Dragnet Season 5 Episodes

Episode 1

The Big Pipe

Thu, Sep 1, 195530 mins

Episode 2

The Big Chet

Thu, Sep 8, 195530 mins

A series of eleven grocery and jewelry store robberies seem to be connected but Sgt Friday has no leads. But a reformed thief clues in the detectives that a man named Chet may be responsible.

Episode 3

The Big No Rain

Thu, Sep 15, 195530 mins

Joe and Frank try to find out who badly assaulted a woman in the street. Their two suspects are her husband and a mentally ill man. The woman can't help them because she is in a coma.

Episode 4

The Big Lift

Thu, Sep 22, 195530 mins

Sgt Joe Friday and officer Smith struggle to crack a case involving a cat burglar. With all their leads going nowhere and evidence scarce the case seems to be leading to a dead end. Then their luck changes.

Episode 5

The Big Confession

Thu, Sep 29, 195530 mins

A young man confesses to an armed robbery of a grocery store, but his story doesn't add up to the details of the stick-up.

Episode 6

The Big Gap

Thu, Oct 6, 195530 mins

A man swindled out of $1,500 life savings from a familiar bunco scam, substitute jewelry for cash, jewelry is imitation.

Episode 7

The Big Look

Thu, Oct 13, 195530 mins

Friday and his partner Smith race against time to stop a series of brutal beatings of women in the Hollywood area. Just when they think they have their man, things change and very quickly.

Episode 8

The Big Glasses

Thu, Oct 20, 195530 mins

A worried woman contacts Friday and Smith when her elderly mother mysteriously disappears and suspects her father of foul play, a suspicion that proves to be correct when blood is found at her old house.

Episode 9

The Big Bird

Thu, Oct 27, 195530 mins

Joe and Frank investigate a series of burglaries in new housing developments where the suspect's signature is the killing of pet birds.

Episode 10

The Big Laugh

Thu, Nov 3, 195530 mins

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a con artist who preys on lonely women with promises of marriage.

Episode 11

The Big Smoke

Thu, Nov 10, 195530 mins

An elderly man and his invalid daughter are severely beaten during a home invasion. When the father dies and the daughter ID's one of the perps Friday and Smith start the hunt.

Episode 12

The Big Bounce

Thu, Nov 17, 195530 mins

Joe Friday searches for a check forger who has been using the name of the old-time movie villain Parker Allington, who died three years ago. The search takes him to a former extra who has given up show business for crime.

Episode 13

The Big Shot

Thu, Nov 24, 195530 mins

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a nightclub owner,

Episode 14

The Big Locker

Thu, Dec 1, 195530 mins

A routine check of local pawn shops leads Friday and Smith to the investigation of a jewelry theft.

Episode 15

The Big Student

Thu, Dec 8, 195530 mins

Episode 16

The Big Genius

Thu, Dec 15, 195530 mins

Episode 17

The Big Reminisce

Thu, Dec 29, 195530 mins

A slow New Year's Eve shift gives Friday and Smith a chance to remember some of their previous cases.

Episode 18

The Big Tour

Thu, Jan 5, 195630 mins

Episode 19

The Big Sisters

Thu, Jan 12, 195630 mins

Episode 20

The Big Ruling

Thu, Jan 19, 195630 mins

Episode 21

The Big Fall Guy

Thu, Jan 26, 195630 mins

Episode 22

The Big Set

Thu, Feb 2, 195630 mins

Friday and Smith search for two holdup men who rob restaurants and bars.

Episode 23

The Big Child

Thu, Feb 9, 195630 mins

Friday and Smith investigate a woman suspected of murdering her two-year-old daughter.

Episode 24

The Big Slug

Thu, Feb 16, 195630 mins

Episode 25

The Big Daughter

Thu, Feb 23, 195630 mins

Episode 26

The Big No Suicide

Thu, Mar 1, 195630 mins

Episode 27

The Big Siege

Thu, Mar 8, 195630 mins

Episode 28

The Big Mama

Thu, Mar 15, 195630 mins

Episode 29

The Big Revision

Thu, Mar 22, 195630 mins

Episode 30

The Big Ex-Blonde

Thu, Mar 29, 195630 mins

Episode 31

The Big Bobo

Thu, Apr 5, 195630 mins

Two brothers have perfected a real estate scam that relieves prospective homeowners of their money. Sgt Friday must develop a plan that will send the grifters away to prison.

Episode 32

The Big Rush

Thu, Apr 12, 195630 mins

Episode 33

The Big Setup

Thu, Apr 19, 195630 mins

An informant tips off Joe and Frank about a major narcotics shipment arriving in Los Angeles, and Joe goes undercover to trace the heroin to its source.

Episode 34

The Big Deal

Thu, Apr 26, 195630 mins

Friday and Smith attempt to solve a series of car thefts but are getting nowhere until they learn that the car thieves are selling the stolen cars illegally.

Episode 35

The Big Wish

Thu, May 3, 195630 mins

A teenager voluntarily turns himself into police for his drug addiction. He initially refuses to provide police with the suppliers.

Episode 36

The Big Hat

Thu, May 10, 195630 mins

Episode 37

The Big Housemaid

Thu, May 17, 195630 mins

Mrs. Vesper, an old friend of detective Frank Smith, reports bring robbed and suspects a newly hired maid. The police learn of falsified references and after apprehension bizarre explanations for the thefts.

Episode 38

The Big Gift

Thu, May 24, 195630 mins

A disc jockey receives a watch - which turns out to be stolen - from a female fan. Joe and Frank must track down the thief.

Episode 39

The Big Salvage

Thu, May 31, 195630 mins

Sgt. Friday and Officer Smith solve a series of burglaries at car-rental shops around Los Angeles.