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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!

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Wind It Up and It Betrays You" is the best rated episode of "The F.B.I." season 4. It scored 7.6/10 based on 32 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Charles Larson, it aired on 9/22/1968. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Out of Control".

  • Wind It Up and It Betrays You
    7.6/1032 votes

    #1 - Wind It Up and It Betrays You

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1968

    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
    8.3/1029 votes

    #2 - Out of Control

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1968

    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
    8.3/1029 votes

    #3 - The Quarry

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1968

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

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: N/A

  • The Runaways
    8.1/1029 votes

    #4 - The Runaways

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1968

    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
    8.2/1033 votes

    #5 - Death of a Fixer

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1968

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Enemies
    8.0/1032 votes

    #6 - The Enemies

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1968

    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
    8.3/1036 votes

    #7 - The Nightmare

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1968

    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
    8.2/1029 votes

    #8 - Breakthrough

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1968

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

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: N/A

  • The Harvest
    8.0/1030 votes

    #9 - The Harvest

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1968

    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
    8.0/1026 votes

    #10 - The Intermediary

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1968

    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
    7.8/1028 votes

    #11 - The Butcher

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1968

    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
    7.9/1029 votes

    #12 - The Flaw

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1968

    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
    7.9/1032 votes

    #13 - The Hero

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/8/1968

    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
    7.8/1033 votes

    #14 - The Widow

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/29/1968

    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
    8.1/1032 votes

    #15 - Eye of the Storm

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/5/1969

    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
    7.9/1029 votes

    #16 - The Fraud

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/12/1969

    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
    7.6/1029 votes

    #17 - A Life in the Balance

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/19/1969

    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
    7.4/1041 votes

    #18 - Caesar´s Wife

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/1969

    Case: Danielle Chabrol - Espionage.

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: N/A

  • The Patriot
    7.8/1027 votes

    #19 - The Patriot

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/2/1969

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

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: N/A

  • The Maze
    7.7/1030 votes

    #20 - The Maze

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/9/1969

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

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: Charles Larson

  • The Attorney
    8.3/1030 votes

    #21 - The Attorney

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 2/16/1969

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

    Director: Robert Douglas

    Writer: N/A

  • The Catalyst
    8.3/1026 votes

    #22 - The Catalyst

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/1969

    Case: Miguel Torres - Destruction of Aircraft, Kidnapping.

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A

  • Conspiracy of Silence
    7.8/1031 votes

    #23 - Conspiracy of Silence

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 3/2/1969

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

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A

  • The Young Warriors
    7.4/1025 votes

    #24 - The Young Warriors

    Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 3/9/1969

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

    Director: Robert Douglas

    Writer: N/A

  • The Cober List
    8.4/1025 votes

    #25 - The Cober List

    Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 3/23/1969

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

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A