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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!

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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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Big Pipe" is the best rated episode of "Dragnet" season 5. It scored 7.2/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by Jack Webb and written by N/A, it aired on 9/2/1955. This episode is rated 1.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Big Chet".

  • The Big Pipe
    7.2/10(28)

    #1 - The Big Pipe

    Season 5 Episode 1

    Aired 9/2/1955

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

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Chet
    8.4/10(26)

    #2 - The Big Chet

    Season 5 Episode 2

    Aired 9/9/1955

    No description available

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big No Rain
    7.3/10(38)

    #3 - The Big No Rain

    Season 5 Episode 3

    Aired 9/16/1955

    No description available

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Lift
    7.3/10(59)

    #4 - The Big Lift

    Season 5 Episode 4

    Aired 9/23/1955

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

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Confession
    7.9/10(33)

    #5 - The Big Confession

    Season 5 Episode 5

    Aired 9/30/1955

    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.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Gap
    7.4/10(55)

    #6 - The Big Gap

    Season 5 Episode 6

    Aired 10/7/1955

    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.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Big Look
    7.4/10(59)

    #7 - The Big Look

    Season 5 Episode 7

    Aired 10/14/1955

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

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Glasses
    8.4/10(41)

    #8 - The Big Glasses

    Season 5 Episode 8

    Aired 10/21/1955

    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.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Bird
    7.4/10(61)

    #9 - The Big Bird

    Season 5 Episode 9

    Aired 10/28/1955

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

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Laugh
    8.4/10(23)

    #10 - The Big Laugh

    Season 5 Episode 10

    Aired 11/4/1955

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

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Smoke
    8.2/10(42)

    #11 - The Big Smoke

    Season 5 Episode 11

    Aired 11/11/1955

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

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Bounce
    8.5/10(35)

    #12 - The Big Bounce

    Season 5 Episode 12

    Aired 11/18/1955

    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.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Shot
    7.8/10(23)

    #13 - The Big Shot

    Season 5 Episode 13

    Aired 11/25/1955

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

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Locker
    7.2/10(27)

    #14 - The Big Locker

    Season 5 Episode 14

    Aired 12/2/1955

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

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Note
    7.8/10(25)

    #15 - The Big Note

    Season 5 Episode 15

    Aired 12/9/1955

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

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Genius
    NaN/10(0)

    #16 - The Big Genius

    Season 5 Episode 16

    Aired 12/16/1955

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

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Reminisce
    NaN/10(0)

    #17 - The Big Reminisce

    Season 5 Episode 17

    Aired 12/30/1955

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

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Tour
    NaN/10(0)

    #18 - The Big Tour

    Season 5 Episode 18

    Aired 1/6/1956

    No description available

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Sisters
    NaN/10(0)

    #19 - The Big Sisters

    Season 5 Episode 19

    Aired 1/13/1956

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

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Ruling
    NaN/10(0)

    #20 - The Big Ruling

    Season 5 Episode 20

    Aired 1/20/1956

    No description available

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Fall Guy
    NaN/10(0)

    #21 - The Big Fall Guy

    Season 5 Episode 21

    Aired 1/27/1956

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

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Set
    NaN/10(0)

    #22 - The Big Set

    Season 5 Episode 22

    Aired 2/3/1956

    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.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Child
    NaN/10(0)

    #23 - The Big Child

    Season 5 Episode 23

    Aired 2/10/1956

    A two-year-old child after drinking bleach from under the sink. Friday and Smith are unable to locate the mother for questioning.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Slug
    NaN/10(0)

    #24 - The Big Slug

    Season 5 Episode 24

    Aired 2/17/1956

    A liquor store owner is shot and killed during a botched robbery, but police can find no trace of the fatal bullet.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Daughter
    NaN/10(0)

    #25 - The Big Daughter

    Season 5 Episode 25

    Aired 2/24/1956

    Friday and Smith investigate a missing persons report.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A