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Dragnet

Season 5 1955 - 1956
TV-PG

  • 1955-09-02T04:00:00Z on NBC
  • 30m
  • 19h 30m (39 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Drama, Crime
Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.

39 episodes

Season Premiere

1955-09-02T04:00:00Z

5x01 The Big Pipe

Season Premiere

5x01 The Big Pipe

  • 1955-09-02T04:00:00Z30m

A young woman is beaten to death with a led pipe and left in an empty office.

1955-09-09T04:00:00Z

5x02 The Big Chet

5x02 The Big Chet

  • 1955-09-09T04:00:00Z30m

1955-09-16T04:00:00Z

5x03 The Big No Rain

5x03 The Big No Rain

  • 1955-09-16T04:00:00Z30m

1955-09-23T04:00:00Z

5x04 The Big Lift

5x04 The Big Lift

  • 1955-09-23T04:00:00Z30m

An organized gang of shoplifters is looting large department stores in the city.

1955-09-30T04:00:00Z

5x05 The Big Confession

5x05 The Big Confession

  • 1955-09-30T04:00:00Z30m

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.

1955-10-07T04:00:00Z

5x06 The Big Gap

5x06 The Big Gap

  • 1955-10-07T04:00:00Z30m

A pawn shop owner alerts Friday and Smith when a man claimed to have purchased an expensive ring that turns out to be junk and then asked the pawn shop owner to sell him a gun.

1955-10-14T04:00:00Z

5x07 The Big Look

5x07 The Big Look

  • 1955-10-14T04:00:00Z30m

A woman is dragged from her home and badly beaten by an unknown attacker.

1955-10-21T04:00:00Z

5x08 The Big Glasses

5x08 The Big Glasses

  • 1955-10-21T04:00:00Z30m

A housewife, Ella Ryburn, reports to Friday and Smith that she cannot contact her mother, who is married to Alfred Rudolph Shroder. When he is questioned, Shroder claims his wife left him and that, out of shame, he sold their house and put her items in storage.

1955-10-28T04:00:00Z

5x09 The Big Bird

5x09 The Big Bird

  • 1955-10-28T04:00:00Z30m

Sgt. Friday investigates a robber who only targets pet stores and homes that have pet birds.

1955-11-04T05:00:00Z

5x10 The Big Laugh

5x10 The Big Laugh

  • 1955-11-04T05:00:00Z30m

A con man makes lonely women fall for his charms, then steals their money and disappears.

1955-11-11T05:00:00Z

5x11 The Big Smoke

5x11 The Big Smoke

  • 1955-11-11T05:00:00Z30m

An elderly couple is brutally beaten and the trail leads police to a former handy man.

1955-11-18T05:00:00Z

5x12 The Big Bounce

5x12 The Big Bounce

  • 1955-11-18T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1955-11-25T05:00:00Z

5x13 The Big Shot

5x13 The Big Shot

  • 1955-11-25T05:00:00Z30m

A night club owner is shot down and there are no witnesses to the crime.

1955-12-02T05:00:00Z

5x14 The Big Locker

5x14 The Big Locker

  • 1955-12-02T05:00:00Z30m

Friday and Smith happen to catch a man trying to sell a stolen ring at a pawn shop.

1955-12-09T05:00:00Z

5x15 The Big Note

5x15 The Big Note

  • 1955-12-09T05:00:00Z30m

An anonymous note leads Friday and Smith to a group of teenage drug users and their neglectful parents.

1955-12-16T05:00:00Z

5x16 The Big Genius

5x16 The Big Genius

  • 1955-12-16T05:00:00Z30m

Friday and Smith investigate what seems to be the perfect crime.

1955-12-30T05:00:00Z

5x17 The Big Reminisce

5x17 The Big Reminisce

  • 1955-12-30T05:00:00Z30m

During a quiet New Year's shift, Friday and Smith remember some of their past cases and why it is they became cops.

1956-01-06T05:00:00Z

5x18 The Big Tour

5x18 The Big Tour

  • 1956-01-06T05:00:00Z30m

1956-01-13T05:00:00Z

5x19 The Big Sisters

5x19 The Big Sisters

  • 1956-01-13T05:00:00Z30m

An elderly woman fakes a burglary report so she can get attention from the police and the media.

1956-01-20T05:00:00Z

5x20 The Big Ruling

5x20 The Big Ruling

  • 1956-01-20T05:00:00Z30m

1956-01-27T05:00:00Z

5x21 The Big Fall Guy

5x21 The Big Fall Guy

  • 1956-01-27T05:00:00Z30m

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robbery suspect that has robbed two stores.

1956-02-03T05:00:00Z

5x22 The Big Set

5x22 The Big Set

  • 1956-02-03T05:00:00Z30m

A city councilman is beaten and robbed by two men outside a bar. When he dies from his injuries, Friday and Smith feel pressure to find the killers.

1956-02-10T05:00:00Z

5x23 The Big Child

5x23 The Big Child

  • 1956-02-10T05:00:00Z30m

A two-year-old child after drinking bleach from under the sink. Friday and Smith are unable to locate the mother for questioning.

1956-02-17T05:00:00Z

5x24 The Big Slug

5x24 The Big Slug

  • 1956-02-17T05:00:00Z30m

A liquor store owner is shot and killed during a botched robbery, but police can find no trace of the fatal bullet.

1956-02-24T05:00:00Z

5x25 The Big Daughter

5x25 The Big Daughter

  • 1956-02-24T05:00:00Z30m

Friday and Smith investigate a missing persons report.

1956-03-02T05:00:00Z

5x26 The Big No Suicide

5x26 The Big No Suicide

  • 1956-03-02T05:00:00Z30m

Friday gets a call from a former mental patient who is threatening to kill himself and his family.

1956-03-09T05:00:00Z

5x27 The Big Siege

5x27 The Big Siege

  • 1956-03-09T05:00:00Z30m

Police find themselves in a stand-off when an armed bank robber takes a woman hostage in her home.

1956-03-16T05:00:00Z

5x28 The Big Mama

5x28 The Big Mama

  • 1956-03-16T05:00:00Z30m

1956-03-23T05:00:00Z

5x29 The Big Revision

5x29 The Big Revision

  • 1956-03-23T05:00:00Z30m

Friday and Smith hit a blank wall when a burglary suspect refuses to admit where he hid his stash.

1956-03-30T05:00:00Z

5x30 The Big Ex-Blonde

5x30 The Big Ex-Blonde

  • 1956-03-30T05:00:00Z30m

Friday goes undercover to catch brothers who steal people's money by posing as real-estate agents.

1956-04-06T05:00:00Z

5x31 The Big Bobo

5x31 The Big Bobo

  • 1956-04-06T05:00:00Z30m

A police officer is suspended from duty when he is accused of taking a bribe in exchange for a prisoner's release.

1956-04-13T05:00:00Z

5x32 The Big Rush

5x32 The Big Rush

  • 1956-04-13T05:00:00Z30m

Two bandits turn cop killer when they gun down an off-duty policeman during a tavern hold-up.

1956-04-20T05:00:00Z

5x33 The Big Setup

5x33 The Big Setup

  • 1956-04-20T05:00:00Z30m

An informant tips off police to a shipment of heroin coming into the country. Friday goes under cover to bust open the ring.

1956-04-27T05:00:00Z

5x34 The Big Deal

5x34 The Big Deal

  • 1956-04-27T05:00:00Z30m

Friday and Smith are investigating a rash of car thefts. The stolen cars are being sold with forged pink slips.

1956-05-04T04:00:00Z

5x35 The Big Wish

5x35 The Big Wish

  • 1956-05-04T04:00:00Z30m

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.

1956-05-11T04:00:00Z

5x36 The Big Hat

5x36 The Big Hat

  • 1956-05-11T04:00:00Z30m

A young man is found hiding in an empty train car with the strangled body of an older woman next to him.

1956-05-18T04:00:00Z

5x37 The Big Housemaid

5x37 The Big Housemaid

  • 1956-05-18T04:00:00Z30m

1956-05-25T04:00:00Z

5x38 The Big Gift

5x38 The Big Gift

  • 1956-05-25T04:00:00Z30m

Season Finale

1956-06-01T04:00:00Z

5x39 The Big Salvage

Season Finale

5x39 The Big Salvage

  • 1956-06-01T04:00:00Z30m
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