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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Dragnet Season 1 Episode 7 - The Hammer
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    #1 - The Hammer

    S1:E7

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

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dragnet Season 1 Episode 13 - The Bookie
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    #2 - The Bookie

    S1:E13

    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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  3. Dragnet Season 1 Episode 14 - The Subscription Racket
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    #3 - 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.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dragnet Season 1 Episode 17 - The Bullet
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    #4 - 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.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 1 - The Grenade
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    #5 - The Grenade

    S2:E1

    A volatile teenager throws acid on the back of another student (played by a teen-aged Jan Michael Vincent), then crashes a party armed with a live hand grenade.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  6. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 2 - The Shooting Board
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    #6 - The Shooting Board

    S2:E2

    Joe tries to stop a burglary at an all night launderette and ends up exchanging fire with the suspect. When SID tries to find the bullet fired at Joe, they come up empty and Joe faces a shooting board with no proof the man ever fired at him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 3 - The Badge Racket
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    #7 - The Badge Racket

    S2:E3

    Three con artists have been swindling businessmen from out-of-town by posing as a prostitute and two policemen. The detectives set a trap as Gannon pretends to be a manufacturer from Lincoln Nebraska.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 6 - The Big Frustration
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    #8 - The Big Frustration

    S2:E6

    Sgt. Carl Maxwell, a frustrated fellow detective, goes AWOL; Friday and Gannon have three days to track him down before Maxwell loses his badge for good.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 7 - The Senior Citizen
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    #9 - The Senior Citizen

    S2:E7

    A series of daring daylight house burglaries are taking place. Friday and Gannon go undercover in a laundry truck to discover the perp.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 8 - The Big High
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    #10 - The Big High

    S2:E8

    An elderly businessman, concerned about the welfare of his grandchild, informs Friday and Gannon that his daughter and son-in-law are using marijuana regularly. The young couple make no apologies for their lifestyle, which inevitably leads to disaster.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 11 - The Big Dog
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    #11 - The Big Dog

    S2:E11

    Friday and Gannon are on the case to find ... a purse-snatching dog? Making things more difficult, victims give different descriptions of the four-legged thief.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 12 - The Pyramid Swindle
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    #12 - The Pyramid Swindle

    S2:E12

    A female con-artist uses an evangelistic approach to lure buyers into her pyramid scheme. The Bunco division can't charge her with false advertising, so they prosecute her for operating a lottery.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Norman Lessing

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  13. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 13 - The Phony Police Racket
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    #13 - The Phony Police Racket

    S2:E13

    Friday and Gannon investigate a scam involving a phony LAPD newsletter, which comes with a card for subscribers entitling the bearer to preferential treatment from the police.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 14 - The Trial Board
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    #14 - The Trial Board

    S2:E14

    An officer accused of taking a bribe has chosen Sgt. Friday to represent him at his trial board hearing. Witnesses saw the officer accept the money, but he insists it was for the payback of a loan made years ago.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 15 - The Christmas Story
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    #15 - The Christmas Story

    S2:E15

    A statue of the child Jesus was stolen from a church. Joe and Bill have to get it back by Christmas. They have less than 48 hours.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 16 - The Big Shipment
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    #16 - The Big Shipment

    S2:E16

    Drugs are found aboard a plane that has crashed in the San Fernando Valley. The pilot is quickly traced, but in order to force him to name his connection, Friday and Gannon ask the press to sit on the story for a few hours.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 17 - The Big Search
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    #17 - The Big Search

    S2:E17

    Two small girls, ages three and five, are missing. Their mother is certain that her ex-husband, an alcoholic, has kidnapped them. However, he is now in recovery and has no knowledge of the girls' whereabouts. The search seems hopeless until Friday and Gannon, acting on information from a former neighbor, follow a hunch.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 18 - The Big Prophet
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    #18 - The Big Prophet

    S2:E18

    Friday and Gannon confront "Brother" William Bentley at his Temple of the Expanded Mind. They think he is using his new age religion as a front to push drugs to the nearby elementary school.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 19 - The Big Amateur
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    #19 - The Big Amateur

    S2:E19

    Citizens are full of praise for Officer Gideon C. Dengle - they want to bestow him with awards, honors and home-baked cookies. There's only one problem: there's no such officer in the LAPD.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 20 - The Starlet
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    #20 - The Starlet

    S2:E20

    A teenage runaway, intent on becoming a star, has instead wound up in pornographic films. Acting on behalf of the girl's aunt, Friday and Gannon try to find the young "starlet."

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 21 - The Big Clan
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    #21 - The Big Clan

    S2:E21

    Sgt. Friday is offered a bribe to assist a gypsy family trying to gain control of the gypsy community.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 22 - The Little Victim
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    #22 - The Little Victim

    S2:E22

    When a nine-month old child is beaten, Friday and Gannon investigate the parents, who are more concerned about their failing relationship than their baby son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 23 - The Squeeze
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    #23 - The Squeeze

    S2:E23

    An ex-con accused of extortion is interrogated. He calmly and smugly insists that he is innocent, but Friday and Gannon have a surprise for him: taped conversations and a voice analysis device.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 24 - The Suicide Attempt
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    #24 - The Suicide Attempt

    S2:E24

    Friday and Gannon learn that a young man has called his mother from Hollywood "to say goodbye." With the help of the man's sister, the two detectives trace the impending suicide to a hotel with over 1,200 rooms.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dragnet Season 2 Episode 25 - The Big Departure
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    #25 - The Big Departure

    S2:E25

    Petty theft from drug and hardware stores leads to a group of four teens who are determined to start their own nation on a remote island off the California coast.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Hammer" is the worst rated episode of "Dragnet". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Jack Webb and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/2/1967. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Bookie".