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First Aired: December 16th, 1951
Status: Ended
Genre: Crime, Drama
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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Season 5
Episode 1: The Big Pipe
Air Date: September 2nd, 1955
Summary: A young woman is beaten to death with a led pipe and left in an empty office.
Episode 2: The Big Chet
Air Date: September 9th, 1955
Episode 3: The Big No Rain
Air Date: September 16th, 1955
Episode 4: The Big Lift
Air Date: September 23rd, 1955
Summary: An organized gang of shoplifters is looting large department stores in the city.
Episode 5: The Big Confession
Air Date: September 30th, 1955
Summary: 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.
Episode 6: The Big Gap
Air Date: October 7th, 1955
Summary: 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.
Episode 7: The Big Look
Air Date: October 14th, 1955
Summary: A woman is dragged from her home and badly beaten by an unknown attacker.
Episode 8: The Big Glasses
Air Date: October 21st, 1955
Summary: 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.
Episode 9: The Big Bird
Air Date: October 28th, 1955
Summary: Sgt. Friday investigates a robber who only targets pet stores and homes that have pet birds.
Episode 10: The Big Laugh
Air Date: November 4th, 1955
Summary: A con man makes lonely women fall for his charms, then steals their money and disappears.
Episode 11: The Big Smoke
Air Date: November 11st, 1955
Summary: An elderly couple is brutally beaten and the trail leads police to a former handy man.
Episode 12: The Big Bounce
Air Date: November 18th, 1955
Summary: 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.
Episode 13: The Big Shot
Air Date: November 25th, 1955
Summary: A night club owner is shot down and there are no witnesses to the crime.
Episode 14: The Big Locker
Air Date: December 2nd, 1955
Summary: Friday and Smith happen to catch a man trying to sell a stolen ring at a pawn shop.
Episode 15: The Big Note
Air Date: December 9th, 1955
Summary: An anonymous note leads Friday and Smith to a group of teenage drug users and their neglectful parents.
Episode 16: The Big Genius
Air Date: December 16th, 1955
Summary: Friday and Smith investigate what seems to be the perfect crime.
Episode 17: The Big Reminisce
Air Date: December 30th, 1955
Summary: During a quiet New Year's shift, Friday and Smith remember some of their past cases and why it is they became cops.
Episode 18: The Big Tour
Air Date: January 6th, 1956
Episode 19: The Big Sisters
Air Date: January 13rd, 1956
Summary: An elderly woman fakes a burglary report so she can get attention from the police and the media.
Episode 20: The Big Ruling
Air Date: January 20th, 1956
Episode 21: The Big Fall Guy
Air Date: January 27th, 1956
Summary: Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robbery suspect that has robbed two stores.
Episode 22: The Big Set
Air Date: February 3rd, 1956
Summary: 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.
Episode 23: The Big Child
Air Date: February 10th, 1956
Summary: A two-year-old child after drinking bleach from under the sink. Friday and Smith are unable to locate the mother for questioning.
Episode 24: The Big Slug
Air Date: February 17th, 1956
Summary: A liquor store owner is shot and killed during a botched robbery, but police can find no trace of the fatal bullet.
Episode 25: The Big Daughter
Air Date: February 24th, 1956
Summary: Friday and Smith investigate a missing persons report.
Episode 26: The Big No Suicide
Air Date: March 2nd, 1956
Summary: Friday gets a call from a former mental patient who is threatening to kill himself and his family.
Episode 27: The Big Siege
Air Date: March 9th, 1956
Summary: Police find themselves in a stand-off when an armed bank robber takes a woman hostage in her home.
Episode 28: The Big Mama
Air Date: March 16th, 1956
Episode 29: The Big Revision
Air Date: March 23rd, 1956
Summary: Friday and Smith hit a blank wall when a burglary suspect refuses to admit where he hid his stash.
Episode 30: The Big Ex-Blonde
Air Date: March 30th, 1956
Summary: Friday goes undercover to catch brothers who steal people's money by posing as real-estate agents.
Episode 31: The Big Bobo
Air Date: April 6th, 1956
Summary: A police officer is suspended from duty when he is accused of taking a bribe in exchange for a prisoner's release.
Episode 32: The Big Rush
Air Date: April 13rd, 1956
Summary: Two bandits turn cop killer when they gun down an off-duty policeman during a tavern hold-up.
Episode 33: The Big Setup
Air Date: April 20th, 1956
Summary: An informant tips off police to a shipment of heroin coming into the country. Friday goes under cover to bust open the ring.
Episode 34: The Big Deal
Air Date: April 27th, 1956
Summary: Friday and Smith are investigating a rash of car thefts. The stolen cars are being sold with forged pink slips.
Episode 35: The Big Wish
Air Date: May 4th, 1956
Summary: A teenage boy turns himself in and confesses to being an addict, but he refuses to give up the names of his friends who supplied him.
Episode 36: The Big Hat
Air Date: May 11st, 1956
Summary: A young man is found hiding in an empty train car with the strangled body of an older woman next to him.
Episode 37: The Big Housemaid
Air Date: May 18th, 1956
Episode 38: The Big Gift
Air Date: May 25th, 1956
Episode 39: The Big Salvage
Air Date: June 1st, 1956
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