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The Best Episodes of The F.B.I. Season 5

Every episode of The F.B.I. Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The F.B.I. Season 5!

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...
Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:ABC
Episodes
26
Avg. Rating
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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Target of Interest" is the best rated episode of "The F.B.I." season 5. It scored 7.9/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/14/1969. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Nightmare Road".

  • Target of Interest
    7.9/10(28)

    #1 - Target of Interest

    Season 5 Episode 1

    Aired 9/14/1969

    Case: Michael Weil, Sandra Davis, Eugene Moody, et al - Espionage.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Nightmare Road
    7.5/10(26)

    #2 - Nightmare Road

    Season 5 Episode 2

    Aired 9/21/1969

    Case: Gerald Wilson, Lawrence ""Jack"" Collins, Carolyn Paul - Killing a Federal Officer, Unlawful Flight, Murder.

    Director: Harvey Hart

    Writer: N/A

  • The Swindler
    8.0/10(31)

    #3 - The Swindler

    Season 5 Episode 3

    Aired 9/28/1969

    Case: Robert Charles Pollard, William Fremont Quine, George J. Hoyer - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Murder.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Boomerang
    8.0/10(34)

    #4 - Boomerang

    Season 5 Episode 4

    Aired 10/5/1969

    Case: Extortion - Kidnapping. Terry Shelton, Melinda Collier, Harvey George Windsor, Robert David Fleming.

    Director: Gene Nelson

    Writer: N/A

  • Silent Partners
    8.2/10(28)

    #5 - Silent Partners

    Season 5 Episode 5

    Aired 10/12/1969

    Case: Victor Berris, Carl Torrance, Steven Harber - Jury Tampering. Inspector Lew Erskine duels with a hitman who bribed a juror in the trial of a mob kingpin.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jack Turley

  • Gamble With Death
    7.9/10(25)

    #6 - Gamble With Death

    Season 5 Episode 6

    Aired 10/19/1969

    Case: Harry L. Springer - Extortion.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • Flight
    8.3/10(24)

    #7 - Flight

    Season 5 Episode 7

    Aired 10/26/1969

    Case: Walter Everett Hazlett - Crime Aboard Aircraft, Piracy, Attempted Murder. Inspector Lew Erskine urges the Hijacker of a Cuban-bound plane to land immediately to save the life of a wounded passenger.

    Director: Gene Nelson

    Writer: N/A

  • The Challenge
    7.3/10(28)

    #8 - The Challenge

    Season 5 Episode 8

    Aired 11/2/1969

    Case: Paul Winters, Andrei Vallone - Espionage.

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: Donald S. Sanford

  • Blood Tie
    7.5/10(28)

    #9 - Blood Tie

    Season 5 Episode 9

    Aired 11/9/1969

    Case: Richard Arthur Kriton, Maximilian Kerry, Francis Wanderman - Theft from Interstate Shipment, Attempted Murder.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Sanctuary
    7.4/10(25)

    #10 - The Sanctuary

    Season 5 Episode 10

    Aired 11/16/1969

    Case: Nate Phelps, John Carl Winslow - Bank Robbery, Murder.

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A

  • Scapegoat
    7.9/10(35)

    #11 - Scapegoat

    Season 5 Episode 11

    Aired 11/23/1969

    Case: Harley Earl Garnett - Crime on a Government Reservation - Murder.

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: Edward J. Lakso

  • The Inside Man
    7.8/10(27)

    #12 - The Inside Man

    Season 5 Episode 12

    Aired 11/30/1969

    Case:Harold H. Casey, Frank V. Sawyer-Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution, Murder. Inpector Erskine and Agent Colby uncovers the ""Inside Man"" in a series of jewelery heists from New York City's Diamond District.

    Director: Gene Nelson

    Writer: Norman Hudis

  • The Prey
    8.2/10(30)

    #13 - The Prey

    Season 5 Episode 13

    Aired 12/7/1969

    Case: Carl S. Beaumont, Ten Most Wanted Fugitives - Transportation of Stolen Property, Major Theft.

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • Journey Into Night
    8.1/10(27)

    #14 - Journey Into Night

    Season 5 Episode 14

    Aired 12/14/1969

    Case: David Mark Starret - Escaped Federal Prisoner - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. The escaped federal prisoner, David Starret, kidnaps his own son from the son's foster parents in Albany NY. The father and son travel to Texas where the good inspector finally captures him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Doll Courier
    7.6/10(26)

    #15 - The Doll Courier

    Season 5 Episode 15

    Aired 12/21/1969

    Case: John DeBecker,Eric Linler, et al-Espionage,murder. The FBI goes after communist agents in which the head of a porcelain doll is used to transport top secret microfilm.

    Director: Herschel Daugherty

    Writer: N/A

  • Tug-of-War
    7.8/10(30)

    #16 - Tug-of-War

    Season 5 Episode 16

    Aired 12/28/1969

    Case: Aaron Taylor, Milo Pike - Organized Crime, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Major Theft, Murder.

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A

  • Fatal Impostor
    8.0/10(26)

    #17 - Fatal Impostor

    Season 5 Episode 17

    Aired 1/4/1970

    Case: Victor Kiley, Rick Davis - Unlawful Flight, Murder.

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A

  • Conspiracy of Corruption
    7.7/10(26)

    #18 - Conspiracy of Corruption

    Season 5 Episode 18

    Aired 1/11/1970

    Case: Peter Freeman Griffith - Victim, Civil Rights Violation.

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A

  • The Diamond Millstone
    8.3/10(29)

    #19 - The Diamond Millstone

    Season 5 Episode 19

    Aired 1/18/1970

    Case: Victor Amazeen, Billy Jack Lyle, James Tate - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. The bad guys rip off a 31 carat diamond pendant with the aid of the owner's maid.

    Director: Robert Douglas

    Writer: N/A

  • Deadly Reunion
    7.6/10(27)

    #20 - Deadly Reunion

    Season 5 Episode 20

    Aired 1/25/1970

    Case: Matthew Bernhardt, David Hermann, John Stone, et al. - Espionage. Agents from the ""Eastern Sector"" (East Berlin) allow the wife of a US based spy to ""escape"" the eastern sector. She is to then assassinate her husband, who is about to defect. The good inspector goes undercover to transport the wife from Berlin to the US and eventually prevent the assassination.

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A

  • Pressure Point
    7.4/10(26)

    #21 - Pressure Point

    Season 5 Episode 21

    Aired 2/1/1970

    Case: Martin Rawll, Jack Lee Lutcher, Scott Rogers - Interstate Transportation of Gambling Devices, Attempted Murder.

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A

  • Summer Terror
    7.6/10(31)

    #22 - Summer Terror

    Season 5 Episode 22

    Aired 2/8/1970

    Case: Alex Drake, Beau Thomas Manley - Extortion, Kidnapping.

    Director: Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer: N/A

  • Return to Power
    7.8/10(30)

    #23 - Return to Power

    Season 5 Episode 23

    Aired 2/15/1970

    Case: Peter Joseph Tenny, Frank DiMirjian - Organized Crime, Assault of a Federal Officer. Inspector Lew Erskine Capitalizes on a blood feud to lead him to secret mafia financial records.

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A

  • The Dealer
    7.8/10(24)

    #24 - The Dealer

    Season 5 Episode 24

    Aired 2/22/1970

    Case: Bernard Simms, Frank Brokaw, Norman Whitehead, David Osborne, et al-Theft From Interstate Shipments, Attempted Murder. Inspector Lew Erskine goes undercover by driving big rigs to obtain evidence against an Interstate Hijacking Ring. Colby also goes undercover as a shipping clerk to uncover the smuggling ring. He is injured in the line of duty when an ex-con reveals that Colby was not a convict!

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • Deadfall
    7.6/10(28)

    #25 - Deadfall

    Season 5 Episode 25

    Aired 3/1/1970

    Case: Ronald Brimlow, Frank Morris Moonan, Shelly Brimlow, Arthur Cody - Kidnapping, Bank Robbery, Ten Most Wanted Fugitive.

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A