List of The F.B.I. episodes

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This is a list of episodes for the television series The F.B.I., which ran from 1965 to 1974.

Series overview

Season Episodes First aired Last aired
1 32 September 19, 1965 (1965-09-19) May 8, 1966 (1966-05-08)
2 29 September 18, 1966 (1966-09-18) April 16, 1967 (1967-04-16)
3 27 September 17, 1967 (1967-09-17) April 28, 1968 (1968-04-28)
4 26 September 22, 1968 (1968-09-22) March 30, 1969 (1969-03-30)
5 26 September 14, 1969 (1969-09-14) March 8, 1970 (1970-03-08)
6 26 September 20, 1970 (1970-09-20) March 21, 1971 (1971-03-21)
7 26 September 12, 1971 (1971-09-12) March 19, 1972 (1972-03-19)
8 26 September 17, 1972 (1972-09-17) April 1, 1973 (1973-04-01)
9 23 September 16, 1973 (1973-09-16) April 28, 1974 (1974-04-28)

Episodes

Season 1 (1965–66)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1 1 "The Monster" William A. Graham Norman Jolley September 19, 1965 (1965-09-19)
Case file #76-3342-J: In the first episode, Erskine and Rhodes are assigned to track down Francis Jerome (Jeffrey Hunter), an extortionist who has escaped from a federal prison in Pennsylvania. Erskine must also confront a number of personal issues when a woman involved in the case takes a liking to him.
2 2 "Image in a Cracked Mirror" William A. Graham Anthony Wilson September 26, 1965 (1965-09-26)
Case file #29-68954-G: Erskine and Rhodes are assigned to track down a bank embezzler (Jack Klugman). The title stems from the fact that Erskine recognizes traits he shares with the embezzler, such as the fact both men served during the Korean War and both are fathers whose wife has died.
3 3 "A Mouthful of Dust" Don Medford Earl Mack October 3, 1965 (1965-10-03)
Case file #70-68307-C: Joe Cloud (Alejandro Rey), a Native American who served under Erskine during the Korean War, kills a man who was trying to rape his wife. Cloud flees custody and Erskine attempts to bring him in while trying to keep Cloud from harm.
4 4 "Slow March Up a Steep Hill" William A. Graham Charles Larson October 10, 1965 (1965-10-10)
Case file #91-77270-X: Erskine faces problems in his personal life and at work at the same time. His 19-year-old daughter, Barbara, insists on marrying his partner, Rhodes, right now. Meanwhile, assistant director Arthur Ward questions Erskine's approach to catching a bank robber; a man has already confessed to the crimes, but Erskine is convinced the illegitimate son of another bank robber is the real culprit.
5 5 "The Insolents" Don Medford Theodore Apstein October 17, 1965 (1965-10-17)
Case file #45-47339-Y: Rhodes must confront his own emotions about an incident in his past as he investigates a spoiled young playboy accused of a murder on a cruise ship.
6 6 "To Free My Enemy" William A. Graham Norman Jolley,
Ken Kolb
October 24, 1965 (1965-10-24)
A pornographer (James Gregory) that Erskine has been pursuing is about to flee the country, but is kidnapped before he can do so. Now the FBI man has to smash the kidnapping plot, although it will mean helping the pornographer escape.
7 7 "The Problem of the Honorable Wife" Don Medford Jo Pagano October 31, 1965 (1965-10-31)
Case file #98-63520-M: Erskine and Rhodes investigate a group of saboteurs in San Francisco. The title refers to the wife of one of the saboteurs; the wife, who is Japanese, is unaware of her husband's illegal activities.
8 8 "Courage of a Conviction" Don Medford Oscar Millard November 7, 1965 (1965-11-07)
Case file #87-633462-C: In St. Louis, Erskine and Rhodes arrest a man they think is a notorious check forger. The arrest has been made with the assistance of an old friend of Erskine's (Edward Andrews), but the FBI investigator has doubts they've really arrested the right man.
9 9 "The Exiles" William A. Graham Robert Leslie Bellem,
David W. Rintels
(as "Pat Riddle")
November 14, 1965 (1965-11-14)
Case file #2-46675-R: Exiles from a South American country are trying to organize a coup of their former land. What they don't know is they have a mole among them: Erskine is assigned to infiltrate the exiles, who are based in Miami, by pretending to be a mercenary.
10 10 "The Giant Killer" Don Medford Mark Rodgers November 21, 1965 (1965-11-21)
Case file #52-19223-W: A deranged man (Robert Duvall) is planning on destroying an American test rocket. He has left a series of cryptic radio messages across the U.S.
11 11 "All the Streets Are Silent" William A. Graham Mark Rodgers November 28, 1965 (1965-11-28)
Case file #52-499362-M: In California, a gang led by the Murtaugh brothers (Burt Reynolds and Joe Maross) has stolen weapons from the U.S. military. Erskine and Rhodes are assigned to capture the gang.
12 12 "An Elephant Is Like a Rope" Don Medford Robert Leslie Bellem,
Lee Erwin
December 5, 1965 (1965-12-05)
Case file #87-52739-X: A young man (Beau Bridges) drives to FBI headquarters from Virginia. He is carrying a large amount of cash and has been shot. He also can't remember his own identity. The title stems from the story of blind men trying to establish what an elephant looks like by feeling different parts of the animal; that story summarizes the challenge facing Erskine and Rhodes as they try to reconstruct what happened. On top of that, a pair of hit men (Ted Knight and Paul Mantee) are stalking the boy.
13 13 "How to Murder an Iron Horse" Christian Nyby Don Brinkley December 12, 1965 (1965-12-12)
Case file #9-74219-C: A disturbed young man blows up a freight train. He is now blackmailing the railroad -- he'll do the same to a passenger train unless he is paid $100,000.
14 14 "Pound of Flesh" Christian Nyby Norman Jolley,
Tom Seller
December 19, 1965 (1965-12-19)
File# 70-74476-X: The wife of a U.S. military chaplain (Leslie Nielsen) is murdered. The accused (Bruce Dern) is a soldier with a shaky record. The town surrounding the base is on edge, complicating the investigation of Erskine and Rhodes.
15 15 "The Hijackers" Don Medford Norman Lessing December 26, 1965 (1965-12-26)
Case file #15-9436-S: Erskine and Rhodes are sent to Milwaukee to investigate a truck hijacking. The FBI thinks it is the work of an interstate hijacking ring. In reality, it was organized by an employee (Arthur O'Connell) of a trucking company who was forced to retire. At the same time, Erskine tries to make time to visit his uncle (Cecil Kellaway), who suffers from being alone.
16 16 "The Forests of the Night" Christian Nyby Charles Larson,
Sy Salkowitz
January 2, 1966 (1966-01-02)
Case file #9-26080-X: In Oregon, members of a religious colony have incurred jealousy and ire from residents of a town. The young son of the colony's leader has reported he was beaten. Erskine and Rhodes are thrust into the middle of the situation, which is as combustible as the nearby forests which have endured a 97-day drought.
17 17 "The Chameleon" Don Medford Norman Jolley January 9, 1966 (1966-01-09)
Case file #29-31091-C: Erskine and Rhodes are tracking a man (James Daly) who seduces and then kills wealthy widows. Can they reach him before he kills again? It turns out the killer has deep psychological issues about being adopted. Erskine is able to use that fact to his advantage in the investigation.
18 18 "The Sacrifice" Christian Nyby Andy Lewis January 16, 1966 (1966-01-16)
Case file #65-9525-X: A defecting Soviet diplomat informs the FBI that a major Southern California defense contractor is the source of a security leak. Erskine and Rhodes assume cover identities. Meanwhile, the leader of a Soviet spy ring (Albert Paulsen) prepares to sacrifice one of the collaborators to throw the FBI off the scent.
19 19 "Special Delivery" Ralph Senensky Samuel Newman January 23, 1966 (1966-01-23)
Case file #91-42238-P: The FBI investigates a group that transports fugitives out of the country. Erskine, again assuming an undercover identity, is sharing a ride with a wounded criminal (Earl Holliman) and his girlfriend.
20 20 "Quantico" Christian Nyby Ron Bishop,
Don Brinkley
January 30, 1966 (1966-01-30)
Case file #52-7672-S: An FBI trainee, one of the best who has ever gone through the FBI academy in Quantico, Virginia, discovers a cousin is the man who is trying to blow up a federal building in Washington.
21 21 "The Spy-Master" Richard Donner Anthony Spinner February 6, 1966 (1966-02-06)
Case file #65-4948-X: A U.S. diplomat is approached by the Chinese government to provide sensitive information; the Chinese are specifically seeking the contents of a document known as the Forsythe Memo. Erskine impersonates the diplomat to infiltrate the spy ring.
22 22 "The Baby Sitter" Christian Nyby Leonard Kantor February 13, 1966 (1966-02-13)
Case file #7-1101-D: A mentally ill woman (Colleen Dewhurst), who is babysitting an infant, abducts the child. Erskine and Rhodes track the woman across several states. The FBI agents must figure out the kidnapper's motivation and why the date of April 2 is so significant to her.
23 23 "Flight to Harbin" Don Medford,
Christian Nyby
Gene L. Coon,
Charles Larson
February 27, 1966 (1966-02-27)
Case file #164-4391-K: A man (Arthur Hill) hijacks a plane bound for Seattle. He forces it to fly to Alaska, where it is to refuel before heading to Harbin, China. The hijacker turns out to be a U.S. scientist. Assistant Director Ward tells Erskine the man and his knowledge must not be allowed to reach China -- at any cost.
24 24 "The Man Who Went Mad by Mistake" Ralph Senensky Robert Leslie Bellem,
Daniel B. Ullman
March 6, 1966 (1966-03-06)
Case file #115-28414-T: Chicago businessman Mark Tabor (J. D. Cannon), who has ties to organized crime, is about to go on trial for fraud. Tabor narrowly escapes a hit attempt, and has himself committed to an asylum. Erskine poses as a patient to prove that Tabor is faking.
25 25 "The Divided Man" Don Medford David Duncan,
Norman Jolley
March 20, 1966 (1966-03-20)
Case file #98-81829-M: Roger Leroy Mason (Bradford Dillman), a research chemist, cracks under pressure from both his job and personal life. He has sabotaged one facility of a chemical company that is interested in bidding on a process his firm has developed. That incident resulted in a massive fire. The FBI races to find Mason before other chemical facilities are destroyed.
26 26 "The Defector: Part 1" Christian Nyby Norman Lessing March 27, 1966 (1966-03-27)
Case file #65-22317-H: Dr. Gregory Holman (George Voskovec) is in Washington playing in a chess tournament. He is also an intelligence operative for an Eastern European country and may be ready to defect to the United States. Seemingly killed in an explosion, Holman is actually alive and on the run, and both countries are trying to find him.
27 27 "The Defector: Part 2" Christian Nyby Norman Lessing April 3, 1966 (1966-04-03)
Erskine and his team finally track down Holman, who won't defect until he's sure that his children, who are still in his home country, are safe.
28 28 "The Tormentors" Jesse Hibbs Anthony Spinner April 10, 1966 (1966-04-10)
Case file #7-4929-D: Dan Winslow (Kurt Russell), the son of a rich man, is kidnapped by the mentally unstable Dupree (Wayne Rogers), who wants $300,000 and has no intention of letting Dan go free. Erskine must contend with Dan's bull-headed father (Lew Ayres), who wants to do things his own way, which includes offering a large reward for information about the kidnapping.
29 29 "The Animal" Christian Nyby Mark Rodgers April 17, 1966 (1966-04-17)
Case file #76-2947-C: The murderous Earl Clayton (Charles Bronson) leads four other criminals in an escape from a New Mexico jail. Erskine and Rhodes are sent after Clayton, who is in a remote lodge with hostages.
30 30 "The Plunderers" Ralph Senensky William Fay April 24, 1966 (1966-04-24)
Case file #91-62290-H: A bank in Baltimore is robbed. The crime was obviously well planned, yet the criminals only steal $12,000 when much more could have been taken. Erskine and Rhodes dig deeper to find a deceased bank robber in the 1940s would rob a small bank as a practice run before striking a richer target. Now, the FBI must comb through all the dead robber's cell mates to find who is adopting his tactics. A missing button from the Baltimore robbery will prove to be a major clue.
31 31 "The Bomb That Walked Like a Man" Christian Nyby Charles Larson,
Richard Morgan
May 1, 1966 (1966-05-01)
Case file #7-76881-H: Dale Hillman (Robert Drivas) kidnaps and kills the daughter of a police chief. The reason: Hillman had been rejected while applying for a position with the department because of an eye defect. The FBI is called into the case. In the meantime, Hillman joins an extremist group. Erskine infiltrates the group to get the evidence needed to put Hillman away for good.
32 32 "The Hiding Place" Don Medford Robert Leslie Bellem May 8, 1966 (1966-05-08)
Erskine and Rhodes are sent to a small town in Oregon with a predominant Asian American population. Evidence has surfaced that one of its residents may have been a traitor during World War II, serving as a Japanese officer without ever renouncing his U.S. citizenship. The one-time officer also was involved in torture during the war. To find the man, the agents eventually must seek the aid of one of the torture victims from the war.

Season 2 (1966–67)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date
33 1 "The Price of Death" Paul Wendkos David W. Rintels September 18, 1966 (1966-09-18)
Case file #7-23938-C: A gang of kidnappers preys on middle-class families; based in Reno, they identify men who have won money gambling, then kidnap their children.
34 2 "The Escape" Ralph Senensky Mark Rodgers October 2, 1966 (1966-10-02)
Case file #89-14243-D: Convicted murderer Larry Drake (Roy Thinnes) is freed during a brazen escape that results in the deaths of three law-enforcement officers, one of whom was a good friend of Inspector Erskine.
35 3 "The Assassin" Ralph Senensky John McGreevey,
Anthony Spinner
October 9, 1966 (1966-10-09)
Case file #65-16842-C: Bishop John Atwood (Dean Jagger), a peace activist, is coming to the U.S. to deliver a speech. He has been targeted for assassination by Anton Christopher (William Windom), who has never been photographed. Neither the FBI nor the bishop knows that one of the bishop's closest friends is part of the plot.
36 4 "The Cave-In" Paul Wendkos Andy Lewis October 16, 1966 (1966-10-16)
Case file #98-33934-R: The FBI is called in to investigate a case of sabotage at a tungsten mine in New Mexico; the bureau is concerned because the metal is vital for U.S. defense and aerospace efforts. But the sabotage has nothing to do with the Cold War. Rather, it is the work of Tom Rule (John McIntire), whose son was killed at the mine, and who wants to prevent his grandson from working there.
37 5 "The Scourge" Paul Wendkos Norman Jolley October 23, 1966 (1966-10-23)
Case file #92-5843-A: Erskine and Rhodes are investigating Johnny Albin (Robert Duvall), a "juicer" who makes loans to desperate businessmen and then uses his leverage to take control of their companies for Cosa Nostra boss Mark Vincent. Erskine hopes to use Albin to get to Vincent, who controls a savings-and-loan and other legitimate business fronts.
38 6 "The Plague Merchant" Lewis Allen Barré Lyndon October 30, 1966 (1966-10-30)
Case file #87-32746-J: A chemist (Arthur Hill), facing escalating medical bills because his daughter may lose her leg, steals flasks he thinks contains a new lotion. In reality, he has taken a powerful bacteria that will wipe out all forms of life within a certain area. A spy, Jago (Michael Strong), wants to sell the bacteria to a country hostile to the United States. Erskine and Rhodes are dispatched to track down the missing flasks which have the potential to wipe out millions of lives.
39 7 "Ordeal" Ralph Senensky Robert Bloomfield November 6, 1966 (1966-11-06)
Case file #87-78550-L: Thieves steal an experimental form of nitrogylcerin, which is especially volatile. A guard is killed in the robbery and one of the thieves is also killed because he can't take the stress. The thieves recruit Carl Munger, an experienced truck driver who has hauled nitrogylcerin before and needs the money. Rhodes, posing as an out-of-work truck driver, wins Munger's trust and joins him in hauling the explosive chemical.
40 8 "Collision Course" Christian Nyby Leonard Kantor,
Charles Larson
November 13, 1966 (1966-11-13)
Case file #88-36432-S: Frank Schroeder (Jack Lord) is hitchhiking, and is picked up by a motorist in the Southwest. Schroeder then kills the motorist in cold blood. Now, the FBI has launched a manhunt for Schroeder and puts him on the agency's Ten Most Wanted list. Erskine and Rhodes try to trace Schroeder's bloody trail, which will result in the death a pawn broker.
41 9 "Vendetta" Paul Wendkos Franklin Barton November 20, 1966 (1966-11-20)
Case file #65-40515-S: Otto Mann (Alfred Ryder), a Nazi hunter, wants to help Erskine capture Karl Schindler, former Nazi officer and current Communist spy. However, Erskine wants to capture Schindler alive because of his knowledge of U.S.-based agents, and Mann may want him dead because Otto's wife died in a concentration camp under Schindler.
42 10 "Anatomy of a Prison Break" Ralph Senensky Herman Groves,
Robert J. Shaw
November 27, 1966 (1966-11-27)
Case file #70-16154-L: A dying inmate in a Colorado federal prison tells the warden that a break-out is going to happen; because the prison houses some of the worst criminals in U.S. custody, the FBI is called into the case. Erskine goes undercover as the new cell mate of Fritz Moline (Joseph Campanella), who's suspected of organizing the escape.
43 11 "The Contaminator" Paul Wendkos Daniel B. Ullman December 4, 1966 (1966-12-04)
Case file #65-57884-U: Communist spy Lawrence Underwood (Linden Chiles) has stolen secrets from an atomic laboratory in Idaho; in the course of the theft, he caused an accident involving atomic materials and is now contaminated with radiation. Erkine is on his trail, unaware of his condition.
44 12 "The Camel's Nose" Joseph Sargent Mark Rodgers,
Gerald Sanford
December 11, 1966 (1966-12-11)
Case file #164-429-C: A company aircraft of Colton Industries, a Detroit-based defense contractor, explodes in mid-air, killing one of the partners of the company; he was headed to Washington because he was going to blow the whistle about defective aircraft components that Colton Industries was shipping to Vietnam. As Erkine and Rhodes investigate, Assistant Director Arthur Ward takes an interest in the case because he's a friend of Elyse Colton (Diane Baker), the wife of the surviving partner.
45 13 "List for a Firing Squad" Jesse Hibbs Mark Rodgers December 18, 1966 (1966-12-18)
Case file #65-64887-N: Istvan Sladek, an agent for a Communist Eastern European nation who is operating in the U.S., has obtained a coded list of opposition leaders in his country. But in getting the list, he fatally shot the editor of a newspaper for Slavic Americans. Erkine and Rhodes lead the FBI's hunt for Sladek. At the same time, Sladek knows agents of his country will liquidate him the moment he gives up the list. Complicating all of this is the fact Sladek, during the preceding six months, fell in love with a woman (Suzanne Pleshette) who immigrated from his country.
46 14 "The Death Wind" Ralph Senensky Robert Leslie Bellem,
Mark Rodgers
December 25, 1966 (1966-12-25)
Case file #45-9844-J: Jennerson (Ralph Bellamy), the captain of a freight ship, loses his vessel when it hits what appears to be an old mine. The event is viewed as a tragic accident, which cost the life of one of Jennerson's crew. However, the FBI, led by Erskine and Rhodes, is following up indications the incident was deliberately staged.
47 15 "The Raid" Ralph Senensky Mark Rodgers January 1, 1967 (1967-01-01)
Case file #91-64888-M: A phone call from a mortally wounded ex-convict puts the FBI on the trail of The Iceman, a killer who's part of a gang of bank robbers.
48 16 "Passage Into Fear" Christian Nyby Andy Lewis January 8, 1967 (1967-01-08)
Case file #69-43767-C: Hanna Crandall, a witness in a trial against an intelligence operative of a Communist nation, panics and flees to Quebec, unaware that assassins are on the train with her. Erskine and Rhodes manage to get aboard and try protect her.
49 17 "The Courier" Ralph Senensky Robert C. Dennis,
Charles Larson
January 15, 1967 (1967-01-15)
Case file #65-43374-S: The agents look for proof that humanitarian Juliet Sinclair (Ruth Roman), recently arrived from her orphanage in Asia, is a Communist courier.
50 18 "A Question of Guilt" Ralph Senensky Mark Weingart January 22, 1967 (1967-01-22)
Case file #44-3928-S: Erskine investigates the murder of a drug addict allegedly beaten to death by veteran police detective Frank Harris (Andrew Duggan). Complicating the case is a newsman's inflammatory charges of police brutality.
51 19 "The Gray Passenger" Christian Nyby Jerrold L. Ludwig January 29, 1967 (1967-01-29)
Case file #45-82133-A: Investigating a shipboard murder, the agents undercover a plot to aid guerrillas in a strife-torn Latin-American republic.
52 20 "The Conspirators" Christian Nyby Norman Jolley,
Edward V. Monaghan,
Robert J. Shaw
February 5, 1967 (1967-02-05)
Case file #100-98451-L: While investigating a Communist-inspired murder, Erskine uncovers a plot to blow up a military supply ship bound for the Orient.
53 21 "Rope of Gold" Jesse Hibbs Norman Borisoff,
Mark Rodgers
February 12, 1967 (1967-02-12)
Case file #15-50426-K: Erskine becomes involved in international intrigue when he learns that stolen truck cargoes have surfaced behind the Iron Curtain.
54 22 "Hostage" Christian Nyby Robert Leslie Bellem,
Mark Rodgers
February 19, 1967 (1967-02-19)
Case file #65-54538-S: Enemy agents kidnap an esteemed European statesman (Paul Lukas) in a plot to exchange him for a captured Communist spy.
55 23 "Sky on Fire" Jesse Hibbs Don Brinkley,
Charles Larson
February 26, 1967 (1967-02-26)
Case file #52-36652-B: After George Bellamy (Bradford Dillman) accidentally kills a man (Charles Grodin), he desperately starts a fire, which he knows will set off a broader blaze, to cover up the crime.
56 24 "Flight Plan" William Hale Francis M. Cockrell March 5, 1967 (1967-03-05)
Case file #87-24533-D: The FBI searches for an art thief (J.D. Cannon) trying to kill the one person who can identify him: a woman (Antoinette Bower) who wrecked his intricate escape plan.
57 25 "The Executioners: Part 1" Don Medford Norman Jolley March 12, 1967 (1967-03-12)
Double dealing within the sprawling crime syndicate known as La Cosa Nostra causes a major war for control.
58 26 "The Executioners: Part 2" Don Medford Norman Jolley March 19, 1967 (1967-03-19)
A Cosa Nostra czar (Walter Pidgeon) plots the death of a possible witness (Telly Savalas) against the crime syndicate.
59 27 "The Satellite" Jesse Hibbs David W. Rintels April 2, 1967 (1967-04-02)
Case file #7-8625-H: The agents probe a kidnapping with a cruel twist: the victim's parents are also being plagued by an extortionist.
60 28 "Force of Nature" Jesse Hibbs Mark Rodgers April 9, 1967 (1967-04-09)
Case file #7-67052-B: The agents race a killer and a hurricane to an abandoned house, where the criminal's terrified wife has fled from her ex-husband (James Franciscus).
61 29 "The Extortionist" Gene Nelson Norman Jolley,
Mann Rubin
April 16, 1967 (1967-04-16)
Case file #9-3275-C: A bigot (Wayne Rogers) is trying to extort money from a Mexican-American rancher.

Season 3 (1967–68)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date
62 1 "The Gold Card" Don Medford Mark Rodgers September 17, 1967 (1967-09-17)
Erskine joins a syndicate poker game that may cost him his life: All the players have been marked for death.
63 2 "Counter-Stroke" William Hale Gerald Sanford September 24, 1967 (1967-09-24)
"The Alexander Tapes": Operating undercover, Erskine poses as a Red courier to reach the top Communist (Kevin McCarthy) in the U.S. Nearing his quarry, the G-man finds himself trapped in a bloody Moscow-Peking power play.
64 3 "Blood Verdict" Gene Nelson John Furia October 8, 1967 (1967-10-08)
The FBI moves to thwart jury tampering by the father (R.G. Armstrong) of a man on trial for murder when a juror dies under mysterious circumstances and the wife (Pilar Seurat) of another juror is threatened.
65 4 "Traitor" Robert Douglas John W. Bloch October 15, 1967 (1967-10-15)
Erskine uncovers a plot to steal top secret missile data that involves two estranged brothers (Andrew Duggan) and (Richard Anderson) and the woman (Phyllis Thaxter) they both ended up marrying.
66 5 "By Force and Violence: Part 1" Don Medford E. Arthur Kean October 22, 1967 (1967-10-22)
Erskine connects the kidnapping of a teenage boy to a heist planned by the boy's long-lost father (Arthur Hill), a criminal who's being forced by his son's kidnappers.
67 6 "By Force and Violence: Part 2" Don Medford E. Arthur Kean October 29, 1967 (1967-10-29)
Trailing the kidnappers, Erskine uncovers plans for a three-million-dollar robbery by the boy's father.
68 7 "A Sleeper Wakes" Robert Douglas William Bruckner November 5, 1967 (1967-11-05)
The murder of a civil servant brings the FBI into an espionage case involving a Communist news service in Mexico City.
69 8 "Overload" Jesse Hibbs Robert I. Holt November 12, 1967 (1967-11-12)
The FBI searches for an ex-convict (Scott Marlowe) bent on murdering the girl (Diana Hyland) whose testimony sent him to prison.
70 9 "Line of Fire" Jesse Hibbs Mark Rodgers November 26, 1967 (1967-11-26)
The FBI tracks one of the 10 most-wanted criminals (Henry Silva). Trapped in the manhunt: a nurse (Lynda Day George) held hostage by the wounded fugitive.
71 10 "Blueprint for Betrayal" William Hale Sam Ross December 3, 1967 (1967-12-03)
A murder investigation implicates a Communist embassy, leading Erskine to suspect that a spy ring is operating in Washington.
72 11 "False Witness" Jesse Hibbs E. Arthur Kean December 10, 1967 (1967-12-10)
As Erskine tries to clear Lynn Hallet (Carol Lynley) of bank robbery, her boyfriend (Pete Duel) plans a theft in which she will play a pivotal role.
73 12 "The Legend of John Rim" Alvin Ganzer Andy Lewis December 31, 1967 (1967-12-31)
In a Gulf Coast city, Erskine runs up against a stone wall of prejudice in his pursuit of murderer John Rim (Tom Skerritt). A local hero, Rim enjoys the sanctuary afforded by an impenetrable swamp and townsfolk who refuse to co-operate with the FBI.
74 13 "The Dynasty" Robert Douglas Charles Larson,
David H. Vowell
January 7, 1968 (1968-01-07)
A millionaire (Russell Johnson) refuses to pay the ransom to kidnappers (Edward Asner and Martin Sheen) for his brother, forcing the F.B.I. to move fast in order to save the victim's life.
75 14 "The Daughter" Robert Day Paul Schneider January 14, 1968 (1968-01-14)
A long-lost daughter (Julie Sommars) helps the F.B.I. unmask a Communist spy (Michael Rennie) who has taken the identity of a dead American.
76 15 "Act of Violence" Gene Nelson Mark Rodgers,
Richard Sale
January 21, 1968 (1968-01-21)
Two murders, ten years and 3,000 miles apart, put Erskine and Colby on the trail of Cosa Nostra boss John Duquesne (Burt Reynolds).
77 16 "Crisis Ground" Robert Douglas Robert Soderberg January 28, 1968 (1968-01-28)
An unsolved homicide ignites a town's hatred for a nearby job training camp into a riot.
78 17 "Ring of Steel" Jesse Hibbs Robert I. Holt February 4, 1968 (1968-02-04)
The unexplained death of a race car driver places Erskine on the trail of a stolen car ring.
79 18 "The Homecoming" Jesse Hibbs Mel Goldberg February 11, 1968 (1968-02-11)
John Streyer (Richard Kiley), a scientist who'd defected to East Germany 15 years earlier after participating in an espionage ring, has decided to return to the U.S. Two representatives of a nation "unfriendly to the United States" attempt to detain Streyer at JFK International Airport, but he gets away. Assistant Director Arthur Ward, already in New York on FBI business, works in the field with Erskine and Colby on the case.
80 19 "The Phone Call" George McCowan David W. Rintels,
Gerald Sanford
February 18, 1968 (1968-02-18)
An Army sergeant, who had just returned from service in Vietnam, found his wife had died under mysterious circumstances the night before his return.
81 20 "Region of Peril" Jesse Hibbs Robert Soderberg February 25, 1968 (1968-02-25)
Erskine sends a secret radio message to a woman (Anne Baxter) who was kidnapped during a house robbery to aid her rescue.
82 21 "Southwind" George McCowan Albert Aley,
Andy Lewis
March 3, 1968 (1968-03-03)
The F.B.I and a mob hitman both try to catch up with a bank embezzler (Bradford Dillman) who has fled to the Caribbean.
83 22 "The Messenger" Lewis Allen Jack Hawn March 17, 1968 (1968-03-17)
During the holdup of a Wall Street brokerage firm, a guard is killed and a messenger (Robert Walker, Jr.) with a briefcase is taken hostage; the messenger's life was spared only because he was recognized by one of the robbers as the nephew of a Cosa Nostra crime boss.
84 23 "The Ninth Man" Jesse Hibbs Mark Rodgers March 24, 1968 (1968-03-24)
The F.B.I. hunts down a $2,000,000 treasure and the armored car robbers who buried their ill-gotten loot.
85 24 "The Mechanized Accomplice" Lewis Allen Norman Jolley,
Paul Schneider
March 31, 1968 (1968-03-31)
Erskine races a time bomb for the life of a kidnapped youth.
86 25 "The Predators" Jesse Hibbs Mark Rodgers April 7, 1968 (1968-04-07)
A vessel has been revamped by the Cosa Nostra into being a cruise ship, with illegal gambling. But the mob is after bigger game: a promising politician is being set up to be blackmailed, so the mob can gain control of a state. Erskine goes undercover as a passenger on the cruise ship. But a member of Cosa Nostra's high commission is also aboard... and he can recognize Erskine.
87 26 "The Tunnel" Jesse Hibbs Mark Rodgers April 21, 1968 (1968-04-21)
The FBI goes after bank robbers who use a tunnel to penetrate the vault.
88 27 "The Mercenary" William Hale E. Arthur Kean,
Palmer Thompson
April 28, 1968 (1968-04-28)
Erskine uncovers a Communist spy whose pretty wife is the lure in a plot to acquire top secret information via blackmail.

Season 4 (1968–69)

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Title Directed by Written by Original air date
89 1 "Wind It Up and It Betrays You" William Hale Harold Jack Bloom,
Charles Larson,
Mark Rodgers
September 22, 1968 (1968-09-22)
A dead man's hearing aid containing microfilm has the FBI uncovering an espionage ring.
90 2 "Out of Control" Don Medford E. Arthur Kean September 29, 1968 (1968-09-29)
Erskine, Colby, and Assistant Director Ward track down an oil field killer.
91 3 "The Quarry" Robert Day Robert I. Holt October 6, 1968 (1968-10-06)
Erskine must prevent the murder of syndicate errand boy Mike Riley (Dean Stockwell), who is needed by the FBI to net a bigger fish.
92 4 "The Runaways" Robert Day Arthur Heinemann October 13, 1968 (1968-10-13)
A killer (J.D. Cannon) picks for his robbery victims a happy family of four living on a farm.
93 5 "Death of a Fixer" William Hale Robert Heverly October 20, 1968 (1968-10-20)
Erskine poses as a vacationer to nab a syndicate captain (Joseph Campanella) at a resort.
94 6 "The Enemies" Don Medford Peter Allan Fields November 3, 1968 (1968-11-03)
The FBI follows a trail of blood in the hunt for a deadly Communist spy (Jeffrey Hunter) who's out to steal a top secret rocket fuel.
95 7 "The Nightmare" Jesse Hibbs Penrod Smith November 10, 1968 (1968-11-10)
Erskine hunts down a bank embezzler (William Windom), and also tries to protect him from criminals helping in his escape.
96 8 "Breakthrough" Robert Day Frank Crow,
Jim Byrnes
November 17, 1968 (1968-11-17)
Erskine gambles that Vincent Gray (Mark Richman), a marked man in the syndicate, will turn stool pigeon in exchange for FBI protection.
97 9 "The Harvest" William Hale Mark Rodgers November 24, 1968 (1968-11-24)
A holdup man's (Burt Brinckerhoff) love for a woman (Diane Baker) forces him into a shootout with a crew of FBI agents.
98 10 "The Intermediary" Don Medford John D.F. Black December 1, 1968 (1968-12-01)
Erskine is the go-between for a jeweler (Maurice Evans) seeking the return of stolen diamonds.
99 11 "The Butcher" Jesse Hibbs Barry Oringer December 8, 1968 (1968-12-08)
Erskine hunts down a wartime SS colonel (Charles Korvin) who is still promoting Nazi ideals.
100 12 "The Flaw" Robert Douglas Paul Schneider December 15, 1968 (1968-12-15)
Erskine snares a spy ring and in turn is trapped by them in a deserted mountain cabin.
101 13 "The Hero" Gunnar Hellström John W. Bloch,
Charles Larson
December 22, 1968 (1968-12-22)
A con man (Chad Everett) wears a US Air Force uniform to entice women to marry him. He then murders or otherwise cheats them.
102 14 "The Widow" Don Medford Mark Rodgers December 29, 1968 (1968-12-29)
Erskine traps a go-go dancer (Lynda Day George) who conspires to marry military service men and collects their insurance money when her boyfriend (Glenn Corbett murders them.
103 15 "Eye of the Storm" Jesse Hibbs Don Brinkley January 5, 1969 (1969-01-05)
Erskine and Colby search for a kidnapped African-American baby who is hiding in a plague-infested ghetto.
104 16 "The Fraud" Robert Day Michael Fisher January 12, 1969 (1969-01-12)
Erskine fights the Mafia's entry into selling fake masterpiece paintings.
105 17 "A Life in the Balance" Robert Douglas Arthur Heinemann January 19, 1969 (1969-01-19)
Blood at the sight of a kidnapping drives Erskine to act immediately without waiting for the ransom payment from the kidnappers (James Caan and Murray Hamilton).
106 18 "Caesar's Wife" Robert Day Warren Duff January 26, 1969 (1969-01-26)
Erskine trails a Parisian (Claudine Longet) suspected of using her charms to extract state secrets from a widowed diplomat (Michael Rennie), which raises the suspicions of his son (Harrison Ford).
107 19 "The Patriot" Robert Day Mark Rodgers February 2, 1969 (1969-02-02)
As a syndicate kidnapper (James Callahan) dogs his trail, a publisher (Gilbert Roland) declines FBI protection unaware that his best friend is working with the mob.
108 20 "The Maze" Robert Day Charles Larson February 9, 1969 (1969-02-09)
In San Diego, a fugitive (Steve Ihnat) dodges G-men and syndicate executioners to avenge the narcotics-induced death of a friend's (Simon Oakland) daughter.
109 21 "The Attorney" Robert Douglas Robert Heverly February 16, 1969 (1969-02-16)
The FBI spent five years trying to bring a hood (Linden Chiles) to trial, only to be confronted with a plot to kill the man's defense attorney (Arthur Hill) that's masterminded by a man (Tim O'Connor) who is embittered toward the attorney for declining to defend his condemned son who was later executed.
110 22 "The Catalyst" Jesse Hibbs Gerald Sanford February 23, 1969 (1969-02-23)
A hijacked airliner crash lands on its forced flight to Latin American, involving Erskine in a drama of survival with a lady defector (Pilar Seurat). He's escorting her to a congressional hearing in Washington; the hijacker (Alejandro Rey) is a Communist ordered to stop her.
111 23 "Conspiracy of Silence" Jesse Hibbs Mark Weingart March 2, 1969 (1969-03-02)
The FBI searches for three missing murder witnesses (James Daly, Gene Tierney and Kent Smith) who are unaware that they're marked for execution by the syndicate.
112 24 "The Young Warriors" Robert Douglas Albert Aley March 9, 1969 (1969-03-09)
Murder on an Indian reservation sparks an FBI probe that could ignite an explosion between young braves and encroaching miners.
113 25 "The Cober List" Jesse Hibbs John D.F. Black March 23, 1969 (1969-03-23)
A syndicate family is rocked by an internal struggle, providing a crack in mob security that could lead the FBI to a chain of numbers racketeers.
114 26 "Moment of Truth" Robert Day Don Brinkley March 30, 1969 (1969-03-30)
A banker (Richard Carlson) runs a loan-sharking ring from his bank, specializing in ripping off ex-servicemen who have been rejected for a normal loan at his bank. The crime that garners the attention of the FBI is the murder of a serviceman on a government reservationwho could not pay the outrageous interest on a "loan."

Season 5 (1969–70)

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115 1 "Target of Interest" William Hale Warren Duff September 14, 1969 (1969-09-14)
Erskine poses as a lovelorn diplomat to provide fresh bait for an extortion ring suspected of having blackmailed a diplomat to suicide.
116 2 "Nightmare Road" Harvey Hart Mark Rodgers September 21, 1969 (1969-09-21)
Erskine spearheads a manhunt for a fugitive (Robert Duvall) who gunned down an FBI agent. Caught up in the hunt are an engaged couple with criminal records who were frightened into helping the gunman escape to Mexico.
117 3 "The Swindler" William Hale Andy Lewis September 28, 1969 (1969-09-28)
The FBI picks up the trail of a bank cashier's murderer. A man of rare ingenuity and charm, the killer has already begun to involve a lady banker (Vera Miles) in an extraordinary embezzlement scheme.
118 4 "Boomerang" Gene Nelson Robert Heverly October 5, 1969 (1969-10-05)
Terry Shelton (Jeff Bridges) fakes his own kidnapping in an attempt to extort money from his hated father (Carl Betz). The plot boomerangs into a knotty case for the FBI when an accomplice makes the abduction real and the elder Shelton insists on handling the ransom drop his own way.
119 5 "Silent Partners" William Hale Jack Turley October 12, 1969 (1969-10-12)
A juror who took a Mafia bribe repents too late. With the FBI probing his sudden affluence, Steve Harber (Robert Hooks) falls prey to a blackmailer who saw him take the bribe. Meanwhile, the Mafia begins its deadly work to avoid prosecution.
120 6 "Gamble with Death" William Hale Don Brinkley October 19, 1969 (1969-10-19)
An honest man takes a dangerous gamble to clear his imprisoned brother of murder.
121 7 "Flight" Gene Nelson John D.F. Black,
Robert Heverly
October 26, 1969 (1969-10-26)
Erskine urges the hijacker (Tim O'Connor) of a Cuban-bound plane to land immediately to save the life of a wounded passenger (Larry Linville).
122 8 "The Challenge" Jesse Hibbs Donald S. Sanford,
Mark Weingart
November 2, 1969 (1969-11-02)
The unhappy wife (Joanne Linville) of a top-security engineer (Richard Anderson) becomes a dupe in an amorous master spy's (Fritz Weaver) efforts to sabotage a sensitive American industry.
123 9 "Blood Tie" Virgil W. Vogel Robert Heverly November 9, 1969 (1969-11-09)
On the run from the FBI, Ricky Kriton (Scott Marlowe) takes shelter with his brother, a staid businessman ignorant of Ricky's criminal past.
124 10 "The Sanctuary" Jesse Hibbs Anthony Spinner November 16, 1969 (1969-11-16)
FBI agent Harry Dane (Booker Bradshaw) leads a treacherous ghetto search for an ex-football star (Billy Dee Williams wanted for robbery and murder.
125 11 "Scapegoat" Don Medford Robert Heverly,
Edward J. Lakso
November 23, 1969 (1969-11-23)
A young woman is killed on U.S. government property. The M.O. is identical to an earlier crime — except a man (Harrison Ford) was arrested and convicted of that crime. Erskine and Colby investigate whether the wrong man was convicted in the earlier death.
126 12 "The Inside Man" Gene Nelson Norman Hudis,
Mark Weingart
November 30, 1969 (1969-11-30)
Erskine and Colby uncover the "inside man" (Lloyd Bochner) in a series of jewelery heists from New York City's diamond district.
127 13 "The Prey" Jesse Hibbs Don Brinkley December 7, 1969 (1969-12-07)
One of the FBI's most wanted men (Steve Ihnat) uses a beautiful nurse (Joanna Moore) as his accomplice in a cruel con game aimed at the aged and infirm. She draws a bead on her patients' assets — then he strikes.
128 14 "Journey Into Night" Virgil W. Vogel Robert Heverly December 14, 1969 (1969-12-14)
Escaped federal prisoner David Starret (John Vernon) kidnaps his own son from the son's foster parents in Albany and takes him to Texas.
129 15 "The Doll Courier" Herschel Daugherty Gerald Sanford December 21, 1969 (1969-12-21)
The FBI goes after Communist agents who use the head of a porcelain doll to transport top secret microfilm.
130 16 "Tug-of-War" Don Medford Anthony Spinner,
Mark Weingart
December 28, 1969 (1969-12-28)
The murder of a stockbroker unearths a new syndicate enterprise: using certificates, extorted from stockbrokers, as collateral for large bank loans.
131 17 "Fatal Impostor" Jesse Hibbs Anthony Spinner January 4, 1970 (1970-01-04)
A tense chase begins when widow Anne Williams (Mary Fickett) and her son (David Cassidy) are taken hostage by a fugitive.
132 18 "Conspiracy of Corruption" Don Medford Mark Rodgers January 11, 1970 (1970-01-11)
A sheriff (James Olson) is Erskine's chief suspect in a shooting linked to the illegal transportation of foreign laborers.
133 19 "The Diamond Millstone" Robert Douglas Robert Heverly January 18, 1970 (1970-01-18)
Big-time fences and gem cutters are put under surveillance after the theft of a 33-carat diamond. The well-laid plan goes haywire at a crucial rendezvous: the fence is captured, but the thief (Jack Klugman) and the gem get away.
134 20 "Deadly Reunion" Jesse Hibbs Warren Duff January 25, 1970 (1970-01-25)
Matt Bernhardt is a member of a spy ring under investigation, and when he is apprehended his nephew is wounded. Erskine goes undercover as the nephew and his investigation leads him to West Berlin and a plot to get the ringleader's wife out of East Berlin.
135 21 "Pressure Point" Don Medford Peter Allan Fields,
Robert Heverly
February 1, 1970 (1970-02-01)
An up-and-coming gambling operator (Fred Beir) works himself into a dangerous bind between his syndicate protectors and the FBI.
136 22 "Summer Terror" Michael O'Herlihy Gerald Sanford,
Mark Weingart
February 8, 1970 (1970-02-08)
With the FBI far behind, a kidnap victim has only one hope: one of the abductors (Mark Jenkins) is growing fond of her.
137 23 "Return to Power" Don Medford Mark Rodgers February 15, 1970 (1970-02-15)
Erskine capitalizes on a blood feud between half-brothers (Christopher George and Mark Richman) to lead him to secret Mafia financial records.
138 24 "The Dealer" Jesse Hibbs Don Brinkley,
Robert Heverly
February 22, 1970 (1970-02-22)
Erskine goes undercover driving big rigs to obtain evidence against an interstate hijacking ring. Colby also goes undercover as a shipping clerk; he is injured in the line of duty when an ex-con reveals that Colby was not a convict.
139 25 "Deadfall" Don Medford Robert Heverly March 1, 1970 (1970-03-01)
False leads hamper the FBI's search for Mary Cochella (Zohra Lampert), the kidnapped wife of a sports-arena cashier.
140 26 "The Quest" Philip Abbott Mark Weingart March 8, 1970 (1970-03-08)
Walker Carr (Earl Holliman), who allegedly murdered his wife, escapes from a hospital for the criminally insane, convinced that she's alive. Carr has no memory of the crime, a body was never found, and even Erskine doubts Carr's guilt as the manhunt quickens.

Season 6 (1970–71)

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Title Directed by Written by Original air date
141 1 "The Condemned" N/A N/A September 20, 1970 (1970-09-20)
Erskine and Colby pursue two Philadelphia bank robbers across the country.
142 2 "The Traitor" N/A N/A September 27, 1970 (1970-09-27)
After a portion of a top-secret formula is found concealed on the body of a technical publication editor for a major research firm who died in an elevator accident, Erskine searches for evidence of espionage.
143 3 "Escape to Terror" N/A N/A October 4, 1970 (1970-10-04)
A fugitive who jumps bail after being indicted for fraud, but the plan goes wrong when his pregnant wife runs into trouble.
144 4 "The Architect" N/A N/A October 11, 1970 (1970-10-11)
Three prisoners escape the bus on route to the prison, with the trio plotting to rob a Miami bank that could kill innocent people.
145 5 "The Savage Wilderness" N/A N/A October 18, 1970 (1970-10-18)
A teenage girl is kidnapped and taken by a mentally disturbed man into the California National Forest Preserve.
146 6 "Time Bomb" N/A N/A October 25, 1970 (1970-10-25)
The plan of young revolutionaries to set off a bomb in a crowded courthouse results in a frantic search by the FBI.
147 7 "The Innocents" N/A N/A November 1, 1970 (1970-11-01)
A seven-year-old boy is kidnapped and held for ransom by an emotionally unstable women and her alcoholic husband.
148 8 "The Deadly Pact" N/A N/A November 8, 1970 (1970-11-08)
Loan sharks are out to take over companies in an African-American section of Los Angeles.
149 9 "The Impersonator" N/A N/A November 22, 1970 (1970-11-22)
A suave ex-convict who preys on wealthy, lonely women is the target of an FBI manhunt.
150 10 "Antennae of Death" N/A N/A November 29, 1970 (1970-11-29)
A major crime syndicate is under investigation for moving large shipments of heroin across the United States border.
151 11 "The Target" N/A N/A December 6, 1970 (1970-12-06)
A foreign agent enters the United States to abduct the daughter of a top Communist minister who has defected to Western Europe.
152 12 "The Witness" N/A N/A December 13, 1970 (1970-12-13)
The spoiled son of a wealthy businessman is being used by a crime syndicate.
153 13 "Incident in the Desert" N/A N/A December 20, 1970 (1970-12-20)
A gang of jewel thieves heads to a New Mexico hideout after robbing a wealthy Texan and his guests during a party.
154 14 "The Inheritors" N/A N/A December 27, 1970 (1970-12-27)
An embezzler and his beautiful accomplice head to California wine country in order to fleece an aging millionaire winegrower.
155 15 "The Unknown Victim" N/A N/A January 3, 1971 (1971-01-03)
Kidnappers abduct a girl that they mistakenly believe is a wealthy heiress.
156 16 "The Stalking Horse" N/A N/A January 10, 1971 (1971-01-10)
An executive of a major research group that's working on top-secret government projects becomes involved with an espionage ring.
157 17 "Center of Peril" N/A N/A January 17, 1971 (1971-01-17)
Erskine poses as an art expert to penetrate a gang of thieves that are attempting to sell a million-dollar painting back to the museum from where it was stolen.
158 18 "The Eye of the Needle" N/A N/A January 24, 1971 (1971-01-24)
The abduction of a surgeon (Richard Kiley) by extortionists leads to a search through Washington's Cascade Mountains.
159 19 "The Fatal Connection" N/A N/A January 31, 1971 (1971-01-31)
The FBI seeks to discover the identity of a crime lord that ordered the murder of a crusading newspaper columnist.
160 20 "The Replacement" N/A N/A February 7, 1971 (1971-02-07)
Erskine goes undercover to pose as a Communist agent who's entered the country to replace an important American-based spy.
161 21 "Death Watch" N/A N/A February 14, 1971 (1971-02-14)
A gang that's selling stolen military weapons to extremist groups is the focus of an intense FBI investigation.
162 22 "Downfall" N/A N/A February 21, 1971 (1971-02-21)
A former college athlete uses daredevil tactics to steal gems for a crooked jeweler.
163 23 "The Hitchhiker" N/A N/A February 28, 1971 (1971-02-28)
An AWOL Army private uses a pair of hippies as decoys after robbing a bank.
164 24 "Turnabout" N/A N/A March 7, 1971 (1971-03-07)
The only survivor of a half-million dollar robbery that was engineered by a crime syndicate is the focus of an FBI manhunt.
165 25 "The Natural" N/A N/A March 14, 1971 (1971-03-14)
The bribery of college basketball players by a New York crime syndicate is investigated.
166 26 "Three-Way Split" N/A N/A March 21, 1971 (1971-03-21)
The FBI attempts to find three criminals who went their separate ways after splitting nearly $1 million from a Denver bank robbery.

Season 7 (1971–72)

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167 1 "Death on Sunday" N/A N/A September 12, 1971 (1971-09-12)
A professional football player who's being victimized by extortionists seeks the help of the FBI.
168 2 "Recurring Nightmare" N/A N/A September 19, 1971 (1971-09-19)
The abduction of an 18-year-old girl leads to the discovery that she had been with a father 10 years before when he was killed after hiding $400,000 from a payroll robbery.
169 3 "The Last Job" N/A N/A September 26, 1971 (1971-09-26)
A prison escapee is seeking is intent on planning a military payroll robbery.
170 4 "The Deadly Gift" N/A N/A October 3, 1971 (1971-10-03)
A con artist (Fritz Weaver) is attempting to bilk $100,000 out of a widow (Dana Wynter) who convinces her that her missing son is still alive.
171 5 "Dynasty of Hate" N/A N/A October 10, 1971 (1971-10-10)
A wealthy rancher's son (Earl Holliman hires a hit man (Henry Silva) to kill his younger brother in order to have the family inheritance all to himself, but the hired killer instead decides to hold the younger son for ransom.
172 6 "The Mastermind: Part 1" N/A N/A October 17, 1971 (1971-10-17)
A traveling salesman (Bradford Dillman) masterminds the robbery of $1.8 million from an amusement park by four men disguised as entertainers, but then doublecrosses his cronies by fleeing with the money.
173 7 "The Mastermind: Part 2" N/A N/A October 24, 1971 (1971-10-24)
The race to find a thief who cheated members of his gang out of money from a robbery takes place between the disgruntled cronies and the FBI, with the thief having resumed his everyday job.
174 8 "The Watch-Dog" N/A N/A October 31, 1971 (1971-10-31)
Foreign agents make a concerted effort to steal plans to a top-secret project, which results in Erskine and the FBI entering the case.
175 9 "The Game of Terror" N/A N/A November 7, 1971 (1971-11-07)
Two prep school students lock a fellow classmate in a deserted mine shaft and demand a ransom for his safe return.
176 10 "End of a Hero" N/A N/A November 21, 1971 (1971-11-21)
A former war hero agrees to pilot a getaway helicopter to aid in a robbery gang's quick escape.
177 11 "Superstition Rock" N/A N/A November 28, 1971 (1971-11-28)
The investigation into the attempted murder of an Indian Affairs agent uncovers the fact that the agent was on the verge of discovering the identity of the person responsible for a series of mine accidents.
178 12 "The Minerva Tapes" N/A N/A December 5, 1971 (1971-12-05)
Erskine infiltrates an espionage network and ends up getting caught in the middle of a power struggle.
179 13 "Bitter Harbor" N/A N/A December 12, 1971 (1971-12-12)
An attempt by organized crime to take over a fisherman's union results in the FBI stepping in to put an end to the threat.
180 14 "The Recruiter" N/A N/A December 19, 1971 (1971-12-19)
A fugitive who is already being sought in connection with a bank robbery sets out to plan one more caper before he leaves the country.
181 15 "The Buyer" N/A N/A January 2, 1972 (1972-01-02)
Erskine goes undercover to serve as a representative of a fence who is contacted by a gang that stole $1 million worth of platinum.
182 16 "A Second Life" N/A N/A January 9, 1972 (1972-01-09)
A hired killer is being sought by both the FBI and the organized crime boss that is seeking to murder him for messing up an assignment.
183 17 "The Break-Up" N/A N/A January 16, 1972 (1972-01-16)
A bank robber who's attempting to go straight is prodded by his wife to attempt one more big job on their behalf.
184 18 "Judas Goat" N/A N/A January 23, 1972 (1972-01-23)
The purchase of a singer's contract by an organized crime loan shark draws the attention of Erskine and the FBI.
185 19 "The Hunters" N/A N/A January 30, 1972 (1972-01-30)
A scientist who happens to be carrying vital defense secrets is the subject of a dual manhunt by the FBI and foreign agents.
186 20 "Arrangement with Terror" N/A N/A February 6, 1972 (1972-02-06)
The theft of securities from a brokerage office becomes a bigger concern when the involvement of organized crime comes to light.
187 21 "The Set-Up" N/A N/A February 13, 1972 (1972-02-13)
In the midst of a search for the leader of a gang that pulled off a bank robbery, the man plots to rob and kill a wealthy aristocrat.
188 22 "The Test" N/A N/A February 20, 1972 (1972-02-20)
A young man who sets out to pay the ransom for his kidnapped father is the subject of surveillance by Erskine.
189 23 "The Corruptor" N/A N/A February 27, 1972 (1972-02-27)
A man who is en route to a mysterious destination across the country is on a crime spree along the way.
190 24 "The Deadly Species" N/A N/A March 5, 1972 (1972-03-05)
In order finance an effort to steal away her eight-year-old son from her ex-husband, a woman pulls a string of robberies.
191 25 "Dark Journey" N/A N/A March 12, 1972 (1972-03-12)
A con man impersonates a famous "invisible" tycoon in order to sell stock in a fake company.
192 26 "Escape to Nowhere" N/A N/A March 19, 1972 (1972-03-19)
While searching for escaped convict Mike Durgom, Erskine discovers that an organized crime boss has put out a contract to have Durgom killed in order to prevent him from giving testimony at a trial.

Season 8 (1972–73)

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193 TBA "The Runner" N/A N/A September 17, 1972 (1972-09-17)
194 TBA "The Edge of Desperation" N/A N/A September 24, 1972 (1972-09-24)
195 TBA "The Fatal Showdown" N/A N/A October 1, 1972 (1972-10-01)
196 TBA "The Franklin Papers" N/A N/A October 8, 1972 (1972-10-08)
197 TBA "The Gopher" N/A N/A October 15, 1972 (1972-10-15)
198 TBA "End of a Nightmare" N/A N/A October 22, 1972 (1972-10-22)
199 TBA "The Engineer" N/A N/A October 29, 1972 (1972-10-29)
200 TBA "A Game of Chess" N/A N/A November 5, 1972 (1972-11-05)
201 TBA "The Wizard" N/A N/A November 12, 1972 (1972-11-12)
202 TBA "The Loner" N/A N/A November 19, 1972 (1972-11-19)
203 TBA "Canyon of No Return" N/A N/A November 26, 1972 (1972-11-26)
204 TBA "Holiday with Terror" N/A N/A December 3, 1972 (1972-12-03)
205 TBA "The Jug Marker" N/A N/A December 10, 1972 (1972-12-10)
206 TBA "The Outcast" N/A N/A December 17, 1972 (1972-12-17)
207 TBA "Dark Christmas" N/A N/A December 24, 1972 (1972-12-24)
208 TBA "The Rap Taker" N/A N/A January 7, 1973 (1973-01-07)
209 TBA "A Gathering of Sharks" N/A N/A January 14, 1973 (1973-01-14)
210 TBA "The Disinherited" N/A N/A January 21, 1973 (1973-01-21)
211 TBA "Desperate Journey" N/A N/A January 28, 1973 (1973-01-28)
212 TBA "The Double Play" N/A N/A February 4, 1973 (1973-02-04)
213 TBA "The Wedding Gift" N/A N/A February 11, 1973 (1973-02-11)
214 TBA "The Detonator" N/A N/A February 25, 1973 (1973-02-25)
215 TBA "Sweet Evil" N/A N/A March 4, 1973 (1973-03-04)
216 TBA "Memory of a Legend" N/A N/A March 11, 1973 (1973-03-11)
217 TBA "Night of the Long Knives" N/A N/A March 25, 1973 (1973-03-25)
218 TBA "The Loper Gambit" N/A N/A April 1, 1973 (1973-04-01)

Season 9 (1973–74)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date
219 TBA "The Big Job" N/A N/A September 16, 1973 (1973-09-16)
220 TBA "The Confession" N/A N/A September 30, 1973 (1973-09-30)
221 TBA "Break-In" N/A N/A October 7, 1973 (1973-10-07)
222 TBA "The Pay-off" N/A N/A October 14, 1973 (1973-10-14)
223 TBA "The Exchange" N/A N/A October 21, 1973 (1973-10-21)
224 TBA "Tower of Terror" N/A N/A October 28, 1973 (1973-10-28)
225 TBA "Fatal Reunion" N/A N/A November 4, 1973 (1973-11-04)
226 TBA "Rules of the Game" N/A N/A November 18, 1973 (1973-11-18)
227 TBA "Fool's Gold" N/A N/A November 25, 1973 (1973-11-25)
228 TBA "The Killing Truth" N/A N/A December 9, 1973 (1973-12-09)
229 TBA "The Bought Jury" N/A N/A December 16, 1973 (1973-12-16)
230 TBA "Ransom" N/A N/A December 30, 1973 (1973-12-30)
231 TBA "A Piece of the Action" N/A N/A January 6, 1974 (1974-01-06)
232 TBA "Selkirk's War" N/A N/A January 27, 1974 (1974-01-27)
233 TBA "The Betrayal" N/A N/A February 3, 1974 (1974-02-03)
234 TBA "The Animal" N/A N/A February 17, 1974 (1974-02-17)
235 TBA "The Two Million Dollar Hit" N/A N/A February 24, 1974 (1974-02-24)
236 TBA "Diamond Run" N/A N/A March 10, 1974 (1974-03-10)
237 TBA "Deadly Ambition" N/A N/A March 17, 1974 (1974-03-17)
238 TBA "The Lost Man" N/A N/A March 24, 1974 (1974-03-24)
239 TBA "The Vendetta" N/A N/A April 7, 1974 (1974-04-07)
240 TBA "Confessions of a Madman" N/A N/A April 14, 1974 (1974-04-14)
241 TBA "Survival" N/A N/A April 28, 1974 (1974-04-28)

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