About this season
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.
Episodes (34)
1. The Big Cat
Aired 27 September 1956 • 30 min
A circus man reports that a tiger escaped from his truck and is now on the loose in Los Angeles.
2. The Big Misses
Aired 11 October 1956 • 30 min
A frightened wife tells Friday and Smith that she's worried her husband is planning to pull a hold-up.
3. The Big Beer
Aired 18 October 1956 • 30 min
4. The Big Net
Aired 25 October 1956 • 30 min
A group of police women act as decoys to draw a stick-up man out into the open.
5. The Big Convertable
Aired 1 November 1956 • 30 min
A man forges checks to keep himself and his wife in an expensive lifestyle, but he goes too far when he buys a slick convertable.
6. The Big Limp
Aired 8 November 1956 • 30 min
A teenage boy under arrest admits to police that his brother is planning to rob a loan company.
7. The Big Tattoo
Aired 15 November 1956 • 30 min
Friday and Smith are looking for a robber with an unusual tattoo.
8. The Big Odd
Aired 22 November 1956 • 30 min
Friday and Smith investigate a gambling racket.
9. The Big Bill
Aired 29 November 1956 • 30 min
Friday and Smith investigate reports of counterfeit money appearing all over the city.
10. The Big Search
Aired 6 December 1956 • 30 min
A distraught father reports that his teenage daughter is missing, and things look more bleak when her murdered pet is discovered in her room.
11. The Big Talk
Aired 13 December 1956 • 30 min
A watch salesman reports that he was robbed by two men whom he drank with the night before.
12. The Big Doting Mother
Aired 20 December 1956 • 30 min
13. The Big Handcuffs
Aired 27 December 1956 • 30 min
14. The Big Father
Aired 3 January 1957 • 30 min
A father works as a day burglar so he can buy presents for his kids, now living with his ex wife.
15. The Big Switch
Aired 10 January 1957 • 30 min
16. The Big Steal
Aired 17 January 1957 • 30 min
Friday and Smith investigate a rash of burglaries.
17. The Big Manikin
Aired 24 January 1957 • 30 min
A woman reports that her husband has failed to come home after going out with is business partner.
18. The Big No Tooth
Aired 31 January 1957 • 30 min
A bandit carrying a sawed-off shotgun is robbing hotels in the down town area.
19. The Big Skip
Aired 7 February 1957 • 30 min
A man is reported missing, by two different women, the description matches, but the names are different. He is married to these two and has apparently skipped out on both. Friday searches for him at various places.
20. The Big Fin
Aired 14 February 1957 • 30 min
A tourist leaves her purse in the back of a cab and it's up to Friday and Smith to track it down.
21. The Big Game
Aired 21 February 1957 • 30 min
22. The Big Coins
Aired 28 February 1957 • 30 min
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robber/arsonist that takes nothing of value and then sets the house on fire.
23. The Big Close
Aired 7 March 1957 • 30 min
Friday and Smith reopen a closed case because a tip leads them to believe they have the wrong person.
24. The Big Tie
Aired 14 March 1957 • 30 min
Friday and Smith investigate the former employee of a tie manufacturing company.
25. The Big Cup
Aired 21 March 1957 • 30 min
A howling dog leads to the unearthing of the battered body of an old woman in her garden.
26. The Big Truck
Aired 28 March 1957 • 30 min
Friday and Smith investigate the hit and run of a little girl.
27. The Big Saint
Aired 4 April 1957 • 30 min
Friday and Smith try to prove that a salvage yard operator is using his business to fix up stolen cars.
28. The Big Match
Aired 11 April 1957 • 30 min
An auction house is held up and the only clue to the bandits lies in a dropped matchbook.
29. The Big Help
Aired 18 April 1957 • 30 min
30. The Big Celebration
Aired 25 April 1957 • 30 min
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a thief whose victims are attending weddings and funerals.
31. The Big Cry Baby
Aired 2 May 1957 • 30 min
32. The Big Lesson
Aired 9 May 1957 • 30 min
Friday and Smith are on the trail of three masked men responsible for over thirty robberies.
33. The Big Soldier
Aired 16 May 1957 • 30 min
34. The Big Make
Aired 23 May 1957 • 30 min
A bakery owner and his daughter are shot down during a robbery.