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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!

The Best Episodes of Dragnet Season 1

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

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  1. Background image for The LSD Story
    8.1/10(364 votes)

    #1 - 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
  2. Background image for The Big Explosion
    7.8/10(248 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Background image for The Kidnapping
    7.6/10(201 votes)

    #3 - The Kidnapping

    S1:E3

    Friday and Gannon help an employee rescue her kidnapped boss.

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

    #4 - 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
  5. Background image for The Masked Bandits
    7.0/10(191 votes)

    #5 - The Masked Bandits

    S1:E5

    Four bandits wearing red masks commit a series of robberies.

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for The Bank Examiner Swindle
    7.6/10(193 votes)

    #6 - The Bank Examiner Swindle

    S1:E6

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

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Hammer
    7.5/10(185 votes)

    #7 - The Hammer

    S1:E7

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

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for The Candy Store Robberies
    7.4/10(189 votes)

    #8 - The Candy Store Robberies

    S1:E8

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

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    7.7/10(186 votes)

    #9 - 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
  11. Background image for The Jade Story
    7.1/10(176 votes)

    #10 - The Jade Story

    S1:E10

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

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

    #11 - 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
  13. Background image for The Hit and Run Driver
    7.7/10(179 votes)

    #12 - 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
  14. Background image for The Bookie
    7.5/10(175 votes)

    #13 - The Bookie

    S1:E13

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

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Subscription Racket
    7.3/10(171 votes)

    #14 - The Subscription Racket

    S1:E14

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

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

    #15 - 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
  17. Background image for The Big Kids
    7.1/10(176 votes)

    #16 - The Big Kids

    S1:E16

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

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for The Bullet
    7.7/10(171 votes)

    #17 - The Bullet

    S1:E17

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

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The LSD Story" is the best rated episode of "Dragnet" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 364 votes. Directed by Jack Webb and written by Jack Webb, it aired on 1/12/1967. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Big Explosion".