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The F.B.I.: Season 7

26 episodes Premiered Sep 12, 1971 Updated Sep 30, 2026
Previously on The F.B.I.

Season 7 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 6.
  • ⚡ 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.
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Season 7 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 7: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (22): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S7·E1 Mytharc

Death on Sunday

Sep 12, 1971 · 60 min

Case: Irwin Lynch, Zach Parker - Extortion. Victim: Paul Talbot.

S7·E2 Core

Recurring Nightmare

Sep 19, 1971 · 60 min

Case: Dale Fisher, Graham Newcomb, Gwendolyn Rankin. Victim: Kidnapping.

S7·E3 Mytharc

The Last Job

Sep 26, 1971 · 60 min

Case: Michael 'Doc' Lacy, Jerrold Rivers - Unlawful Flight to Avoid Confinement, Armed Robbery, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle. The FBI hunts down a criminal ma

S7·E4 Core

The Deadly Gift

Oct 3, 1971 · 60 min

Case: Charles Ridgeway, Julie Rhodes - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property.

S7·E5 Core

Dynasty of Hate

Oct 10, 1971 · 60 min

Case: Lee Everett Chard - Kidnapping; James Faron - Victim.

S7·E6 Core

The Mastermind (1)

Oct 17, 1971 · 60 min

Case: Curtis Breer, Howard Douglas Rademaker, Clenard Massey, Lewis Lyle Chernik - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Interstate Transportation of a Stolen Motor Vehicle

S7·E7 Core

The Mastermind (2)

Oct 24, 1971 · 60 min

Case: Curtis Breer, Howard Douglas Rademaker, Clenard Massey, Lewis Lyle Chernick-Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle.

S7·E8 Core

The Watch-Dog

Oct 31, 1971 · 60 min

Case: Luther Shawn, Damian Hoowards, Ralph Kurland and Kate Waller - Espionage.

S7·E9 Core

The Game of Terror

Nov 7, 1971 · 60 min

Case: John ""Chill"" Chilton, Bryan Welles - Extortion.

S7·E11 Core

Superstition Rock

Nov 28, 1971 · 60 min

Case: Arlen Parent - Assasult on a Federal Officer. George Harris - Victim.

S7·E12 Core

The Minerva Tapes

Dec 5, 1971 · 60 min

Inspector Erskine Infiltrates an espionage ring and is caught in the cross-fire. Louis Jourdan guest stars.

S7·E13 Core

Bitter Harbor

Dec 12, 1971 · 60 min

Inspector Erskine and Agent Colby go undercover to fight mob corruption in the dock workers union.

S7·E15 Core

The Buyer

Jan 2, 1972 · 60 min

Case: Maynard Gage, Lou Forrester, Connie Sherill et al - Theft from Interstate Shipment.

S7·E16 Core

A Second Life

Jan 9, 1972 · 60 min

Case: Steve Elliot Chandler - Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicle, Attempted Murder. A contract killer is being pursued by the mob after botching up a job.

S7·E17 Core

The Break-Up

Jan 16, 1972 · 60 min

An ex-convict wanting to go straight is persuaded by his girlfriend to pull one more bank robbery.

S7·E18 Core

Judas Goat

Jan 23, 1972 · 60 min

A young singer on his way to stardom has his recording contract taken over by a mob loan shark.

S7·E20 Core

Arrangement With Terror

Feb 6, 1972 · 60 min

The F.B.I. learns that organized crime is involved in the theft of securities from a brokerage firm.

S7·E21 Core

The Set-Up

Feb 13, 1972 · 60 min

While Inspector Erskine and Agent Rhodes pursues Larry Kulhane and his gang for bank robbery, he plans to rob and kill a wealthy aristocrat Adryth Nolan.

S7·E22 Core

The Test

Feb 20, 1972 · 60 min

Inspector Lew Erskine attempts to keep Paul Hale under survaillence as he sets out to pay the ransome for his father.

S7·E23 Core

The Corruptor

Feb 27, 1972 · 60 min

Inspector Lew Erskine pursues Dree Foster, who engages in a cross-country crime spree on his way to a secret destination.

S7·E24 Core

The Deadly Species

Mar 5, 1972 · 60 min

Case: Jean Scott, Bank Robbery. Jean Scott pulls one robbery after another to finance finding her eight-year old son and stealing him away from her ex-husband.

S7·E25 Mytharc

Dark Journey

Mar 12, 1972 · 60 min

Case: Jason Peale et al, securities fraud. Con man Jason Peale impersonates a famous ""invisible"" tycoon to sell stock in a bogus company.

S7·E26 Mytharc

Escape to Nowhere

Mar 19, 1972 · 60 min

Case:Mark Drugman, Escaped Federal Prisoner, Unlawful Interstate Flight to avoid confinement. The F.B.I. pursues escaped convict Mike Drugan, learns that crime boss Nelson Wayland

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