8.0/1026 votes#1 - The Runner
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1972
Inspector Erskine trails an Escaped Federal Prisoner who abducted a young girl and vanishes into the Oregon Wilderness.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: Jack Turley
- 7.5/1022 votes
#2 - The Edge of Desperation
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1972
A business man masterminds his own kidnapping and flees with the ransom money obtained from his father in-law along with a young woman to New York City.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1023 votes
#3 - The Fatal Showdown
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1972
Inspector Lew Erskine pursues Ken Meed's gang after the robbery of a valuable statue from a New York City art auction.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1022 votes
#4 - The Franklin Papers
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1972
While Inspector Lew Erskine investigates a con game that was perpetrated Christine Minton and her boyfriend, The pair set out to sell forged historical documents to an amateur historian.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1021 votes
#5 - The Gopher
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1972
To crack a loan sharking operation, Inspector Lew Erskine sets out to find the man who stole the organizations book of borrowers' name.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1022 votes#6 - End of a Nightmare
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1972
The case is to catch an escaped convict before he takes revenge on the persons responsible for the annulment of his marriage.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1021 votes
#7 - The Engineer
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1972
Inspector Erskine and Agent Colby go after an unemployed aerospace engineer who turns to crime.
Director: Philip Abbott
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1021 votes
#8 - A Game of Chess
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1972
No description available
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1022 votes
#9 - The Wizard
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1972
No description available
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1022 votes
#10 - The Loner
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1972
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1024 votes
#11 - Canyon Of No Return
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1972
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1023 votes
#12 - Holiday With Terror
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/1972
Kidnapping with a twist in ""Holiday with Terror"". The naive victim believes she's on a weekend vacation. (60 mins)
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1023 votes
#13 - The Jug Marker
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1972
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1023 votes
#14 - The Outcast
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 12/17/1972
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1023 votes
#15 - Dark Christmas
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 12/24/1972
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1024 votes
#16 - The Rap Taker
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 1/7/1973
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1024 votes
#17 - A Gathering Of Sharks
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 1/14/1973
No description available
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1025 votes
#18 - The Disinherited
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 1/21/1973
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1023 votes
#19 - Desperate Journey
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 1/28/1973
No description available
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1024 votes
#20 - The Double Play
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 2/4/1973
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1021 votes
#21 - The Wedding Gift
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 2/11/1973
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1021 votes
#22 - The Detonator
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 2/25/1973
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1022 votes
#23 - Sweet Evil
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 3/4/1973
No description available
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1021 votes
#24 - Memory of a Legend
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 3/11/1973
Inspector Lew Erskine & The FBI confront a father and son, The father being a small time burglar glamorized by the son who is trying to follow in his footsteps.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1021 votes
#25 - Night of the Long Knives
Season 8 Episode 25 - Aired 3/25/1973
Suspecting assassinations in the Mafia are being planned, Inspector Erskine goes undercover as a caterer at the wedding of a mob bosses daughter.
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The F.B.I. Season 8
Every episode of The F.B.I. Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The F.B.I. Season 8!
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Season 8 Ratings Summary
"The Runner" is the best rated episode of "The F.B.I." season 8. It scored 8/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by Lawrence Dobkin and written by Jack Turley, it aired on 9/17/1972. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Edge of Desperation".