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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...
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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Watch-Dog" is the worst rated episode of "The F.B.I.". It scored 6.4/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by Allen Reisner and written by N/A, it aired on 10/31/1971. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Minerva Tapes".

  • The Watch-Dog
    6.4/1024 votes
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    #1 - The Watch-Dog

    Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1971

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

    Director: Allen Reisner

    Writer: N/A

  • The Minerva Tapes
    6.5/1024 votes
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    #2 - The Minerva Tapes

    Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1971

    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
    6.7/1040 votes
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    #3 - The Exiles

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1965

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

    Director: William A. Graham

    Writer: Robert Leslie Bellem

  • Overload
    6.7/1036 votes
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    #4 - Overload

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1967

    No description available

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A

  • Quantico
    6.8/1040 votes
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    #5 - Quantico

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/30/1966

    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

  • Superstition Rock
    6.9/1019 votes
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    #6 - Superstition Rock

    Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1971

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

    Director: Seymour Robbie

    Writer: N/A

  • The Deadly Gift
    7.0/1024 votes
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    #7 - The Deadly Gift

    Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1971

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

    Director: Philip Abbott

    Writer: N/A

  • A Second Life
    7.0/1027 votes
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    #8 - A Second Life

    Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 1/9/1972

    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 Legend of John Rim
    7.1/1035 votes
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    #9 - The Legend of John Rim

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/31/1967

    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

  • The Target
    7.1/1023 votes
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    #10 - The Target

    Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/1970

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • End of a Hero
    7.1/1024 votes
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    #11 - End of a Hero

    Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1971

    No description available

    Director: Ralph Senensky

    Writer: N/A

  • The Loper Gambit
    7.1/1022 votes
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    #12 - The Loper Gambit

    Season 8 Episode 26 - Aired 4/1/1973

    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

  • Anatomy of a Prison Break
    7.2/1035 votes
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    #13 - Anatomy of a Prison Break

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1966

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

    Director: Ralph Senensky

    Writer: Herman Groves, Robert J. Shaw

  • The Buyer
    7.2/1024 votes
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    #14 - The Buyer

    Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 1/2/1972

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Game of Chess
    7.2/1021 votes
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    #15 - A Game of Chess

    Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1972

    No description available

    Director: Philip Leacock

    Writer: N/A

  • The Loner
    7.2/1022 votes
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    #16 - The Loner

    Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1972

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Night of the Long Knives
    7.2/1021 votes
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    #17 - 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

  • Crisis Ground
    7.3/1030 votes
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    #18 - Crisis Ground

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/1968

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

    Director: Robert Douglas

    Writer: N/A

  • Ring of Steel
    7.3/1030 votes
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    #19 - Ring of Steel

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/4/1968

    The unexplained death of a race car driverplaces Inspector Erskine on the trail of a stolen car ring.

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: N/A

  • The Challenge
    7.3/1028 votes
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    #20 - The Challenge

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1969

    Case: Paul Winters, Andrei Vallone - Espionage.

    Director: Jesse Hibbs

    Writer: Donald S. Sanford

  • The Fatal Connection
    7.3/1023 votes
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    #21 - The Fatal Connection

    Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 1/31/1971

    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

  • A Gathering Of Sharks
    7.3/1024 votes
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    #22 - A Gathering Of Sharks

    Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 1/14/1973

    No description available

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: N/A

  • A Piece of the Action
    7.3/1019 votes
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    #23 - 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

  • The Sacrifice
    7.4/1034 votes
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    #24 - The Sacrifice

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/16/1966

    Case file #65-9525-X - The Doriskin Papers - Espionage. Inspector Lew Erskine infiltrates a spy network and is marked for assassination.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: N/A

  • The Death Wind
    7.4/1035 votes
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    #25 - The Death Wind

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/25/1966

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

    Director: Ralph Senensky

    Writer: Robert Leslie Bellem