An elderly widower is missing, so Friday and Smith retrace his actions before his disappearance. Things point to a long vacation until the story of Mrs. Banner, who rented the man’s house, doesn’t add up.
Dragnet 41 – The Big Lease
Dragnet 40 – The Big Frank
A man is pulled from his car, beaten and robbed. The criminal apparently makes his escape in the man’s car. Friday and Smith have to find him.
Dragnet 33 – The Big Break
Friday leads a team in a raid on the house of a very dangerous armed robber, which results in a bloody shootout.
Dragnet 28 – The Big Hate
Gordon Miller, a young pianist, is found near an abandoned freight car holding the dead body of a woman in his arms. He claims he has killed her. Called to interrogate him, Friday and Smith remain skeptical.
Dragnet 25 – The Big Show
A lady reports an abandoned baby at a bus depot. Officers Friday and Smith investigate, and realize her story doesn’t quite hold water.
Dragnet 23 – The Big Grandma
Friday and Jacobs look for an elderly woman who has been passing bad checks just three different months a year for nearly 10 years.
Dragnet 21 – The Big .22 Rifle For Christmas
Friday and Smith search for a missing boy. The first sign that the case is serious is when blood is found. Further probing reveals the boy’s parents had purchased him a .22-caliber rifle for Christmas — and the weapon is missing, removed from its wrapped package.
Dragnet 18 – The Big Seventeen
Upper middle-class teenagers in Los Angeles are going crazy. They trash a movie theater, beating up the manager and pushing a young man through a plate glass window. Sergeant Friday must get to the bottom of what is causing this to happen.
Dragnet 16 – The Big Sorrow
Just hours after the sudden death of his partner Ben Romero, Joe must set aside his emotions to help track down a pair of desperate escaped convicts who are headed towards Los Angeles.
