The F.B.I.
Tug-of-War
TV Flash files “Tug-of-War” as hour 130 of 241 in the TV Flash guide — The F.B.I. (1965–1974) on ABC, season 5, episode 16, aired 1969-12-28, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E16: listed hour 130 of 241 in the The F.B.I. guide, hour 16 of 26 in season 5. It aired 1969-12-28 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Doll Courier” (S05E15). Next is “Fatal Impostor” (S05E17).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Tug-of-War sit in the The F.B.I. guide?
S05E16 is listed hour 130 of 241 — hour 16 of 26 in season 5, season 5 episode 16.
When did The F.B.I. S05E16 air?
Tug-of-War aired 1969-12-28 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.
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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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- Philip Abbott as Arthur Ward
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- William Reynolds as Special Agent Tom Colby
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