About this season
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.
Episodes (26)
1. Death on Sunday
Aired 12 September 1971 • 60 min
Case: Irwin Lynch, Zach Parker - Extortion. Victim: Paul Talbot.
2. Recurring Nightmare
Aired 19 September 1971 • 60 min
Case: Dale Fisher, Graham Newcomb, Gwendolyn Rankin. Victim: Kidnapping.
3. The Last Job
Aired 26 September 1971 • 60 min
Case: Michael 'Doc' Lacy, Jerrold Rivers - Unlawful Flight to Avoid Confinement, Armed Robbery, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle. The FBI hunts down a criminal mastermind who escapes from prison to pull-off a military payroll robbery.
4. The Deadly Gift
Aired 3 October 1971 • 60 min
Case: Charles Ridgeway, Julie Rhodes - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property.
5. Dynasty of Hate
Aired 10 October 1971 • 60 min
Case: Lee Everett Chard - Kidnapping; James Faron - Victim.
6. The Mastermind (1)
Aired 17 October 1971 • 60 min
Case: Curtis Breer, Howard Douglas Rademaker, Clenard Massey, Lewis Lyle Chernik - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Interstate Transportation of a Stolen Motor Vehicle.
7. The Mastermind (2)
Aired 24 October 1971 • 60 min
Case: Curtis Breer, Howard Douglas Rademaker, Clenard Massey, Lewis Lyle Chernick-Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle. In part(2) of this episode, After capturing one of the members of a gang of robbers, the F.B.I. learns the identity of two others, but not the phantom leader who double-crossed his partners in-crime.
8. The Watch-Dog
Aired 31 October 1971 • 60 min
Case: Luther Shawn, Damian Hoowards, Ralph Kurland and Kate Waller - Espionage.
9. The Game of Terror
Aired 7 November 1971 • 60 min
Case: John ""Chill"" Chilton, Bryan Welles - Extortion.
10. End of a Hero
Aired 21 November 1971 • 60 min
11. Superstition Rock
Aired 28 November 1971 • 60 min
Case: Arlen Parent - Assasult on a Federal Officer. George Harris - Victim.
12. The Minerva Tapes
Aired 5 December 1971 • 60 min
Inspector Erskine Infiltrates an espionage ring and is caught in the cross-fire. Louis Jourdan guest stars.
13. Bitter Harbor
Aired 12 December 1971 • 60 min
Inspector Erskine and Agent Colby go undercover to fight mob corruption in the dock workers union.
14. The Recruiter
Aired 19 December 1971 • 60 min
15. The Buyer
Aired 2 January 1972 • 60 min
Case: Maynard Gage, Lou Forrester, Connie Sherill et al - Theft from Interstate Shipment.
16. A Second Life
Aired 9 January 1972 • 60 min
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.
17. The Break-Up
Aired 16 January 1972 • 60 min
An ex-convict wanting to go straight is persuaded by his girlfriend to pull one more bank robbery.
18. Judas Goat
Aired 23 January 1972 • 60 min
A young singer on his way to stardom has his recording contract taken over by a mob loan shark.
19. The Hunters
Aired 30 January 1972 • 60 min
20. Arrangement With Terror
Aired 6 February 1972 • 60 min
The F.B.I. learns that organized crime is involved in the theft of securities from a brokerage firm.
21. The Set-Up
Aired 13 February 1972 • 60 min
While Inspector Erskine and Agent Rhodes pursues Larry Kulhane and his gang for bank robbery, he plans to rob and kill a wealthy aristocrat Adryth Nolan.
22. The Test
Aired 20 February 1972 • 60 min
Inspector Lew Erskine attempts to keep Paul Hale under survaillence as he sets out to pay the ransome for his father.
23. The Corruptor
Aired 27 February 1972 • 60 min
Inspector Lew Erskine pursues Dree Foster, who engages in a cross-country crime spree on his way to a secret destination.
24. The Deadly Species
Aired 5 March 1972 • 60 min
Case: Jean Scott, Bank Robbery. Jean Scott pulls one robbery after another to finance finding her eight-year old son and stealing him away from her ex-husband.
25. Dark Journey
Aired 12 March 1972 • 60 min
Case: Jason Peale et al, securities fraud. Con man Jason Peale impersonates a famous ""invisible"" tycoon to sell stock in a bogus company.
26. Escape to Nowhere
Aired 19 March 1972 • 60 min
Case:Mark Drugman, Escaped Federal Prisoner, Unlawful Interstate Flight to avoid confinement. The F.B.I. pursues escaped convict Mike Drugan, learns that crime boss Nelson Wayland has ordered him murdered to prevent him from testifying at an upcoming trial.