Season 3 (1967)

Episodes: 27

Star Cast: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. , Philip Abbott , Marvin Miller , William Reynolds ,

Episodes List

Ep.1 The Gold Card

Air Date: 1967-09-17

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 member who has been skimming off the top. But the killing was done without a vote from the Cosa Nostra's "commission." Complicating the situation: Nichols has taken possession of "the book," a list of codes necessary to the running of the gambling operation. The FBI learns through an informant that Nichols may be participating in a high-stakes poker game. Erskine recruits Doc Cameron, once a successful gambler who was nearly killed by the mob. Cameron also has been invited to the poker game and Erskine goes undercover as Cameron's "silent partner." The Cosa Nostra's commission, meanwhile, decides to hire hit men who will murder everyone at the poker game and make a grab for "the book."

Ep.2 Counter-Stroke

Air Date: 1967-09-24

Ep.3 Blood Verdict

Air Date: 1967-10-08

Ep.4 Traitor

Air Date: 1967-10-15

Inspector Lew Erskine posing as a communist courier, uncovers a plot to steal top secret missle data.

Ep.5 By Force and Violence (1)

Air Date: 1967-10-22

Inspector Lew Erskine connects the kidnapping of a teenage boy to a multi-million dollar heist planned by his long lost father.

Ep.6 By Force and Violence (2)

Air Date: 1967-10-29

Trailing the kidnappers of a teenage boy, Inspector Erskine uncovers plans for a $3,000,000 robbery by the boys father.

Ep.7 A Sleeper Wakes

Air Date: 1967-11-05

Ep.8 Overload

Air Date: 1967-11-12

Ep.9 Line of Fire

Air Date: 1967-11-26

Ep.10 Blueprint for Betrayal

Air Date: 1967-12-03

Ep.11 False Witness

Air Date: 1967-12-10

Ep.12 The Legend of John Rim

Air Date: 1967-12-31

Case: John Rim, Escaped Federal Prisoner, Unlawful Interstate Flight to avoid confinement, murder. Quick sand, an alligator infested swamp, and a viscious backwood's town protect an escaped killer being sought by the F.B.I.

Ep.13 The Dynasty

Air Date: 1968-01-07

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.

Ep.14 The Daughter

Air Date: 1968-01-14

A long-lost daughter helps the F.B.I. unmask a communist spy who has taken the identity of a dead American.

Ep.15 Act of Violence

Air Date: 1968-01-21

Two murders, ten years apart, are linked by Inspector Erskine, giving him clues to solving both.

Ep.16 Crisis Ground

Air Date: 1968-01-28

An unsolved homicide ignites into a riot a town's hatred for a nearby job training camp.

Ep.17 Ring of Steel

Air Date: 1968-02-04

The unexplained death of a race car driverplaces Inspector Erskine on the trail of a stolen car ring.

Ep.18 The Homecoming

Air Date: 1968-02-11

A scientist who defected from an Iron Curtain country returns to New York in secret and Assistant Director Arthur Ward personally handles the case.

Ep.19 The Phone Call

Air Date: 1968-02-18

The husband, an Army sergeant, had just returned from service in Viet Nam. He found his wife had died under mysterious circumstances the night before his return.