8.1/10357 votes- 7.7/10240 votes
#2 - The Big Explosion
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/1967
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
- 7.6/10193 votes
#3 - The Kidnapping
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/26/1967
Friday and Gannon help an employee rescue her kidnapped boss.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10237 votes
#4 - The Interrogation
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/9/1967
A new officer has been arrested for robbing a liquor store while on an undercover assignment.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/10181 votes
#5 - The Masked Bandits
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/16/1967
Four bandits wearing red masks commit a series of robberies.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10186 votes
#6 - The Bank Examiner Swindle
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/23/1967
Two con men, posing as bank examiners, are bilking the elderly out of their life savings.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10181 votes
#7 - The Hammer
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/2/1967
An elderly apartment manager is found to have been beaten to death with a hammer.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10185 votes
#8 - The Candy Store Robberies
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/9/1967
Friday and Gannon try to figure out a pattern to a series of candy store hold-ups.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
- 7.7/10180 votes
#9 - The Fur Job
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/16/1967
Gannon goes undercover as a buyer in order to trap fur theives.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/10169 votes
#10 - The Jade Story
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/23/1967
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: N/A
- 7.8/10163 votes
#11 - The Shooting
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/30/1967
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: N/A
- 7.7/10174 votes
#12 - The Hit and Run Driver
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/6/1967
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: N/A
- 7.5/10170 votes
#13 - The Bookie
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/13/1967
Friday goes undercover with the Department's chaplain in order to break up a gambling ring.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10168 votes
#14 - The Subscription Racket
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/20/1967
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: N/A
- 7.8/10190 votes
#15 - The Gun
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/27/1967
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: N/A
- 7.1/10171 votes
#16 - The Big Kids
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 5/4/1967
A gang of juvenile thieves have been stealing petty items in order to gain membership into an exclusive club.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10165 votes
#17 - The Bullet
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 5/11/1967
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: N/A
The Best Episodes of Dragnet Season 1
Every episode of Dragnet Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dragnet Season 1!
Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The LSD Story" is the best rated episode of "Dragnet" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 357 votes. Directed by Jack Webb and written by Jack Webb, it aired on 1/12/1967. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Big Explosion".