9.2/1026 votes#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
- 8.2/1025 votes
#2 - The Big Chet
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/1955
No description available
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1037 votes
#3 - The Big No Rain
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/1955
No description available
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1056 votes
#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
- 7.9/1032 votes
#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
- 7.4/1055 votes
#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
- 7.4/1058 votes
#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
- 8.3/1039 votes
#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
- 7.5/1060 votes
#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
- 8.4/1023 votes
#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
- 8.2/1042 votes
#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
- 8.4/1034 votes
#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
- 7.8/1023 votes
#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
- 9.2/1025 votes
#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
- 8.6/1024 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#18 - The Big Tour
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 1/6/1956
No description available
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#20 - The Big Ruling
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 1/20/1956
No description available
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#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
The Best Episodes of Dragnet Season 5
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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 9.2/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by Jack Webb and written by N/A, it aired on 9/2/1955. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Big Chet".