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investigates a con game that was perpetrated Christine Minton and her boyfriend, The pair set out to sell forged historical documents to an amateur historian.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

Ep.25 Night of the Long Knives
Air Date: 1973-03-25
Suspecting assassinations in the Mafia are being planned, Inspector Erskine goes undercover as a caterer at the wedding of a mob bosses daughter.

Ep.26 The Loper Gambit
Air Date: 1973-04-01
Inspector Lew Erskine's attempt to capture the kidnappers of the son of a wealthy land developer without endangering the life of the victim.