The F.B.I. - Season 8
1 - The Runner
Air Date: September 17, 1972
Inspector Erskine trails an Escaped Federal Prisoner who abducted a young girl and vanishes into the Oregon Wilderness.
2 - The Edge of Desperation
Air Date: September 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 New York City.
3 - The Fatal Showdown
Air Date: October 1, 1972
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
Air Date: October 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investigates a con game that was perpetrated Christine Minton and her boyfriend, The pair set out to sell forged historical documents to an amateur historian.
5 - The Gopher
Air Date: October 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.
6 - End of a Nightmare
Air Date: October 22, 1972
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
Air Date: October 29, 1972
Inspector Erskine and Agent Colby go after an unemployed aerospace engineer who turns to crime.
8 - A Game of Chess
Air Date: November 5, 1972
9 - The Wizard
Air Date: November 12, 1972
10 - The Loner
Air Date: November 19, 1972
11 - Canyon Of No Return
Air Date: November 26, 1972
12 - Holiday With Terror
Air Date: December 3, 1972
Kidnapping with a twist in ""Holiday with Terror"". The naive victim believes she's on a weekend vacation. (60 mins)
13 - The Jug Marker
Air Date: December 10, 1972
14 - The Outcast
Air Date: December 17, 1972
15 - Dark Christmas
Air Date: December 24, 1972
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
Air Date: January 7, 1973
17 - A Gathering Of Sharks
Air Date: January 14, 1973
18 - The Disinherited
Air Date: January 21, 1973
19 - Desperate Journey
Air Date: January 28, 1973
20 - The Double Play
Air Date: February 4, 1973
21 - The Wedding Gift
Air Date: February 11, 1973
22 - The Detonator
Air Date: February 25, 1973
23 - Sweet Evil
Air Date: March 4, 1973
24 - Memory of a Legend
Air Date: March 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 follow in his footsteps.
25 - Night of the Long Knives
Air Date: March 25, 1973
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
Air Date: April 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.