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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 1 - The Monster
    7.7/10(134 votes)

    #1 - The Monster

    S1:E1

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

    Director:William A. Graham
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 2 - Image in a Cracked Mirror
    7.5/10(95 votes)

    #2 - Image in a Cracked Mirror

    S1:E2

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

    Director:William A. Graham
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 3 - A Mouthful of Dust
    7.4/10(73 votes)

    #3 - A Mouthful of Dust

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 4 - Slow March Up a Steep Hill
    7.6/10(73 votes)

    #4 - Slow March Up a Steep Hill

    S1:E4

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

    Director:William A. Graham
    Writer:Charles Larson

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  5. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 5 - The Insolents
    7.5/10(60 votes)

    #5 - The Insolents

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 6 - To Free My Enemy
    8.0/10(68 votes)

    #6 - To Free My Enemy

    S1:E6

    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:Unknown

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  7. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 7 - The Problem of the Honorable Wife
    8.2/10(65 votes)

    #7 - The Problem of the Honorable Wife

    S1:E7

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

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 8 - Courage of a Conviction
    7.6/10(60 votes)

    #8 - Courage of a Conviction

    S1:E8

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

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Oscar Millard

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  9. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 9 - The Exiles
    6.3/10(54 votes)

    #9 - The Exiles

    S1:E9

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

    Director:William A. Graham
    Writer:Robert Leslie Bellem

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  10. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 10 - The Giant Killer
    7.8/10(62 votes)

    #10 - The Giant Killer

    S1:E10

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

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 11 - All the Streets Are Silent
    8.1/10(83 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 12 - An Elephant is Like a Rope
    8.1/10(65 votes)

    #12 - An Elephant is Like a Rope

    S1:E12

    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
    Writers:Robert Leslie Bellem, Lee Erwin

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  13. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 13 - How to Murder an Iron Horse
    8.1/10(56 votes)

    #13 - How to Murder an Iron Horse

    S1:E13

    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

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  14. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 14 - Pound of Flesh
    7.8/10(63 votes)

    #14 - Pound of Flesh

    S1:E14

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

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 15 - The Hijackers
    8.1/10(58 votes)

    #15 - The Hijackers

    S1:E15

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

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Norman Lessing

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  16. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 16 - The Forests of the Night
    7.5/10(52 votes)

    #16 - The Forests of the Night

    S1:E16

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

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Charles Larson

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  17. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 17 - The Chameleon
    8.2/10(54 votes)

    #17 - The Chameleon

    S1:E17

    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:Unknown

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  18. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 18 - The Sacrifice
    7.4/10(41 votes)

    #18 - The Sacrifice

    S1:E18

    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:Unknown

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  19. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 19 - Special Delivery
    8.0/10(53 votes)

    #19 - Special Delivery

    S1:E19

    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:Unknown

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  20. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 20 - Quantico
    6.9/10(53 votes)

    #20 - Quantico

    S1:E20

    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

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  21. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 21 - The Spy Master
    7.8/10(51 votes)

    #21 - The Spy Master

    S1:E21

    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:Unknown

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  22. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 22 - The Baby Sitter
    8.1/10(53 votes)

    #22 - The Baby Sitter

    S1:E22

    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:Unknown

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  23. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 23 - Flight to Harbin
    8.0/10(52 votes)

    #23 - Flight to Harbin

    S1:E23

    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
    Writers:Charles Larson, Gene L. Coon

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  24. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 24 - The Man Who Went Mad by Mistake
    7.8/10(50 votes)

    #24 - The Man Who Went Mad by Mistake

    S1:E24

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

    Director:Ralph Senensky
    Writer:Robert Leslie Bellem

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  25. The F.B.I. Season 1 Episode 25 - The Divided Man
    7.6/10(49 votes)

    #25 - The Divided Man

    S1:E25

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

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Monster" is the best rated episode of "The F.B.I." season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 134 votes. Directed by William A. Graham and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/19/1965. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Image in a Cracked Mirror".