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A man walks into City hall carrying a live bomb. He threatens to blow up the building if his brother isn't released from jail.

The Human Bomb

Friday and Jacobs track down a drug ring through a small-time television actor who is hooked on heroin.

The Big Actor

Friday poses as a hired killer for a man who wants his wife dead.

The Big Death

A new-born baby is stolen from a hospital nursery and the trail leads the police to a deranged mother.

The Big Mother

The police interrogate a suspect whom they believe to have murdered more than a dozen men.

The Big Cast

A doctor is beaten and robbed of prescription drugs.

The Big Speech

A couple are robbed and murdered, along with their pet parrot. The killer uses a time bomb to start a fire and cover up his crime.

The Big Parrot

The Big Moody

A divorced mother is killed in bed by a shotgun while her young boy sleeps beside her.

The Big Blast

Friday testifies at the trial of a man accused of a hit-and-run, but the main witness against him suddenly disappears.

The Big Trial

A secretary is beaten to death and the search for the killer leads police to a religious fanatic.

The Big September Man

Friday confronts a jeweler with tape recorded evidence that proves he hired someone to rob his own store.

The Big Phone Call

A man claims that his wife committed suicide right in front of him, but the evidence suggests otherwise.

The Big Casing

Friday and Jacobs are out to catch a safe burglar who has been on the loose for seven months.

The Big Lamp

A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.

The Big Jump

Friday must cope with the sudden death of his partner as he and his new partner track a pair of escaped convicts.

The Big Sorrow

Friday and Smith search for the person who left a dead woman in a hospital elevator.

The Big Elevator

Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.

The Big Seventeen

Friday and Smith investigate three traffic accidents in one night.

The Big Trio

A missing young boy is found and returned to his grandfather, but the case gets complicated when the grandfather suspects that the boy is not his own grandson.

The Big Imposter

Two small boys are missing, there are blood stains on the ground and a gun meant as a Christmas present is gone.

The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas

Friday has to catch a bad cop who has been dealing with the mob.

The Big Cop

An elderly woman is passing bad checks, but no one suspects her because she looks harmless.

The Big Grandma

A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.

The Big Whiff

A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.

The Big Show

Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.

The Big Safe

A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.

The Big Church

Gordon Miller, a young pianist, is found near an abandoned freight car holding the dead body of a woman in his arms. He claims he has killed her.

The Big Hate

The Big Shakedown

Friday and Smith are looking for a missing woman that left her three children with her sister.

The Big Rose

A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can find no trace of her.

The Big Building

Two elderly women are struck down by a hit-and-run driver.

The Big Run

Friday and Smith track down an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous.

The Big Break

Friday and Smith must decide between accident or murder when a crewman working on a movie set is killed by a falling light.

The Big Light

An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim's abused wife.

The Big Waiter

A young man reports that he was robbed by bandits on horseback while he was down in Mexico.

The Big Test

A friend of Friday's asks him for help when he discovers that his son has been using drugs, and may be selling them as well.

The Big Lay-Out

A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.

The Big Fire

A man suddenly becomes ill and dies after eating his dinner at home.

The Big Ray

While investigating a routine robbery with Friday, Smith suffers a critical gunshot wound. Sergeant Friday is out for vengeance.

The Big Frank

An elderly widower is missing, so Friday and Smith retrace his actions before his disappearance. Things point to a long vacation until the story of Mrs. Banner, who rented the man's house, doesn't add up.

The Big Lease

Friday and Smith suspect a psycho killer when they find a woman with a broken neck in a hotel room.

The Big Hands

The Big Fourth

A bandit starts robbing people at local markets.

The Big Market

Friday and Smith are torn between two suspects when a man reports that his wife has been strangled.

The Big Friend

Friday and Smith search for the brutal killer of a 21-year-old woman.

The Big Barrette

Friday and Smith are looking for two thugs that seem to have disappeared from the city.

The Big Dance

Friday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring.

The Big White Rat

A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him.

The Big Revolt

Smith takes a personal interest when a strong-arm bandit threatens his family if he doesn't back off the case.

The Big Bull

Friday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.

The Big Betty

A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.

The Big Sophomore

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.

The Big Pill

The Big Lie

A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.

The Big Fake

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress.

The Big Dream

A man is found dead in an alley and it's up to Friday and Smith to find his killer and notify the man's wife.

The Big Guilt

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.

The Big Will

Friday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.

The Big In-Laws

The Big Lilly

A cop is gunned down at home by a vengeful ex con. Friday must go under cover in prison to obtain a full confession.

The Big Kill

Friday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their money.

The Big Lover

Robbers phone doctors for house calls then assault them and steal their drugs.

The Big Thief

A statue of the Child Jesus is stolen from a church. Friday and Smith must find it before the paritioners miss it on Christmas morning.

The Big Little Jesus

Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner.

The Big Eavesdrop

Three men are taken into custody for the murder of a former vaudeville actress who owned a large steamer trunk. The three men maintain innocence.

The Big Trunk

Friday and Smith catch a boy who has been vandalising private property, but they discover that the boy's problems begin at home.

The Big Youngster

The cops must stake out a hotel lobby and deal with a drunken desk clerk as they wait for four juvenile armed robbers to show up.

The Big Boys

Friday and Smith investigate the death of a young girl that is initially ruled a suicide but turns out to be murder.

The Big Ham

Signs point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road.

The Big Chance

Three children are found abandoned, filthy and starving. Friday and Smith charge the mother with neglect.

The Big Children

An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.

The Big Poison

A man posing as a doctor burgles the house of a woman who is mentally disturbed.

The Big Quack

An elderly man appears to have killed himself with a rifle, but the cops soon learn that it was no accident.

The Big Winchester

Friday and Smith are surprised to find a wealthy house wife is a shoplifter, until they discover that she is a kleptomaniac.

The Big Shoplift

A woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi.

The Big Hit-Run Killer

The Big Drink

Friday and Smith hunt down the bandit queen; a tall, gorgeous woman who is on a rampage of robberies and shootings.

The Big Girl

Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.

The Big Mattress

An elderly woman is badly beaten and robbed while on her way to the bank. The trail leads to an ex prize fighter.

The Big Pug

A man's body is found in the gutter and the only clue is a pair of skid marks found nearby.

The Big Frame

A woman disappears and her husband is the prime suspect, but Friday and Smith will have a hard time getting past his fierce guard dogs.

The Big Plant

A check forger is victimizing small businessmen in a particular neighborhood.

The Big Check

A man is beaten and robbed, then the thieves intimidate him and his family so he'll refuse to testify against them.

The Big Threat

A single mother is stabbed to death in her home. The list of suspects includes her teenage son and her many boyfriends.

The Big Dare

Friday begins to question a local gardener, who has been arrested for holding up a grocery store. During the interrogation Friday begins to have strong doubts about the man's confession.

The Big False Make

A man claims to be a big Hollywood producer, but Friday and Smith discover that he's merely the leader of a pornography ring.

The Big Producer

A group of con artists are posing as cops and victimizing out-of-town businessmen in fashionable hotels.

The Big Fraud

Four-year-old twin girls are abducted from the local park.

The Big Crime

An old man and his granddaughter are burglarized, leaving them broke and starving.

The Big Pair

A case hits too close to home for Friday when his old army buddy robs a liquor store and shoots his partner. Friday believes his friend wants to go straight after doing time, but things get worse when his friend breaks jail.

The Big Escape

When Friday and Smith learn that a showdown between two teenage gangs is about to take place within 48 hours, they do their utmost to prevent it.

The Big Kid

Friday and Smith are looking for a missing businessman.

The Big Missing

A holdup man is sticking up bars. After he takes the money he kills many of his victims. Sergeant Friday has few leads other than that the holdup man likes a certain song on the jukebox.

The Big Bar

Friday and Smith are looking for a burglar who leaves a milk bottle at the scene of the crime. They suspect a juvenile might be involved.

The Big Present

An attempt is made on the life of a gang leader. Friday and Smith must find the shooters before his followers seek revenge.

The Big Gangster (Part 1)

Friday and Smith must find the men who murdered a gang boss before an open gang war starts.

The Big Gangster (Part 2)

On New Year's Eve, Friday and Smith are working out of Central Receiving Hospital.

The Big New Years

Friday and Smith investigate a man who is conning people by using the want ads.

The Big Want Ad

Friday and Smith discover that the key to finding a hold-up artist lies in his married girlfriend.

The Big Affair

Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.

The Best Seasons of Dragnet

The Best Seasons of Dragnet

Season 4

Season 1

Season 7

Season 2

Season 8

Season 3

Season 5

Season 6