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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...
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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 99 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
    8.2/1099 votes

    #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
    7.7/1068 votes

    #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
    7.5/1057 votes

    #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
    7.8/1060 votes

    #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
    7.6/1046 votes

    #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
    8.1/1053 votes

    #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

  • The Problem of the Honorable Wife
    8.1/1053 votes

    #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
    7.7/1047 votes

    #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
    6.7/1040 votes

    #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
    7.9/1047 votes

    #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
    8.3/1078 votes

    #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
    8.1/1053 votes

    #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: Lee Erwin, Robert Leslie Bellem

  • How to Murder an Iron Horse
    8.1/1047 votes

    #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
    7.7/1049 votes

    #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
    8.0/1045 votes

    #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
    7.6/1043 votes

    #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
    8.1/1044 votes

    #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
    7.4/1034 votes

    #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
    8.0/1043 votes

    #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
    6.8/1040 votes

    #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
    7.7/1042 votes

    #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
    8.3/1042 votes

    #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
    8.1/1040 votes

    #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
    7.8/1037 votes

    #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
    7.6/1037 votes

    #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