the city it's in.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The F.B.I. Season 9 Episode 19 - Deadly Ambition
    8.3/10(37 votes)

    #25 - Deadly Ambition

    S9:E19

    An obnoxious young hoodlum is more cocky than usual after pulling the biggest robbery of his life. With the aid of explosives he stole from the National Guard, he and some friends hijacked an armored car.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Hiding Place" is the best rated episode of "The F.B.I.". It scored 8.6/10 based on 42 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/8/1966. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Set-Up".