The BEST episodes of The First 48 season 13

Every episode of The First 48 season 13, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The First 48 season 13!

Follows detectives during the hours immediately following a homicide.

Last Updated: 10/6/2024Network: A&EStatus: Continuing
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8.40
86 votes

#1 - Best Laid Plans/Burned Alive

Season 13 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/30/2013

In Cleveland, when a teenager is shot down in the street, detectives discover his best friends may have something to do with the murder. In Harris County, a young woman set on fire clings to life as deputies race to find who left her for dead.

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8.34
82 votes

#2 - Wild Ride

Season 13 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/4/2013

Cleveland homicide detectives follow a bizarre trail of evidence in the case of a father of five who was stabbed over 50 times.

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8.33
72 votes

#3 - Easy Money/Ambushed

Season 13 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/11/2013

In Dallas a young father is shot in the back, but no one wants to talk. Then in Cleveland a brazen corner store stickup leaves an innocent clerk dead

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8.20
70 votes

#4 - Nightmare in Greedy Grove/Good Man Down

Season 13 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/6/2012

A drive-by shooting in Dallas leads to the death of an innocent bystander; a young Cleveland father is killed as he attempts to break up a fight.

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8.12
90 votes

#5 - Into the Graveyard

Season 13 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/25/2013

In Miami, a family is shattered when two teenage brothers are gunned down in their own backyard. Two surviving friends point Detective TC Cepero and his team in the direction of two desperate and dangerous gunmen on the run. But Cepero will need the community's help to get the brazen killers off the street.

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7.89
35 votes

#6 - Strapped/The Killers Next Door

Season 13 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/20/2012

A teen is killed in Miami; two college students are robbed and shot while walking their dog in Cleveland.

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7.87
63 votes

#7 - Desperate Moves

Season 13 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/28/2013

Dallas detectives launch a manhunt for the person who gunned down an innocent man in his car.

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7.79
90 votes

#8 - The Girl Who Knew Too Much/The Guardian

Season 13 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/2/2013

In Dallas, an unidentified girl is found brutally shot in a field. Detectives Scott Sayers and Esteban Montenegro discover that she may have been killed for her silence. Then in Cleveland, a young father is shot in the head trying to break up a fight. Without any leads, Detectives Ignatius Sowa and Raymond Diaz must rely on an outraged community to help track down his killers.

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7.78
102 votes

#9 - Uncommon Valor

Season 13 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/18/2013

In Dallas, when a good Samaritan is gunned down trying to protect his friends, detectives must unravel a tangled web of bad tips and lies in their hunt for the killer.

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7.53
68 votes

#10 - Birthday Girl

Season 13 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/7/2013

A 14-year-old Cleveland girl dies at her own birthday party when gunmen fire on a crowd; homicide detectives race to track down multiple shooters in the crime.

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7.52
62 votes

#11 - Killer Debt/House of Rage

Season 13 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/29/2012

In Miami, a man is gunned down on a quiet city sidewalk. A mysterious car leads detectives on the trail of a suspect with a violent past. Then in Cleveland, a young mother of five is found shot in her apartment. With no witnesses, detectives turn to her outraged community for help.

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7.44
70 votes

#12 - The House Next Door/The Showdown

Season 13 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/13/2012

A Miami man is stabbed to death and dumped in an empty lot; a young father is the victim of a turf war.

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7.43
89 votes

#13 - New Year's Terror/Deadly Friends

Season 13 - Episode 17 - Aired 6/6/2013

In Cleveland a man is gunned down defending his home on New Year's Eve. With no eyewitnesses, Det. Melvin Smith must rely on DNA evidence to track down the killers. And in Broward County, Florida, when an elderly man is found dead in his apartment, Det. John Curcio's hunt for the suspects leads to a surprising discovery.

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7.40
62 votes

#14 - The Cover Up/Bad Seed

Season 13 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/9/2013

Police detectives search for an elusive killer who shot a man in a Cleveland courtyard; a 72-year-old grandmother is beaten to death in her Dallas home.

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7.35
63 votes

#15 - Deadly Obsession/The Killer You Know

Season 13 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/14/2013

Police detectives conduct a three-state manhunt as they investigate the slaying of a young Dallas couple; a Cleveland man is found shot to death in his own backyard.

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7.21
47 votes

#16 - Hot Ride/Debt Collector

Season 13 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/21/2013

A violent carjacking leads to the murder of a young father; a Miami musician is shot down in the street.

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6.98
60 votes

#17 - Fatal Call

Season 13 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/15/2012

Dallas homicide detectives call upon the community for help when a man is shot to death in an apartment complex.

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