Dragnet

September 11, 1952

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

September 25, 1952

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

October 9, 1952

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

November 6, 1952

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

November 20, 1952

Friday and Smith investigate three traffic accidents in one night.

December 4, 1952

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.

December 18, 1952

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

January 2, 1953

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

January 8, 1953

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

January 15, 1953

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

January 22, 1953

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

January 29, 1953

Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.

February 5, 1953

A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.

February 12, 1953

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.

February 20, 1953

Friday is looking for a crooked cop.

February 26, 1953

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

March 5, 1953

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

March 12, 1953

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

March 19, 1953

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

March 26, 1953

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

April 2, 1953

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

April 9, 1953

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

April 16, 1953

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.

April 23, 1953

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

April 30, 1953

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

May 7, 1953

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

May 14, 1953

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.

May 21, 1953

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

May 28, 1953

Several babies are stolen in the city.

June 4, 1953

A bandit starts robbing people at local markets.

June 11, 1953

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

June 18, 1953

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

June 25, 1953

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