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.
#1 - Carnage in the Streets
Season 21 - Episode 45 - Aired 3/12/2020
In Mobile, Ala., two young men are gunned down within the space of 12 hours, and clues point to a feud between rival cliques.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - 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#3 - Brothers Down
Season 21 - Episode 44 - Aired 3/5/2020
In Tulsa, Okla., two brothers are shot down after checking on their night cleaning crew; detectives struggle to find a motive before the killer strikes again.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Down a Dark Hallway
Season 21 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/2/2020
In Tulsa, Okla., detectives struggle to find a lead when a beloved grandfather is gunned down in his home.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - The Invader
Season 21 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/23/2020
In Tulsa, Okla., a father of three is gunned down in front of his family during a deadly crime spree; detectives race to track down his killer before anyone else gets hurt.
Watch Now:Apple TV#6 - 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.)
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - Devil's Trail
Season 21 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/6/2020
Tulsa, Okla., detectives have little to go on when they find the naked body of an unknown homeless woman who was raped, strangled to death and thrown into a dumpster.
Watch Now:Apple TV#10 - Taken
Season 21 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/2/2020
When a young man and his pregnant fiancée are executed after a failed ransom attempt, Atlanta Homicide will stop at nothing to identify the elusive suspect.
Watch Now:Apple TV#11 - Tricked/Rogue Gun
Season 21 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/9/2020
In Mobile, Ala., a 21-year-old woman is shot dead in her hotel room by a mysterious visitor; when a 42-year-old music producer is found riddled with bullets in his Gwinnett County apartment, clues point toward a madman on a shooting spree.
Watch Now:Apple TV#12 - Chain of Death
Season 21 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2020
To kick off the new season, an anniversary special will bring viewers along as detectives work to solve the murders of two women in Tulsa, Oklahoma who were gunned down in broad daylight. Commemorating 15 years on the air, the two-hour special will also include interviews with some of the most prominent homicide detectives featured in the series to-date as they look back on the some of the most memorable cases of their careers. A young mother and her best friend are gunned down in broad daylight, setting off a chain of events that Tulsa Homicide never could have imagined.
Watch Now:Apple TV#13 - The Breakup/No Good Deed
Season 21 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/13/2020
A young woman in Mobile is found dead behind an abandoned building, and detectives need her boyfriend to help solve the case. A young father's murder case sends Atlanta detectives to the Poconos Mountains in search of his killers.
Watch Now:Apple TV#14 - Deadly Triangle
Season 21 - Episode 51 - Aired 4/21/2020
In Georgia's Gwinnett County, a man is gunned down in the early morning on his front lawn, the engine of his truck still running behind him; Detective James Lawson unravels a tangled web of jealousy and betrayal in order to find his killer.
#15 - Snatched
Season 21 - Episode 53 - Aired 4/28/2020
When a homeless man is killed after getting run over in a Tulsa, Okla. parking lot, detectives work to track down the elusive driver.
#16 - Cruel Intentions
Season 21 - Episode 49 - Aired 4/9/2020
Mobile detectives investigate the murder of a young mother of two and unravel the deadly plot that took her life.
#17 - Child's Play/Bad Intentions
Season 21 - Episode 54 - Aired 4/30/2020
A teenager is shot dead in Tulsa, Okla., and detectives must uncover the truth among his roommates' stories; in Mobile, Ala., a young man's murder sets off a retaliatory shooting.
#18 - Among Friends
Season 21 - Episode 55 - Aired 7/16/2020
A young man is shot dead in front of his mother's house; detectives look to his friends and family to find his killer.
#19 - Shooting Blind/Brothers in Arms
Season 21 - Episode 56 - Aired 7/23/2020
In Tulsa, Okla., detectives question whether a young woman's death was a tragic mistake or murder; in Mobile, Ala., the murder of a young father tests the bond between brothers.
#20 - Dead Stop/Uninvited
Season 21 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/16/2020
In Atlanta, when a young father is found dead in his home by his girlfriend, detectives track down the killer and find things are not as they appear; a Tulsa, Okla., teenager is fatally shot, sending police on a desperate search for the motive.
Watch Now:Apple TV#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.