The BEST episodes of The First 48 season 20
Every episode of The First 48 season 20, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The First 48 season 20!
Follows detectives during the hours immediately following a homicide.
#1 - Blunt Force/Random Acts
Season 20 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/9/2019
In Tulsa, a random shooter reveals startling new information on a cold case. In Mobile, a 70-year-old Vietnam vet is found beaten to death in his home where detectives discover cryptic threatening letters.
#2 - Crossroads
Season 20 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/16/2019
In Tulsa, Okla., detectives suspect a random roadside encounter when they find an unidentified cyclist gunned down in the middle of an intersection outside the airport.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - After Hours/The Cutting Edge
Season 20 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/28/2019
In Atlanta, a stranger guns down a new father in a parking lot; in Georgia's Gwinnett County, a man is stabbed more than 20 times when someone he trusts turns against him.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Rise Up/Somebody's Friend
Season 20 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/21/2019
In Atlanta, a woman is found dead in a garbage can and a young man is ambushed by neighborhood bullies.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - The Visitor
Season 20 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/21/2019
After his mother reports him missing, an Atlanta man is found dead, naked and shot twice in his bedroom.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Spree Killer
Season 20 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2019
When a potential spree killer targets the most vulnerable in Tulsa, Okla., Detective Max Ryden must stop the murderer before he kills again.
Watch Now:Apple TV#7 - A Bad Run-In/Inferno
Season 20 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/24/2019
In Tulsa, Okla., a barrage of gunfire kills a man while he's sitting in his car, with his 2-year-old daughter in the back seat; an elderly Atlanta man is burned alive in a building fire suspected to be arson.
#8 - Young Guns
Season 20 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/18/2019
An innocent bystander is shot to death while trying to protect a young woman, so a team of detectives begin a new investigation to locate a shooter and bring him into custody before any additional casualties can take place.
#9 - Buried Secrets
Season 20 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/14/2019
In Mobile, Ala., a 68-year-old woman goes missing after checking into a casino where she had lost millions.
#10 - The Grudge
Season 20 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/2019
In Mobile, Ala., a man who turned his life around is gunned down in cold blood; detectives need to know if his troubled past came back to haunt him.
#11 - Last Rap
Season 20 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/2019
When a young man is found executed in the street and a second victim is shot nearby, Tulsa detectives scramble to track down the dangerous gunman before he kills again.
#12 - Family First
Season 20 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/28/2019
When a young man goes missing in Tulsa, Okla., detectives must crack a family's code of silence in order to find him.
#13 - The Brotherhood/Lit Up
Season 20 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/11/2019
Detectives investigate a drive-by shooting with dozens of shots fired that left a young man dead at his girlfriend's house in Mobile, Ala.; in Tulsa, Okla., a man is found dead from a gunshot wound inside of a crashed vehicle along a highway.
#14 - Bloodlines/The Deadliest Sin
Season 20 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/7/2019
In Mobile, the murder of a 19-year old becomes personal when the team learns he is Det. Jermaine Rogers’ cousin. In Tulsa, a 31-year-old mother is gunned down in front of her home by an unlikely suspect.
#15 - Tracked
Season 20 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/25/2019
When a father of three is executed on his front porch, Gwinnett County Homicide discovers that those closest to him are hiding a dark secret.
#16 - Flashing Colors
Season 20 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/2019
In Gwinnett County, a teenager is gunned down outside a nightclub when he winds up at the center of a gang feud.
#17 - A Killer Fight/Do the Right Thing
Season 20 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/7/2019
In Mobile, a street fight escalates to a shooting that leaves a man dead on his front yard. In Tulsa, a drive-by shooting stemming from a gang feud claims the life of a 16-year-old girl, while her boyfriend clings to life.