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The Best Episodes of The F.B.I. Season 4

Every episode of The F.B.I. Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The F.B.I. Season 4!

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 4 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The F.B.I." season 4 is "Wind It Up and It Betrays You", rated 7.5/10 from 28 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by Charles Larson. "Wind It Up and It Betrays You" aired on 9/22/1968 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Out of Control".

  • Wind It Up and It Betrays You
    7.5/10 28 votes

    #1 - Wind It Up and It Betrays You

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1968-09-22

    Case: Carl Schmidt, Colonel Lorenz Tabor - Espionage, Murder. A dead mans hearing aid containing microfilm has The FBI uncovering an espionage ring.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Charles Larson

  • Out of Control
    8.2/10 25 votes

    #2 - Out of Control

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1968-09-29

    Case: Miguel Ramos Valdez-Assaulting a Federal Officer, Murder. Assistant Director Arthur Ward, Inspector Lew Erskine and Agent Tom Colby track down an oil field killer.

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A

  • The Quarry
    8.3/10 25 votes

    #3 - The Quarry

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1968-10-06

    Case: Michael Vincent Riley, Fugitive - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering.

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: N/A

  • The Runaways
    8.0/10 25 votes

    #4 - The Runaways

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 1968-10-13

    Case: John Graham Evans - Parole Violator - Murder. A killer picks for his robbery Victims, a happy family of four living on a farm.

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: Arthur Heinemann

  • Death of a Fixer
    8.0/10 30 votes

    #5 - Death of a Fixer

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 1968-10-20

    Case: Roy Donald Blake - Fugitive, Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering - Gambling.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Enemies
    7.9/10 28 votes

    #6 - The Enemies

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 1968-11-03

    Case: Ralph Gordon Stuart - Espionage, Murder. The FBI follows a trail of blood in the hunt for a deadly Communist spy who's out to steel a top secret rocket fuel.

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: Peter Allan Fields

  • The Nightmare
    8.3/10 31 votes

    #7 - The Nightmare

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 1968-11-10

    Case: Harold Dale Converse - Fugitive, Bank Embezzlement. FBI Inspector Lew Erskine hunts down a bank embezzler and also tries to protect him from criminals helping in his escape.

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A

  • Breakthrough
    8.0/10 25 votes

    #8 - Breakthrough

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 1968-11-17

    Case: Vincent Preston Gray - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering, Extortion.

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: N/A

  • The Harvest
    7.9/10 27 votes

    #9 - The Harvest

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 1968-11-24

    Case: James Reed, George Wilson, Joseph Troy - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Murder. A holdup mans love for a woman forces him into a shootout with a crew of FBI agents.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Intermediary
    7.8/10 23 votes

    #10 - The Intermediary

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1968-12-01

    Case: Thomas Waters a.k.a. Thomas Grant; William MacKenzie; Jack Dale - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property - Major Theft. Inspector Lew Erskine is the go-between for a jeweler seeking the return of stolen diamonds.

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A

  • The Butcher
    7.7/10 23 votes

    #11 - The Butcher

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1968-12-08

    Case: Helmut Probst a.k.a. Paul Seiger - Unlawful Interstate Flight to Avoid Prosecution, Murder. Inspector Erskine hunts down a wartime SS colonel who is still promoting Nazi ideals.

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A

  • The Flaw
    7.8/10 25 votes

    #12 - The Flaw

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1968-12-15

    Case: Glen Parmenter et al - Espionage, murder. Inspector Lew Erskine snares a spy ring and in turn trapped by them in a deserted Mountain cabin.

    Director: Robert Douglas

    Writer: Paul Schneider

  • The Hero
    7.9/10 29 votes

    #13 - The Hero

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1968-12-08

    The crime is ""Unlawful Wearing of the Uniform"" and (by the way) murder. A con man wears a US Air Force uniform to entice women to marry him. He then murders or otherwise cheats them.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Charles Larson

  • The Widow
    7.7/10 29 votes

    #14 - The Widow

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1968-12-29

    Case: Joyce Carr - Parole Violator,Murder. Inspector Lew Erskine traps a go-go dancer who conspires to marry military service men and collects their insurance money when her boyfriend murders them.

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A

  • Eye of the Storm
    8.2/10 29 votes

    #15 - Eye of the Storm

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1969-01-05

    Case: Edward and Nora Tobin - Kidnapping. Inspector Erskine and Agent Colby search for a kidnapped negro baby who is hiding in a plague infested ghetto.

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • The Fraud
    8.0/10 25 votes

    #16 - The Fraud

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1969-01-12

    Case: David Joseph Miles, Frank Stocker - Interstate transportation of Stolen Property, Extortion. FBI Inspector Lew Erskine fights the Mafias entry into selling fake masterpiece paintings.

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: N/A

  • A Life in the Balance
    7.5/10 24 votes

    #17 - A Life in the Balance

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1969-01-19

    Case: Eugene David Holt, Elaine Donner, Richard Mills - Kidnapping. Blood at the sight of a kidnapping decides FBI Inspector Lew Erskine to act immediately without waiting for the ransom payment.

    Director: Robert Douglas

    Writer: Arthur Heinemann

  • Caesar´s Wife
    7.4/10 36 votes

    #18 - Caesar´s Wife

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1969-01-26

    Case: Danielle Chabrol - Espionage.

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: N/A

  • The Patriot
    7.8/10 24 votes

    #19 - The Patriot

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 1969-02-02

    Case: Richard William Shaefer, alias Marvin Smith - Kidnapping.

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: N/A

  • The Maze
    7.5/10 26 votes

    #20 - The Maze

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 1969-02-09

    Case: Frank Dixon Welles - Top Ten Fugitive, Assaulting a Federal Officer.

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: Charles Larson

  • The Attorney
    8.2/10 26 votes

    #21 - The Attorney

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 1969-02-16

    Case: Arnold Grant Toby - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering, Attempted Murder.

    Director: Robert Douglas

    Writer: N/A

  • The Catalyst
    8.2/10 21 votes

    #22 - The Catalyst

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 1969-02-23

    Case: Miguel Torres - Destruction of Aircraft, Kidnapping.

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A

  • Conspiracy of Silence
    7.8/10 26 votes

    #23 - Conspiracy of Silence

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 1969-03-02

    Case: Leonard King et al - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering, Murder.

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A

  • The Young Warriors
    7.5/10 19 votes

    #24 - The Young Warriors

    Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 1969-03-09

    Case: William Rockhill - Crime on a Government Reservation, Arson, Murder.

    Director: Robert Douglas

    Writer: N/A

  • The Cober List
    8.4/10 20 votes

    #25 - The Cober List

    Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 1969-03-23

    Case: Terence Cober - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering.

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A