The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.: Season 8

Air Date

September 17, 1972

Episodes

26 episodes

The F.B.I.

Season 8

Episodes

1. The Runner

September 17, 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

September 24, 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

October 1, 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

October 8, 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investigates a con game that was perpetrated Christine Minton and her boyfriend, The pair set out to sell forged historical documents to an amateur historian.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

October 15, 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.

End of a Nightmare

6. End of a Nightmare

October 22, 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

October 29, 1972
60 min

Inspector Erskine and Agent Colby go after an unemployed aerospace engineer who turns to crime.

8. A Game of Chess

November 5, 1972
60 min

9. The Wizard

November 12, 1972
60 min

10. The Loner

November 19, 1972
60 min

11. Canyon Of No Return

November 26, 1972
60 min

12. Holiday With Terror

December 3, 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

December 10, 1972
60 min

14. The Outcast

December 17, 1972
60 min

15. Dark Christmas

December 24, 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

January 7, 1973
60 min

17. A Gathering Of Sharks

January 14, 1973
60 min

18. The Disinherited

January 21, 1973
60 min

19. Desperate Journey

January 28, 1973
60 min

20. The Double Play

February 4, 1973
60 min

21. The Wedding Gift

February 11, 1973
60 min

22. The Detonator

February 25, 1973
60 min

23. Sweet Evil

March 4, 1973
60 min

24. Memory of a Legend

March 11, 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

March 25, 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

April 1, 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.