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The Best Episodes of L.A. Dragnet

Every episode of L.A. Dragnet ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of L.A. Dragnet!

The Best Episodes of L.A. Dragnet

Within L.A. incredibly diverse landscape, two dedicated cops are relentless when it comes to solving crime. Detective Joe Friday is a seasoned veteran who has...

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  1. Background image for The Little Guy
    8.3/10(34 votes)

    #1 - The Little Guy

    S1:E12

    While trying to protect an innocent suspect linked to the Sanchez brothers, Friday puts his career on the line by killing a cop.

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    Director:Donna Deitch
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Killing Field
    8.2/10(40 votes)

    #2 - Killing Field

    S2:E10

    When a man is arrested for shoplift, using a missing person's car, police finds in the car the belongings of two other missing people. While in custody the suspect kills himself. Soon after, the detectives find in his house not only torture elements and videos but also human bones and several graves. One of the videos indicates that there was an accomplice.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Frame of Mind
    8.0/10(33 votes)

    #3 - Frame of Mind

    S2:E7

    The killing of a travelling salesman maybe connected to the unsolved murder of an adult movie star's father.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Retribution
    8.0/10(35 votes)

    #4 - Retribution

    S2:E8

    Detectives suspect an alleged victim of sexual abuse is responsible for decapitating an Orthodox priest.

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  5. Background image for The Cutting of the Swath
    7.9/10(37 votes)

    #5 - The Cutting of the Swath

    S1:E5

    Detectives Friday and Smith race to find the young son of a deranged man who's on a rampage to kill his entire family; and Smith takes the case a little too personally.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Redemption
    7.9/10(43 votes)

    #6 - Redemption

    S1:E9

    Detective Friday and Detective Beltran find out a hidden secret behind a run of the mill suicide.

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    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for All That Glitters
    7.8/10(58 votes)

    #7 - All That Glitters

    S1:E3

    Detective Friday is concerned that a small-time movie executive isn't telling all she knows regarding her investors and the gangland style murder in Malibu of one of her co-workers.

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    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Well Endowed
    7.8/10(62 votes)

    #8 - Well Endowed

    S1:E4

    While investigating the brutal murder of a little-known actress, Detectives Friday and Smith come across a number of people who might have information including a tabloid journalist, a wannabe porn star and a socially prominent Los Angeles family.

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    Director:Andy Wolk
  10. Background image for Sticks and Stones
    7.8/10(36 votes)

    #9 - Sticks and Stones

    S1:E8

    Detectives Friday and Smith investigate the satanic ritual killing of a teen girl. They look at her classmates including one who admits he should be the prime suspect.

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  11. Background image for The Artful Dodger
    7.7/10(35 votes)

    #10 - The Artful Dodger

    S1:E7

    A customer is killed during a multimillion dollar jewelry robbery. During the investigation, Friday and Smith meet a British insurance company P.I. who attempts to use them to recover the stolen jewels. Friday also knocks heads with the arrogant owner of a private security company.

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    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for The Magic Bullet
    7.7/10(36 votes)

    #11 - The Magic Bullet

    S2:E4

    The death of a fan at a wild Hollywood party lead the detectives to a record producer with a gun fetish.

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    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Coyote
    7.6/10(40 votes)

    #12 - Coyote

    S2:E2

    The detectives discover a major prostitution ring while investigating a woman's murder.

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  14. Background image for Slice of Life
    7.6/10(40 votes)

    #13 - Slice of Life

    S2:E5

    When fishermen find a woman's headless body offshore, detectives discover she had recently given birth, but there was no sign of the baby.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Brass Ring
    7.5/10(45 votes)

    #14 - The Brass Ring

    S1:E6

    The fiancé of a rising young Hollywood actress is found stabbed to death in the Hollywood Hills. Detectives Friday and Smith visit a movie studio head and a drug dealer to look for clues and find a shocking secret.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Let's Make a Deal
    7.5/10(32 votes)

    #15 - Let's Make a Deal

    S1:E10

    A Hollywood super-agent's infant son is kidnapped. It is discovered that the infant is the nanny's. That is the least of the problems for the Detectives on this case.

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    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Daddy's Girl
    7.5/10(39 votes)

    #16 - Daddy's Girl

    S2:E1

    Joe and his crew investigate the murder of a teenager who was burned and left for dead. Family honor is put to the test when the victom's father wants justice while assailant's father protects his child from the law.

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    Director:Steve Shill
  18. Background image for The Silver Slayer
    7.4/10(75 votes)

    #17 - The Silver Slayer

    S1:E1

    There is a series of murders involving woman and silver found on their bodies. Detectives Friday and Smith think that they have their killer, a man they caught near the second crime scene but he is greatly wounded during the chase. He dies soon after.

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    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Abduction
    7.4/10(44 votes)

    #18 - Abduction

    S2:E6

    The detectives investagate the abduction and killing of the son of a couple involved in an alternative lifestyle.

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    Director:Keith Samples
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Big Ruckus
    7.3/10(67 votes)

    #19 - The Big Ruckus

    S1:E2

    Friday and Smith are assigned to a case which involves a body found at MacArthur Park. The body is a rich college student. They figure that it was a drug deal that had gone bad but as they find more clues, they find that it had nothing to do with drugs.

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    Director:Kevin Hooks
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Riddance
    7.3/10(40 votes)

    #20 - Riddance

    S2:E9

    The deaths of an artist an his girlfriend leads the detectives to a case of poisoned drugs. when they arrest the dealer they have to prevent more people from dying and find the man who made the drugs.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for For Whom the Whistle Blows
    7.0/10(31 votes)

    #21 - For Whom the Whistle Blows

    S1:E11

    A woman, missing for six years, is found dead in her car in a canyon. The suspects in her death include her son, her husband, a lawyer, and the company she worked for.

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    Director:Unknown
  23. Background image for 17 in 6
    6.6/10(35 votes)

    #22 - 17 in 6

    S2:E3

    Detective Cooper looks for help to find those involved in a deadly gang war.

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    Director:Paul Shapiro
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"The Little Guy" is the best rated episode of "L.A. Dragnet". It scored 8.3/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Donna Deitch and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/11/2003. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Killing Field".