7.5/1024 votes#1 - The Big Job
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1973
As carefully planned and perfectly executed as a military maneuver, the robbery of an armored-car firm nets a trio of slick bandits more than $4,000.000.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1030 votes
#2 - The Confession
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1973
A nasty nightclub entertainer whose selfishness may end her daughter's life. The girl has been kidnapped by her mother's manager, who's out for a special brand of ransom - revenge.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1019 votes
#3 - Break-In
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1973
An escaped convict and his family work together on a bank robbery worth millions.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1018 votes
#4 - The Pay-off
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1973
A syndicate pay off can help start a new life - maybe. A bribed eyewitness doesn't know that the mob has decided he'd be more trustworthy - dead.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1022 votes
#5 - The Exchange
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1973
The trail of one crime leads to another as the agents try to crack a race track robbery. They catch the inside man red-handed; only to learn he was forced to help or the masterminds would kill his kidnapped wife.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1021 votes
#6 - Tower of Terror
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1973
A mouse of a man avenging a lifetime of scorn has forced the Feds into a race with the clock. He said he has planted a bomb in a high-rise office building, but neglected to mention the city it's in.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1019 votes
#7 - Fatal Reunion
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1973
A homesick bank robber visits his home town for the first time in 10 years. The townsfolk are not aware of his profession or the fact that the FBI is after him for the job he just pulled.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1018 votes
#8 - Rules of the Game
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1973
A mobster's son attempts to murder a government witness.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1024 votes
#9 - Fool's Gold
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1973
A reformed ex-con is forced to return to crime by his fugitive former cellmate.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1019 votes#10 - The Killing Truth
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/1973
A Federal judge is being hunted by the son of a man he sent to prison for treason.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1019 votes
#11 - The Bought Jury
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/1973
A mistrial is arranged by the defendant's would-be killers. His syndicate partners want to silence him permanently before he reaches the security of prison.
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1026 votes
#12 - Ransom
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 12/30/1973
A jealous stepdaughter turns her kidnapping to her own spiteful advantage by asking her abductors to increase the ransom.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1019 votes
#13 - A Piece of the Action
Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/1974
Two brothers who own a trucking firm have discovered a short cut to prosperity. They help the syndicate hijack competitors' trucks in return for a share of the booty.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1020 votes
#14 - Selkirk's War
Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/1974
An embittered ex-Army officer has a secret battle plan for getting revenge on the Army.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1018 votes
#15 - The Betrayal
Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 2/3/1974
After a lifetime of neglecting his daughter, an escaped convict decides to give her financial security by selling information about the mob.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1021 votes
#16 - The Animal
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 2/17/1974
In New Mexico, Erskine and Rhodes track five escaped convicts, one of whom brutally murdered two law officers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1019 votes
#17 - The Two Million Dollar Hit
Season 9 Episode 17 - Aired 2/24/1974
A gang of thieves is double-crossed by a fence when things turn ugly.
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1019 votes
#18 - Diamond Run
Season 9 Episode 18 - Aired 3/10/1974
A blind young mother is the hostage of a fugitive amateur diamond smuggler. He's desperately trying to find a buyer for the gems, while he runs from both the Feds and a deadly private detective.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1027 votes
#19 - Deadly Ambition
Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 3/17/1974
An obnoxious young hoodlum is more cocky than usual after pulling the biggest robbery of his life. With the aid of explosives he stole from the National Guard, he and some friends hijacked an armored car.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: N/A
7.9/1019 votes#20 - The Lost Man
Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 3/24/1974
A journalist is the quarry of an escaped Federal prisoner who was sentenced for blackmail they both committed. The con was willing to take the rap by himself - until he learned that his partner was squandering their loot.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1019 votes
#21 - The Vendetta
Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 4/7/1974
A mobster who had fled the country has learned that his girlfriend has betrayed him causing his brother's death. going on revenge, Inspector Erskine hunts him down, hoping to avoid a bloodbath and to convince him to turn state's evidence.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1017 votes
#22 - Confessions of a Madman
Season 9 Episode 22 - Aired 4/14/1974
The agents look for a psychotic killer whose victims are all from of the same college sorority.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1020 votes
#23 - Survival
Season 9 Episode 23 - Aired 4/28/1974
The capture of an escaped convict in the wilderness is doubly complicated by a critical injury to Erskine's partner.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The F.B.I. Season 9
Every episode of The F.B.I. Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The F.B.I. Season 9!
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Season 9 Ratings Summary
"The Big Job" is the best rated episode of "The F.B.I." season 9. It scored 7.5/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by Don Medford and written by N/A, it aired on 9/16/1973. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Confession".