The F.B.I.

Season 1

TV-14
Crime drama following the fictional agents and cases of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (aka the FBI). Most episodes are based on actual FBI investigations with all names changed to protect the innocent.

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32 Episodes

  • The Monster
    E1
    The MonsterCase file #76-3342-J- Francis Jerome - Escaped Federal Prisoner.
  • Image in a Cracked Mirror
    E2
    Image in a Cracked MirrorErskine and Rhodes are assigned to track down a bank embezzler. 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 parents. The FBI sets a trap for the embezzler when he has, through an accident, left his young son behind while fleeing to Mexico.
  • A Mouthful of Dust
    E3
    A Mouthful of DustA Native American, Joe Cloud, 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.
  • Slow March Up a Steep Hill
    E4
    Slow March Up a Steep HillCase file #91-77270-X - Wayne Everett Powell - Bank Robbery, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle.
  • The Insolents
    E5
    The InsolentsCase file #45-47339-Y - Roger York - Crime on the High Seas - Murder.
  • To Free My Enemy
    E6
    To Free My EnemyThe good inspector has the distasteful job of finding a kidnap victim--a pornographer that the good inspector is trying build a case against. In the end, Erskine captures the kidnappers and obtains a warrant for the arrest of the pornographer.
  • The Problem of the Honorable Wife
    E7
    The Problem of the Honorable WifeCase file #98-63520-M - Maury Maddock - Sabotage.
  • Courage of a Conviction
    E8
    Courage of a ConvictionIn 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. But the FBI investigator has doubts they've really arrested the right man.
  • The Exiles
    E9
    The ExilesExiles 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.
  • The Giant Killer
    E10
    The Giant KillerCase file #52-19223-W - Joseph Maurice Walker - Destruction of Government Property.
  • All the Streets Are Silent
    E11
    All the Streets Are SilentIn California, a gang has stolen weapons from the U.S. military. Erskine and Rhodes are assigned to capture the gang. The gang's leader, Michael Murtaugh, is utterly ruthless. At the same time, Erskine must decide whether to remain with the bureau; he has received a lucrative offer to join a law firm.
  • An Elephant is Like a Rope
    E12
    An Elephant is Like a RopeCase file #87-52739-X - John Doe - Interstate Transsportation of Stolen Property. $500,000 that nobody would claim, and a man who has lost his memory are Inspector Erskine's and Agent Jim Rhodes' only lead to a crime within a crime.
  • How to Murder an Iron Horse
    E13
    How to Murder an Iron HorseCase File #9-74219-C - Howard Spencer Collier Jr. - Extortion. Inspector Lew Erskine and Special Agent Jim Rhodes hunt a young man involved with railroad sabotage.
  • Pound of Flesh
    E14
    Pound of FleshThe FBI Investigates the murder of an Army Chaplains wife on an U.S. Army base.
  • The Hijackers
    E15
    The HijackersErskine 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 of a trucking company who was forced to retire. At the same time, Erskine tries to make time to visit his uncle, who suffers from being alone.
  • The Forests of the Night
    E16
    The Forests of the NightIn 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.
  • The Chameleon
    E17
    The ChameleonCase file #29-31091-C - Andrew S. Cook, Jr., with Aliases - Violation of Federal Reserve Act, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Murder. A clever confidence man of a thousand faces plays a deadly game of cat & mouse with a million dollars as the prize
  • The Sacrifice
    E18
    The SacrificeA 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 prepares to sacrifice one of the collaborators to throw the FBI off the scent.
  • Special Delivery
    E19
    Special DeliveryCase file #91-42238-P - Robert Charles Porter - Bank Robbery, Unlawful Flight, Murder. Inspector Erskine goes undercover to crack an inter-hemisphere fugitive smuggling ring.
  • Quantico
    E20
    QuanticoCase File #52-7672-S - Willard Smith - Destruction of Government Property. A plot to destroy The Supreme Court Building could cost an F.B.I. agent his job.
  • The Spy Master
    E21
    The Spy MasterA U.S. diplomat is approached by the Chinese government to provide sensitive information. The Chinese specifically are seeking the contents of a document known as the Forsythe Memo. Erskine impersonates the diplomat to infiltrate a spy ring organized by the Chinese government.
  • The Baby Sitter
    E22
    The Baby SitterA mentally-ill woman abducts the infant she is babysitting, and Erskine and Rhodes track her across several states. The FBI agents must figure out the kidnapper's motivations and why the date of April 2 is so significant to her.
  • Flight to Harbin
    E23
    Flight to HarbinCase file #164-4391-K - Charles Wallace King - Alias Ernest C. Putnam - Crime Aboard Aircraft - Piracy - Attempted Murder. Inspector Erskine must save the lives of airline passengers aboard a flying prison of terror.
  • The Man Who Went Mad by Mistake
    E24
    The Man Who Went Mad by MistakeChicago businessman Mark Tabor, who has ties to organized crime, is about to go on trial for fraud. Tabor narrowly escapes a hit attempt and is on the run. He is about to be cornered. He has himself committed to an asylum. Erskine poses as a patient to prove that Tabor is faking.
  • The Divided Man
    E25
    The Divided ManRoger Leroy Mason, 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.
  • The Defector (1)
    E26
    The Defector (1)Case file #65-22317-H - The Holman Defection - Espionage. The F.B.I. seeks to protect the life of an Eastern European cryptographer who defects to the United States.
  • The Defector (2)
    E27
    The Defector (2)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 life of an Eastern European defector to the U.S.
  • The Tormentors
    E28
    The TormentorsCase file #7-4929-D - Logan Clyde Dupree, John Carl Brock, Anita James - Kidnapping. A desperate father jeopardizes the life of his kidnapped son when he defies F.B.I. warnings to keep the story out of the media.
  • The Animal
    E29
    The AnimalCase file #76-2947-C - Earl Clayton, Roy Joe Spencer, et al. - Escaped Federal Prisoners, Killing a Federal Officer.
  • The Plunderers
    E30
    The PlunderersCase file #91-62290-H - King Hogan, Frank Donald Collins, Otto Hans Breese, Edward Ralph Richards - Bank Robbery, Murder. The F.B.I. leads a search for bank robbers who did not take enough money.
  • The Bomb That Walked Like a Man
    E31
    The Bomb That Walked Like a ManDale Hillman 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 (it's implied it's a neo-Nazi organization, but this specific term isn't used). Erskine infiltrates the group to get the evidence needed to put Hillman away for good.
  • The Hiding Place
    E32
    The Hiding PlaceErskine 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.

Cast of Season 1

  • Efrem Zimbalist Jr.Lewis Erskine
  • Philip AbbottArthur Ward
  • Marvin MillerNarrator (uncredited)
  • William ReynoldsSpecial Agent Tom Colby
  • Lynn LoringBarbara Erskine
  • Shelly NovackAgente especial Chris Daniels
  • Stephen BrooksAgente especial Jim Rhodes
  • Quinn MartinProducer
  • Charles LarsonProducer

 

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