The F.B.I.
Anatomy of a Prison Break
TV Flash files “Anatomy of a Prison Break” as hour 42 of 241 in the TV Flash guide — The F.B.I. (1965–1974) on ABC, season 2, episode 10, aired 1966-11-27, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E10: listed hour 42 of 241 in the The F.B.I. guide, hour 10 of 29 in season 2. It aired 1966-11-27 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Vendetta” (S02E09). Next is “The Contaminator” (S02E11).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Anatomy of a Prison Break sit in the The F.B.I. guide?
S02E10 is listed hour 42 of 241 — hour 10 of 29 in season 2, season 2 episode 10.
When did The F.B.I. S02E10 air?
Anatomy of a Prison Break aired 1966-11-27 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Zimbalist's Erskine on a federal manhunt hour is the polish: Quinn Martin case-file cool, Bureau-inspired plotting. Weekly Most Wanted energy, not a serialized mole hunt you must enter at episode one.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The F.B.I. is Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Inspector Erskine, case-file cool with the Bureau's cooperation — and J. Edgar Hoover's shadow in the production lore. Quinn Martin packaged Most Wanted energy as weekly procedural myth. Mid-sixties crime TV as official branding: federal polish, nationwide manhunts, and a series that treated the badge as drama engine and public-relations campaign.
The silhouette is a badge with a handshake. *Federal polish, Most Wanted energy, case-file cool as official branding.* The F.B.I. is Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Inspector Lewis Erskine — Quinn Martin's ABC drama (1965–1974; nine seasons, 241 episodes) packaged with the Bureau's cooperation, and J. Edgar Hoover's shadow in the production lore. Philip Abbott's Arthur Ward and William Reynolds's Tom Colby in the orbit. Dramatized cases inspired by Bureau files, spies to bank robbers. **This was not a private-eye bruise;…
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- Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Inspector Lewis Erskine
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- Philip Abbott as Arthur Ward
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- William Reynolds as Special Agent Tom Colby
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