- 7.9/1028 votes7.9/10(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
- 7.5/1026 votes7.5/10(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
- 8.0/1031 votes8.0/10(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
- 8.0/1034 votes8.0/10(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
- 8.2/1028 votes8.2/10(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
- 7.9/1025 votes7.9/10(25)
#6 - Gamble With Death
Season 5 Episode 6
Aired 10/19/1969
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- 8.3/1024 votes8.3/10(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
- 7.3/1028 votes7.3/10(28)
#8 - The Challenge
Season 5 Episode 8
Aired 11/2/1969
- 7.5/1028 votes7.5/10(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
- 7.4/1025 votes7.4/10(25)
#10 - The Sanctuary
Season 5 Episode 10
Aired 11/16/1969
- 7.9/1035 votes7.9/10(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
- 7.8/1027 votes7.8/10(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
- 8.2/1030 votes8.2/10(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
- 8.1/1027 votes8.1/10(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
- 7.6/1026 votes7.6/10(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
- 7.8/1030 votes7.8/10(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
- 8.0/1026 votes8.0/10(26)
#17 - Fatal Impostor
Season 5 Episode 17
Aired 1/4/1970
- 7.7/1026 votes7.7/10(26)
#18 - Conspiracy of Corruption
Season 5 Episode 18
Aired 1/11/1970
- 8.3/1029 votes8.3/10(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
- 7.6/1027 votes7.6/10(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
- 7.4/1026 votes7.4/10(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
- 7.6/1031 votes7.6/10(31)
#22 - Summer Terror
Season 5 Episode 22
Aired 2/8/1970
- 7.8/1030 votes7.8/10(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
- 7.8/1024 votes7.8/10(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
- 7.6/1028 votes7.6/10(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
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!
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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".