The BEST episodes of The First 48 season 21
Every episode of The First 48 season 21, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The First 48 season 21!
Follows detectives during the hours immediately following a homicide.
#3 - Fateful Date
Season 21 - Episode 42 - Aired 2/20/2020
When a shy mechanic is found shot dead outside a notorious apartment complex far from home, Detective Max Ryden needs to discover what brought him there. (This episode is also known as Deadly Kiss.)
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Late Night Ambush/Fire and Fury
Season 21 - Episode 46 - Aired 3/19/2020
In Tulsa, Okla., a father is gunned down in a parking lot by a killer lying in wait; in Mobile, Ala., an elderly man dies from a suspicious fire in his apartment.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Life Interrupted/Lucifer
Season 21 - Episode 47 - Aired 3/26/2020
In Atlanta, a young man comes home for lunch and winds up murdered when he catches a brazen thief in the act; an ongoing feud between two gang members in Tulsa, Okla., leads to a fateful encounter.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Jackpot
Season 21 - Episode 48 - Aired 4/2/2020
When a man is found shot dead in his driveway, an abandoned truck leads Tulsa Homicide to several potential suspects, but not everything is as it seems.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Bridge of Lies
Season 21 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/30/2020
In Tulsa, Okla., a homeless man is beaten and stabbed to death, leading detectives to witnesses that live under the bridge where he was discovered.
Watch Now:Apple TV#9 - Inside the Tape Special #9
Season 21 - Episode 72 - Aired 2/25/2021
In KCK, when a body is discovered on a bridge, catching the killer depends on finding the crime scene; in Atlanta, surveillance footage shows a man carrying a box before he is shot; in Mobile, a bleeding father is found by his friends.
#10 - Cover Story
Season 21 - Episode 62 - Aired 11/5/2020
A man in Tulsa calls 911 claiming his girlfriend shot and killed herself, but detectives discover evidence suggesting foul play.
#11 - Thick as Thieves
Season 21 - Episode 76 - Aired 4/1/2021
In Mobile, Detective Jermaine Rogers hunts for multiple perpetrators of a home invasion that left two dead.
#12 - Death in the Family/Love Lost
Season 21 - Episode 70 - Aired 2/4/2021
In Tulsa, a woman is found dumped in a hospital parking lot after someone she trusts crosses the line. Then, in Mobile, a jealous rage leaves a father of nine dead and threatens to tear his family apart.
#13 - Easy Mark
Season 21 - Episode 40 - Aired 2/11/2021
In Tulsa, Okla., detectives investigate the murder of a man with a troubled past, and they uncover a sinister plot.
#14 - For Love and Honor/Dark Side of Love
Season 21 - Episode 71 - Aired 2/18/2021
In Tulsa, Okla., a young man stands up for his girlfriend and pays the ultimate price; a man is gunned down in front of his girlfriend after someone from her past goes over the edge.
#15 - The Price of Kindness/The Woman at the Door
Season 21 - Episode 69 - Aired 1/28/2021
Tulsa homicide detectives must find a possible victim by getting her killer to lead the way; a young Mobile man is found shot in a car minutes after another man gets ambushed.
#16 - What About Me/Last Round
Season 21 - Episode 68 - Aired 1/21/2021
In Tulsa, a mother of five is killed after a roadside argument spins out of control; in Mobile, a security guard tries to keep the peace and ends up brutally murdered.
#17 - The Code
Season 21 - Episode 67 - Aired 1/14/2021
Tulsa detectives investigate the Neighborhood Crips to solve the murder of a young man trying to leave the gang.
#18 - Truly Lost
Season 21 - Episode 66 - Aired 1/7/2021
When two young men are shot and killed in a car, Gwinnett County Homicide turns to the survivors to learn the truth about what led to the shooting.
#19 - Childhood Friend/Magic Bullet
Season 21 - Episode 65 - Aired 12/3/2020
In St. Louis, a man is shot in his apartment with only his girlfriend with him, but she claims she had nothing to do with it. In Tulsa, detectives need a childhood friend of the victim to tell the truth about the shooting in front of her home.
#20 - Out of the Darkness
Season 21 - Episode 86 - Aired 8/26/2021
In Tulsa, two families devastated by domestic violence look to detectives to find justice for their loved ones.
#21 - Vengeance/Paid in Full
Season 21 - Episode 73 - Aired 3/11/2021
In Tulsa, a quadruple shooting leaves two people dead as a vigilante seeks payback for his house being targeted in a drive-by shooting; in Mobile, a man is shot in front of his fiancee as a dispute over money takes a deadly turn.
#22 - Close to Home (AKA Killing Cousins)
Season 21 - Episode 74 - Aired 3/18/2021
In Tulsa, Okla., a father of three is gunned down after an argument, and the instincts of veteran detective Jason White are put to the test. (This episode is also known as "Killing Cousins" and uses that title in the episode title cards.)
#23 - The Devil You Know
Season 21 - Episode 75 - Aired 3/25/2021
Mobile Homicide tracks a killer who shot a man in his home, but they learn not everything is what it seems.
#24 - End Game
Season 21 - Episode 77 - Aired 4/8/2021
In Mobile, a professor of economics is found shot dead outside his bedroom door when he doesn't show up for class.
#25 - Bad Cinderella
Season 21 - Episode 78 - Aired 4/15/2021
A father of four is gunned down while defending his girlfriend during a brutal home invasion.