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The Best Episodes of Dragnet

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The Best Episodes of Dragnet

Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.

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  1. Background image for Homicide - DR-22
    8.6/10(209 votes)

    #1 - Homicide - DR-22

    S3:E14

    Joe and Bill are called to an apartment where the building manager has found a young woman bound and dead. The extremely chatty 91 year old manager, who is obsessed with crime novels, is their prime suspect.

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Shooting Board
    8.5/10(216 votes)

    #2 - The Shooting Board

    S2:E2

    Joe tries to stop a burglary at an all night launderette and ends up exchanging fire with the suspect. When SID tries to find the bullet fired at Joe, they come up empty and Joe faces a shooting board with no proof the man ever fired at him.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Interrogation
    8.3/10(247 votes)

    #3 - The Interrogation

    S1:E4

    A new officer has been arrested for robbing a liquor store while on an undercover assignment.

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for D.H.Q. - Night School
    8.3/10(169 votes)

    #4 - D.H.Q. - Night School

    S4:E22

    Joe is enrolled in night school and busts a classmate for possession of marijuana. The professor threatens to give Joe an F for the bust. He puts removing Joe up for a vote by the class. An unexpected classmate comes to Joe's aid.

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for D.H.Q. - The Victims
    8.3/10(130 votes)

    #5 - D.H.Q. - The Victims

    S4:E26

    Joe and Bill investigate a series of victims. An elderly man has been stabbed to death in his hotel room. An elderly is assaulted and her purse stolen. A store is robbed and the owner is stabbed. Rights are given to the criminals, but there are no rights for the victims.

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    Director:Jack Webb
  6. Background image for Personnel - The Shooting
    8.2/10(164 votes)

    #6 - Personnel - The Shooting

    S4:E1

    Joe and Bill are assigned to the Medical Services Division. Two policemen have been shot. Joe and Bill must notify the wives.

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    Director:Jack Webb
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  8. Background image for The LSD Story
    8.1/10(364 votes)

    #7 - The LSD Story

    S1:E1

    Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Bill Gannon encounter a freaked-out young LSD user calling himself "Blue Boy"; before long, Blue Boy is "turning on" schoolchildren with the mysterious new drug.

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Jack Webb
  9. Background image for The Senior Citizen
    8.1/10(186 votes)

    #8 - The Senior Citizen

    S2:E7

    A series of daring daylight house burglaries are taking place. Friday and Gannon go undercover in a laundry truck to discover the perp.

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Burglary Auto - Juvenile Genius
    8.0/10(130 votes)

    #9 - Burglary Auto - Juvenile Genius

    S4:E11

    Burglaries are happening and the thieves are leaving a red cloth at each crime scene. Joe and Bill respond to another break in at a chemical company and a safe company. Joe and Bill stake out the chemical company and catch an unexpected pair of thieves.

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  11. Background image for Homicide - Who Killed Who?
    8.0/10(124 votes)

    #10 - Homicide - Who Killed Who?

    S4:E15

    There is a multiple homicide at a rooming house. When Joe and Bill arrive, they find two dead in the lobby near a broken TV set and the manager has been shot and is near death. The manager mumbles the words "oft one" to Joe as he is taken away to the hospital. Bill and Joe start searching for clues and what the manager's words mean.

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    Director:Jack Webb
  12. Background image for The Christmas Story
    7.9/10(204 votes)

    #11 - The Christmas Story

    S2:E15

    A statue of the child Jesus was stolen from a church. Joe and Bill have to get it back by Christmas. They have less than 48 hours.

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for The Little Victim
    7.9/10(175 votes)

    #12 - The Little Victim

    S2:E22

    When a nine-month old child is beaten, Friday and Gannon investigate the parents, who are more concerned about their failing relationship than their baby son.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Joy Riders
    7.9/10(134 votes)

    #13 - The Joy Riders

    S3:E18

    A 15-year-old car thief is given a tour of the jail in an attempt to impress him of the consequences for choosing crime. Unfortunately, it doesn't work - the young man later kills someone with a shotgun.

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Vice - DR-30
    7.9/10(139 votes)

    #14 - Vice - DR-30

    S3:E22

    The Captain assigns Joe and Bill to find the location of a high stakes poke operation that has been preying on visitors. Bill and Joe pose as farmers and check into a hotel where an agricultural convention is occurring.

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Juvenile - The Little Pusher
    7.9/10(159 votes)

    #15 - Juvenile - The Little Pusher

    S4:E6

    Joe and Bill are working Juvenile Narcotics Division and find a 12 year old under the influence of narcotics. They go to the boy’s school and conduct a class for teachers on how to identify narcotics. They discover that a ninth grader is selling the narcotics in school and find that his father is the source of the drugs.

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for The Shooting
    7.8/10(171 votes)

    #16 - The Shooting

    S1:E11

    A police officer is shot while making a routine check on a pair of paroled convicts that are parked near a liquor store.

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for The Gun
    7.8/10(196 votes)

    #17 - The Gun

    S1:E15

    A Japanese widow is senselessly murdered, leaving her small daughter an orphan. Friday has a hard time controlling his emotions while seeking the killer.

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Big High
    7.8/10(239 votes)

    #18 - The Big High

    S2:E8

    An elderly businessman, concerned about the welfare of his grandchild, informs Friday and Gannon that his daughter and son-in-law are using marijuana regularly. The young couple make no apologies for their lifestyle, which inevitably leads to disaster.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Big Dog
    7.8/10(167 votes)

    #19 - The Big Dog

    S2:E11

    Friday and Gannon are on the case to find ... a purse-snatching dog? Making things more difficult, victims give different descriptions of the four-legged thief.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for The Big Search
    7.8/10(158 votes)

    #20 - The Big Search

    S2:E17

    Two small girls, ages three and five, are missing. Their mother is certain that her ex-husband, an alcoholic, has kidnapped them. However, he is now in recovery and has no knowledge of the girls' whereabouts. The search seems hopeless until Friday and Gannon, acting on information from a former neighbor, follow a hunch.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Narcotics - DR-21
    7.8/10(150 votes)

    #21 - Narcotics - DR-21

    S3:E16

    The Captain ask Joe and Bill to investigate having dogs trained to sniff out narcotics. They contact a dog trainer to train dogs for the job. Joe and Bill do a demonstration for Judges to prove the effectiveness of using a dog to detect marijuana.

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    Director:Jack Webb
  23. Background image for Frauds - DR-28
    7.8/10(126 votes)

    #22 - Frauds - DR-28

    S3:E19

    Joe and Bill investigate someone who has fraudulently obtained disability checks. This person has been renting apartments and only using them as a mail drop. Joe and Bill meet with a group of apartment owners to ask for their help.

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    Director:Jack Webb
  24. Background image for The Big Explosion
    7.7/10(247 votes)

    #23 - The Big Explosion

    S1:E2

    A neo-Nazi psycho has planted a bomb somewhere in L.A. Friday and Gannon have to find it.

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  25. Background image for The Fur Job
    7.7/10(186 votes)

    #24 - The Fur Job

    S1:E9

    Gannon goes undercover as a buyer in order to trap fur theives.

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for The Hit and Run Driver
    7.7/10(179 votes)

    #25 - The Hit and Run Driver

    S1:E12

    Friday and Gannon use newspapers, radio and TV to seek the public's help in identifying a hit and run driver.

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Homicide - DR-22" is the best rated episode of "Dragnet". It scored 8.6/10 based on 209 votes. Directed by Jack Webb and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/9/1969. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Shooting Board".