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33 Episodes 1952 - 1953
Episode 1
Thu, Sep 11, 195230 mins
A man threatens to jump from a 9th-floor building ledge by ten o'clock.
Episode 2
Thu, Sep 25, 195230 mins
Just hours after the sudden death of his partner Ben Romero, Joe must set aside his emotions to help track down a pair of desperate escaped convicts who are headed towards Los Angeles.

Episode 3
Thu, Oct 9, 195230 mins
Friday and Smith investigate the death of a woman found in a hospital elevator.
Episode 4
Thu, Nov 6, 195230 mins
Upper middle-class teenagers in Los Angeles are going crazy. They trash a movie theater, beating up the manager and pushing a young man through a plate glass window. Sergeant Friday must get to the bottom of what is causing this to happen.

Episode 5
Thu, Nov 20, 195230 mins
The police department braces for an increase in traffic accidents over the holiday weekend.
Episode 6
Thu, Dec 4, 195230 mins
Episode 7
Thu, Dec 18, 195226 mins
Friday and Smith search for a missing boy. The first sign that the case is serious is when blood is found. Further probing reveals the boy's parents had purchased him a .22-caliber rifle for Christmas -- and the weapon is missing, removed from its wrapped package.

Episode 8
Thu, Jan 1, 195330 mins
Episode 9
Thu, Jan 8, 195330 mins
Friday and Jacobs look for an elderly woman who has been passing bad checks just three different months a year for nearly 10 years.
Episode 10
Thu, Jan 15, 195330 mins
Episode 11
Thu, Jan 22, 195330 mins
A lady reports an abandoned baby at a bus depot. Officers Friday and Smith investigate, and realize her story doesn't quite hold water.

Episode 12
Thu, Jan 29, 195330 mins
Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.
Episode 13
Thu, Feb 5, 195330 mins
Episode 14
Thu, Feb 12, 195330 mins
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. Called to interrogate him, Friday and Smith remain skeptical.
Episode 15
Thu, Feb 19, 195330 mins
Episode 16
Thu, Feb 26, 195330 mins
Friday and Smith search for a woman who left her children with her sister.
Episode 17
Thu, Mar 5, 195330 mins
Episode 18
Thu, Mar 12, 195330 mins
Friday pursues the elusive armed robber Mark Hoffman after the man repeatedly escapes from both State and military prisons. Can Friday convince the man to surrender or will he go down in a hail of bullets.
Episode 19
Thu, Mar 19, 195330 mins
Friday leads a team in a raid on the house of a very dangerous armed robber, which results in a bloody shootout.

Episode 20
Thu, Mar 26, 195330 mins
Henry Wilson, a Hollywood movie director, has been killed by a falling arc light. Was it really an accident? To answer this question, Friday and Smith go Hollywood with a wonderful excuse to visit the studios. But the two men do not fail to mix business with pleasure and they will wind up solving the mystery.

Episode 21
Thu, Apr 2, 195330 mins
Episode 22
Thu, Apr 9, 195330 mins
A man claims that his friend was killed by bandits in Mexico. Friday and Smith don't believe his story.

Episode 23
Thu, Apr 16, 195330 mins
Joe Friday's old friend and his wife suspect their son is using drugs so they ask the police sergeant to look into it as a favor. As Joe and his partner check it out they suspect the son is also a dealer.
Episode 24
Thu, Apr 23, 195330 mins
Episode 25
Thu, Apr 30, 195330 mins
Episode 26
Thu, May 7, 195330 mins
A man is pulled from his car, beaten and robbed. The criminal apparently makes his escape in the man's car. Friday and Smith have to find him.
Episode 27
Thu, May 14, 195330 mins
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.
Episode 28
Thu, May 21, 195330 mins
Friday and Smith are assigned to investigate the strangulation of an unidentified woman in a hotel room. With no leads and no clues, and no idea of who she is, they must start from scratch to find her killer.
Episode 29
Thu, May 28, 195330 mins
Episode 30
Thu, Jun 4, 195330 mins
Friday and Smith investigate a pornography ring that sells magazines at local schools.
Episode 31
Thu, Jun 11, 195330 mins
Episode 32
Thu, Jun 18, 195330 mins
Friday and Smith have considerable physical evidence but very few genuine leads to help them solve the mysterious beating death of a well-liked young woman.
Episode 33
Thu, Jun 25, 195330 mins
Friday and Smith are faced with a lack of clues, except for a matchbook when trying to track down some brutal thieves.
