Dragnet (Season 5)

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.

The Big Pipe 0.0
Air date: 1955-09-02
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A young woman is beaten to death with a led pipe and left in an empty office.
The Big Chet 0.0
Air date: 1955-09-09
Runtime: 30 min
The Big No Rain 0.0
Air date: 1955-09-16
Runtime: 30 min
The Big Lift 0.0
Air date: 1955-09-23
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: An organized gang of shoplifters is looting large department stores in the city.
The Big Confession 0.0
Air date: 1955-09-30
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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.
The Big Gap 0.0
Air date: 1955-10-07
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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.
The Big Look 0.0
Air date: 1955-10-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A woman is dragged from her home and badly beaten by an unknown attacker.
The Big Glasses 0.0
Air date: 1955-10-21
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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.
The Big Bird 0.0
Air date: 1955-10-28
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Sgt. Friday investigates a robber who only targets pet stores and homes that have pet birds.
The Big Laugh 0.0
Air date: 1955-11-04
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A con man makes lonely women fall for his charms, then steals their money and disappears.
The Big Smoke 0.0
Air date: 1955-11-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: An elderly couple is brutally beaten and the trail leads police to a former handy man.
The Big Bounce 0.0
Air date: 1955-11-18
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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.
The Big Shot 0.0
Air date: 1955-11-25
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A night club owner is shot down and there are no witnesses to the crime.
The Big Locker 0.0
Air date: 1955-12-02
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Friday and Smith happen to catch a man trying to sell a stolen ring at a pawn shop.
The Big Note 0.0
Air date: 1955-12-09
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: An anonymous note leads Friday and Smith to a group of teenage drug users and their neglectful parents.
The Big Genius 0.0
Air date: 1955-12-16
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Friday and Smith investigate what seems to be the perfect crime.
The Big Reminisce 0.0
Air date: 1955-12-30
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: During a quiet New Year's shift, Friday and Smith remember some of their past cases and why it is they became cops.
The Big Tour 0.0
Air date: 1956-01-06
Runtime: 30 min
The Big Sisters 0.0
Air date: 1956-01-13
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: An elderly woman fakes a burglary report so she can get attention from the police and the media.
The Big Ruling 0.0
Air date: 1956-01-20
Runtime: 30 min
The Big Fall Guy 0.0
Air date: 1956-01-27
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robbery suspect that has robbed two stores.
The Big Set 0.0
Air date: 1956-02-03
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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.
The Big Child 0.0
Air date: 1956-02-10
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A two-year-old child after drinking bleach from under the sink. Friday and Smith are unable to locate the mother for questioning.
The Big Slug 0.0
Air date: 1956-02-17
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A liquor store owner is shot and killed during a botched robbery, but police can find no trace of the fatal bullet.
The Big Daughter 0.0
Air date: 1956-02-24
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Friday and Smith investigate a missing persons report.
The Big No Suicide 0.0
Air date: 1956-03-02
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Friday gets a call from a former mental patient who is threatening to kill himself and his family.
The Big Siege 0.0
Air date: 1956-03-09
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Police find themselves in a stand-off when an armed bank robber takes a woman hostage in her home.
The Big Mama 0.0
Air date: 1956-03-16
Runtime: 30 min
The Big Revision 0.0
Air date: 1956-03-23
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Friday and Smith hit a blank wall when a burglary suspect refuses to admit where he hid his stash.
The Big Ex-Blonde 0.0
Air date: 1956-03-30
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Friday goes undercover to catch brothers who steal people's money by posing as real-estate agents.
The Big Bobo 0.0
Air date: 1956-04-06
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A police officer is suspended from duty when he is accused of taking a bribe in exchange for a prisoner's release.
The Big Rush 0.0
Air date: 1956-04-13
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Two bandits turn cop killer when they gun down an off-duty policeman during a tavern hold-up.
The Big Setup 0.0
Air date: 1956-04-20
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: An informant tips off police to a shipment of heroin coming into the country. Friday goes under cover to bust open the ring.
The Big Deal 0.0
Air date: 1956-04-27
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Friday and Smith are investigating a rash of car thefts. The stolen cars are being sold with forged pink slips.
The Big Wish 0.0
Air date: 1956-05-04
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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.
The Big Hat 0.0
Air date: 1956-05-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A young man is found hiding in an empty train car with the strangled body of an older woman next to him.
The Big Housemaid 0.0
Air date: 1956-05-18
Runtime: 30 min
The Big Gift 0.0
Air date: 1956-05-25
Runtime: 30 min
The Big Salvage 0.0
Air date: 1956-06-01
Runtime: 30 min