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The Best Episodes of Dragnet

Every episode of Dragnet ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Dragnet!

The Best Episodes of Dragnet

Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term...

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  1. 8.8/10(27 votes)

    #1 - The Big Market

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    S2:E30

    A bandit starts robbing people at local markets.

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    Director:N/A
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  2. 8.8/10(24 votes)

    #2 - The Big Little Boy

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    S8:E5

    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.

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    Director:Jack Webb
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  3. 8.7/10(37 votes)

    #3 - The Big Run

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    S2:E18

    Two elderly women are struck down by a hit-and-run driver.

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  4. 8.7/10(27 votes)

    #4 - The Big Dream

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    S3:E9

    Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress.

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  5. 8.7/10(24 votes)

    #5 - The Big Gift

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    S5:E38

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    Director:Jack Webb
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  6. 8.5/10(29 votes)

    #6 - The Big Trial

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    S1:E10

    Friday testifies at the trial of a man accused of a hit-and-run, but the main witness against him suddenly disappears.

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    Director:Jack Webb
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  8. 8.5/10(35 votes)

    #7 - The Big Bounce

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    S5:E12

    Joe Friday searches for a check forger who has been using the name of the old-time movie villain Parker Allington... who died three years ago.

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    Director:Jack Webb
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  9. 8.4/10(29 votes)

    #8 - The Big Bindle

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    S4:E16

    Friday goes under cover to bust a drug ring that is operating out of a high-class hotel.

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  10. 8.4/10(26 votes)

    #9 - The Big Chet

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    S5:E2

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  11. 8.4/10(41 votes)

    #10 - The Big Glasses

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    S5:E8

    A housewife, Ella Ryburn, reports to Friday and Smith that she cannot contact her mother, who is married to Alfred Rudolph Shroder. When he is questioned, Shroder claims his wife left him and that, out of shame, he sold their house and put her items in storage.

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  12. 8.4/10(23 votes)

    #11 - The Big Laugh

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    S5:E10

    A con man makes lonely women fall for his charms, then steals their money and disappears.

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  13. 8.3/10(54 votes)

    #12 - The Big Family

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    S4:E20

    Local businessman John Keith Jarrett disappears and evidence of suicide is discovered. Friday and Smith check on the surviving members of his family and find them not the least concerned about their father's death, with his son a tennis bum, his daughter promiscuous, and his wife drunken. The case gets even murkier when a report comes in of a traffic incident upstate involving a camper in which the driver was using Jarrett's license.

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  14. 8.2/10(28 votes)

    #13 - The Big Blast

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    S1:E9

    A divorced mother is killed in bed by a shotgun while her young boy sleeps beside her.

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  15. 8.2/10(42 votes)

    #14 - The Big Smoke

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    S5:E11

    An elderly couple is brutally beaten and the trail leads police to a former handy man.

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  16. 8.2/10(41 votes)

    #15 - The Big Net

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    S6:E4

    A group of police women act as decoys to draw a stick-up man out into the open.

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  17. 8.1/10(171 votes)

    #16 - The Big Cast

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    S1:E5

    The police interrogate a suspect whom they believe to have murdered more than a dozen men.

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  18. 8.1/10(56 votes)

    #17 - The Big Lease

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    S2:E27

    An elderly widower is missing, so Friday and Smith retrace his actions before his disappearance. Things point to a long vacation until the story of Mrs. Banner, who rented the man's house, doesn't add up.

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  19. 8.1/10(94 votes)

    #18 - The Big Thief

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    S3:E16

    Robbers phone doctors for house calls then assault them and steal their drugs.

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  20. 8.1/10(60 votes)

    #19 - The Big Fraud

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    S4:E2

    A group of con artists are posing as cops and victimizing out-of-town businessmen in fashionable hotels.

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  21. 8.1/10(72 votes)

    #20 - The Big Rod

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    S4:E18

    An expectant mother is run down and killed by two teenagers in a hot rod.

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  22. 8.1/10(28 votes)

    #21 - The Big Wish

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    S5:E35

    A teenage boy turns himself in and confesses to being an addict, but he refuses to give up the names of his friends who supplied him.

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  23. 8.1/10(29 votes)

    #22 - The Big Switch

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  24. 8.0/10(39 votes)

    #23 - The Big Death

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    S1:E3

    Friday poses as a hired killer for a man who wants his wife dead.

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  25. 8.0/10(33 votes)

    #24 - The Big Parrot

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    S1:E7

    A couple are robbed and murdered, along with their pet parrot. The killer uses a time bomb to start a fire and cover up his crime.

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  26. 8.0/10(58 votes)

    #25 - The Big Sorrow

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    S2:E2

    Friday must cope with the sudden death of his partner as he and his new partner track a pair of escaped convicts.

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    Director:Jack Webb
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Best Episodes Summary

"The Big Market" is the best rated episode of "Dragnet". It scored 8.8/10 based on 27 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/4/1953. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Big Little Boy".