The Best Episodes of Dragnet Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.1/10(390 votes)

   #1 - The LSD Story

   S1:E11/12/1967

   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.

   Director:Jack Webb

   Writer:Jack Webb

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2. 

   7.8/10(264 votes)

   #2 - The Big Explosion

   S1:E21/19/1967

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

   Director:Jack Webb

   Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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   Director:Jack Webb

   Writer:Robert C. Dennis
3. 

   7.7/10(214 votes)

   #3 - The Kidnapping

   S1:E31/26/1967

   Friday and Gannon help an employee rescue her kidnapped boss.

   Director:Jack Webb

   Writer:Preston Wood

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   Director:Jack Webb

   Writer:Preston Wood
4. 

   8.4/10(263 votes)

   #4 - The Interrogation

   S1:E42/9/1967

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

   Director:Jack Webb

   Writer:Preston Wood

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   Director:Jack Webb

   Writer:Preston Wood
5. 

   7.1/10(201 votes)

   #5 - The Masked Bandits

   S1:E52/16/1967

   Four bandits wearing red masks commit a series of robberies.

   Director:Jack Webb

   Writer:Unknown

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6. 

   7.6/10(200 votes)

   #6 - The Bank Examiner Swindle

   S1:E62/23/1967

   Two con men, posing as bank examiners, are bilking the elderly out of their life savings.

   Director:Jack Webb

   Writer:Unknown

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7. 

   7.6/10(192 votes)

   #7 - The Hammer

   S1:E73/2/1967

   An elderly apartment manager is found to have been beaten to death with a hammer.

   Director:Jack Webb

   Writer:Unknown

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8. 

   7.5/10(198 votes)

   #8 - The Candy Store Robberies

   S1:E83/9/1967

   Friday and Gannon try to figure out a pattern to a series of candy store hold-ups.

   Director:Jack Webb

   Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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   Writer:Robert C. Dennis
9. 

   7.8/10(197 votes)

   #9 - The Fur Job

   S1:E93/16/1967

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

   Director:Jack Webb

   Writer:Unknown

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10. 

    7.2/10(184 votes)

    #10 - The Jade Story

    S1:E103/23/1967

    Over $200,000 worth of Imperial Jade is reported stolen in a burglary, and Friday and Gannon are on the case.

    Director:Jack Webb

    Writer:Unknown

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11. 

    7.9/10(176 votes)

    #11 - The Shooting

    S1:E113/30/1967

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

    Director:Jack Webb

    Writer:Unknown

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12. 

    7.8/10(185 votes)

    #12 - The Hit and Run Driver

    S1:E124/6/1967

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

    Director:Jack Webb

    Writer:Unknown

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13. 

    7.6/10(180 votes)

    #13 - The Bookie

    S1:E134/13/1967

    Friday goes undercover with the Department's chaplain in order to break up a gambling ring.

    Director:Jack Webb

    Writer:Unknown

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14. 

    7.3/10(178 votes)

    #14 - The Subscription Racket

    S1:E144/20/1967

    Friday learns about a scam artist with a novel twist: he uses an authentic Congressional Medal of Honor to solicit magazine subscriptions.

    Director:Jack Webb

    Writer:Unknown

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15. 

    8.0/10(208 votes)

    #15 - The Gun

    S1:E154/27/1967

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

    Director:Jack Webb

    Writer:Unknown

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16. 

    7.2/10(181 votes)

    #16 - The Big Kids

    S1:E165/4/1967

    A gang of juvenile thieves have been stealing petty items in order to gain membership into an exclusive club.

    Director:Jack Webb

    Writer:Unknown

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17. 

    7.7/10(181 votes)

    #17 - The Bullet

    S1:E175/11/1967

    A dead man has been found in a locked room, along with a gun that could not have been the murder weapon.

    Director:Jack Webb

    Writer:Unknown

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