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The Best Episodes of Dragnet Season 5

Every episode of Dragnet Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dragnet Season 5!

The Best Episodes of Dragnet Season 5

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. 8.7/10(24 votes)

    #1 - The Big Gift

    S5:E38

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    Director:Jack Webb
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  2. 8.5/10(35 votes)

    #2 - The Big Bounce

    S5:E12

    Joe Friday searches for a check forger who has been using the name of the old-time movie villain Parker Allington... who died three years ago.

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    Director:Jack Webb
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  3. 8.4/10(26 votes)

    #3 - The Big Chet

    S5:E2

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  4. 8.4/10(41 votes)

    #4 - The Big Glasses

    S5:E8

    A housewife, Ella Ryburn, reports to Friday and Smith that she cannot contact her mother, who is married to Alfred Rudolph Shroder. When he is questioned, Shroder claims his wife left him and that, out of shame, he sold their house and put her items in storage.

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    Director:Jack Webb
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  5. 8.4/10(23 votes)

    #5 - The Big Laugh

    S5:E10

    A con man makes lonely women fall for his charms, then steals their money and disappears.

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  6. 8.2/10(42 votes)

    #6 - The Big Smoke

    S5:E11

    An elderly couple is brutally beaten and the trail leads police to a former handy man.

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    Director:Jack Webb
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  8. 8.1/10(28 votes)

    #7 - The Big Wish

    S5:E35

    A teenage boy turns himself in and confesses to being an addict, but he refuses to give up the names of his friends who supplied him.

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  9. 8.0/10(50 votes)

    #8 - The Big Deal

    S5:E34

    Friday and Smith are investigating a rash of car thefts. The stolen cars are being sold with forged pink slips.

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  10. 7.9/10(33 votes)

    #9 - The Big Confession

    S5:E5

    A man walks into the station and tells Friday that he wants to confess to a murder, but the cops have a hard time varifying his story.

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  11. 7.8/10(23 votes)

    #10 - The Big Shot

    S5:E13

    A night club owner is shot down and there are no witnesses to the crime.

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  12. 7.8/10(25 votes)

    #11 - The Big Note

    S5:E15

    An anonymous note leads Friday and Smith to a group of teenage drug users and their neglectful parents.

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  13. 7.5/10(57 votes)

    #12 - The Big Gap

    S5:E6

    A pawn shop owner alerts Friday and Smith when a man claimed to have purchased an expensive ring that turns out to be junk and then asked the pawn shop owner to sell him a gun.

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  14. 7.4/10(60 votes)

    #13 - The Big Lift

    S5:E4

    An organized gang of shoplifters is looting large department stores in the city.

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  15. 7.4/10(62 votes)

    #14 - The Big Bird

    S5:E9

    Sgt. Friday investigates a robber who only targets pet stores and homes that have pet birds.

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  16. 7.3/10(39 votes)

    #15 - The Big No Rain

    S5:E3

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  17. 7.3/10(61 votes)

    #16 - The Big Look

    S5:E7

    A woman is dragged from her home and badly beaten by an unknown attacker.

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  18. 7.2/10(28 votes)

    #17 - The Big Pipe

    S5:E1

    A young woman is beaten to death with a led pipe and left in an empty office.

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  19. 7.2/10(27 votes)

    #18 - The Big Locker

    S5:E14

    Friday and Smith happen to catch a man trying to sell a stolen ring at a pawn shop.

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    #19 - The Big Genius

    S5:E16

    Friday and Smith investigate what seems to be the perfect crime.

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    #20 - The Big Reminisce

    S5:E17

    During a quiet New Year's shift, Friday and Smith remember some of their past cases and why it is they became cops.

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    #21 - The Big Tour

    S5:E18

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    #22 - The Big Sisters

    S5:E19

    An elderly woman fakes a burglary report so she can get attention from the police and the media.

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    #23 - The Big Ruling

    S5:E20

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    #24 - The Big Fall Guy

    S5:E21

    Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robbery suspect that has robbed two stores.

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    #25 - The Big Set

    S5:E22

    A city councilman is beaten and robbed by two men outside a bar. When he dies from his injuries, Friday and Smith feel pressure to find the killers.

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    Director:Jack Webb
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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Big Gift" is the best rated episode of "Dragnet" season 5. It scored 8.7/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by Jack Webb and written by N/A, it aired on 5/25/1956. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Big Bounce".