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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 1 - Target of Interest
    8.0/10(30 votes)

    #1 - Target of Interest

    S5:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 2 - Nightmare Road
    7.7/10(29 votes)

    #2 - Nightmare Road

    S5:E2

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

    Director:Harvey Hart
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 3 - The Swindler
    7.9/10(36 votes)

    #3 - The Swindler

    S5:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 4 - Boomerang
    8.0/10(39 votes)

    #4 - Boomerang

    S5:E4

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

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 5 - Silent Partners
    8.3/10(33 votes)

    #5 - Silent Partners

    S5:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Jack Turley

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  6. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 6 - Gamble With Death
    8.1/10(32 votes)

    #6 - Gamble With Death

    S5:E6

    Case: Harry L. Springer - Extortion.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Don Brinkley

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  7. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 7 - Flight
    8.4/10(27 votes)

    #7 - Flight

    S5:E7

    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:Unknown

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  8. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 8 - The Challenge
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #8 - The Challenge

    S5:E8

    Case: Paul Winters, Andrei Vallone - Espionage.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Donald S. Sanford

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  9. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 9 - Blood Tie
    7.5/10(34 votes)

    #9 - Blood Tie

    S5:E9

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 10 - The Sanctuary
    7.5/10(29 votes)

    #10 - The Sanctuary

    S5:E10

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

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 11 - Scapegoat
    8.1/10(39 votes)

    #11 - Scapegoat

    S5:E11

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

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  12. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 12 - The Inside Man
    7.9/10(30 votes)

    #12 - The Inside Man

    S5:E12

    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

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  13. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 13 - The Prey
    8.3/10(35 votes)

    #13 - The Prey

    S5:E13

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

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Don Brinkley

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  14. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 14 - Journey Into Night
    8.2/10(30 votes)

    #14 - Journey Into Night

    S5:E14

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 15 - The Doll Courier
    7.8/10(30 votes)

    #15 - The Doll Courier

    S5:E15

    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:Unknown

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  16. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 16 - Tug-of-War
    7.8/10(31 votes)

    #16 - Tug-of-War

    S5:E16

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

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 17 - Fatal Impostor
    8.1/10(28 votes)

    #17 - Fatal Impostor

    S5:E17

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

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 18 - Conspiracy of Corruption
    7.8/10(28 votes)

    #18 - Conspiracy of Corruption

    S5:E18

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

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 19 - The Diamond Millstone
    8.4/10(34 votes)

    #19 - The Diamond Millstone

    S5:E19

    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:Unknown

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  20. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 20 - Deadly Reunion
    7.8/10(30 votes)

    #20 - Deadly Reunion

    S5:E20

    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:Unknown

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  21. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 21 - Pressure Point
    7.5/10(28 votes)

    #21 - Pressure Point

    S5:E21

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

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 22 - Summer Terror
    7.7/10(34 votes)

    #22 - Summer Terror

    S5:E22

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

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 23 - Return to Power
    8.0/10(34 votes)

    #23 - Return to Power

    S5:E23

    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:Unknown

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  24. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 24 - The Dealer
    7.9/10(27 votes)

    #24 - The Dealer

    S5:E24

    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

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  25. The F.B.I. Season 5 Episode 25 - Deadfall
    7.7/10(31 votes)

    #25 - Deadfall

    S5:E25

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

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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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 8/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/14/1969. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Nightmare Road".