- 9.2/1030 votesLoading...
#2 - The Big Imposter
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/4/1952
A missing young boy is found and returned to his grandfather, but the case gets complicated when the grandfather suspects that the boy is not his own grandson.
Director: N/A
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- 8.8/1027 votesLoading...
#7 - The Big Market
Season 2 Episode 30 - Aired 6/4/1953
A bandit starts robbing people at local markets.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/1036 votesLoading...
#9 - The Big Run
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/12/1953
Two elderly women are struck down by a hit-and-run driver.
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- 8.6/1029 votesLoading...
#11 - The Big Bed
Season 7 Episode 36 - Aired 6/5/1958
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Director: N/A
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- 8.3/1051 votesLoading...
#16 - The Big Family
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 1/13/1955
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.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1039 votesLoading...
#17 - The Big Glasses
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 10/21/1955
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.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1052 votesLoading...
#24 - The Big Lease
Season 2 Episode 27 - Aired 5/14/1953
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.
Director: N/A
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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!
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...
Genres:DramaCrime
Network:NBC
Best Episodes Summary
"The Big Starlet" is the best rated episode of "Dragnet". It scored 9.6/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by Jack Webb and written by N/A, it aired on 3/17/1959. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Big Imposter".