The FBI (1965–1974)
Plot
Agent Lewis Erskine and Special Agent Jim Rhodes rely on real-life FBI detection techniques (and the occasional hunch) as they track lawbreakers ranging from organized crime bosses and extortionists to saboteurs and escaped convicts.
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- 01TurnaboutCase: Richard A. Billings-Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. Inspector Lew Erskine apprehends the lone survivor of an amoured car robberyand recovers $500.000 in stolen money.
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
The MonsterSeptember 19, 1965—Case file #76-3342-J- Francis Jerome - Escaped Federal Prisoner. - S01E02Image in a Cracked MirrorSeptember 26, 1965—Case file #29-68954-G - Charles Emery Gates - Federal Reserve Act, Embezzlement.
- S01E03A Mouthful of DustOctober 3, 1965—Case file #70-68307-C - Joseph Cloud - Crime on Indian Reservation.
- S01E04Slow March Up a Steep HillOctober 10, 1965—Case file #91-77270-X - Wayne Everett Powell - Bank Robbery, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle.
- S01E05The InsolentsOctober 17, 1965—Case file #45-47339-Y - Roger York - Crime on the High Seas - Murder.
- S01E06To Free My EnemyOctober 24, 1965—The good inspector has the distasteful job of finding a kidnap victim--a pornographer that the good inspector is trying build a case against
- S01E07The Problem of the Honorable WifeOctober 31, 1965—Case file #98-63520-M - Maury Maddock - Sabotage.
- S01E08Courage of a ConvictionNovember 7, 1965—Case file #87-633462-C - Harry Castle - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Fraudulent Checks.
- S01E09The ExilesNovember 14, 1965—Case file #2-46675-R - General Romero, et al. - Violation of Neutrality Act.
- S01E10The Giant KillerNovember 21, 1965—Case file #52-19223-W - Joseph Maurice Walker - Destruction of Government Property.
- S01E11
All the Streets Are SilentNovember 28, 1965—Case file #52-499362-M - Mike Murtaugh - Theft of Government Property. - S01E12An Elephant is Like a RopeDecember 5, 1965—Case file #87-52739-X - John Doe - Interstate Transsportation of Stolen Property. $500,000 that nobody would claim, and a man who has lost
- S01E13
How to Murder an Iron HorseDecember 12, 1965—Case File #9-74219-C - Howard Spencer Collier Jr. - Extortion.
Inspector Lew Erskine and Special Agent Jim Rhodes hunt a young man involved - S01E14Pound of FleshDecember 19, 1965—The FBI Investigates the murder of an Army Chaplains wife on an U.S. Army base.
- S01E15The HijackersDecember 26, 1965—Case file #15-9436-S - Harold K. Smith - Theft from Interstate Shipment.
- S01E16The Forests of the NightJanuary 2, 1966—Case file #9-26080-X Adam MacDonald, et al., Victims - Extortion.
- S01E17
The ChameleonJanuary 9, 1966—Case file #29-31091-C - Andrew S. Cook, Jr., with Aliases - Violation of Federal Reserve Act, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, - S01E18
The SacrificeJanuary 16, 1966—Case file #65-9525-X - The Doriskin Papers - Espionage.
Inspector Lew Erskine infiltrates a spy network and is marked for assassination. - S01E19Special DeliveryJanuary 23, 1966—Case file #91-42238-P - Robert Charles Porter - Bank Robbery, Unlawful Flight, Murder. Inspector Erskine goes undercover to crack an inter-
- S01E20QuanticoJanuary 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
- S01E21
The Spy MasterFebruary 6, 1966—Case file #65-4948-X - The Forsythe Memo - Espionage.
Inspector Lew Erskine masquerades as a traitor to break up a Red Chinese spy operatio - S01E22The Baby SitterFebruary 13, 1966—Case file #7-1101-D - Mrs. Amy Doucette - Kidnapping. Lew Erskine leads a three state search for a deranged woman who kidnaps an infant she
- S01E23
Flight to HarbinFebruary 27, 1966—Case file #164-4391-K - Charles Wallace King - Alias Ernest C. Putnam - Crime Aboard Aircraft - Piracy - Attempted Murder.
Inspector Erskin - S01E24The Man Who Went Mad by MistakeMarch 6, 1966—Case file #115-28414-T - Mark Stephen Tabor - Bond Default, Fraud Against The Government, Unlawful Flight.
- S01E25The Divided ManMarch 20, 1966—Case file #98-81829-M - Roger Leroy Mason - Sabotage.
- S01E26The Defector (1)March 27, 1966—Case file #65-22317-H - The Holman Defection - Espionage. The F.B.I. seeks to protect the life of an Eastern European cryptographer who def
- S01E27The Defector (2)April 3, 1966—Case file #65-22317-H - The Holman Defection - Espionage. The F.B.I. plays a deadly game of espionage with foreign assassins who seek the l
- S01E28The TormentorsApril 10, 1966—Case file #7-4929-D - Logan Clyde Dupree, John Carl Brock, Anita James - Kidnapping. A desperate father jeopardizes the life of his kidnapp
- S01E29The AnimalApril 17, 1966—Case file #76-2947-C - Earl Clayton, Roy Joe Spencer, et al. - Escaped Federal Prisoners, Killing a Federal Officer.
- S01E30The PlunderersApril 24, 1966—Case file #91-62290-H - King Hogan, Frank Donald Collins, Otto Hans Breese, Edward Ralph Richards - Bank Robbery, Murder. The F.B.I. leads
- S01E31The Bomb That Walked Like a ManMay 1, 1966—Case file #7-76881-H - Dale Vernon Hillman - Kidnapping, Murder. Inspector Lew Erskine seeks a kidnapper-killer who tries to hide in a para
- S01E32The Hiding PlaceMay 8, 1966—Erskine and Rhodes are sent to a small town in Oregon with a predominant Asian American population. Evidence has surfaced that one of its re
Season02
- S02E01The Price of DeathSeptember 18, 1966—Case file #7-23938-C - Arnold George Casey - Kidnapping.
- S02E02The EscapeOctober 2, 1966—Case file #89-14243-D - Edward Warren Drake et al - Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution - Murder.
- S02E03The AssassinOctober 9, 1966—Case file #65-16842-C - Anton Andre Christopher - Espionage.
- S02E04The Cave-InOctober 16, 1966—Case file #98-33934-R - Thomas George Rule - Sabotage - Murder. FBI Agent Rhodes is entombed in a mine cave-in along with the suspect wante
- S02E05The ScourgeOctober 23, 1966—Case file #92-5843-A: John V. Albin - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering - Murder.
- S02E06The Plague MerchantOctober 30, 1966—Case file #87-32746-J: The Doomsday Plague Theft - Interstate Transport of Stolen Property, Staph Eleven. The FBI must find the culprit who
- S02E07OrdealNovember 6, 1966—Case file #87-78550-L: Graham Lockwood - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property - Murder.
- S02E08Collision CourseNovember 13, 1966—Case file #88-36432-S: Frank Andreas Shroeder - Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution, Murder.
- S02E09VendettaNovember 20, 1966—Case File #65-40515-S: Karl Friederich Schindler - Espionage.
- S02E10Anatomy of a Prison BreakNovember 27, 1966—Case file #70-16154-L: Richard Hubbard Larken - Crime on a Government Reservation - Murder.
- S02E11The ContaminatorDecember 4, 1966—Case file #65-57884-U: Lawrence Turner Underwood - Espionage.
- S02E12The Camel's NoseDecember 11, 1966—Case file #164-429-C: Steven Jerome Colton, Michael Arnold Kessler, William Ray Milton - Crime Aboard Aircraft, Murder.
- S02E13List for a Firing SquadDecember 18, 1966—Case file #65-64887-N: Captain Istvan Novak - Espionage, Murder.
- S02E14The Death WindDecember 25, 1966—Case file #45-9844-J: Captain Benjamin Jennerson, Theodore Darrel Hammond - Crime on the High Seas - Murder.
- S02E15The RaidJanuary 1, 1967—Case file #91-64888-M: Scott Lee Martin - Ralph Daiker - Bank Robbery - Murder. Acting on an informer's tip, Erskine and Rhodes prepare to
- S02E16Passage Into FearJanuary 8, 1967—Case file #69-43767-C: Hanna Jolene Crandall - Flight of Material Witness in a Case Involving the National Security.
- S02E17The CourierJanuary 15, 1967—Case file #65-43374-S: Juliet Anne Sinclair - Espionage.
- S02E18A Question of GuiltJanuary 22, 1967—Case file #44-3928-S: Joseph Spooner, Victim: Civil Rights Violation - Murder.
- S02E19The Gray PassengerJanuary 29, 1967—Case file #45-82133-A: Carlos Avila et al - Crime on the High Seas - Murder, Privacy.
- S02E20The ConspiratorsFebruary 5, 1967—Case file #100-98451-L: Co'nrad Letterman - John R. Milton, Internal Security, Sabotage.
- S02E21Rope of GoldFebruary 12, 1967—Case file #15-50426-K: Victor Kearney, et al - Theft From Interstate Shipment.
- S02E22The HostageFebruary 19, 1967—Case file #65-54538-S: Major Damian Sava, Dr. Maria-Luise Karn, Michael Veltran - Espionage - Kidnapping - Murder.
- S02E23Sky on FireFebruary 26, 1967—Case file #52-36652-B: George Bellamy - Destruction of Government Property - Arson - Murder.
- S02E24Flight PlanMarch 5, 1967—Case file #87-24533-D: Robert Dewey - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property.
- S02E25The Executioners (1)March 12, 1967—Leo Roland, one of the chiefs of the Cosa Nostra, invokes the Fifth Amendments repeatedly when called before a federal grand jury in New Yor
- S02E26The Executioners (2)March 19, 1967—As Part II opens, Leo Roland is desperate. His close La Cosa Nostra associate, Ed Clementi, has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Clementi is desp
- S02E27The SatelliteApril 2, 1967—Case file #7-8625-H: Jack Donald Hauser, Lorraine Chapman - Kidnapping.
- S02E28Force of NatureApril 9, 1967—Case file #88-67052-B: Charles Francis Burnett - Unlawful Flight - Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping.
- S02E29The ExtortionistApril 16, 1967—Case file #9-3275-C: Tyler Cray - Extortion.
Season03
- S03E01The Gold CardSeptember 17, 1967—Paul Nichols, a long-time member of the Cosa Nostra, over 30 years organized the mob's illegal gambling network. He kills Denton, a Mafia me
- S03E02Counter-StrokeSeptember 24, 1967—
- S03E03Blood VerdictOctober 8, 1967—
- S03E04TraitorOctober 15, 1967—Inspector Lew Erskine posing as a communist courier, uncovers a plot to steal top secret missle data.
- S03E05By Force and Violence (1)October 22, 1967—Inspector Lew Erskine connects the kidnapping of a teenage boy to a multi-million dollar heist planned by his long lost father.
- S03E06By Force and Violence (2)October 29, 1967—Trailing the kidnappers of a teenage boy, Inspector Erskine uncovers plans for a $3,000,000 robbery by the boys father.
- S03E07A Sleeper WakesNovember 5, 1967—
- S03E08OverloadNovember 12, 1967—
- S03E09Line of FireNovember 26, 1967—
- S03E10Blueprint for BetrayalDecember 3, 1967—
- S03E11False WitnessDecember 10, 1967—
- S03E12The Legend of John RimDecember 31, 1967—Case: John Rim, Escaped Federal Prisoner, Unlawful Interstate Flight to avoid confinement, murder. Quick sand, an alligator infested swamp,
- S03E13The DynastyJanuary 7, 1968—A millionaire refuses to pay the ransome for his kidnapped brother, focing The F.B.I. to move fast in order to save the victims life.
- S03E14The DaughterJanuary 14, 1968—A long-lost daughter helps the F.B.I. unmask a communist spy who has taken the identity of a dead American.
- S03E15Act of ViolenceJanuary 21, 1968—Two murders, ten years apart, are linked by Inspector Erskine, giving him clues to solving both.
- S03E16Crisis GroundJanuary 28, 1968—An unsolved homicide ignites into a riot a town's hatred for a nearby job training camp.
- S03E17
Ring of SteelFebruary 4, 1968—The unexplained death of a race car driverplaces Inspector Erskine on the trail of a stolen car ring. - S03E18The HomecomingFebruary 11, 1968—A scientist who defected from an Iron Curtain country returns to New York in secret and Assistant Director Arthur Ward personally handles th
- S03E19The Phone CallFebruary 18, 1968—The husband, an Army sergeant, had just returned from service in Viet Nam. He found his wife had died under mysterious circumstances the ni
- S03E20Region of PerilFebruary 25, 1968—Inspector Lew Erskine send a secret radio message to a kidnapped woman to aid her rescue
- S03E21SouthwindMarch 3, 1968—The F.B.I and a mob hitman both try to catch up with a bank embezzler who has fled to the caribean.
- S03E22The MessengerMarch 17, 1968—
- S03E23The Ninth ManMarch 24, 1968—The F.B.I. hunts down a $2,000,000 treasure and the armoured car robbers who buried their ill-gotten loot.
- S03E24The Mechanized AccompliceMarch 31, 1968—Inspector Erskine races a time bomb for the life of a kidnapped youth.
- S03E25The PredatorsApril 7, 1968—Inspector Lew Erskine holds off at gun point the crew of a cruise ship.
- S03E26The TunnelApril 21, 1968—The FBI goes after bank robbers who use a tunnel to penetrate the vault.
- S03E27The MercenaryApril 28, 1968—Inspector Lew Erskine uncovers a communist spy ring whose pretty wife is the lure in blackmailing top secret information.
Season04
- S04E01Wind It Up and It Betrays YouSeptember 22, 1968—Case: Carl Schmidt, Colonel Lorenz Tabor - Espionage, Murder. A dead mans hearing aid containing microfilm has The FBI uncovering an espion
- S04E02Out of ControlSeptember 29, 1968—Case: Miguel Ramos Valdez-Assaulting a Federal Officer, Murder. Assistant Director Arthur Ward, Inspector Lew Erskine and Agent Tom Colby t
- S04E03The QuarryOctober 6, 1968—Case: Michael Vincent Riley, Fugitive - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering.
- S04E04The RunawaysOctober 13, 1968—Case: John Graham Evans - Parole Violator - Murder. A killer picks for his robbery Victims, a happy family of four living on a farm.
- S04E05Death of a FixerOctober 20, 1968—Case: Roy Donald Blake - Fugitive, Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering - Gambling.
- S04E06The EnemiesNovember 3, 1968—Case: Ralph Gordon Stuart - Espionage, Murder. The FBI follows a trail of blood in the hunt for a deadly Communist spy who's out to steel a
- S04E07The NightmareNovember 10, 1968—Case: Harold Dale Converse - Fugitive, Bank Embezzlement. FBI Inspector Lew Erskine hunts down a bank embezzler and also tries to protect h
- S04E08BreakthroughNovember 17, 1968—Case: Vincent Preston Gray - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering, Extortion.
- S04E09The HarvestNovember 24, 1968—Case: James Reed, George Wilson, Joseph Troy - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Murder. A holdup mans love for a woman forces
- S04E10The IntermediaryDecember 1, 1968—Case: Thomas Waters a.k.a. Thomas Grant; William MacKenzie; Jack Dale - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property - Major Theft. Inspect
- S04E11The ButcherDecember 8, 1968—Case: Helmut Probst a.k.a. Paul Seiger - Unlawful Interstate Flight to Avoid Prosecution, Murder. Inspector Erskine hunts down a wartime SS
- S04E12The FlawDecember 15, 1968—Case: Glen Parmenter et al - Espionage, murder. Inspector Lew Erskine snares a spy ring and in turn trapped by them in a deserted Mountain
- S04E13The HeroDecember 8, 1968—The crime is ""Unlawful Wearing of the Uniform"" and (by the way) murder. A con man wears a US Air Force uniform to entice women to marry hi
- S04E14The WidowDecember 29, 1968—Case: Joyce Carr - Parole Violator,Murder. Inspector Lew Erskine traps a go-go dancer who conspires to marry military service men and colle
- S04E15Eye of the StormJanuary 5, 1969—Case: Edward and Nora Tobin - Kidnapping. Inspector Erskine and Agent Colby search for a kidnapped negro baby who is hiding in a plague inf
- S04E16The FraudJanuary 12, 1969—Case: David Joseph Miles, Frank Stocker - Interstate transportation of Stolen Property, Extortion. FBI Inspector Lew Erskine fights the Maf
- S04E17A Life in the BalanceJanuary 19, 1969—Case: Eugene David Holt, Elaine Donner, Richard Mills - Kidnapping. Blood at the sight of a kidnapping decides FBI Inspector Lew Erskine to
- S04E18Caesar's WifeJanuary 26, 1969—Case: Danielle Chabrol - Espionage.
- S04E19The PatriotFebruary 2, 1969—Case: Richard William Shaefer, alias Marvin Smith - Kidnapping.
- S04E20The MazeFebruary 9, 1969—Case: Frank Dixon Welles - Top Ten Fugitive, Assaulting a Federal Officer.
- S04E21The AttorneyFebruary 16, 1969—Case: Arnold Grant Toby - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering, Attempted Murder.
- S04E22The CatalystFebruary 23, 1969—Case: Miguel Torres - Destruction of Aircraft, Kidnapping.
- S04E23Conspiracy of SilenceMarch 2, 1969—Case: Leonard King et al - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering, Murder.
- S04E24The Young WarriorsMarch 9, 1969—Case: William Rockhill - Crime on a Government Reservation, Arson, Murder.
- S04E25The Cober ListMarch 23, 1969—Case: Terence Cober - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering.
- S04E26Moment of TruthMarch 30, 1969—Case: Vincent Tobias, John Beeker - Crime on a Government Reservation, Murder. A banker runs a loan sharking ring from his bank. He special
Season05
- S05E01Target of InterestSeptember 14, 1969—Case: Michael Weil, Sandra Davis, Eugene Moody, et al - Espionage.
- S05E02Nightmare RoadSeptember 21, 1969—Case: Gerald Wilson, Lawrence ""Jack"" Collins, Carolyn Paul - Killing a Federal Officer, Unlawful Flight, Murder.
- S05E03The SwindlerSeptember 28, 1969—Case: Robert Charles Pollard, William Fremont Quine, George J. Hoyer - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Murder.
- S05E04BoomerangOctober 5, 1969—Case: Extortion - Kidnapping. Terry Shelton, Melinda Collier, Harvey George Windsor, Robert David Fleming.
- S05E05Silent PartnersOctober 12, 1969—Case: Victor Berris, Carl Torrance, Steven Harber - Jury Tampering. Inspector Lew Erskine duels with a hitman who bribed a juror in the tri
- S05E06Gamble With DeathOctober 19, 1969—Case: Harry L. Springer - Extortion.
- S05E07FlightOctober 26, 1969—Case: Walter Everett Hazlett - Crime Aboard Aircraft, Piracy, Attempted Murder. Inspector Lew Erskine urges the Hijacker of a Cuban-bound p
- S05E08The ChallengeNovember 2, 1969—Case: Paul Winters, Andrei Vallone - Espionage.
- S05E09Blood TieNovember 9, 1969—Case: Richard Arthur Kriton, Maximilian Kerry, Francis Wanderman - Theft from Interstate Shipment, Attempted Murder.
- S05E10The SanctuaryNovember 16, 1969—Case: Nate Phelps, John Carl Winslow - Bank Robbery, Murder.
- S05E11ScapegoatNovember 23, 1969—Case: Harley Earl Garnett - Crime on a Government Reservation - Murder.
- S05E12The Inside ManNovember 30, 1969—Case:Harold H. Casey, Frank V. Sawyer-Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution, Murder. Inpector
- S05E13The PreyDecember 7, 1969—Case: Carl S. Beaumont, Ten Most Wanted Fugitives - Transportation of Stolen Property, Major Theft.
- S05E14Journey Into NightDecember 14, 1969—Case: David Mark Starret - Escaped Federal Prisoner - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. The escaped federal prisoner, David S
- S05E15The Doll CourierDecember 21, 1969—Case: John DeBecker,Eric Linler, et al-Espionage,murder. The FBI goes after communist agents in which the head of a porcelain doll is used
- S05E16Tug-of-WarDecember 28, 1969—Case: Aaron Taylor, Milo Pike - Organized Crime, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Major Theft, Murder.
- S05E17Fatal ImpostorJanuary 4, 1970—Case: Victor Kiley, Rick Davis - Unlawful Flight, Murder.
- S05E18Conspiracy of CorruptionJanuary 11, 1970—Case: Peter Freeman Griffith - Victim, Civil Rights Violation.
- S05E19The Diamond MillstoneJanuary 18, 1970—Case: Victor Amazeen, Billy Jack Lyle, James Tate - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. The bad guys rip off a 31 carat diamond p
- S05E20Deadly ReunionJanuary 25, 1970—Case: Matthew Bernhardt, David Hermann, John Stone, et al. - Espionage. Agents from the ""Eastern Sector"" (East Berlin) allow the wife of
- S05E21Pressure PointFebruary 1, 1970—Case: Martin Rawll, Jack Lee Lutcher, Scott Rogers - Interstate Transportation of Gambling Devices, Attempted Murder.
- S05E22Summer TerrorFebruary 8, 1970—Case: Alex Drake, Beau Thomas Manley - Extortion, Kidnapping.
- S05E23Return to PowerFebruary 15, 1970—Case: Peter Joseph Tenny, Frank DiMirjian - Organized Crime, Assault of a Federal Officer. Inspector Lew Erskine Capitalizes on a blood feu
- S05E24The DealerFebruary 22, 1970—Case: Bernard Simms, Frank Brokaw, Norman Whitehead, David Osborne, et al-Theft From Interstate Shipments, Attempted Murder. Inspector Lew E
- S05E25DeadfallMarch 1, 1970—Case: Ronald Brimlow, Frank Morris Moonan, Shelly Brimlow, Arthur Cody - Kidnapping, Bank Robbery, Ten Most Wanted Fugitive.
- S05E26The QuestMarch 8, 1970—Case: Walter Graham Carr - Crime on a Government Reservation.
Season06
- S06E01The CondemnedSeptember 20, 1970—Case: Perry Alan Victor, Shepard Buford, et al - Bank Robbery.
- S06E02The TraitorSeptember 27, 1970—Case. Donald Willis, Alex Keeler, Bryan Carlson, Neil Stryker, et al - Espionage.
- S06E03Escape to TerrorOctober 4, 1970—Case: George C. Breen - Fugitive, Fraud Against the Government, Conspiracy, Bond Default.
- S06E04The ArchitectOctober 11, 1970—Case: Arthur McBride, James J. Borden, Howard Lawson Deal - Unlawful Flight To Avoid Confinement - Fugitives. Three bad guys break out of a
- S06E05The Savage WildernessOctober 18, 1970—Case: Walker Oborn - Crime on a Government Reservation. Inspector Lew Erskine and the FBI tracks down the kidnapper of a young girl in the
- S06E06Time BombOctober 25, 1970—Case: Eric Stone, Gilbert Manning, Karen Wandermere, Knox Hiller, Alan Hiller - Destruction of Government Property.
- S06E07The InnocentsNovember 1, 1970—Case:Frank Raphael Colling,Elizabeth Dulcie Colling - Kidnapping, Extortion. Inspector Erskine and the FBI Captures a man and wife kidnappi
- S06E08The Deadly PactNovember 8, 1970—Case: Daniel Ginger Dodds, Ernest Geiger, James Steen, et al - Organized Crime, Extortionate Credits Transactions, Attempted Murder.
- S06E09The ImpersonatorNovember 22, 1970—Case: Wesley W. Ziegler - Impersonation, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. Inspector Lew Erskine is on the hunt for a con-man w
- S06E10Antennae of DeathNovember 29, 1970—Case: Arthur Majors, Kirby James Jarret, Paul Willard, Oren Willard - Assaulting Federal Officers.
- S06E11The TargetDecember 6, 1970—Case: Nicholas Blok, Howard Denham and Ruth Denham - Foreign Agents Registration Act.
- S06E12The WitnessDecember 13, 1970—Case: John McElroy, Yvonne Demarest - Crime on a Government Reservation.
- S06E13Incident in the DesertDecember 20, 1970—Case: John H. Elgin, Frank V. Taylor, Harold D. Boggs, Collier M. Sampson - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property - Major Theft. Ins
- S06E14The InheritorsDecember 27, 1970—Case: Glen Frey, Lester Hunter - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Major Theft. Inspector Erskine prevents two con-artists from
- S06E15The Unknown VictimJanuary 3, 1971—case: Thorn Hazard, Bryan Hazard, Sheila Waters-Extortion, Kidnapping. Inspector Lew Erskine rescues a young girl who was kidnapped through
- S06E16The Stalking HorseJanuary 10, 1971—Case: Lee Barrington, Marie Roska, Yanos Lobler - Espionage.
- S06E17Center of PerilJanuary 17, 1971—Case: Porter Bent, Mark Donald Gaynor, Jay Richard Yarborough - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Major Theft.
- S06E18The Eye of the NeedleJanuary 24, 1971—Case: Eugene Fordyce, Paul Menard, James Lee Vaughn - Extortion.
- S06E19The Fatal ConnectionJanuary 31, 1971—Case: Albert Rendich, Raymond Bergan, Anthony Sprague - Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering, Extortion, interstate Transportati
- S06E20The ReplacementFebruary 7, 1971—Case: Valerie Hendricks, Paul Stoner, Karl Elman, et al - Espionage.
- S06E21Death WatchFebruary 14, 1971—Case: Arthur Blaisdell, Timothy Lee Gage - Crime on a Government Reservation, Assault, Theft of Government Property, Conspiracy.
- S06E22DownfallFebruary 21, 1971—Case: Holt Campbell, alias Mike Keller, Martin Ashton - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Major Theft.
- S06E23The HitchhikerFebruary 28, 1971—Case: Jerome Williams - Bank Robbery, Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution, Attempted Murder.
- S06E24TurnaboutMarch 7, 1971Case: Richard A. Billings-Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. Inspector Lew Erskine apprehends the lone survivor of an amoured ca
- S06E25The NaturalMarch 14, 1971—Case: John Nesbitt, Chester Hanzer, Rudy Walen, et al- Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering, Extortion, Sports Bribery. Inspect
- S06E26Three-Way SplitMarch 21, 1971—Case: Eliot Fielding, George R. Whelan, Roy Mills - Bank Robbery.
Season07
- S07E01Death on SundaySeptember 12, 1971—Case: Irwin Lynch, Zach Parker - Extortion. Victim: Paul Talbot.
- S07E02Recurring NightmareSeptember 19, 1971—Case: Dale Fisher, Graham Newcomb, Gwendolyn Rankin. Victim: Kidnapping.
- S07E03The Last JobSeptember 26, 1971—Case: Michael 'Doc' Lacy, Jerrold Rivers - Unlawful Flight to Avoid Confinement, Armed Robbery, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Ve
- S07E04The Deadly GiftOctober 3, 1971—Case: Charles Ridgeway, Julie Rhodes - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property.
- S07E05Dynasty of HateOctober 10, 1971—Case: Lee Everett Chard - Kidnapping; James Faron - Victim.
- S07E06The Mastermind (1)October 17, 1971—Case: Curtis Breer, Howard Douglas Rademaker, Clenard Massey, Lewis Lyle Chernik - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Interstate
- S07E07The Mastermind (2)October 24, 1971—Case: Curtis Breer, Howard Douglas Rademaker, Clenard Massey, Lewis Lyle Chernick-Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Interstate T
- S07E08The Watch-DogOctober 31, 1971—Case: Luther Shawn, Damian Hoowards, Ralph Kurland and Kate Waller - Espionage.
- S07E09The Game of TerrorNovember 7, 1971—Case: John ""Chill"" Chilton, Bryan Welles - Extortion.
- S07E10End of a HeroNovember 21, 1971—
- S07E11Superstition RockNovember 28, 1971—Case: Arlen Parent - Assasult on a Federal Officer. George Harris - Victim.
- S07E12The Minerva TapesDecember 5, 1971—Inspector Erskine Infiltrates an espionage ring and is caught in the cross-fire. Louis Jourdan guest stars.
- S07E13Bitter HarborDecember 12, 1971—Inspector Erskine and Agent Colby go undercover to fight mob corruption in the dock workers union.
- S07E14The RecruiterDecember 19, 1971—
- S07E15The BuyerJanuary 2, 1972—Case: Maynard Gage, Lou Forrester, Connie Sherill et al - Theft from Interstate Shipment.
- S07E16A Second LifeJanuary 9, 1972—Case: Steve Elliot Chandler - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle, Attempted Murder. A contract killer is being pursued by th
- S07E17The Break-UpJanuary 16, 1972—An ex-convict wanting to go straight is persuaded by his girlfriend to pull one more bank robbery.
- S07E18Judas GoatJanuary 23, 1972—A young singer on his way to stardom has his recording contract taken over by a mob loan shark.
- S07E19The HuntersJanuary 30, 1972—
- S07E20Arrangement With TerrorFebruary 6, 1972—The F.B.I. learns that organized crime is involved in the theft of securities from a brokerage firm.
- S07E21The Set-UpFebruary 13, 1972—While Inspector Erskine and Agent Rhodes pursues Larry Kulhane and his gang for bank robbery, he plans to rob and kill a wealthy aristocrat
- S07E22The TestFebruary 20, 1972—Inspector Lew Erskine attempts to keep Paul Hale under survaillence as he sets out to pay the ransome for his father.
- S07E23The CorruptorFebruary 27, 1972—Inspector Lew Erskine pursues Dree Foster, who engages in a cross-country crime spree on his way to a secret destination.
- S07E24The Deadly SpeciesMarch 5, 1972—Case: Jean Scott, Bank Robbery. Jean Scott pulls one robbery after another to finance finding her eight-year old son and stealing him away
- S07E25Dark JourneyMarch 12, 1972—Case: Jason Peale et al, securities fraud. Con man Jason Peale impersonates a famous ""invisible"" tycoon to sell stock in a bogus company.
- S07E26Escape to NowhereMarch 19, 1972—Case:Mark Drugman, Escaped Federal Prisoner, Unlawful Interstate Flight to avoid confinement. The F.B.I. pursues escaped convict Mike Druga
Season08
- S08E01The RunnerSeptember 17, 1972—Inspector Erskine trails an Escaped Federal Prisoner who abducted a young girl and vanishes into the Oregon Wilderness.
- S08E02The Edge of DesperationSeptember 24, 1972—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 Ne
- S08E03The Fatal ShowdownOctober 1, 1972—Inspector Lew Erskine pursues Ken Meed's gang after the robbery of a valuable statue from a New York City art auction.
- S08E04The Franklin PapersOctober 8, 1972—While Inspector Lew Erskine investigates a con game that was perpetrated Christine Minton and her boyfriend, The pair set out to sell forged
- S08E05The GopherOctober 15, 1972—To crack a loan sharking operation, Inspector Lew Erskine sets out to find the man who stole the organizations book of borrowers' name.
- S08E06
End of a NightmareOctober 22, 1972—The case is to catch an escaped convict before he takes revenge on the persons responsible for the annulment of his marriage. - S08E07The EngineerOctober 29, 1972—Inspector Erskine and Agent Colby go after an unemployed aerospace engineer who turns to crime.
- S08E08A Game of ChessNovember 5, 1972—
- S08E09The WizardNovember 12, 1972—
- S08E10The LonerNovember 19, 1972—
- S08E11Canyon Of No ReturnNovember 26, 1972—
- S08E12Holiday With TerrorDecember 3, 1972—Kidnapping with a twist in ""Holiday with Terror"". The naive victim believes she's on a weekend vacation. (60 mins)
- S08E13The Jug MarkerDecember 10, 1972—
- S08E14The OutcastDecember 17, 1972—
- S08E15Dark ChristmasDecember 24, 1972—Hitman Stuart Tilden seriously wounds a businessman in Chicago while seeking the whereabouts of his intended target. The FBI launches an int
- S08E16The Rap TakerJanuary 7, 1973—
- S08E17A Gathering Of SharksJanuary 14, 1973—
- S08E18The DisinheritedJanuary 21, 1973—
- S08E19Desperate JourneyJanuary 28, 1973—
- S08E20The Double PlayFebruary 4, 1973—
- S08E21The Wedding GiftFebruary 11, 1973—
- S08E22The DetonatorFebruary 25, 1973—
- S08E23Sweet EvilMarch 4, 1973—
- S08E24Memory of a LegendMarch 11, 1973—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 foll
- S08E25Night of the Long KnivesMarch 25, 1973—Suspecting assassinations in the Mafia are being planned, Inspector Erskine goes undercover as a caterer at the wedding of a mob bosses daug
- S08E26The Loper GambitApril 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.
Season09
- S09E01The Big JobSeptember 16, 1973—As carefully planned and perfectly executed as a military maneuver, the robbery of an armored-car firm nets a trio of slick bandits more tha
- S09E02The ConfessionSeptember 30, 1973—A nasty nightclub entertainer whose selfishness may end her daughter's life. The girl has been kidnapped by her mother's manager, who's out
- S09E03Break-InOctober 7, 1973—An escaped convict and his family work together on a bank robbery worth millions.
- S09E04The Pay-offOctober 14, 1973—A syndicate pay off can help start a new life - maybe. A bribed eyewitness doesn't know that the mob has decided he'd be more trustworthy -
- S09E05The ExchangeOctober 21, 1973—The trail of one crime leads to another as the agents try to crack a race track robbery. They catch the inside man red-handed; only to learn
- S09E06Tower of TerrorOctober 28, 1973—A mouse of a man avenging a lifetime of scorn has forced the Feds into a race with the clock. He said he has planted a bomb in a high-rise o
- S09E07Fatal ReunionNovember 4, 1973—A homesick bank robber visits his home town for the first time in 10 years. The townsfolk are not aware of his profession or the fact that t
- S09E08Rules of the GameNovember 18, 1973—A mobster's son attempts to murder a government witness.
- S09E09Fool's GoldNovember 25, 1973—A reformed ex-con is forced to return to crime by his fugitive former cellmate.
- S09E10
The Killing TruthDecember 9, 1973—A Federal judge is being hunted by the son of a man he sent to prison for treason. - S09E11The Bought JuryDecember 16, 1973—A mistrial is arranged by the defendant's would-be killers. His syndicate partners want to silence him permanently before he reaches the sec
- S09E12RansomDecember 30, 1973—A jealous stepdaughter turns her kidnapping to her own spiteful advantage by asking her abductors to increase the ransom.
- S09E13A Piece of the ActionJanuary 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
- S09E14Selkirk's WarJanuary 27, 1974—An embittered ex-Army officer has a secret battle plan for getting revenge on the Army.
- S09E15The BetrayalFebruary 3, 1974—After a lifetime of neglecting his daughter, an escaped convict decides to give her financial security by selling information about the mob.
- S09E16The AnimalFebruary 17, 1974—In New Mexico, Erskine and Rhodes track five escaped convicts, one of whom brutally murdered two law officers.
- S09E17The Two Million Dollar HitFebruary 24, 1974—A gang of thieves is double-crossed by a fence when things turn ugly.
- S09E18Diamond RunMarch 10, 1974—A blind young mother is the hostage of a fugitive amateur diamond smuggler. He's desperately trying to find a buyer for the gems, while he r
- S09E19Deadly AmbitionMarch 17, 1974—An obnoxious young hoodlum is more cocky than usual after pulling the biggest robbery of his life. With the aid of explosives he stole from
- S09E20
The Lost ManMarch 24, 1974—A journalist is the quarry of an escaped Federal prisoner who was sentenced for blackmail they both committed. The con was willing to take t - S09E21The VendettaApril 7, 1974—A mobster who had fled the country has learned that his girlfriend has betrayed him causing his brother's death. going on revenge, Inspector
- S09E22Confessions of a MadmanApril 14, 1974—The agents look for a psychotic killer whose victims are all from of the same college sorority.
- S09E23SurvivalApril 28, 1974—The capture of an escaped convict in the wilderness is doubly complicated by a critical injury to Erskine's partner.
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