Dragnet Season 3 Episodes

Episode 1

The Big White Rat

Thu, Sep 3, 195330 mins

Episode 2

The Big Revolt

Thu, Sep 10, 195330 mins

A woman reports her husband missing to police, and Sgt. Friday and his partner respond. Correspondence is found, suggesting the husband has been talking with an old girlfriend from Montana, where he grew up. He has told his wife, he desperately wants to move back to Montana, but his wife thinks the city life (Los Angeles) is better for their family. Friday and his partner finally discover the husband was to meet the old girlfriend in Las Vegas. No mention is made of the husband deserting his wife and son, but lots of mention is made of the wife's wanting to stay in LA, instead of just agreeing with her husband's decision to move. When they track down the girlfriend in Vegas, it turns out he has run out on his promise to meet her there, instead staying in Montana. Despite this man being an habitual deserter, Friday, his partner, and the wife's brother, constantly chastise the wife, telling her, it is her fault that her husband left her, and her son. Friday tells her there are many ways to support a husband, and one is to support his decisions, even if you think they are wrong. She promises to shape up, and packs her bags for Montana post haste. Lots of outdated and sexist tropes permeate this story.

Episode 3

The Big Bull

Thu, Sep 17, 195330 mins

"Bull" Bentley and his gang have been on a brutal crime spree but Friday and his men have rounded them all up. With the exception, that is, of Bull himself. Now Bull is out for revenge against Smith and begins threatening his wife and son.

Episode 4

The Big Betty

Thu, Sep 24, 195330 mins

A gang of con artists checks the obituary section of the daily newspaper, then uses the information they gather to prey on the grief-stricken families of those who have recently died.

Episode 5

The Big Sophomore

Thu, Oct 1, 195330 mins

Episode 6

The Big Pill

Thu, Oct 8, 195330 mins

Episode 7

The Big Lie

Thu, Oct 15, 195330 mins

Episode 8

The Big Fake

Thu, Oct 22, 195330 mins

Episode 9

The Big Dream

Thu, Oct 29, 195330 mins

Episode 10

The Big Guilt

Thu, Nov 5, 195330 mins

Episode 11

The Big Will

Thu, Nov 12, 195330 mins

Joe and Frank investigate the murder of a man who has recently changed his will.

Episode 12

The Big In-Laws

Thu, Nov 19, 195330 mins

Episode 13

The Big Lilly

Thu, Nov 26, 195330 mins

Episode 14

The Big Kill

Thu, Dec 3, 195330 mins

Episode 15

The Big Lover

Thu, Dec 10, 195330 mins

Episode 16

The Big Thief

Thu, Dec 17, 195330 mins

A gang of robbers is calling Los Angeles physicians down to hotels and mugging and robbing them of drugs and valuables. Sergeants Friday and Smith are called in to put a stop to this.

Episode 17

The Big Little Jesus

Thu, Dec 24, 195330 mins

It's Christmas Eve when Father Rojas at the Old Mission Plaza Church in Los Angeles discovers that the statue of the Infant Jesus is stolen from the crib. The statue's worth is only a few dollars, but it is of great sentimental value for the parish. Friday and Smith promise to try to get it back before mass on Christmas Day, but this means that they have less than 24 hours to catch the thief.

Episode 18

The Big Eavesdrop

Thu, Dec 31, 195330 mins

Episode 19

The Big Trunk

Thu, Jan 7, 195430 mins

Three men are the suspects in the beating death of a former vaudevillian actress found in her apartment. The possible reason for her murder could be among the contents of an old steamer trunk which she kept locked in her room. Surveillance equipment is used to solve the mystery.

Episode 20

The Big Youngster

Thu, Jan 14, 195430 mins

A statue of the infant Jesus is missing from an impoverished churches crèche.

Episode 21

The Big Boys

Thu, Jan 21, 195430 mins

Friday and Smith receive a bulletin about an armed four-man gang, two of whom are army deserters, who have committed a series of robberies and auto thefts in San Francisco and are on their way to Los Angeles.

Episode 22

The Big Ham

Thu, Jan 28, 195430 mins

Ross is an actor on the way up, but then his girlfriend is found dead in his apartment. A suicide note is found, but things start to point to it being a homicide.

Episode 23

The Big Chance

Thu, Feb 4, 195430 mins

Friday must investigate the disappearance of a uniformed officer on a stretch of highway.

Episode 24

The Big Children

Thu, Feb 11, 195430 mins

Sgt. Friday and Smith responding to the report of 2 small children, going door-to-door, begging for food. The catch? The kids are known as residents in a very high class neighborhood, living right next door.

Episode 25

The Big Poison

Thu, Feb 18, 195430 mins

Episode 26

The Big Quack

Thu, Feb 25, 195430 mins

The victim of a so-called "mental therapist", a young woman commits suicide after being robbed of her furs and jewels. It is up to Friday and Smith to trace the man and to stop him from striking any more.

Episode 27

The Big Winchester

Thu, Mar 4, 195430 mins

An apparent suicide turns out to be murder.

Episode 28

The Big Shoplift

Thu, Mar 11, 195430 mins

There's a spate of recent theft at retail stores in the city and Joe Friday and his partner are on the case. The detectives question a salesgirl from a big department store downtown, but she denies any involvement. They talk to a witness who saw another woman leave a parcel containing an expensive fur coat at a local bus station. Friday then talks to a teenage girl who saw a woman discard boxes of new items in a vacant lot. The girl knows the woman's identity and soon the officers are interrogating the shoplifter, a doctor's wife with a lot of time on her hands.

Episode 29

The Big Hit-Run Killer

Thu, Mar 18, 195430 mins

A truck kills an old lady and her little grandson at a crossing and drives away. The owner of the truck asserts that he let a man called Paul borrow the truck for one hour, but he doesn't know the last name of this man or where he lives. The police must investigate all circumstances, but should Friday and Smith really spend lots of resources on trying to find a man they hardly believe exists at all?

Episode 30

The Big Drink

Thu, Mar 25, 195430 mins

Episode 31

The Big Girl

Thu, Apr 1, 195430 mins

The detectives try to track down a tall, beautiful woman who has been terrorizing the city by robbing men, beating them up and in some cases shooting them. Their job is made more difficult by the fact that there are many inconsistencies in the victims' reports.

Episode 32

The Big Mattress

Thu, Apr 8, 195430 mins

Episode 33

The Big Pug

Thu, Apr 15, 195430 mins

Episode 34

The Big Frame

Thu, Apr 22, 195430 mins

A man is found dead in the gutter. At first it seems as a hit-run case, but Friday and Smith become suspicious when all witnesses from the night before give exactly the same story. Usually witnesses are at variance in some respects.

Episode 35

The Big Plant

Thu, Apr 29, 195430 mins

A housewife disappears and the police suspect her husband but questioning is made difficult by the man's guard dogs.

Episode 36

The Big Check

Thu, May 6, 195430 mins

Friday and Smith find themselves with a difficult case when a number of businesses report receiving forged checks.

Episode 37

The Big Threat

Thu, May 13, 195430 mins

Detectives Friday and Smith interview several victims of theft who are afraid to press charges against the man responsible. The police must convince them they won't receive retribution.

Episode 38

The Big Dare

Thu, May 20, 195430 mins

Episode 39

The Big False Make

Thu, May 27, 195430 mins

Joe Friday interrogates a local gardener who's been arrested for holding up a grocery store. While questioning the suspect, Friday begins to doubt the man's guilt, even though he's identified as the robber by the woman who manages the store, and sets out to discover why the gardener has confessed to a crime he apparently did not commit.