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. The Runner
Aired 17 September 1972 • 60 min
Inspector Erskine trails an Escaped Federal Prisoner who abducted a young girl and vanishes into the Oregon Wilderness.
2. The Edge of Desperation
Aired 24 September 1972 • 60 min
A business man masterminds his own kidnapping and flees with the ransom money obtained from his father in-law along with a young woman to New York City.
3. The Fatal Showdown
Aired 1 October 1972 • 60 min
Inspector Lew Erskine pursues Ken Meed's gang after the robbery of a valuable statue from a New York City art auction.
4. The Franklin Papers
Aired 8 October 1972 • 60 min
While Inspector Lew Erskine investigates a con game that was perpetrated Christine Minton and her boyfriend, The pair set out to sell forged historical documents to an amateur historian.
5. The Gopher
Aired 15 October 1972 • 60 min
To crack a loan sharking operation, Inspector Lew Erskine sets out to find the man who stole the organizations book of borrowers' name.
6. End of a Nightmare
Aired 22 October 1972 • 60 min
The case is to catch an escaped convict before he takes revenge on the persons responsible for the annulment of his marriage.
7. The Engineer
Aired 29 October 1972 • 60 min
Inspector Erskine and Agent Colby go after an unemployed aerospace engineer who turns to crime.
8. A Game of Chess
Aired 5 November 1972 • 60 min
9. The Wizard
Aired 12 November 1972 • 60 min
10. The Loner
Aired 19 November 1972 • 60 min
11. Canyon Of No Return
Aired 26 November 1972 • 60 min
12. Holiday With Terror
Aired 3 December 1972 • 60 min
Kidnapping with a twist in ""Holiday with Terror"". The naive victim believes she's on a weekend vacation. (60 mins)
13. The Jug Marker
Aired 10 December 1972 • 60 min
14. The Outcast
Aired 17 December 1972 • 60 min
15. Dark Christmas
Aired 24 December 1972 • 60 min
Hitman Stuart Tilden seriously wounds a businessman in Chicago while seeking the whereabouts of his intended target. The FBI launches an intense investigation, seeking to prevent him from succeeding, and even Assistant Director Arthur Ward will make an arrest in the field as part of the effort. The target is Richard Ghormley, who formerly worked for a criminal. While he wasn't involved with illegal activities, the criminal fears that he knows too much. He is desperately trying to get home from a business trip to San Francisco on Christmas Eve and Tilden is waiting for him there. Colby and other agents rescue his children while Erskine confronts Tilden.
16. The Rap Taker
Aired 7 January 1973 • 60 min
17. A Gathering Of Sharks
Aired 14 January 1973 • 60 min
18. The Disinherited
Aired 21 January 1973 • 60 min
19. Desperate Journey
Aired 28 January 1973 • 60 min
20. The Double Play
Aired 4 February 1973 • 60 min
21. The Wedding Gift
Aired 11 February 1973 • 60 min
22. The Detonator
Aired 25 February 1973 • 60 min
23. Sweet Evil
Aired 4 March 1973 • 60 min
24. Memory of a Legend
Aired 11 March 1973 • 60 min
Inspector Lew Erskine & The FBI confront a father and son, The father being a small time burglar glamorized by the son who is trying to follow in his footsteps.
25. Night of the Long Knives
Aired 25 March 1973 • 60 min
Suspecting assassinations in the Mafia are being planned, Inspector Erskine goes undercover as a caterer at the wedding of a mob bosses daughter.
26. The Loper Gambit
Aired 1 April 1973 • 60 min
Inspector Lew Erskine's attempt to capture the kidnappers of the son of a wealthy land developer without endangering the life of the victim.