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The Best Episodes of The F.B.I. Season 3

Every episode of The F.B.I. Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The F.B.I. Season 3!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 1 - The Gold Card
    8.0/10(45 votes)

    #1 - The Gold Card

    S3:E1

    Paul Nichols, a long-time member of the Cosa Nostra, over 30 years organized the mob's illegal gambling network. He kills Denton, a Mafia member who has been skimming off the top. But the killing was done without a vote from the Cosa Nostra's "commission." Complicating the situation: Nichols has taken possession of "the book," a list of codes necessary to the running of the gambling operation. The FBI learns through an informant that Nichols may be participating in a high-stakes poker game. Erskine recruits Doc Cameron, once a successful gambler who was nearly killed by the mob. Cameron also has been invited to the poker game and Erskine goes undercover as Cameron's "silent partner." The Cosa Nostra's commission, meanwhile, decides to hire hit men who will murder everyone at the poker game and make a grab for "the book."

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 2 - Counter-Stroke
    8.1/10(59 votes)

    #2 - Counter-Stroke

    S3:E2

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 3 - Blood Verdict
    8.1/10(37 votes)

    #3 - Blood Verdict

    S3:E3

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 4 - Traitor
    8.2/10(41 votes)

    #4 - Traitor

    S3:E4

    Inspector Lew Erskine posing as a communist courier, uncovers a plot to steal top secret missle data.

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 5 - By Force and Violence (1)
    8.1/10(38 votes)

    #5 - By Force and Violence (1)

    S3:E5

    Inspector Lew Erskine connects the kidnapping of a teenage boy to a multi-million dollar heist planned by his long lost father.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 6 - By Force and Violence (2)
    8.3/10(41 votes)

    #6 - By Force and Violence (2)

    S3:E6

    Trailing the kidnappers of a teenage boy, Inspector Erskine uncovers plans for a $3,000,000 robbery by the boys father.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 7 - A Sleeper Wakes
    7.6/10(38 votes)

    #7 - A Sleeper Wakes

    S3:E7

    No description available

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 8 - Overload
    6.6/10(43 votes)

    #8 - Overload

    S3:E8

    No description available

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 9 - Line of Fire
    7.7/10(43 votes)

    #9 - Line of Fire

    S3:E9

    No description available

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 10 - Blueprint for Betrayal
    7.5/10(40 votes)

    #10 - Blueprint for Betrayal

    S3:E10

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 11 - False Witness
    7.8/10(44 votes)

    #11 - False Witness

    S3:E11

    No description available

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 12 - The Legend of John Rim
    7.2/10(39 votes)

    #12 - The Legend of John Rim

    S3:E12

    Case: John Rim, Escaped Federal Prisoner, Unlawful Interstate Flight to avoid confinement, murder. Quick sand, an alligator infested swamp, and a viscious backwood's town protect an escaped killer being sought by the F.B.I.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 13 - The Dynasty
    7.7/10(39 votes)

    #13 - The Dynasty

    S3:E13

    A millionaire refuses to pay the ransome for his kidnapped brother, focing The F.B.I. to move fast in order to save the victims life.

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Charles Larson

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  14. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 14 - The Daughter
    8.0/10(35 votes)

    #14 - The Daughter

    S3:E14

    A long-lost daughter helps the F.B.I. unmask a communist spy who has taken the identity of a dead American.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 15 - Act of Violence
    7.8/10(39 votes)

    #15 - Act of Violence

    S3:E15

    Two murders, ten years apart, are linked by Inspector Erskine, giving him clues to solving both.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Richard Sale

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  16. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 16 - Crisis Ground
    7.4/10(35 votes)

    #16 - Crisis Ground

    S3:E16

    An unsolved homicide ignites into a riot a town's hatred for a nearby job training camp.

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 17 - Ring of Steel
    7.3/10(36 votes)

    #17 - Ring of Steel

    S3:E17

    The unexplained death of a race car driverplaces Inspector Erskine on the trail of a stolen car ring.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 18 - The Homecoming
    7.9/10(31 votes)

    #18 - The Homecoming

    S3:E18

    A scientist who defected from an Iron Curtain country returns to New York in secret and Assistant Director Arthur Ward personally handles the case.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 19 - The Phone Call
    7.9/10(35 votes)

    #19 - The Phone Call

    S3:E19

    The husband, an Army sergeant, had just returned from service in Viet Nam. He found his wife had died under mysterious circumstances the night before his return.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 20 - Region of Peril
    8.0/10(36 votes)

    #20 - Region of Peril

    S3:E20

    Inspector Lew Erskine send a secret radio message to a kidnapped woman to aid her rescue

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 21 - Southwind
    7.9/10(36 votes)

    #21 - Southwind

    S3:E21

    The F.B.I and a mob hitman both try to catch up with a bank embezzler who has fled to the caribean.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 22 - The Messenger
    8.0/10(31 votes)

    #22 - The Messenger

    S3:E22

    No description available

    Director:Lewis Allen
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 23 - The Ninth Man
    7.7/10(34 votes)

    #23 - The Ninth Man

    S3:E23

    The F.B.I. hunts down a $2,000,000 treasure and the armoured car robbers who buried their ill-gotten loot.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 24 - The Mechanized Accomplice
    7.9/10(35 votes)

    #24 - The Mechanized Accomplice

    S3:E24

    Inspector Erskine races a time bomb for the life of a kidnapped youth.

    Director:Lewis Allen
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The F.B.I. Season 3 Episode 25 - The Predators
    7.9/10(36 votes)

    #25 - The Predators

    S3:E25

    Inspector Lew Erskine holds off at gun point the crew of a cruise ship.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Gold Card" is the best rated episode of "The F.B.I." season 3. It scored 8/10 based on 45 votes. Directed by Don Medford and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/17/1967. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Counter-Stroke".