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Every episode of The F.B.I. ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The F.B.I.!

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. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.

Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:ABC

Top Episode Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The F.B.I." is "The Hiding Place", rated 8.5/10 from 31 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "The Hiding Place" aired on 5/8/1966 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Eye of the Needle".

  • The Hiding Place
    8.5/10 31 votes

    #1 - The Hiding Place

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 1966-05-08

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Eye of the Needle
    8.5/10 19 votes

    #2 - The Eye of the Needle

    Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 1971-01-24

    Case: Eugene Fordyce, Paul Menard, James Lee Vaughn - Extortion.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tower of Terror
    8.5/10 16 votes

    #3 - Tower of Terror

    Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 1973-10-28

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Animal
    8.4/10 50 votes

    #4 - The Animal

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 1966-04-17

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

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: N/A

  • The Cober List
    8.4/10 20 votes

    #5 - The Cober List

    Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 1969-03-23

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

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A

  • Escape to Nowhere
    8.4/10 23 votes

    #6 - Escape to Nowhere

    Season 7 Episode 26 - Aired 1972-03-19

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • All the Streets Are Silent
    8.3/10 74 votes

    #7 - All the Streets Are Silent

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1965-11-28

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

    Director: William A. Graham

    Writer: N/A

  • The Executioners (2)
    8.3/10 35 votes

    #8 - The Executioners (2)

    Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 1967-03-19

    No description available

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A

  • The Quarry
    8.3/10 25 votes

    #9 - The Quarry

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1968-10-06

    Case: Michael Vincent Riley, Fugitive - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering.

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: N/A

  • The Nightmare
    8.3/10 31 votes

    #10 - The Nightmare

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 1968-11-10

    Case: Harold Dale Converse - Fugitive, Bank Embezzlement. FBI Inspector Lew Erskine hunts down a bank embezzler and also tries to protect him from criminals helping in his escape.

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A

  • Three-Way Split
    8.3/10 20 votes

    #11 - Three-Way Split

    Season 6 Episode 26 - Aired 1971-03-21

    Case: Eliot Fielding, George R. Whelan, Roy Mills - Bank Robbery.

    Director: Philip Abbott

    Writer: N/A

  • Deadly Ambition
    8.3/10 24 votes

    #12 - Deadly Ambition

    Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 1974-03-17

    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: N/A

  • The Monster
    8.2/10 92 votes

    #13 - The Monster

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1965-09-19

    Case file #76-3342-J- Francis Jerome - Escaped Federal Prisoner.

    Director: William A. Graham

    Writer: N/A

  • An Elephant is Like a Rope
    8.2/10 48 votes

    #14 - An Elephant is Like a Rope

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1965-12-05

    Case file #87-52739-X - John Doe - Interstate Transsportation of Stolen Property. $500,000 that nobody would claim, and a man who has lost his memory are Inspector Erskine's and Agent Jim Rhodes' only lead to a crime within a crime.

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: Lee Erwin, Robert Leslie Bellem

  • The Baby Sitter
    8.2/10 37 votes

    #15 - The Baby Sitter

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 1966-02-13

    Case file #7-1101-D - Mrs. Amy Doucette - Kidnapping. Lew Erskine leads a three state search for a deranged woman who kidnaps an infant she has been baby-sitting.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: N/A

  • The Price of Death
    8.2/10 38 votes

    #16 - The Price of Death

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1966-09-18

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ordeal
    8.2/10 30 votes

    #17 - Ordeal

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 1966-11-06

    Case file #87-78550-L: Graham Lockwood - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property - Murder.

    Director: Ralph Senensky

    Writer: N/A

  • The Camel's Nose
    8.2/10 30 votes

    #18 - The Camel's Nose

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1966-12-11

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

    Director: Joseph Sargent

    Writer: N/A

  • The Courier
    8.2/10 39 votes

    #19 - The Courier

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1967-01-15

    Case file #65-43374-S: Juliet Anne Sinclair - Espionage.

    Director: Ralph Senensky

    Writer: Charles Larson

  • The Conspirators
    8.2/10 32 votes

    #20 - The Conspirators

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 1967-02-05

    Case file #100-98451-L: Co'nrad Letterman - John R. Milton, Internal Security, Sabotage.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Robert J. Shaw

  • Rope of Gold
    8.2/10 36 votes

    #21 - Rope of Gold

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 1967-02-12

    Case file #15-50426-K: Victor Kearney, et al - Theft From Interstate Shipment.

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A

  • Counter-Stroke
    8.2/10 47 votes

    #22 - Counter-Stroke

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1967-09-24

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Tunnel
    8.2/10 21 votes

    #23 - The Tunnel

    Season 3 Episode 26 - Aired 1968-04-21

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

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A

  • Out of Control
    8.2/10 25 votes

    #24 - Out of Control

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1968-09-29

    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: N/A

  • Eye of the Storm
    8.2/10 29 votes

    #25 - Eye of the Storm

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1969-01-05

    Case: Edward and Nora Tobin - Kidnapping. Inspector Erskine and Agent Colby search for a kidnapped negro baby who is hiding in a plague infested ghetto.

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: Don Brinkley