The F.B.I.: Season 9
Season 9 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 8.
- 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
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The Big Job
Sep 16, 1973 · 60 min
As carefully planned and perfectly executed as a military maneuver, the robbery of an armored-car firm nets a trio of slick bandits more than $4,000.000.
The Confession
Sep 30, 1973 · 60 min
A nasty nightclub entertainer whose selfishness may end her daughter's life. The girl has been kidnapped by her mother's manager, who's out for a special brand of ransom - revenge.
Break-In
Oct 7, 1973 · 60 min
An escaped convict and his family work together on a bank robbery worth millions.
The Pay-off
Oct 14, 1973 · 60 min
A syndicate pay off can help start a new life - maybe. A bribed eyewitness doesn't know that the mob has decided he'd be more trustworthy - dead.
The Exchange
Oct 21, 1973 · 60 min
The trail of one crime leads to another as the agents try to crack a race track robbery. They catch the inside man red-handed; only to learn he was forced to help or the mastermind
Tower of Terror
Oct 28, 1973 · 60 min
A mouse of a man avenging a lifetime of scorn has forced the Feds into a race with the clock. He said he has planted a bomb in a high-rise office building, but neglected to mention
Fatal Reunion
Nov 4, 1973 · 60 min
A homesick bank robber visits his home town for the first time in 10 years. The townsfolk are not aware of his profession or the fact that the FBI is after him for the job he just
Rules of the Game
Nov 18, 1973 · 60 min
A mobster's son attempts to murder a government witness.
Fool's Gold
Nov 25, 1973 · 60 min
A reformed ex-con is forced to return to crime by his fugitive former cellmate.
The Killing Truth
Dec 9, 1973 · 60 min
A Federal judge is being hunted by the son of a man he sent to prison for treason.
The Bought Jury
Dec 16, 1973 · 60 min
A mistrial is arranged by the defendant's would-be killers. His syndicate partners want to silence him permanently before he reaches the security of prison.
Ransom
Dec 30, 1973 · 60 min
A jealous stepdaughter turns her kidnapping to her own spiteful advantage by asking her abductors to increase the ransom.
A Piece of the Action
Jan 6, 1974 · 60 min
Two brothers who own a trucking firm have discovered a short cut to prosperity. They help the syndicate hijack competitors' trucks in return for a share of the booty.
Selkirk's War
Jan 27, 1974 · 60 min
An embittered ex-Army officer has a secret battle plan for getting revenge on the Army.
The Betrayal
Feb 3, 1974 · 60 min
After a lifetime of neglecting his daughter, an escaped convict decides to give her financial security by selling information about the mob.
The Animal
Feb 17, 1974 · 60 min
In New Mexico, Erskine and Rhodes track five escaped convicts, one of whom brutally murdered two law officers.
The Two Million Dollar Hit
Feb 24, 1974 · 60 min
A gang of thieves is double-crossed by a fence when things turn ugly.
Diamond Run
Mar 10, 1974 · 60 min
A blind young mother is the hostage of a fugitive amateur diamond smuggler. He's desperately trying to find a buyer for the gems, while he runs from both the Feds and a deadly priv
Deadly Ambition
Mar 17, 1974 · 60 min
An obnoxious young hoodlum is more cocky than usual after pulling the biggest robbery of his life. With the aid of explosives he stole from the National Guard, he and some friends
The Lost Man
Mar 24, 1974 · 60 min
A journalist is the quarry of an escaped Federal prisoner who was sentenced for blackmail they both committed. The con was willing to take the rap by himself - until he learned tha
The Vendetta
Apr 7, 1974 · 60 min
A mobster who had fled the country has learned that his girlfriend has betrayed him causing his brother's death. going on revenge, Inspector Erskine hunts him down, hoping to avoid
Confessions of a Madman
Apr 14, 1974 · 60 min
The agents look for a psychotic killer whose victims are all from of the same college sorority.
Survival
Apr 28, 1974 · 60 min
The capture of an escaped convict in the wilderness is doubly complicated by a critical injury to Erskine's partner.