Dragnet

E1 The Big Beating

23 September 1958 30 min

Friday and Smith investigate a woman's claim that her neighbors are abusing their child.

E2 The Big Sweet Annie

30 September 1958 30 min

Friday investigates a woman's disappearance after a convicted murderer is paroled into her custody.

E3 The Big Star

7 October 1958 30 min

Friday and Smith investigate anonymous threats to disfigure a a famous actress.

E4 The Big Oskar

14 October 1958 30 min

The detectives take a report of valuables stolen from the home of a somewhat eccentric old lady. They begin to suspect something is amiss when she starts talking about how she gets the "scoop" on crimes by being the first to report them to the local newspaper.

E5 The Big Little Boy

21 October 1958 30 min

The detectives are trying to solve the case of the milk bottle bandit when they catch a break and apprehend a diminutive fifteen year old.

E6 The Big Voice

28 October 1958 30 min

A mysterious telephone caller offers a man $1000 for a contract killing, and Friday must identify the caller before it's too late.

E7 The Big Jukebox

4 November 1958 30 min

Friday goes undercover as a bar owner in order to break up an illegal jukebox operation.

E8 The Big Doll

11 November 1958 30 min

As Friday and Smith investigate a woman's death, they are disturbed to find that her daughter is more interested in discussing her collection of dolls.

E9 The Big Border

18 November 1958 30 min

Friday and Smith must track a pair of escaped convicts across the Mexican border.

E10 The Big Nazi

25 November 1958 30 min

While investigating reports of teenagers involved in a gunfight, Friday and Smith are shocked to find one of the teens involved wearing a Nazi uniform.

E11 The Big Hot Rod

2 December 1958 30 min

Friday is on the hunt for a group of teens that are stealing sports cars.

E12 The Big Green Monkey

9 December 1958 30 min

Friday and Smith investigate a robbery, and their only clue to the suspect's identity is a green jade monkey.

E13 The Big Hype

16 December 1958 30 min

Friday attempts to track down a heroin pusher.

E14 The Big Maria

23 December 1958 30 min

Friday and Smith investigate the death of a woman found murdered in a churchyard on Christmas Eve.

E15 The Big Donation

30 December 1958 30 min

Two con artists are selling phony magazines subscriptions to unsuspecting suckers.

E16 The Big Malcolm

6 January 1959 30 min

Friday and Smith investigate a criminal gang that preys on all-night restaurants.

E17 The Big Smart Girl

13 January 1959 30 min

Friday and Smith investigate a series of robberies in fashionable homes.

E18 The Big Doctor

20 January 1959 30 min

Friday goes undercover to investigate a bookie operation.

E19 The Big Signet

27 January 1959 30 min

Friday and Smith have to find a man selling forged passports and paperwork.

E20 The Big Accident

3 February 1959 30 min

An insurance adjuster files a report with Friday about possible fraudulent insurance claims.

E21 The Big Mailman

10 February 1959 30 min

Friday works with a postal inspector to catch a gang using the mail to scam money from people.

E22 The Big Roll

17 February 1959 30 min

E23 The Big Thirteen

24 February 1959 30 min

An elderly man reports a loss of money to the LAPD, then subsequently denies making the report. Friday and Smith must investigate.

E24 The Big Sour

10 March 1959 30 min

An elderly couple are beaten and robbed. The key to finding the bandits lies in a paper boy and an alert bartender.

E25 The Big Starlet

17 March 1959 30 min

Friday investigates a young starlet under suspicion of check forgery.

E26 The Big Holdup

24 March 1959 30 min

A robber called "The Rattlesnake Bandit" takes pleasure in beating and shooting his victims after he takes their money.

E27 The Big Name

31 March 1959 30 min

The only clue to a murder investigated by Friday is the tape on a knife handle.

E28 The Big Couple

7 April 1959 30 min

Friday and Smith investigate a husband and wife con team that have a long criminal record.

E29 The Big Squeeze

14 April 1959 30 min

Friday investigates a robbery that is caused by a blackmail victim's refusal to pay.

E30 The Big Picture

21 April 1959 30 min

A young girl commits suicide after she is tricked by a pair of movie talent scouts who are really operating a prostitution ring.

E31 The Big Carnation

28 April 1959 30 min

Friday and Smith hunt "The Carnation Kid," a suspect in a series of hotel burglaries.

E32 The Big Operator

7 July 1959 30 min

Friday and Smith investigate a the death of a woman found beaten in her car, and suspect that her husband is somehow involved.

E33 The Big Bray

12 July 1959 30 min

Friday and Smith investigate a series of food market robberies, where the bandit has been posing as a salesman.

E34 The Big Infant

19 July 1959 30 min

Friday and Smith's investigation of a stolen car - containing a sleeping baby - leads them to two juvenile suspects.

E35 The Big Appetite

26 July 1959 30 min

Friday and Smith track a burglar who breaks into homes and businesses to steal gourmet food items.

E36 The Big .38

2 August 1959 30 min

Cab drivers are being held up, but the descriptions given by the victims don't match.

E37 The Big Byron

9 August 1959 30 min

A man reports that his fiance's former boyfriend has taken shots at him.

E38 The Big Counterfeit

16 August 1959 30 min

A man impersonating a police officer is going to local businesses and asking for donations for the widows and orphans fund. Smith and Friday set out to stop the con man.

E39 The Big Red

23 August 1959 30 min

An informant's tip puts Friday on the trail of a narcotics ring.