8.2/10154 votes#1 - Personnel - The Shooting
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1969
Joe and Bill are assigned to the Medical Services Division. Two policemen have been shot. Joe and Bill must notify the wives.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: Michael Donovan
- 7.7/10153 votes
#2 - Homicide - The Student
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1969
A sniper shoots a man and a woman as they are leaving a printing plant. Joe and Bill narrow down the suspects to a college student who is part time employee of the printing plant and a fan of the writings of the French writer Baudelaire.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10128 votes
#3 - S.I.U. - The Ring
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1969
Joe and Bill are working the Special Investigation Unit. Informant “Black 10” asks for a meeting with Joe and Bill and gives them a tip about a bartender who is fencing stolen jade ring. Joe and Bill set up a sting to recover the ring and other stolen jewelry.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
- 7.3/10117 votes
#4 - D.H.Q. - Medical
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1969
Joe and Bill are working a medical detail at a hospital. They handle an old man whose hobby is sitting in hotel lobbies, question a man who brings in a dead woman, investigate a man who had writing a letter threatening to blow up a radio station, and try to get a dying declaration from a shooting victim.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
- 7.8/10132 votes
#5 - Burglary - Mister
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1969
An old woman has all her possessions including her cane stolen by her grandson, "Mister Daniel Lumis". Joe and Bill try to locate Lumis and find a trail of bigamy and thievery.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: Burt Prelutsky
- 8.0/10152 votes
#6 - Juvenile - The Little Pusher
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1969
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.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10126 votes
#7 - Homicide - Cigarette Butt
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1969
Joe and Bill investigate a dead body found in a rundown apartment building. A half eaten peanut butter sandwich and a knife are found at the scene of the crime. A neighbor says that he saw a man and woman running out of the apartment. The man and woman come back and tell Joe and Bill that it was self defense. Joe looks for evidence that will prove or disproves the alibi.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10129 votes
#8 - D.H.Q. - Missing Person
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1969
Joe and Bill investigate a missing high school student. They find that both the student and her older sister are missing. However, the apartment manager and neighbor say that there is no younger sister. Joe and Bill must find the truth.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10113 votes
#9 - Burglary Auto - Courtroom
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1969
Joe and Bill are in court as arresting officers of three burglars. One of the prosecution witnesses is out of town and has developed car trouble and can’t return in time. Can a case still be made against the three burglars without the witness’ testimony?
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10118 votes
#10 - Internal Affairs - Parolee
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1969
The warden of a Colorado prison has notified the department that an inmate is about to be paroled, but there is a hold from LA because of an outstanding warrant. Joe and Bill investigate whether there is still a case after 15 years.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: Michael Donovan
- 7.9/10123 votes
#11 - Burglary Auto - Juvenile Genius
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/4/1969
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.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: Michael Donovan
- 7.2/10117 votes
#12 - Bunco - $9,000
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/11/1969
Charlie Feeney, a wino police informant, calls Joe and claims he was swindled out of $9,000. The problem is the money wasn't his. Feeney turns the money over to someone claiming to be a private detective whose client is a big Las Vegas gambler. Joe and Bill track down the phony detective and start looking for the rightful owner of the money.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10120 votes
#13 - Narco - Missing Hype
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/8/1970
A teenage Hype from a nice home has missed his parole officer meeting. Joe and Bill are asked to locate the teenager before he starts up his habit.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: Michael Donovan
- 7.5/10121 votes
#14 - Burglary - Helpful Woman
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/22/1970
A woman befriends elderly people and then steals from them. Joe and Bill contact a radio personality and ask to have him talk about the scam. The radio broadcast turns up a lead, and a stakeout is set up where Bill poses as an invalid.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: Michael Donovan
- 8.0/10119 votes
#15 - Homicide - Who Killed Who?
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/29/1970
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.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: Michael Donovan
- 7.5/10114 votes
#16 - Burglary - The Son
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/5/1970
A victim of a burglary calls and tells Joe she forgot to report one of the items that was stolen. A pawn shop reports receiving one of the stolen items and it leads to a drug dealer. He's not the thief, but Joe has him tailed and the dealer leads them to an unexpected person.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
- 7.4/10127 votes
#17 - A.I.D. - The Weekend
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/12/1970
Bill's wife is out-of-town, and Bill invites Joe home for the weekend. They have dinner, Bill concocts a hideous sandwich, and they try to play poker with some of Bill's friends. A woman selling magazines shows up, and Joe and Bill suspect a scam.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10109 votes
#18 - Narco - Pill Maker
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/19/1970
A narcotic called "uppers" is being sold to juveniles. Joe and Bill must find who is making the pills and shut the operation down.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10114 votes
#19 - Burglary - The Dognappers
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/26/1970
Dogs are disappearing from cars parked at the El Centro shopping center. Joe and Bill suspect that the dogs are being stolen to get a reward for the dogs' return.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: Michael Donovan
- 7.6/10115 votes
#20 - Missing Persons - The Body
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 3/5/1970
Joe and Bill investigate the identity of a dead 23 year old woman found under the Venice Pier. They check missing person reports to try to identify the woman, and they use a ring she was wearing and a piece of paper found on the body to track down the identity.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
- 7.7/10131 votes
#21 - Forgery - The Ranger
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 3/12/1970
Friday and Gannon interrogate a Park Ranger who is alleged to have forged checks and committed credit card fraud.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10164 votes
#22 - D.H.Q. - Night School
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 3/19/1970
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.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10123 votes
#23 - I.A.D. - The Receipt
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 3/26/1970
Two of the department's veteran homicide detectives are accused of stealing $800 from a dead man. Joe and Bill investigate and try to find a missing receipt that would clear the detectives.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: Michael Donovan
- 7.6/10111 votes
#24 - Robbery - The Harassing Wife
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 4/2/1970
Joe and Bill investigate a holdup at a small neighborhood grocery store. Joe gets a tip from a woman that the robber was her husband. The husband is cleared. Another supermarket robbery occurs and the wife again accuses her husband. He is cleared again. The wife continues to insist after every robbery that her husband did it.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10112 votes
#25 - Burglary - Baseball
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 4/9/1970
A furniture store has been burglarized overnight and the thief took $1900 from a locked safe. The store's secretary find a lead and Joe uses it to track down a "baseball fan".
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
The Best Episodes of Dragnet Season 4
Every episode of Dragnet Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dragnet Season 4!
Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:NBC
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Personnel - The Shooting" is the best rated episode of "Dragnet" season 4. It scored 8.2/10 based on 154 votes. Directed by Jack Webb and written by Michael Donovan, it aired on 9/18/1969. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Homicide - The Student".