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The Worst Episodes of The F.B.I.

Every episode of The F.B.I. ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The F.B.I.!

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.

Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:ABC

Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "The F.B.I." is "The Watch-Dog", rated 6/10 from 19 user votes. It was directed by Allen Reisner and written by N/A. "The Watch-Dog" aired on 10/31/1971 and is rated 0.4 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "The Minerva Tapes".

  • The Watch-Dog
    6.0/10 19 votes

    #1 - The Watch-Dog

    Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 1971-10-31

    Case: Luther Shawn, Damian Hoowards, Ralph Kurland and Kate Waller - Espionage.

    Director: Allen Reisner

    Writer: N/A

  • The Minerva Tapes
    6.4/10 19 votes

    #2 - The Minerva Tapes

    Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 1971-12-05

    Inspector Erskine Infiltrates an espionage ring and is caught in the cross-fire. Louis Jourdan guest stars.

    Director: Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer: N/A

  • The Exiles
    6.7/10 37 votes

    #3 - The Exiles

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1965-11-14

    Case file #2-46675-R - General Romero, et al. - Violation of Neutrality Act.

    Director: William A. Graham

    Writer: Robert Leslie Bellem

  • Quantico
    6.7/10 38 votes

    #4 - Quantico

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1966-01-30

    Case File #52-7672-S - Willard Smith - Destruction of Government Property. A plot to destroy The Supreme Court Building could cost an F.B.I. agent his job.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • Overload
    6.7/10 31 votes

    #5 - Overload

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 1967-11-12

    No description available

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A

  • The Deadly Gift
    6.7/10 20 votes

    #6 - The Deadly Gift

    Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 1971-10-03

    Case: Charles Ridgeway, Julie Rhodes - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property.

    Director: Philip Abbott

    Writer: N/A

  • Superstition Rock
    6.8/10 16 votes

    #7 - Superstition Rock

    Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 1971-11-28

    Case: Arlen Parent - Assasult on a Federal Officer. George Harris - Victim.

    Director: Seymour Robbie

    Writer: N/A

  • A Second Life
    6.8/10 22 votes

    #8 - A Second Life

    Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 1972-01-09

    Case: Steve Elliot Chandler - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle, Attempted Murder. A contract killer is being pursued by the mob after botching up a job.

    Director: Ralph Senensky

    Writer: Dick Nelson

  • The Target
    6.9/10 20 votes

    #9 - The Target

    Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 1970-12-06

    Case: Nicholas Blok, Howard Denham and Ruth Denham - Foreign Agents Registration Act.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • End of a Hero
    6.9/10 20 votes

    #10 - End of a Hero

    Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 1971-11-21

    No description available

    Director: Ralph Senensky

    Writer: N/A

  • The Loper Gambit
    6.9/10 15 votes

    #11 - The Loper Gambit

    Season 8 Episode 26 - Aired 1973-04-01

    Inspector Lew Erskine's attempt to capture the kidnappers of the son of a wealthy land developer without endangering the life of the victim.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Sanctuary
    7.0/10 20 votes

    #12 - The Sanctuary

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1969-11-16

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

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A

  • Anatomy of a Prison Break
    7.1/10 32 votes

    #13 - Anatomy of a Prison Break

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1966-11-27

    Case file #70-16154-L: Richard Hubbard Larken - Crime on a Government Reservation - Murder.

    Director: Ralph Senensky

    Writer: Herman Groves, Robert J. Shaw

  • The Legend of John Rim
    7.1/10 28 votes

    #14 - The Legend of John Rim

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1967-12-31

    Case: John Rim, Escaped Federal Prisoner, Unlawful Interstate Flight to avoid confinement, murder. Quick sand, an alligator infested swamp, and a viscious backwood's town protect an escaped killer being sought by the F.B.I.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Deadfall
    7.1/10 22 votes

    #15 - Deadfall

    Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 1970-03-01

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

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A

  • The Loner
    7.1/10 18 votes

    #16 - The Loner

    Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 1972-11-19

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Blood Tie
    7.2/10 23 votes

    #17 - Blood Tie

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 1969-11-09

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fatal Connection
    7.2/10 19 votes

    #18 - The Fatal Connection

    Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 1971-01-31

    Case: Albert Rendich, Raymond Bergan, Anthony Sprague - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering, Extortion, interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle.

    Director: Nicholas Webster

    Writer: N/A

  • The Buyer
    7.2/10 20 votes

    #19 - The Buyer

    Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 1972-01-02

    Case: Maynard Gage, Lou Forrester, Connie Sherill et al - Theft from Interstate Shipment.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Game of Chess
    7.2/10 17 votes

    #20 - A Game of Chess

    Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 1972-11-05

    No description available

    Director: Philip Leacock

    Writer: N/A

  • A Gathering Of Sharks
    7.2/10 21 votes

    #21 - A Gathering Of Sharks

    Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 1973-01-14

    No description available

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: N/A

  • The Death Wind
    7.3/10 31 votes

    #22 - The Death Wind

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1966-12-25

    Case file #45-9844-J: Captain Benjamin Jennerson, Theodore Darrel Hammond - Crime on the High Seas - Murder.

    Director: Ralph Senensky

    Writer: Robert Leslie Bellem

  • Crisis Ground
    7.3/10 25 votes

    #23 - Crisis Ground

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1968-01-28

    An unsolved homicide ignites into a riot a town's hatred for a nearby job training camp.

    Director: Robert Douglas

    Writer: N/A

  • The Challenge
    7.3/10 25 votes

    #24 - The Challenge

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 1969-11-02

    Case: Paul Winters, Andrei Vallone - Espionage.

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: Donald S. Sanford

  • Deadly Reunion
    7.3/10 22 votes

    #25 - Deadly Reunion

    Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 1970-01-25

    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