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The Best Episodes of Dragnet Season 3

Every episode of Dragnet Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dragnet Season 3!

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Dragnet Season 3 Episode 14 - Homicide - DR-22
    8.7/10(218 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 16 - Narcotics - DR-21
    8.0/10(145 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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  3. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 18 - The Joy Riders
    7.9/10(134 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 20 - Juvenile - DR-19
    7.9/10(123 votes)

    S3:E20

    Joe and Bill are asked to investigate allegation of child abuse by his mother. The story deals with the difficulty of having a child removed from an abusive home.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  5. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 19 - Frauds - DR-28
    7.8/10(118 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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  6. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 22 - Vice - DR-30
    7.8/10(138 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 21 - Burglary - DR-31
    7.7/10(155 votes)

    S3:E21

    A costumed thief calling himself "The Crimson Crusader" has been stealing comic books, movie posters and publicity photos of various superheroes.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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  8. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 23 - Forgery - DR-33
    7.7/10(146 votes)

    S3:E23

    An actress' pay checks have being stolen and someone have cashed them. Joe and Bill visit the actress' apartment and find her roommate the prime suspect. They try to track the roommate down, but are unsuccessful until her husband contacts them.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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  9. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 5 - Police Commission - DR-13
    7.6/10(122 votes)

    S3:E5

    There is a police crackdown on dishonest tow truck operators. Joe and Bill are assigned to investigate 6 complaints against the same tow truck company.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 17 - Administrative Vice - DR-29
    7.6/10(131 votes)

    S3:E17

    Joe has a new partner, Lt. Chris Drucker, while Bill recovers from the flu. Joe and Chris go undercover as a pair of casual gamblers, then place their winnings in an envelope for evidence. The problem? $100 goes missing from the envelope, and Drucker says Joe took it.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 24 - Juvenile - DR-32
    7.6/10(127 votes)

    S3:E24

    A child has been bitten by a dog and the child is allergic to the anti-rabies shot. Joe and Bill have less than two hours to locate the dog.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writers:Jack E. Barrett, James Doherty

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  12. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 1 - Public Affairs - DR-07
    7.5/10(179 votes)

    S3:E1

    Joe and Bill appear on the TV talk show "Speak Your Mind" debating the topic "The Police, Who Needs Them?" with a professor, a hippie, some black power activists, and some (other) disgruntled citizens.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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  13. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 4 - Management Services - DR-11
    7.5/10(142 votes)

    S3:E4

    Joe and Bill are called back to work because of an emergency. It's April 4, 1968, and Dr Martin Luther King has been assassinated less than an hour ago. They are assigned to the police emergency control center to monitor potential unrest in the LA area.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 25 - Juvenile - DR-35
    7.5/10(129 votes)

    S3:E25

    An infant girl is found in a garbage can; Joe and Bill use the child's blanket to track down the mother.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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  15. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 26 - Frauds - DR-36
    7.5/10(116 votes)

    S3:E26

    Someone is embezzling from Summers Department Store by opening up false credit card accounts at the store. Joe and Bill figure it is an inside job and question employees in the credit department.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:James Doherty

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  16. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 2 - Juvenile - DR-05
    7.4/10(152 votes)

    S3:E2

    Joe and Bill are working the night watch of Juvenile division. They handle a run away boy from New York, an underage marriage, an abandoned baby, a boy on drugs, and a girl accused of stealing money.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  17. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 3 - Community Relations - DR-10
    7.4/10(168 votes)

    S3:E3

    Joe and Bill attend a meeting of the East LA Graduates Union, attempting to recruit recent minority high school graduates into the police academy. A black patrol officer joins their efforts until his house in vandalized and he decides to resign from the force. Joe tries to change his mind.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 15 - B.O.D. - DR-27
    7.4/10(129 votes)

    S3:E15

    Joe and Bill are assigned to the Business Office Division. A priest is in the division to observe its operation. Joe and Bill work a series of problems from a potential tidal wave, a wino, protesters, a suicide, and a lost boy.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 6 - Homicide - DR-06
    7.3/10(131 votes)

    S3:E6

    Joe and Bill review the progress report of a homicide (thus the name of the episode). Joe has invited Bill and his wife to his apartment for dinner. The dinner is constantly interrupted by neighbors asking for advice and complaining about a loud party. One neighbor calls to say that someone is breaking into the coin boxes in the laundry room. Joe and Bill grab their guns and investigate.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  20. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 27 - Intelligence - DR-34
    7.3/10(119 votes)

    S3:E27

    At a night school alumni party, Joe is approached to join the Fielder Militia, a right wing group. They want Joe to help one of the Militia’s members get a Federal firearms license. Joe works with the ATF to join the Militia to locate Militia’s cache of illegal automatic weapons.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:James Doherty

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  21. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 10 - Public Affairs - DR-14
    7.2/10(118 votes)

    S3:E10

    Joe and Bill have been asked by a store owner to help him form a crime prevention group of neighborhood story owners. Most of the story owners are not convinced they need such a group until two robberies occur.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 12 - Internal Affairs - DR-20
    7.2/10(147 votes)

    S3:E12

    Joe and Bill investigate a charge of police brutality against a patrolman. The patrolman was attempting to stop someone from driving drunk when things got out of hand and the drunk tears the patrolman's uniform.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 7 - Robbery - DR-15
    7.1/10(121 votes)

    S3:E7

    Joe and Bill are working the robbery desk. They handle a variety of complaints about a truck hijacking, a bank robbery and a robbery of a neighborhood market. A woman complains about "thieving birds" and another thinks her wallet had been stolen, but misplaced it in her coat.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 9 - Training - DR-18
    7.1/10(133 votes)

    S3:E9

    Joe and Bill are temporarily assigned as instructors at the Police Academy. They are teaching a class of women cadets. Joe is asked to assist a woman reporter who is writing a story about women in the police force. On of the cadets is being pressured to resign by her boyfriend and Joe must convince her to stay.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  25. Dragnet Season 3 Episode 8 - Public Affairs - DR-12
    6.9/10(137 votes)

    S3:E8

    Joe and Bill are assigned to help arrange a press conference for the President of the United States at LAX.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Homicide - DR-22" is the best rated episode of "Dragnet" season 3. It scored 8.7/10 based on 218 votes. Directed by Jack Webb and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/9/1969. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Narcotics - DR-21".