Season 1, Episode 1 – Aired: 12/16/1951
The Human Bomb
A man walks into City hall carrying a live bomb. He threatens to blow up the building if his brother isn't released from jail.
Season 1, Episode 2 – Aired: 1/3/1952
The Big Actor
Friday and Romero track down a drug ring through a small-time television actor who is hooked on heroin.
Season 1, Episode 3 – Aired: 1/17/1952
The Big Death
Friday poses as a hired killer for a man who wants his wife dead.
Season 1, Episode 4 – Aired: 1/31/1952
The Big Mother
A new-born baby is stolen from a hospital nursery and the trail leads the police to a deranged mother.
Season 1, Episode 5 – Aired: 2/14/1952
The Big Cast
The police interrogate a suspect whom they believe to have murdered more than a dozen men.
Season 1, Episode 6 – Aired: 2/28/1952
The Big Speech
A doctor is beaten and robbed of prescription drugs.
Season 1, Episode 7 – Aired: 3/13/1952
The Big Parrot
A couple are robbed and murdered, along with their pet parrot. The killer uses a time bomb to start a fire and cover up his crime.
Season 1, Episode 8 – Aired: 3/27/1952
The Big Moody
Friday is assigned to investigate the murder of a rich man.
Season 1, Episode 9 – Aired: 4/10/1952
The Big Blast
A divorced mother is killed in bed by a shotgun while her young boy sleeps beside her.
Season 1, Episode 10 – Aired: 4/24/1952
The Big Trial
Friday testifies at the trial of a man accused of a hit-and-run, but the main witness against him suddenly disappears.
Season 1, Episode 11 – Aired: 5/8/1952
The Big September Man
A secretary is beaten to death and the search for the killer leads police to a religious fanatic.
Season 1, Episode 12 – Aired: 5/22/1952
The Big Phone Call
Friday confronts a jeweler with tape recorded evidence that proves he hired someone to rob his own store.
Season 1, Episode 13 – Aired: 6/5/1952
The Big Casing
A man claims that his wife committed suicide right in front of him, but the evidence suggests otherwise.
Season 1, Episode 14 – Aired: 6/19/1952
The Big Lamp
Friday and Jacobs are out to catch a safe burglar who has been on the loose for seven months.
Season 2, Episode 1 – Aired: 9/11/1952
The Big Jump
A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.
Season 2, Episode 2 – Aired: 9/25/1952
The Big Sorrow
Friday must cope with the sudden death of his partner as he and his new partner track a pair of escaped convicts.
Season 2, Episode 3 – Aired: 10/9/1952
The Big Elevator
Friday and Smith search for the person who left a dead woman in a hospital elevator.
Season 2, Episode 4 – Aired: 11/6/1952
The Big Seventeen
Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.
Season 2, Episode 5 – Aired: 11/20/1952
The Big Trio
Friday and Smith investigate three traffic accidents in one night.
Season 2, Episode 6 – Aired: 12/4/1952
The Big Imposter
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.
Season 2, Episode 7 – Aired: 12/18/1952
A Gun for Christmas
Two small boys are missing, there are blood stains on the ground and a gun meant as a Christmas present is gone.
Season 2, Episode 8 – Aired: 1/18/1953
The Big Cop
Friday has to catch a bad cop who has been dealing with the mob.
Season 2, Episode 9 – Aired: 1/8/1953
The Big Grandma
An elderly woman is passing bad checks, but no one suspects her because she looks harmless.
Season 2, Episode 10 – Aired: 1/15/1953
The Big Whiff
A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.
Season 2, Episode 11 – Aired: 1/22/1953
The Big Show
A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.
Season 2, Episode 12 – Aired: 1/29/1953
The Big Safe
Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.
Season 2, Episode 13 – Aired: 2/5/1953
The Big Church
A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.
Season 2, Episode 14 – Aired: 2/12/1953
The Big Hate
Friday and Smith charge a man with the murder of his fiance, though he claims he's innocent.
Season 2, Episode 15 – Aired: 2/19/1953
The Big Shakedown
Friday is looking for a crooked cop.
Season 2, Episode 16 – Aired: 2/26/1953
The Big Rose
Friday and Smith are looking for a murderer who leaves a rose as his calling card.
Season 2, Episode 17 – Aired: 3/5/1953
The Big Building
A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can find no trace of her.
Season 2, Episode 18 – Aired: 3/12/1953
The Big Run
Two elderly women are struck down by a hit-and-run driver.
Season 2, Episode 19 – Aired: 3/19/1953
The Big Break
Friday and Smith track down an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous.
Season 2, Episode 20 – Aired: 3/26/1953
The Big Light
Friday and Smith must decide between accident or murder when a crewman working on a movie set is killed by a falling light.
Season 2, Episode 21 – Aired: 4/2/1953
The Big Waiter
An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim's abused wife.
Season 2, Episode 22 – Aired: 4/9/1953
The Big Test
A young man reports that he was robbed by bandits on horseback while he was down in Mexico.
Season 2, Episode 23 – Aired: 4/16/1953
The Big Lay-Out
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.
Season 2, Episode 24 – Aired: 4/23/1953
The Big Fire
A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.
Season 2, Episode 25 – Aired: 4/30/1953
The Big Ray
A man suddenly becomes ill and dies after eating his dinner at home.
Season 2, Episode 26 – Aired: 5/7/1953
The Big Frank
While investigating a routine robbery with Friday, Smith suffers a critical gunshot wound. Sgt. Friday is out for vengence.
Season 2, Episode 27 – Aired: 5/14/1953
The Big Lease
No summary available.
Season 2, Episode 28 – Aired: 5/21/1953
The Big Hands
Friday and Smith suspect a psycho killer when they find a woman with a broken neck in a hotel room.
Season 2, Episode 29 – Aired: 5/28/1953
The Big Fourth
Friday and Smith work out of Central Receiving Hospital.
Season 2, Episode 30 – Aired: 6/4/1953
The Big Market
Friday and Smith crack down on a pornography ring selling books and magazines at local schools.
Season 2, Episode 31 – Aired: 6/11/1953
The Big Friend
Friday and Smith are torn between two suspects when a man reports that his wife has been strangled.
Season 2, Episode 32 – Aired: 6/18/1953
The Big Barrette
Friday and Smith search for the brutal killer of a 21-year-old woman.
Season 2, Episode 33 – Aired: 6/25/1953
The Big Dance
Friday and Smith are looking for two thugs that seem to have disappeared from the city.
Season 3, Episode 1 – Aired: 9/3/1953
The Big White Rat
Friday and Smith investigate the report of a drug ring.
Season 3, Episode 2 – Aired: 9/10/1953
The Big Revolt
No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 3 – Aired: 9/17/1953
The Big Bull
Smith takes a personal interest when a strong-arm bandit threatens his family if he doesn't back off the case.
Season 3, Episode 4 – Aired: 9/24/1953
The Big Betty
Friday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.
Season 3, Episode 5 – Aired: 10/1/1953
The Big Sophomore
A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.
Season 3, Episode 6 – Aired: 10/8/1953
The Big Pill
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.
Season 3, Episode 7 – Aired: 10/15/1953
The Big Lie
No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 8 – Aired: 10/22/1953
The Big Fake
A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.
Season 3, Episode 9 – Aired: 10/29/1953
The Big Dream
Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress.
Season 3, Episode 10 – Aired: 11/5/1953
The Big Guilt
No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 11 – Aired: 11/12/1953
The Big Will
Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.
Season 3, Episode 12 – Aired: 11/19/1953
The Big In-Laws
Friday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.
Season 3, Episode 13 – Aired: 11/26/1953
The Big Lilly
No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 14 – Aired: 12/3/1953
The Big Kill
A cop is gunned down at home by a vengeful ex con. Friday must go under cover in prison to obtain a full confession.
Season 3, Episode 15 – Aired: 12/10/1953
The Big Lover
No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 16 – Aired: 12/17/1953
The Big Thief
Doctors making house calls are being targeted by armed robbers posing as man and wife.
Season 3, Episode 17 – Aired: 12/24/1953
The Big Little Jesus
A statue of the Child Jesus is stolen from a church. Friday and Smith must find it before the paritioners miss it on Christmas morning.
Season 3, Episode 18 – Aired: 12/31/1953
The Big Eavesdrop
Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner.
Season 3, Episode 19 – Aired: 1/7/1954
The Big Trunk
Friday and Smith investigate a woman found dead in her hotel room.
Season 3, Episode 20 – Aired: 1/14/1954
The Big Youngster
Friday and Smith catch a boy who has been vandalising private property, but they discover that the boy's problems begin at home.
Season 3, Episode 21 – Aired: 1/21/1954
The Big Boys
The cops must stake out a hotel lobby and deal with a drunken desk clerk as they wait for four juvenile armed robbers to show up.
Season 3, Episode 22 – Aired: 1/28/1954
The Big Ham
Friday and Smith investigate the suicide of a young girl.
Season 3, Episode 23 – Aired: 2/4/1954
The Big Chance
Signs point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road.
Season 3, Episode 24 – Aired: 2/11/1954
The Big Children
Three children are found abandoned, filthy and starving. Friday and Smith charge the mother with neglect.
Season 3, Episode 25 – Aired: 2/18/1954
The Big Poison
An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.
Season 3, Episode 26 – Aired: 2/25/1954
The Big Quack
A man posing as a doctor burgles the house of a woman who is mentally disturbed.
Season 3, Episode 27 – Aired: 3/4/1954
The Big Winchester
An elderly man appears to have killed himself with a rifle, but the cops soon learn that it was no accident.
Season 3, Episode 28 – Aired: 3/11/1954
The Big Shoplift
Friday and Smith are surprised to find a wealthy house wife is a shoplifter, until they discover that she is a kleptomaniac.
Season 3, Episode 29 – Aired: 3/18/1954
The Big Hit-Run Killer
A woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi.
Season 3, Episode 30 – Aired: 3/25/1954
The Big Drink
No summary available.
Season 3, Episode 31 – Aired: 4/1/1954
The Big Girl
Friday and Smith hunt down the bandit queen; a tall, gorgeous woman who is on a rampage of robberies and shootings.
Season 3, Episode 32 – Aired: 4/8/1954
The Big Mattress
Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.
Season 3, Episode 33 – Aired: 4/15/1954
The Big Pug
An elderly woman is badly beaten and robbed while on her way to the bank. The trail leads to an ex prize fighter.
Season 3, Episode 34 – Aired: 4/22/1954
The Big Frame
A man's body is found in the gutter and the only clue is a pair of skid marks found nearby.
Season 3, Episode 35 – Aired: 4/29/1954
The Big Plant
A woman disappears and her husband is the prime suspect, but Friday and Smith will have a hard time getting past his fierce guard dogs.
Season 3, Episode 36 – Aired: 5/6/1954
The Big Check
A check forger is victimizing small businessmen in a particular neighborhood.
Season 3, Episode 37 – Aired: 5/13/1954
The Big Threat
A man is beaten and robbed, then the thieves intimidate him and his family so he'll refuse to testify against them.
Season 3, Episode 38 – Aired: 5/20/1954
The Big Dare
A single mother is stabbed to death in her home. The list of suspects includes her teenage son and her many boyfriends.
Season 3, Episode 39 – Aired: 5/27/1954
The Big False Make
A store manager identifies a robbery suspect, but Friday and Smith think that the suspect is the wrong man.
Season 4, Episode 1 – Aired: 8/26/1954
The Big Producer
A man claims to be a big Hollywood producer, but Friday and Smith discover that he's merely the leader of a pornography ring.
Season 4, Episode 2 – Aired: 9/2/1954
The Big Fraud
A group of con artists are posing as cops and victimizing out-of-town businessmen in fashionable hotels.
Season 4, Episode 3 – Aired: 9/9/1954
The Big Crime
Four year old twin girls are abducted from the local park.
Season 4, Episode 4 – Aired: 9/16/1954
The Big Pair
An old man and his granddaughter are burglarized, leaving them broke and starving.
Season 4, Episode 5 – Aired: 9/23/1954
The Big Escape
A case hits too close to home for Friday when his old army buddy robs a liquor store and shoots his partner. Friday believes his friend wants to go straight after doing time, but things get worse when his friend breaks jail.
Season 4, Episode 6 – Aired: 9/30/1954
The Big Kid
No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 7 – Aired: 10/7/1954
The Big Missing
Friday and Smith are looking for a missing businessman.
Season 4, Episode 8 – Aired: 10/14/1954
The Big Bar
Friday and Smith look for a killer who murders bartenders.
Season 4, Episode 9 – Aired: 10/21/1954
The Big Present
No summary available.
Season 4, Episode 10 – Aired: 10/28/1954
The Big Gangster (Part 1)
An attempt is made on the life of a gang leader. Friday and Smith must find the shooters before his followers seek revenge.
Season 4, Episode 11 – Aired: 11/4/1954
The Big Gangster (Part 2)
Friday and Smith must find the men who murdered a gang boss before an open gang war starts.
Season 4, Episode 12 – Aired: 11/11/1954
The Big New Years
On New Years Eve, Friday and Smith are working out of Central Receiving Hospital.
Season 4, Episode 13 – Aired: 11/18/1954
The Big Want Ad
Friday and Smith investigate a man who is conning people by using the want ads.
Season 4, Episode 14 – Aired: 11/25/1954
The Big Affair
Friday and Smith discover that the key to finding a hold-up artist lies in his married girlfriend.
Season 4, Episode 15 – Aired: 12/2/1954
The Big Bible
A man locks himself in his study and threatens suicide if his wife leaves him.
Season 4, Episode 16 – Aired: 12/9/1954
The Big Bundle
Friday goes under cover to bust a drug ring that is operating out of a high-class hotel.
Season 4, Episode 17 – Aired: 12/16/1954
The Big Office
Friday and Smith are assigned to the business office, where they must deal with the paperwork on a busy weekend.
Season 4, Episode 18 – Aired: 12/30/1954
The Big Rod
An expectant mother is run down and killed by two teenagers in a hot rod.
Season 4, Episode 19 – Aired: 1/6/1955
The Big Rescue
A group of bandits arm themselves and break their comrades out of jail.
Season 4, Episode 20 – Aired: 1/13/1955
The Big Family
Friday and Smith investigate a family that is pulling con jobs all over Los Angeles.
Season 4, Episode 21 – Aired: 1/20/1955
The Big Shock
Friday and Smith go after a burglar who plans to break into a bank through an underground tunnel.
Season 4, Episode 22 – Aired: 1/27/1955
The Big Screen
Friday and Smith team up with a newspaper reporter so they can investigate television repairmen who may be overcharging their customers.
Season 4, Episode 23 – Aired: 2/3/1955
The Big TV
A mother in-law calls missing persons claiming that her grandson and daughter in-law are missing.
Season 4, Episode 24 – Aired: 2/10/1955
The Big Dog
An old man sits on his front porch with a shotgun, threatening to kill the man who poisoned his dog.
Season 4, Episode 25 – Aired: 2/17/1955
The Big Underground
Friday and Smith use a stolen check as a lead to a series of used car lot robberies.
Season 4, Episode 26 – Aired: 2/24/1955
The Big Key
A woman's badly mutilated body is found in a churchyard on Christmas eve. The only clue is a key lying under her.
Season 4, Episode 27 – Aired: 3/3/1955
The Big Mailman
Friday and Smith go after a bandit who is robbing mailboxes and then trying to cash other people's checks.
Season 4, Episode 28 – Aired: 3/10/1955
The Big Customer
Friday and Smith investigate a man that is writing bad checks.
Season 4, Episode 29 – Aired: 3/17/1955
The Big Tar Baby
A bartender's wife is kidnapped, beaten and rolled in hot tar.
Season 4, Episode 30 – Aired: 3/24/1955
The Big Number
Friday and Smith Investigate a Bank Robbery. The suspect is found by a witness getting 3 numbers from his licence plate.
Season 4, Episode 31 – Aired: 3/31/1955
The Big Mask
A masked bandit is holding up supermarkets and the police are not able to catch him.
Season 4, Episode 32 – Aired: 4/7/1955
The Big Sucker
A con artist is swindling jewelers using fake diamonds.
Season 4, Episode 33 – Aired: 4/14/1955
The Big Mustache
Friday and Smith investigate the robbery of an appliance store.
Season 4, Episode 34 – Aired: 4/21/1955
The Big Heel
Friday and Smith use an unusual footprint to help solve a murder case.
Season 4, Episode 35 – Aired: 4/28/1955
The Big Gone
The owner of a flower shop kills a man who is trying to rob him, but the corpse mysteriously vanishes.
Season 4, Episode 36 – Aired: 5/5/1955
The Big Student
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a bunch of teenagers selling fake magazine subscriptions.
Season 4, Episode 37 – Aired: 5/12/1955
The Big Watch
Friday and Smith investigate a man based on a tip from an informant.
Season 4, Episode 38 – Aired: 5/19/1955
The Big Dig
Friday and Smith are looking into a report of a missing woman that turns into a murder investigation.
Season 4, Episode 39 – Aired: 5/26/1955
The Big Mug
Two hold-up men are robbing and beating pedestrians in the down town area.
Season 5, Episode 1 – Aired: 9/19/1955
The Big Pipe
Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a young woman who was beaten to death with a led pipe.
Season 5, Episode 2 – Aired: 9/8/1955
The Big Chet
No summary available.
Season 5, Episode 3 – Aired: 9/15/1955
The Big No Rain
No summary available.
Season 5, Episode 4 – Aired: 9/22/1955
The Big Lift
An organized gang of shoplifters is looting large department stores in the city.
Season 5, Episode 5 – Aired: 9/29/1955
The Big Confession
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.
Season 5, Episode 6 – Aired: 10/6/1955
The Big Gap
Friday and Smith investigate a robbery report.
Season 5, Episode 7 – Aired: 10/13/1955
The Big Look
Friday and Smith are assigned to a case of a woman who was beaten outside her home.
Season 5, Episode 8 – Aired: 10/20/1955
The Big Glasses
No summary available.
Season 5, Episode 9 – Aired: 10/27/1955
The Big Bird
Sgt. Friday investigates a robber who only targets pet stores and homes that have pet birds.
Season 5, Episode 10 – Aired: 11/3/1955
The Big Laugh
A con man makes lonely women fall for his charms, then steals their money and disappears.
Season 5, Episode 11 – Aired: 11/10/1955
The Big Smoke
An elderly couple is brutally beaten and the trail leads police to a former handy man.
Season 5, Episode 12 – Aired: 11/17/1955
The Big Bounce
A forger is using a dead man's account to write bad checks.
Season 5, Episode 13 – Aired: 11/24/1955
The Big Shot
A night club owner is shot down and there are no witnesses to the crime.
Season 5, Episode 14 – Aired: 12/1/1955
The Big Locker
Friday and Smith happen to catch a man trying to sell a stolen ring at a pawn shop.
Season 5, Episode 15 – Aired: 12/8/1955
The Big Note
Friday and Smith receive an anonymous note that leads them to a group of neglected and drug using teenagers.
Season 5, Episode 16 – Aired: 12/15/1955
The Big Genius
Friday and Smith investigate what seems to be the perfect crime.
Season 5, Episode 17 – Aired: 12/29/1955
The Big Reminisce
Friday and Smith talk about some of there past cases during a slow New Year's Eve shift.
Season 5, Episode 18 – Aired: 1/5/1956
The Big Tour
No summary available.
Season 5, Episode 19 – Aired: 1/12/1956
The Big Sisters
Friday and Smith are sent to investigate a burglary report filed by an elderly only to find out that the report is a fake.
Season 5, Episode 20 – Aired: 1/19/1956
The Big Ruling
No summary available.
Season 5, Episode 21 – Aired: 1/26/1956
The Big Fall Guy
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robbery suspect that has robbed 2 stores.
Season 5, Episode 22 – Aired: 2/2/1956
The Big Set
A city councilman is beaten to death outside a bar and it's up to Friday and Smith to find his killer.
Season 5, Episode 23 – Aired: 2/9/1956
The Big Child
A report of a 2 year old child drinking bleach sends Friday and Smith on a hunt to find the mother for questioning.
Season 5, Episode 24 – Aired: 2/16/1956
The Big Slug
Friday and Smith investigate the fatal shooting of a liquor store owner.
Season 5, Episode 25 – Aired: 2/23/1956
The Big Daughter
Friday and Smith investigate a missing persons report.
Season 5, Episode 26 – Aired: 3/1/1956
The Big No Suicide
Friday gets a call from a former mental patient that is threatening to kill himself and his family.
Season 5, Episode 27 – Aired: 3/8/1956
The Big Siege
Police find themselves in a stand-off when an armed bank robber takes a woman hostage in her home.
Season 5, Episode 28 – Aired: 3/15/1956
The Big Mama
No summary available.
Season 5, Episode 29 – Aired: 3/22/1956
The Big Revision
Friday and Smith have a hard time getting a rubbery suspect to confess to his crimes.
Season 5, Episode 30 – Aired: 3/29/1956
The Big Ex-Blonde
Friday goes undercover to catch brothers that steal people's money by posing as real-estate agents.
Season 5, Episode 31 – Aired: 4/5/1956
The Big Bobo
A police officer is suspended from duty when he is accused of taking a bribe in exchange for a prisoner's release.
Season 5, Episode 32 – Aired: 4/12/1956
The Big Rush
Friday and Smith start an investigation of two men who killed an off duty policeman in a downtown Los Angeles bar.
Season 5, Episode 33 – Aired: 4/19/1956
The Big Setup
An informant tips off police to a shipment of heroin coming into the country. Friday goes under cover to bust open the ring.
Season 5, Episode 34 – Aired: 4/26/1956
The Big Deal
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a con artist.
Season 5, Episode 35 – Aired: 5/3/1956
The Big Wish
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.
Season 5, Episode 36 – Aired: 5/10/1956
The Big Hat
A young man is found hiding in an empty train car with the strangled body of an older woman next to him.
Season 5, Episode 37 – Aired: 5/17/1956
The Big Housemaid
No summary available.
Season 5, Episode 38 – Aired: 5/24/1956
The Big Gift
No summary available.
Season 5, Episode 39 – Aired: 5/31/1956
The Big Salvage
An episode summary is not available at this time.
Season 6, Episode 1 – Aired: 9/27/1956
The Big Cat
A circus man reports that a tiger escaped from his truck and is now on the loose in Los Angeles.
Season 6, Episode 2 – Aired: 10/11/1956
The Big Misses
Friday and Smith investigates a report from a wife that her husband is about to commit a crime.
Season 6, Episode 3 – Aired: 10/18/1956
The Big Beer
No summary available.
Season 6, Episode 4 – Aired: 10/25/1956
The Big Net
A group of police women act as decoys to draw a stick-up man out into the open.
Season 6, Episode 5 – Aired: 11/1/1956
The Big Convertable
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.
Season 6, Episode 6 – Aired: 11/8/1956
The Big Limp
A teenage boy under arrest admits to police that his brother is planning to rob a loan company.
Season 6, Episode 7 – Aired: 11/15/1956
The Big Tattoo
Friday and Smith are looking for a robber with a unusual tattoo.
Season 6, Episode 8 – Aired: 11/22/1956
The Big Odd
Friday and Smith investigate a gabling racket.
Season 6, Episode 9 – Aired: 11/29/1956
The Big Bill
Friday and Smith investigate reports of counterfeit money appearing all over the city.
Season 6, Episode 10 – Aired: 12/6/1956
The Big Search
A distraught father reports that his teenage daughter is missing, and things look more bleak when her murdered pet is discovered in her room.
Season 6, Episode 11 – Aired: 12/13/1956
The Big Talk
A watch salesman reports that he was robbed by two men whom he drank with the night before.
Season 6, Episode 12 – Aired: 12/20/1956
The Big Doting Mother
No summary available.
Season 6, Episode 13 – Aired: 12/27/1956
The Big Handcuffs
No summary available.
Season 6, Episode 14 – Aired: 1/3/1957
The Big Father
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a burglar who breaks into houses in broad daylight.
Season 6, Episode 15 – Aired: 1/10/1957
The Big Switch
No summary available.
Season 6, Episode 16 – Aired: 1/17/1957
The Big Steal
Friday and Smith investigate a rash of burglaries.
Season 6, Episode 17 – Aired: 1/24/1957
The Big Manikin
A woman reports that her husband has failed to come home after going out with is business partner.
Season 6, Episode 18 – Aired: 1/31/1957
The Big No Tooth
A bandit carrying a sawed-off shotgun is robbing hotels in the down town area.
Season 6, Episode 19 – Aired: 2/7/1957
The Big Skip
No summary available.
Season 6, Episode 20 – Aired: 2/14/1957
The Big Fin
A tourist leaves her purse in the back of a cab and it's up to Friday and Smith to track it down.
Season 6, Episode 21 – Aired: 2/21/1957
The Big Game
Friday and Smith investigate another con ring.
Season 6, Episode 22 – Aired: 2/28/1957
The Big Coins
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robber/arsonist that takes nothing of value and then sets the house on fire.
Season 6, Episode 23 – Aired: 3/7/1957
The Big Close
Friday and Smith reopen a closed case because a tip leads them to believe they have the wrong person.
Season 6, Episode 24 – Aired: 3/14/1957
The Big Tie
Friday and Smith investigate the former employee of a tie manufacturing company.
Season 6, Episode 25 – Aired: 3/21/1957
The Big Cup
A howling dog leads to the unearthing of the battered body of an old woman in her garden.
Season 6, Episode 26 – Aired: 3/28/1957
The Big Truck
Friday and Smith investigate the hit and run of a little girl.
Season 6, Episode 27 – Aired: 4/4/1957
The Big Saint
Friday and Smith try to prove that a salvage yard operator is using his business to fix up stolen cars.
Season 6, Episode 28 – Aired: 4/11/1957
The Big Match
An auction house is held up and the only clue to the bandits lies in a dropped matchbook.
Season 6, Episode 29 – Aired: 4/18/1957
The Big Help
Friday and Smith get a tip about a case from an unexpected place.
Season 6, Episode 30 – Aired: 4/25/1957
The Big Celebration
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a thief who's victims are attending weddings and funerals.
Season 6, Episode 31 – Aired: 5/2/1957
The Big Cry Baby
No summary available.
Season 6, Episode 32 – Aired: 5/9/1957
The Big Lesson
Friday and Smith are on the trail of three masked men responsible for over thirty robberies.
Season 6, Episode 33 – Aired: 5/16/1957
The Big Soldier
No summary available.
Season 6, Episode 34 – Aired: 5/23/1957
The Big Make
A bakery owner and his daughter are shot down during a robbery.
Season 7, Episode 1 – Aired: 9/26/1957
The Big Constitution
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 2 – Aired: 10/3/1957
The Big Candy Box
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 3 – Aired: 10/10/1957
The Big Button
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 4 – Aired: 10/17/1957
The Big Yak
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 5 – Aired: 10/24/1957
The Big Howard
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 6 – Aired: 10/31/1957
The Big Tomato Cans
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 7 – Aired: 11/7/1957
The Big Dip
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 8 – Aired: 11/14/1957
The Big License Plates
Friday and Smith investigate a con involving fake license plates.
Season 7, Episode 9 – Aired: 11/21/1957
The Big Blank
A bunch of forged checks are popping up all over the city and it's up to Friday and Smith to catch the forger.
Season 7, Episode 10 – Aired: 11/28/1957
The Big Tease
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 11 – Aired: 12/25/1957
The Big Love
A man reports that his wife ran off with his little girl and the man she was having an affair with. The trail leads Friday and Smith to a suicide pact.
Season 7, Episode 12 – Aired: 12/12/1957
The Big Red Wagon
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 13 – Aired: 12/19/1957
The Big Prescription
Mrs. Eileen Multon picks up the wrong prescription. Now it's up to Friday and Smith to find her before it's to late.
Season 7, Episode 14 – Aired: 12/26/1957
The Big Full Moon
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 15 – Aired: 1/2/1958
The Big Jade
Friday and Smith investigate a series of jade robberies.
Season 7, Episode 16 – Aired: 1/9/1958
The Big Tip
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 17 – Aired: 1/16/1958
The Big Stubby
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 18 – Aired: 1/23/1958
The Big Baby Face
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 19 – Aired: 1/30/1958
The Big Lip
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a hit and run driver.
Season 7, Episode 20 – Aired: 2/13/1958
The Big Boot
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 21 – Aired: 2/20/1958
The Big Rip
A man accuses his son of stabbing him, but Friday and Smith find out that his son has an airtight alibi.
Season 7, Episode 22 – Aired: 2/27/1958
The Big Excuse
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 23 – Aired: 3/3/1958
The Big Knot
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 24 – Aired: 3/13/1958
The Big Hobby
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 25 – Aired: 3/20/1958
The Big Organizer
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 26 – Aired: 3/27/1958
The Big Gent
An ex con called The Gentleman Bandit begins working again when he holds up a bank with two helpers.
Season 7, Episode 27 – Aired: 4/3/1958
The Big Wardrobe
Friday and Smith track a man writing bad checks for expensive clothes and then sells the clothes for a profit.
Season 7, Episode 28 – Aired: 4/10/1958
The Big War
Friday and Smith investigate a report of a teen gang war in the middle of Los Angeles.
Season 7, Episode 29 – Aired: 4/17/1958
The Big Bad Count
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 30 – Aired: 4/24/1958
The Big Evans
A man reports that a police officer blackmailed him for money and then beat him up, and he has the bruises to prove his story.
Season 7, Episode 31 – Aired: 5/1/1958
The Big Pack Rat
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 32 – Aired: 5/8/1958
The Big Honeymoon
Friday and Smith are looking for a man who sells fake honeymoon trips to unsuspecting couples.
Season 7, Episode 33 – Aired: 5/15/1958
The Big Eyes
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 34 – Aired: 5/22/1958
The Big Cracker Box
Friday and Smith investigate a rash of supermarket robberies and the burglar's calling card is leaving crackers scattered all over the floor of the store.
Season 7, Episode 35 – Aired: 5/29/1958
The Big Perfume Bottle
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 36 – Aired: 6/5/1958
The Big Bed
No summary available.
Season 7, Episode 37 – Aired: 6/12/1958
The Big Ruthie
A disgruntled ex-con helps Friday and Smith take down a forgery ring that has cashed thousands of dollars in forged payroll checks.
Season 7, Episode 38 – Aired: 6/19/1958
The Big Grifter
A con artist operating in the gentle swindle steals money from grieving relatives after their loved ones die.
Season 7, Episode 39 – Aired: 6/26/1958
The Big Irony
Friday and Smith investigate a murder-suicide of a husband and wife.
Season 8, Episode 1 – Aired: 9/23/1958
The Big Beating
Friday and Smith investigate a report of a man hitting his wife.
Season 8, Episode 2 – Aired: 9/30/1958
The Big Sweet Annie
Sgt. Joe Friday and his partner Officer Frank Smith have to watch out for sweet Annie.
Season 8, Episode 3 – Aired: 10/7/1958
The Big Star
Friday and Smith investigate a robbery report.
Season 8, Episode 4 – Aired: 10/14/1958
The Big Oskar
Friday and Smith are on the hunt for a man that has stolen useless junk from a woman.
Season 8, Episode 5 – Aired: 10/21/1958
The Big Little Boy
Friday and Smith are looking for a missing child.
Season 8, Episode 6 – Aired: 10/28/1958
The Big Voice
Friday and Smith investigate a gang of thugs.
Season 8, Episode 7 – Aired: 11/4/1958
The Big Jukebox
Friday goes undercover as a bar owner in order to break up a illegal jukebox operation.
Season 8, Episode 8 – Aired: 11/11/1958
The Big Doll
No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 9 – Aired: 11/18/1958
The Big Border
Season 8, Episode 10 – Aired: 11/25/1958
The Big Nazi
Friday goes undercover to catch a racist murderer.
Season 8, Episode 11 – Aired: 12/2/1958
The Big Hot Rod
Friday is on the hunt for a group of teens that are stealing sports cars.
Season 8, Episode 12 – Aired: 12/9/1958
The Big Green Monkey
A woman reports her Jade collection stolen and it's up to Friday and Smith to find it.
Season 8, Episode 13 – Aired: 12/16/1958
The Big Hype
No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 14 – Aired: 12/23/1958
The Big Maria
No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 15 – Aired: 12/30/1958
The Big Donation
Two con artists are selling phony magazines subscriptions to unsuspecting suckers.
Season 8, Episode 16 – Aired: 1/6/1959
The Big Malcolm
No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 17 – Aired: 1/13/1959
The Big Smart Girl
No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 18 – Aired: 1/20/1959
The Big Doctor
Friday and Smith investigate a doctor making false insurance claims.
Season 8, Episode 19 – Aired: 1/27/1959
The Big Signet
Friday and Smith have to find a man selling forged passports and paperwork.
Season 8, Episode 20 – Aired: 2/3/1959
The Big Accident
An insurance adjuster files a report with Friday about possible fraudulent insurance claims.
Season 8, Episode 21 – Aired: 2/10/1959
The Big Mail
Friday works with a postal inspector to catch a gang using the mail to scam money from people.
Season 8, Episode 22 – Aired: 2/17/1959
The Big Sour
An elderly couple are beaten and robbed. The key to finding the bandits lies in a paper boy and an alert bartender.
Season 8, Episode 23 – Aired: 2/24/1959
The Big Roll
No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 24 – Aired: 3/10/1959
The Big Thirteen
No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 25 – Aired: 3/17/1959
The Big Starlet
No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 26 – Aired: 3/24/1959
The Big Holdup
A robber called "The Rattlesnake Bandit" takes pleasure in beating and shooting his victims after he takes their money.
Season 8, Episode 27 – Aired: 3/31/1959
The Big Name
No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 28 – Aired: 4/7/1959
The Big Couple
Friday and Smith investigate a husband and wife con team that have a long criminal record.
Season 8, Episode 29 – Aired: 4/14/1959
The Big Squeeze
Friday investigates a robbery that is caused by a blackmail victim's refusal to pay.
Season 8, Episode 30 – Aired: 4/21/1959
The Big Picture
A young girl commits suicide after she is tricked by a pair of movie talent scouts who are really operating a prostitution ring.
Season 8, Episode 31 – Aired: 4/28/1959
The Big Carnation
No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 32 – Aired: 7/7/1959
The Big Bray
No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 33 – Aired: 7/12/1959
The Big Byron
Did someone really try to kill George Byron. Friday and Smith are on the case to find out.
Season 8, Episode 34 – Aired: 7/19/1959
The Big Infant
Friday and Smith track down a missing baby.
Season 8, Episode 35 – Aired: 7/26/1959
The Big Appetite
No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 36 – Aired: 8/2/1959
The Big Operator
No summary available.
Season 8, Episode 37 – Aired: 8/9/1959
The Big .38
Cab drivers are being held up, but the descriptions given by the victims don't match.
Season 8, Episode 38 – Aired: 8/16/1959
The Big Counterfeit
A man impersonating a police officer is going to local businesses and asking for donations for the widows and orphans fund. Smith and Friday set out to stop the con man.
Season 8, Episode 39 – Aired: 8/23/1959
The Big Red
Friday and Smith investigate a series of robberies. This is the final episode.
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