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The Best Episodes of The F.B.I. Season 1

Every episode of The F.B.I. Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The F.B.I. Season 1!

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...
Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:ABC
Episodes
32
Avg. Rating
7.9
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
8.2
7.7
7.5

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Monster" is the best rated episode of "The F.B.I." season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 102 votes. Directed by William A. Graham and written by N/A, it aired on 9/19/1965. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Image in a Cracked Mirror".

  • The Monster
    8.2/10(102)

    #1 - The Monster

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 9/19/1965

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

    Director: William A. Graham

    Writer: N/A

  • Image in a Cracked Mirror
    7.7/10(69)

    #2 - Image in a Cracked Mirror

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 9/26/1965

    Case file #29-68954-G - Charles Emery Gates - Federal Reserve Act, Embezzlement.

    Director: William A. Graham

    Writer: N/A

  • A Mouthful of Dust
    7.5/10(58)

    #3 - A Mouthful of Dust

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 10/3/1965

    Case file #70-68307-C - Joseph Cloud - Crime on Indian Reservation.

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A

  • Slow March Up a Steep Hill
    7.8/10(61)

    #4 - Slow March Up a Steep Hill

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 10/10/1965

    Case file #91-77270-X - Wayne Everett Powell - Bank Robbery, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle.

    Director: William A. Graham

    Writer: Charles Larson

  • The Insolents
    7.6/10(48)

    #5 - The Insolents

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 10/17/1965

    Case file #45-47339-Y - Roger York - Crime on the High Seas - Murder.

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A

  • To Free My Enemy
    8.0/10(56)

    #6 - To Free My Enemy

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 10/24/1965

    The good inspector has the distasteful job of finding a kidnap victim--a pornographer that the good inspector is trying build a case against. In the end, Erskine captures the kidnappers and obtains a warrant for the arrest of the pornographer.

    Director: William A. Graham

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Problem of the Honorable Wife
    8.1/10(56)

    #7 - The Problem of the Honorable Wife

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 10/31/1965

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

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A

  • Courage of a Conviction
    7.7/10(49)

    #8 - Courage of a Conviction

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 11/7/1965

    Case file #87-633462-C - Harry Castle - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Fraudulent Checks.

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: Oscar Millard

  • The Exiles
    6.7/10(42)

    #9 - The Exiles

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 11/14/1965

    Case file #2-46675-R - General Romero, et al. - Violation of Neutrality Act.

    Director: William A. Graham

    Writer: Robert Leslie Bellem

  • The Giant Killer
    7.9/10(49)

    #10 - The Giant Killer

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 11/21/1965

    Case file #52-19223-W - Joseph Maurice Walker - Destruction of Government Property.

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A

  • All the Streets Are Silent
    8.3/10(80)

    #11 - All the Streets Are Silent

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 11/28/1965

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

    Director: William A. Graham

    Writer: N/A

  • An Elephant is Like a Rope
    8.1/10(53)

    #12 - An Elephant is Like a Rope

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 12/5/1965

    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: Robert Leslie Bellem, Lee Erwin

  • How to Murder an Iron Horse
    8.1/10(47)

    #13 - How to Murder an Iron Horse

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 12/12/1965

    Case File #9-74219-C - Howard Spencer Collier Jr. - Extortion. Inspector Lew Erskine and Special Agent Jim Rhodes hunt a young man involved with railroad sabotage.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • Pound of Flesh
    7.7/10(51)

    #14 - Pound of Flesh

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 12/19/1965

    The FBI Investigates the murder of an Army Chaplains wife on an U.S. Army base.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hijackers
    8.0/10(45)

    #15 - The Hijackers

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 12/26/1965

    Case file #15-9436-S - Harold K. Smith - Theft from Interstate Shipment.

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: Norman Lessing

  • The Forests of the Night
    7.6/10(43)

    #16 - The Forests of the Night

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 1/2/1966

    Case file #9-26080-X Adam MacDonald, et al., Victims - Extortion.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Charles Larson

  • The Chameleon
    8.1/10(44)

    #17 - The Chameleon

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 1/9/1966

    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: N/A

  • The Sacrifice
    7.4/10(34)

    #18 - The Sacrifice

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 1/16/1966

    Case file #65-9525-X - The Doriskin Papers - Espionage. Inspector Lew Erskine infiltrates a spy network and is marked for assassination.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: N/A

  • Special Delivery
    8.0/10(43)

    #19 - Special Delivery

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 1/23/1966

    Case file #91-42238-P - Robert Charles Porter - Bank Robbery, Unlawful Flight, Murder. Inspector Erskine goes undercover to crack an inter-hemisphere fugitive smuggling ring.

    Director: Ralph Senensky

    Writer: N/A

  • Quantico
    6.8/10(40)

    #20 - Quantico

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 1/30/1966

    Case File #52-7672-S - Willard Smith - Destruction of Government Property. A plot to destroy The Supreme Court Building could cost an F.B.I. agent his job.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • The Spy Master
    7.7/10(42)

    #21 - The Spy Master

    Season 1 Episode 21

    Aired 2/6/1966

    Case file #65-4948-X - The Forsythe Memo - Espionage. Inspector Lew Erskine masquerades as a traitor to break up a Red Chinese spy operation.

    Director: Richard Donner

    Writer: N/A

  • The Baby Sitter
    8.3/10(42)

    #22 - The Baby Sitter

    Season 1 Episode 22

    Aired 2/13/1966

    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

  • Flight to Harbin
    8.1/10(40)

    #23 - Flight to Harbin

    Season 1 Episode 23

    Aired 2/27/1966

    Case file #164-4391-K - Charles Wallace King - Alias Ernest C. Putnam - Crime Aboard Aircraft - Piracy - Attempted Murder. Inspector Erskine must save the lives of airline passengers aboard a flying prison of terror.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Charles Larson, Gene L. Coon

  • The Man Who Went Mad by Mistake
    7.8/10(38)

    #24 - The Man Who Went Mad by Mistake

    Season 1 Episode 24

    Aired 3/6/1966

    Case file #115-28414-T - Mark Stephen Tabor - Bond Default, Fraud Against The Government, Unlawful Flight.

    Director: Ralph Senensky

    Writer: Robert Leslie Bellem

  • The Divided Man
    7.6/10(38)

    #25 - The Divided Man

    Season 1 Episode 25

    Aired 3/20/1966

    Case file #98-81829-M - Roger Leroy Mason - Sabotage.

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A