- 7.8/1025 votes7.8/10(25)
#1 - Birthday Girl
Season 13 Episode 1
Aired 3/7/2013
A 14-year-old Cleveland girl dies at her own birthday party when gunmen fire on a crowd; homicide detectives race to track down multiple shooters in the crime.
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- NaN/100 votesNaN/10(0)
#2 - Deadly Obsession/The Killer You Know
Season 13 Episode 2
Aired 3/14/2013
Police detectives conduct a three-state manhunt as they investigate the slaying of a young Dallas couple; a Cleveland man is found shot to death in his own backyard.
Director: N/A
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- 7.8/1042 votes7.8/10(42)
#3 - Hot Ride/Debt Collector
Season 13 Episode 3
Aired 3/21/2013
A violent carjacking leads to the murder of a young father; a Miami musician is shot down in the street.
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- 7.5/1022 votes7.5/10(22)
#4 - Desperate Moves
Season 13 Episode 4
Aired 3/28/2013
Dallas detectives launch a manhunt for the person who gunned down an innocent man in his car.
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- 9.0/109 votes9.0/10(9)
#5 - Wild Ride
Season 13 Episode 5
Aired 4/4/2013
Cleveland homicide detectives follow a bizarre trail of evidence in the case of a father of five who was stabbed over 50 times.
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- 7.9/1019 votes7.9/10(19)
#6 - Easy Money/Ambushed
Season 13 Episode 6
Aired 4/11/2013
In Dallas a young father is shot in the back, but no one wants to talk.
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- 7.9/1028 votes7.9/10(28)
#7 - Uncommon Valor
Season 13 Episode 7
Aired 4/18/2013
In Dallas, when a good Samaritan is gunned down trying to protect his friends, detectives must unravel a tangled web of bad tips and lies in their hunt for the killer.
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- 7.8/1022 votes7.8/10(22)
#8 - Into the Graveyard
Season 13 Episode 8
Aired 4/25/2013
In Miami, a family is shattered when two teenage brothers are gunned down in their own backyard. Two surviving friends point Detective TC Cepero and his team in the direction of two desperate and dangerous gunmen on the run. But Cepero will need the community's help to get the brazen killers off the street.
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- 7.2/1022 votes7.2/10(22)
#9 - The Girl Who Knew Too Much/The Guardian
Season 13 Episode 9
Aired 5/2/2013
In Dallas, an unidentified girl is found brutally shot in a field. Detectives Scott Sayers and Esteban Montenegro discover that she may have been killed for her silence. Then in Cleveland, a young father is shot in the head trying to break up a fight. Without any leads, Detectives Ignatius Sowa and Raymond Diaz must rely on an outraged community to help track down his killers.
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- 7.6/1023 votes7.6/10(23)
#10 - The Cover Up/Bad Seed
Season 13 Episode 10
Aired 5/9/2013
Police detectives search for an elusive killer who shot a man in a Cleveland courtyard; a 72-year-old grandmother is beaten to death in her Dallas home.
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- 7.7/1022 votes7.7/10(22)
#11 - Best Laid Plans/Burned Alive
Season 13 Episode 11
Aired 5/30/2013
In Cleveland, when a teenager is shot down in the street, detectives discover his best friends may have something to do with the murder. In Harris County, a young woman set on fire clings to life as deputies race to find who left her for dead.
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- 7.7/1011 votes7.7/10(11)
#12 - New Year's Terror/Deadly Friends
Season 13 Episode 12
Aired 6/6/2013
In Cleveland a man is gunned down defending his home on New Year's Eve. With no eyewitnesses, Det. Melvin Smith must rely on DNA evidence to track down the killers. And in Broward County, Florida, when an elderly man is found dead in his apartment, Det. John Curcio's hunt for the suspects leads to a surprising discovery.
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- 7.8/1021 votes7.8/10(21)
#13 - Blood Feud
Season 13 Episode 13
Aired 8/8/2013
A police detective hopes to locate the killers of two Miami men before the bloody turf war claims another victim.
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- 7.9/1021 votes7.9/10(21)
#14 - Bad Reputation/Deadly Party
Season 13 Episode 14
Aired 8/15/2013
A young mother of three is gunned down in front of her Cleveland home; a birthday party celebration in Florida turns deadly.
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- 7.9/1019 votes7.9/10(19)
#15 - Update Special: Missing/Deadly Ride
Season 13 Episode 15
Aired 8/22/2013
In Broward County, when a migrant worker is robbed and beaten to death, Dets. Valerian Perez and Kevin Forsberg must track down a vicious predator before he strikes again. Then, in Cleveland, a man is shot dead in broad daylight at a carwash, and Dets. Lem Griffin and Art Echols fear their case will go cold when none of the witnesses will talk.
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- 7.8/1026 votes7.8/10(26)
#16 - When a Stranger Calls; Sweet 16
Season 13 Episode 16
Aired 10/3/2013
The use of a stolen bank card leads Dallas detectives toward the killer of an elderly woman; a teenage honors student is found shot in her own backyard.
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- 8.2/1028 votes8.2/10(28)
#17 - Deadly Morning
Season 13 Episode 17
Aired 10/10/2013
A young mother is viscously murdered and dumped in an abandoned house. Detectives Nate Sowa and Ray Diaz make a surprising discovery about the killer.
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Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votesNaN/10(0)
#18 - Brother's Keeper; Fighting Words
Season 13 Episode 18
Aired 10/17/2013
An innocent man is gunned down in a gang war. Detectives race to find his killers before any more blood is shed. In Dallas, a father is murdered close to home and detectives need his neighbors to give them a lead.
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- NaN/100 votesNaN/10(0)
#19 - A Date With Death; Paid in Blood
Season 13 Episode 19
Aired 10/24/2013
In Cleveland, for Detectives Kathleen Carlin and Tim Entenok, friends are the key to solving the murder of a father shot in the back. And in Dallas, can a surprising lead help Detective Brian Tabor catch up to the killer of an elderly man stabbed to death in his home?
Director: N/A
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- 8.1/1020 votes8.1/10(20)
#20 - Kiss of Death
Season 13 Episode 20
Aired 11/14/2013
A man is shot to death in a nearby suburb, and police learn that his wife may hold the key to solving the crime.
Director: N/A
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- 8.3/1019 votes8.3/10(19)
#21 - Dead End Drive; The Fixer
Season 13 Episode 21
Aired 11/29/2013
A group of carjacking killers terrorizes a Dallas neighborhood; tragedy results when an argument between friends gets out of control.
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- 8.3/1027 votes8.3/10(27)
#22 - Bound and Burned
Season 13 Episode 22
Aired 11/29/2013
A Dallas police detective must unravel a robbery plot when the body of an expectant father is found bound and burned in a creek bed.
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- NaN/100 votesNaN/10(0)
#23 - Game Over; Long Walk Home
Season 13 Episode 23
Aired 12/13/2013
New Orleans detectives have little to go on in the hunt for a killer; a young woman is gunned down in the street while walking home from work.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1011 votes8.2/10(11)
#24 - For a Quick Buck; Bloody Sunday
Season 13 Episode 24
Aired 12/13/2013
Masked gunmen terrorize a Cleveland family and execute the young patriarch; Dallas detectives hunt for a killer who gunned down an innocent teen with an assault rifle.
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- 7.7/1021 votes7.7/10(21)
#25 - Teardrops; Almost Home
Season 13 Episode 25
Aired 12/20/2013
Dallas detectives hunt a car thief who fatally shot a man and stole his vehicle; detectives search for a witness for can identify the killer of a Cleveland man.
Director: N/A
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The Best Episodes of The First 48 Season 13
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Season 13 Ratings Summary
"Birthday Girl" is the best rated episode of "The First 48" season 13. It scored 7.8/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/7/2013. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Deadly Obsession/The Killer You Know".