Season 8 (1972)

Episodes: 26

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

Episodes List

Ep.1 The Runner

Air Date: 1972-09-17

Inspector Erskine trails an Escaped Federal Prisoner who abducted a young girl and vanishes into the Oregon Wilderness.

Ep.2 The Edge of Desperation

Air Date: 1972-09-24

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.

Ep.3 The Fatal Showdown

Air Date: 1972-10-01

Inspector Lew Erskine pursues Ken Meed's gang after the robbery of a valuable statue from a New York City art auction.

Ep.4 The Franklin Papers

Air Date: 1972-10-08

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investigates a con game that was perpetrated Christine Minton and her boyfriend, The pair set out to sell forged historical documents to an amateur historian.

Ep.5 The Gopher

Air Date: 1972-10-15

To crack a loan sharking operation, Inspector Lew Erskine sets out to find the man who stole the organizations book of borrowers' name.

Ep.6 End of a Nightmare

Air Date: 1972-10-22

The case is to catch an escaped convict before he takes revenge on the persons responsible for the annulment of his marriage.

Ep.7 The Engineer

Air Date: 1972-10-29

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

Ep.8 A Game of Chess

Air Date: 1972-11-05

Ep.9 The Wizard

Air Date: 1972-11-12

Ep.10 The Loner

Air Date: 1972-11-19

Ep.11 Canyon Of No Return

Air Date: 1972-11-26

Ep.12 Holiday With Terror

Air Date: 1972-12-03

Kidnapping with a twist in ""Holiday with Terror"". The naive victim believes she's on a weekend vacation. (60 mins)

Ep.13 The Jug Marker

Air Date: 1972-12-10

Ep.14 The Outcast

Air Date: 1972-12-17

Ep.15 Dark Christmas

Air Date: 1972-12-24

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.

Ep.16 The Rap Taker

Air Date: 1973-01-07

Ep.17 A Gathering Of Sharks

Air Date: 1973-01-14

Ep.18 The Disinherited

Air Date: 1973-01-21

Ep.19 Desperate Journey

Air Date: 1973-01-28

Ep.20 The Double Play

Air Date: 1973-02-04

Ep.21 The Wedding Gift

Air Date: 1973-02-11

Ep.22 The Detonator

Air Date: 1973-02-25

Ep.23 Sweet Evil

Air Date: 1973-03-04

Ep.24 Memory of a Legend

Air Date: 1973-03-11

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.