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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 the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.

Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:ABC

Season 1 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The F.B.I." season 1 is "The Monster", rated 8.2/10 from 92 user votes. It was directed by William A. Graham and written by N/A. "The Monster" aired on 9/19/1965 and is rated 0.5 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Image in a Cracked Mirror".

  • The Monster
    8.2/10 92 votes

    #1 - 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

  • Image in a Cracked Mirror
    7.7/10 65 votes

    #2 - Image in a Cracked Mirror

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1965-09-26

    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 54 votes

    #3 - A Mouthful of Dust

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1965-10-03

    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 57 votes

    #4 - Slow March Up a Steep Hill

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1965-10-10

    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 44 votes

    #5 - The Insolents

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1965-10-17

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

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A

  • To Free My Enemy
    8.1/10 49 votes

    #6 - To Free My Enemy

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1965-10-24

    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
    8.1/10 49 votes

    #7 - The Problem of the Honorable Wife

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1965-10-31

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

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A

  • Courage of a Conviction
    7.7/10 44 votes

    #8 - Courage of a Conviction

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1965-11-07

    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 37 votes

    #9 - The Exiles

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1965-11-14

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

    Director: William A. Graham

    Writer: Robert Leslie Bellem

  • The Giant Killer
    7.8/10 44 votes

    #10 - The Giant Killer

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1965-11-21

    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 74 votes

    #11 - 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

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

    #12 - 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

  • How to Murder an Iron Horse
    8.1/10 44 votes

    #13 - How to Murder an Iron Horse

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1965-12-12

    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 46 votes

    #14 - Pound of Flesh

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1965-12-19

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

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hijackers
    8.1/10 43 votes

    #15 - The Hijackers

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1965-12-26

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

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: Norman Lessing

  • The Forests of the Night
    7.5/10 40 votes

    #16 - The Forests of the Night

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1966-01-02

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

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Charles Larson

  • The Chameleon
    8.1/10 40 votes

    #17 - The Chameleon

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1966-01-09

    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 32 votes

    #18 - The Sacrifice

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1966-01-16

    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 39 votes

    #19 - Special Delivery

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1966-01-23

    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
    6.7/10 38 votes

    #20 - Quantico

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1966-01-30

    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
    7.8/10 38 votes

    #21 - The Spy Master

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1966-02-06

    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
    8.2/10 37 votes

    #22 - 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

  • Flight to Harbin
    8.1/10 36 votes

    #23 - Flight to Harbin

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 1966-02-27

    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
    7.7/10 32 votes

    #24 - The Man Who Went Mad by Mistake

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1966-03-06

    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 34 votes

    #25 - The Divided Man

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1966-03-20

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

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A