The First 48 follows detectives from around the country during these first critical hours as they race against time to find the suspect. Gritty and fast-paced, it takes viewers behind the scenes of real-life investigations with unprecedented access to crime scenes, autopsies, forensic processing, and interrogations.
| Title | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gangs of Little Havana/Execution in Coconut Grove | 2004-06-03 |
| 2 | Overkill/Left for Dead | 2004-06-10 |
| 3 | Blood in the Snow/Swope Park Killing | 2004-06-17 |
| 4 | Double Shooting on Haskell; Back Alley Revenge | 2004-06-24 |
| 5 | Body in the Park / Ruby Street Shooting | 2004-07-01 |
| 6 | Killing Spree | 2004-07-29 |
| 7 | On Ice/Body in the Canal | 2004-08-05 |
| 8 | Fire in the Rain/Family Feud | 2004-08-12 |
| 9 | Desert Bones/Party's Over | 2004-08-19 |
| 10 | Wrong Side of the Tracks / At Death's Door | 2004-08-26 |
| 11 | Stripper's Revenge/Dead on Arrival | 2004-09-02 |
| 12 | At Close Range/Murder in Motor City | 2004-09-16 |
| 13 | Silent Witness/Halley Street Slayings | 2004-11-18 |
