8x2 - The Edge of Desperation

September 24, 1972

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.

8x3 - The Fatal Showdown

October 1, 1972

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

8x4 - The Franklin Papers

October 8, 1972

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investigates a con game that was perpetrated Christine Minton and her boyfriend, The pair set out to sell forged historical documents to an amateur historian.

8x5 - The Gopher

October 15, 1972

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

8x6 - End of a Nightmare

October 22, 1972

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

8x7 - The Engineer

October 29, 1972

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

8x8 - A Game of Chess

November 5, 1972

8x9 - The Wizard

November 12, 1972

8x10 - The Loner

November 19, 1972

8x11 - Canyon Of No Return

November 26, 1972

8x12 - Holiday With Terror

December 3, 1972

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

8x13 - The Jug Marker

December 10, 1972

8x14 - The Outcast

December 17, 1972

8x15 - Dark Christmas

December 24, 1972

8x16 - The Rap Taker

January 7, 1973

8x17 - A Gathering Of Sharks

January 14, 1973

8x18 - The Disinherited

January 21, 1973

8x19 - Desperate Journey

January 28, 1973

8x20 - The Double Play

February 4, 1973

8x21 - The Wedding Gift

February 11, 1973

8x22 - The Detonator

February 25, 1973

8x23 - Sweet Evil

March 4, 1973

8x24 - Memory of a Legend

March 11, 1973

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.

8x25 - Night of the Long Knives

March 25, 1973

Suspecting assassinations in the Mafia are being planned, Inspector Erskine goes undercover as a caterer at the wedding of a mob bosses daughter.

8x26 - The Loper Gambit

April 1, 1973

Inspector Lew Erskine's attempt to capture the kidnappers of the son of a wealthy land developer without endangering the life of the victim.