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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 1 - Wind It Up and It Betrays You
    7.7/10(37 votes)

    #1 - Wind It Up and It Betrays You

    S4:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Charles Larson

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  2. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 2 - Out of Control
    8.3/10(33 votes)

    #2 - Out of Control

    S4:E2

    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:Unknown

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  3. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 3 - The Quarry
    8.2/10(34 votes)

    #3 - The Quarry

    S4:E3

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

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 4 - The Runaways
    8.1/10(33 votes)

    #4 - The Runaways

    S4:E4

    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

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  5. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 5 - Death of a Fixer
    8.2/10(40 votes)

    #5 - Death of a Fixer

    S4:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 6 - The Enemies
    8.1/10(40 votes)

    #6 - The Enemies

    S4:E6

    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

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  7. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 7 - The Nightmare
    8.1/10(40 votes)

    #7 - The Nightmare

    S4:E7

    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:Unknown

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  8. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 8 - Breakthrough
    8.2/10(32 votes)

    #8 - Breakthrough

    S4:E8

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

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 9 - The Harvest
    7.9/10(35 votes)

    #9 - The Harvest

    S4:E9

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 10 - The Intermediary
    8.1/10(31 votes)

    #10 - The Intermediary

    S4:E10

    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:Unknown

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  11. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 11 - The Butcher
    7.8/10(35 votes)

    #11 - The Butcher

    S4:E11

    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:Unknown

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  12. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 12 - The Flaw
    7.9/10(34 votes)

    #12 - The Flaw

    S4:E12

    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

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  13. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 13 - The Hero
    8.0/10(38 votes)

    #13 - The Hero

    S4:E13

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Charles Larson

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  14. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 14 - The Widow
    7.9/10(37 votes)

    #14 - The Widow

    S4:E14

    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:Unknown

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  15. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 15 - Eye of the Storm
    8.1/10(37 votes)

    #15 - Eye of the Storm

    S4:E15

    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

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  16. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 16 - The Fraud
    7.8/10(34 votes)

    #16 - The Fraud

    S4:E16

    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:Unknown

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  17. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 17 - A Life in the Balance
    7.8/10(35 votes)

    #17 - A Life in the Balance

    S4:E17

    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

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  18. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 18 - Caesar's Wife
    7.3/10(50 votes)

    #18 - Caesar's Wife

    S4:E18

    Case: Danielle Chabrol - Espionage.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 19 - The Patriot
    7.6/10(31 votes)

    #19 - The Patriot

    S4:E19

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

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 20 - The Maze
    7.5/10(35 votes)

    #20 - The Maze

    S4:E20

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

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Charles Larson

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  21. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 21 - The Attorney
    8.0/10(37 votes)

    #21 - The Attorney

    S4:E21

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

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 22 - The Catalyst
    8.1/10(29 votes)

    #22 - The Catalyst

    S4:E22

    Case: Miguel Torres - Destruction of Aircraft, Kidnapping.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 23 - Conspiracy of Silence
    7.6/10(36 votes)

    #23 - Conspiracy of Silence

    S4:E23

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

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 24 - The Young Warriors
    7.3/10(30 votes)

    #24 - The Young Warriors

    S4:E24

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

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The F.B.I. Season 4 Episode 25 - The Cober List
    8.4/10(28 votes)

    #25 - The Cober List

    S4:E25

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

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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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 7.7/10 based on 37 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Charles Larson, it aired on 9/22/1968. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Out of Control".