Dragnet - Season 2
1 - The Big Jump
Air Date: September 11, 1952
A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.
2 - The Big Sorrow
Air Date: 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.
3 - The Big Elevator
Air Date: October 9, 1952
Friday and Smith search for the person who left a dead woman in a hospital elevator.
4 - The Big Seventeen
Air Date: November 6, 1952
Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.
5 - The Big Trio
Air Date: November 20, 1952
Friday and Smith investigate three traffic accidents in one night.
6 - The Big Imposter
Air Date: 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.
7 - The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas
Air Date: 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.
8 - The Big Cop
Air Date: January 2, 1953
Friday has to catch a bad cop who has been dealing with the mob.
9 - The Big Grandma
Air Date: January 8, 1953
An elderly woman is passing bad checks, but no one suspects her because she looks harmless.
10 - The Big Whiff
Air Date: January 15, 1953
A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.
11 - The Big Show
Air Date: January 22, 1953
A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.
12 - The Big Safe
Air Date: January 29, 1953
Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.
13 - The Big Church
Air Date: February 5, 1953
A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.
14 - The Big Hate
Air Date: 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.
15 - The Big Shakedown
Air Date: February 20, 1953
Friday is looking for a crooked cop.
16 - The Big Rose
Air Date: February 26, 1953
Friday and Smith are looking for a missing woman that left her three children with her sister.
17 - The Big Building
Air Date: March 5, 1953
A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can find no trace of her.
18 - The Big Run
Air Date: March 12, 1953
Two elderly women are struck down by a hit-and-run driver.
19 - The Big Break
Air Date: March 19, 1953
Friday and Smith track down an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous.
20 - The Big Light
Air Date: 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.
21 - The Big Waiter
Air Date: April 2, 1953
An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim's abused wife.
22 - The Big Test
Air Date: April 9, 1953
A young man reports that he was robbed by bandits on horseback while he was down in Mexico.
23 - The Big Lay-Out
Air Date: 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.
24 - The Big Fire
Air Date: April 23, 1953
A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.
25 - The Big Ray
Air Date: April 30, 1953
A man suddenly becomes ill and dies after eating his dinner at home.
26 - The Big Frank
Air Date: May 7, 1953
While investigating a routine robbery with Friday, Smith suffers a critical gunshot wound. Sergeant Friday is out for vengeance.
27 - The Big Lease
Air Date: 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.
28 - The Big Hands
Air Date: May 21, 1953
Friday and Smith suspect a psycho killer when they find a woman with a broken neck in a hotel room.
29 - The Big Fourth
Air Date: May 28, 1953
Several babies are stolen in the city.
30 - The Big Market
Air Date: June 4, 1953
A bandit starts robbing people at local markets.
31 - The Big Friend
Air Date: June 11, 1953
Friday and Smith are torn between two suspects when a man reports that his wife has been strangled.
32 - The Big Barrette
Air Date: June 18, 1953
Friday and Smith search for the brutal killer of a 21-year-old woman.
33 - The Big Dance
Air Date: June 25, 1953
Friday and Smith are looking for two thugs that seem to have disappeared from the city.