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First Aired: December 16th, 1951

Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Summary: 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 "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.

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# of Episodes: 276

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Episode 1: The Big Jump

Air Date: September 11st, 1952

Summary: A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.

Episode 2: The Big Sorrow

Air Date: September 25th, 1952

Summary: Friday must cope with the sudden death of his partner as he and his new partner track a pair of escaped convicts.

Episode 3: The Big Elevator

Air Date: October 9th, 1952

Summary: Friday and Smith search for the person who left a dead woman in a hospital elevator.

Episode 4: The Big Seventeen

Air Date: November 6th, 1952

Summary: Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.

Episode 5: The Big Trio

Air Date: November 20th, 1952

Summary: Friday and Smith investigate three traffic accidents in one night.

Episode 6: The Big Imposter

Air Date: December 4th, 1952

Summary: A missing young boy is found and returned to his grandfather, but the case gets complicated when the grandfather suspects that the boy is not his own grandson.

Episode 7: The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas

Air Date: December 18th, 1952

Summary: Two small boys are missing, there are blood stains on the ground and a gun meant as a Christmas present is gone.

Episode 8: The Big Cop

Air Date: January 2nd, 1953

Summary: Friday has to catch a bad cop who has been dealing with the mob.

Episode 9: The Big Grandma

Air Date: January 8th, 1953

Summary: An elderly woman is passing bad checks, but no one suspects her because she looks harmless.

Episode 10: The Big Whiff

Air Date: January 15th, 1953

Summary: A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.

Episode 11: The Big Show

Air Date: January 22nd, 1953

Summary: A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.

Episode 12: The Big Safe

Air Date: January 29th, 1953

Summary: Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.

Episode 13: The Big Church

Air Date: February 5th, 1953

Summary: A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.

Episode 14: The Big Hate

Air Date: February 12nd, 1953

Summary: 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.

Episode 15: The Big Shakedown

Air Date: February 20th, 1953

Summary: Friday is looking for a crooked cop.

Episode 16: The Big Rose

Air Date: February 26th, 1953

Summary: Friday and Smith are looking for a missing woman that left her three children with her sister.

Episode 17: The Big Building

Air Date: March 5th, 1953

Summary: A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can find no trace of her.

Episode 18: The Big Run

Air Date: March 12nd, 1953

Summary: Two elderly women are struck down by a hit-and-run driver.

Episode 19: The Big Break

Air Date: March 19th, 1953

Summary: Friday and Smith track down an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous.

Episode 20: The Big Light

Air Date: March 26th, 1953

Summary: Friday and Smith must decide between accident or murder when a crewman working on a movie set is killed by a falling light.

Episode 21: The Big Waiter

Air Date: April 2nd, 1953

Summary: An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim's abused wife.

Episode 22: The Big Test

Air Date: April 9th, 1953

Summary: A young man reports that he was robbed by bandits on horseback while he was down in Mexico.

Episode 23: The Big Lay-Out

Air Date: April 16th, 1953

Summary: A friend of Friday's asks him for help when he discovers that his son has been using drugs, and may be selling them as well.

Episode 24: The Big Fire

Air Date: April 23rd, 1953

Summary: A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.

Episode 25: The Big Ray

Air Date: April 30th, 1953

Summary: A man suddenly becomes ill and dies after eating his dinner at home.

Episode 26: The Big Frank

Air Date: May 7th, 1953

Summary: While investigating a routine robbery with Friday, Smith suffers a critical gunshot wound. Sergeant Friday is out for vengeance.

Episode 27: The Big Lease

Air Date: May 14th, 1953

Summary: 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.

Episode 28: The Big Hands

Air Date: May 21st, 1953

Summary: Friday and Smith suspect a psycho killer when they find a woman with a broken neck in a hotel room.

Episode 29: The Big Fourth

Air Date: May 28th, 1953

Summary: Several babies are stolen in the city.

Episode 30: The Big Market

Air Date: June 4th, 1953

Summary: A bandit starts robbing people at local markets.

Episode 31: The Big Friend

Air Date: June 11st, 1953

Summary: Friday and Smith are torn between two suspects when a man reports that his wife has been strangled.

Episode 32: The Big Barrette

Air Date: June 18th, 1953

Summary: Friday and Smith search for the brutal killer of a 21-year-old woman.

Episode 33: The Big Dance

Air Date: June 25th, 1953

Summary: Friday and Smith are looking for two thugs that seem to have disappeared from the city.

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