The F.B.I.: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The F.B.I. Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
The Gold Card
Sep 17, 1967
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.
Traitor
Oct 15, 1967
Inspector Lew Erskine posing as a communist courier, uncovers a plot to steal top secret missle data.
By Force and Violence (1)
Oct 22, 1967
Inspector Lew Erskine connects the kidnapping of a teenage boy to a multi-million dollar heist planned by his long lost father.
By Force and Violence (2)
Oct 29, 1967
Trailing the kidnappers of a teenage boy, Inspector Erskine uncovers plans for a $3,000,000 robbery by the boys father.
The Legend of John Rim
Dec 31, 1967
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
The Dynasty
Jan 7, 1968
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.
The Daughter
Jan 14, 1968
A long-lost daughter helps the F.B.I. unmask a communist spy who has taken the identity of a dead American.
Act of Violence
Jan 21, 1968
Two murders, ten years apart, are linked by Inspector Erskine, giving him clues to solving both.
Crisis Ground
Jan 28, 1968
An unsolved homicide ignites into a riot a town's hatred for a nearby job training camp.
Ring of Steel
Feb 4, 1968
The unexplained death of a race car driverplaces Inspector Erskine on the trail of a stolen car ring.
The Homecoming
Feb 11, 1968
A scientist who defected from an Iron Curtain country returns to New York in secret and Assistant Director Arthur Ward personally handles the case.
The Phone Call
Feb 18, 1968
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.
Region of Peril
Feb 25, 1968
Inspector Lew Erskine send a secret radio message to a kidnapped woman to aid her rescue
Southwind
Mar 3, 1968
The F.B.I and a mob hitman both try to catch up with a bank embezzler who has fled to the caribean.
The Ninth Man
Mar 24, 1968
The F.B.I. hunts down a $2,000,000 treasure and the armoured car robbers who buried their ill-gotten loot.
The Mechanized Accomplice
Mar 31, 1968
Inspector Erskine races a time bomb for the life of a kidnapped youth.
The Predators
Apr 7, 1968
Inspector Lew Erskine holds off at gun point the crew of a cruise ship.
The Tunnel
Apr 21, 1968
The FBI goes after bank robbers who use a tunnel to penetrate the vault.
The Mercenary
Apr 28, 1968
Inspector Lew Erskine uncovers a communist spy ring whose pretty wife is the lure in blackmailing top secret information.