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Hoping to squeeze money out of his father Gar Shelton (Carl Betz), embittered teenager Terry Shelton (Jeff Bridges fakes his own kidnapping. Inevitably, Terry's scheme backfires when one of his accomplices decides to play for keeps. Meanwhile, Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) has troubles of his own with the elder Shelton, who stubbornly insists upon handling the ransom drop without the help of the FBI--thereby ending up in the kidnappers' clutches as well. First networkcast on October 5, 1969, this episode originally ended as star Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) explained the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, and also the described the inner workings of the National Crime Information Center.