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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!

The Best Episodes of The F.B.I. Season 8

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  1. Background image for The Runner
    8.0/10(28 votes)

    #1 - The Runner

    S8:E1

    Inspector Erskine trails an Escaped Federal Prisoner who abducted a young girl and vanishes into the Oregon Wilderness.

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  2. Background image for The Edge of Desperation
    7.6/10(23 votes)

    #2 - The Edge of Desperation

    S8:E2

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Fatal Showdown
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #3 - The Fatal Showdown

    S8:E3

    Inspector Lew Erskine pursues Ken Meed's gang after the robbery of a valuable statue from a New York City art auction.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The Franklin Papers
    8.1/10(24 votes)

    #4 - The Franklin Papers

    S8:E4

    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investigates a con game that was perpetrated Christine Minton and her boyfriend, The pair set out to sell forged historical documents to an amateur historian.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Gopher
    8.2/10(25 votes)

    #5 - The Gopher

    S8:E5

    To crack a loan sharking operation, Inspector Lew Erskine sets out to find the man who stole the organizations book of borrowers' name.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for End of a Nightmare
    7.7/10(22 votes)

    #6 - End of a Nightmare

    S8:E6

    The case is to catch an escaped convict before he takes revenge on the persons responsible for the annulment of his marriage.

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    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Engineer
    7.6/10(22 votes)

    #7 - The Engineer

    S8:E7

    Inspector Erskine and Agent Colby go after an unemployed aerospace engineer who turns to crime.

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    Director:Philip Abbott
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for A Game of Chess
    7.2/10(21 votes)

    #8 - A Game of Chess

    S8:E8

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    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Wizard
    7.8/10(24 votes)

    #9 - The Wizard

    S8:E9

    No description available

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    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for The Loner
    7.2/10(22 votes)

    #10 - The Loner

    S8:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Canyon Of No Return
    7.9/10(25 votes)

    #11 - Canyon Of No Return

    S8:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Holiday With Terror
    7.6/10(24 votes)

    #12 - Holiday With Terror

    S8:E12

    Kidnapping with a twist in ""Holiday with Terror"". The naive victim believes she's on a weekend vacation. (60 mins)

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Jug Marker
    7.8/10(24 votes)

    #13 - The Jug Marker

    S8:E13

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Outcast
    7.9/10(23 votes)

    #14 - The Outcast

    S8:E14

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Dark Christmas
    7.7/10(24 votes)

    #15 - Dark Christmas

    S8:E15

    Hitman Stuart Tilden seriously wounds a businessman in Chicago while seeking the whereabouts of his intended target. The FBI launches an intense investigation, seeking to prevent him from succeeding, and even Assistant Director Arthur Ward will make an arrest in the field as part of the effort. The target is Richard Ghormley, who formerly worked for a criminal. While he wasn't involved with illegal activities, the criminal fears that he knows too much. He is desperately trying to get home from a business trip to San Francisco on Christmas Eve and Tilden is waiting for him there. Colby and other agents rescue his children while Erskine confronts Tilden.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for The Rap Taker
    7.7/10(24 votes)

    #16 - The Rap Taker

    S8:E16

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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for A Gathering Of Sharks
    7.5/10(26 votes)

    #17 - A Gathering Of Sharks

    S8:E17

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    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Disinherited
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #18 - The Disinherited

    S8:E18

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Desperate Journey
    8.0/10(24 votes)

    #19 - Desperate Journey

    S8:E19

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    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for The Double Play
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #20 - The Double Play

    S8:E20

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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The Wedding Gift
    7.5/10(21 votes)

    #21 - The Wedding Gift

    S8:E21

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for The Detonator
    8.1/10(22 votes)

    #22 - The Detonator

    S8:E22

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    Director:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Sweet Evil
    8.1/10(23 votes)

    #23 - Sweet Evil

    S8:E23

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    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Memory of a Legend
    8.0/10(22 votes)

    #24 - Memory of a Legend

    S8:E24

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Night of the Long Knives
    7.2/10(22 votes)

    #25 - Night of the Long Knives

    S8:E25

    Suspecting assassinations in the Mafia are being planned, Inspector Erskine goes undercover as a caterer at the wedding of a mob bosses daughter.

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    Writer:Unknown

Season 8 Ratings Summary

"The Runner" is the best rated episode of "The F.B.I." season 8. It scored 8/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by Lawrence Dobkin and written by Jack Turley, it aired on 9/17/1972. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Edge of Desperation".