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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!

The Best Episodes of Dragnet Season 4

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...

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  1. 8.4/10(29 votes)

    #1 - The Big Bindle

    S4:E16

    Friday goes under cover to bust a drug ring that is operating out of a high-class hotel.

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    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.3/10(54 votes)

    #2 - The Big Family

    S4:E20

    Local businessman John Keith Jarrett disappears and evidence of suicide is discovered. Friday and Smith check on the surviving members of his family and find them not the least concerned about their father's death, with his son a tennis bum, his daughter promiscuous, and his wife drunken. The case gets even murkier when a report comes in of a traffic incident upstate involving a camper in which the driver was using Jarrett's license.

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    Director:Jack Webb
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  3. 8.1/10(72 votes)

    #3 - The Big Rod

    S4:E18

    An expectant mother is run down and killed by two teenagers in a hot rod.

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  4. 8.0/10(62 votes)

    #4 - The Big Fraud

    S4:E2

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

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    Director:Jack Webb
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  5. 7.9/10(27 votes)

    #5 - The Big Kid

    S4:E6

    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.

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  6. 7.9/10(42 votes)

    #6 - The Big Present

    S4:E9

    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.

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  8. 7.8/10(27 votes)

    #7 - The Big Gangster (Part 1)

    S4:E10

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

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  9. 7.8/10(37 votes)

    #8 - The Big Tar Baby

    S4:E29

    A bartender's wife is kidnapped, beaten and rolled in hot tar.

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  10. 7.7/10(74 votes)

    #9 - The Big Pair

    S4:E4

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

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  11. 7.7/10(66 votes)

    #10 - The Big New Years

    S4:E12

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

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  12. 7.7/10(54 votes)

    #11 - The Big Number

    S4:E30

    Friday and Smith Investigate a Bank Robbery, but they don't have much to go on.

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  13. 7.6/10(27 votes)

    #12 - The Big Gangster (Part 2)

    S4:E11

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

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  14. 7.4/10(100 votes)

    #13 - The Big Crime

    S4:E3

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

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  15. 7.4/10(46 votes)

    #14 - The Big TV

    S4:E23

    The detectives search for a missing mother and child at the behest of her mother-in-law, unaware that the girl's husband has died in action and is not overseas as the woman had claimed.

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  16. 7.3/10(129 votes)

    #15 - The Big Producer

    S4:E1

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

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  17. 7.2/10(25 votes)

    #16 - The Big Dog

    S4:E24

    An old man sits on his front porch with a shotgun, threatening to kill the man who poisoned his dog.

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  18. 7.1/10(75 votes)

    #17 - The Big Bar

    S4:E8

    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.

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    #18 - The Big Escape

    S4:E5

    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.

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    #19 - The Big Missing

    S4:E7

    Friday and Smith are looking for a missing businessman.

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    #20 - The Big Want Ad

    S4:E13

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

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    #21 - The Big Affair

    S4:E14

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

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    #22 - The Big Bible

    S4:E15

    A man locks himself in his study and threatens suicide if his wife leaves him.

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    #23 - The Big Office

    S4:E17

    Friday and Smith are assigned to the business office, where they must deal with the paperwork on a busy weekend.

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    #24 - The Big Rescue

    S4:E19

    A group of bandits arm themselves and break their comrades out of jail.

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    #25 - The Big Shock

    S4:E21

    Friday and Smith go after a burglar who plans to break into a bank through an underground tunnel.

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Big Bindle" is the best rated episode of "Dragnet" season 4. It scored 8.4/10 based on 29 votes. Directed by Jack Webb and written by N/A, it aired on 12/9/1954. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Big Family".