Dragnet
Dragnet: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

December 16, 1951

Episodes

14 episodes

Dragnet

Season 1

Episodes

1. The Human Bomb

10.0
December 16, 1951
30 min

A man walks into City hall carrying a live bomb. He threatens to blow up the building if his brother isn't released from jail.

2. The Big Actor

10.0
January 3, 1952
30 min

Friday and Jacobs track down a drug ring through a small-time television actor who is hooked on heroin.

3. The Big Death

January 17, 1952
30 min

Friday poses as a hired killer for a man who wants his wife dead.

4. The Big Mother

4.0
January 31, 1952
30 min

A new-born baby is stolen from a hospital nursery and the trail leads the police to a deranged mother.

5. The Big Cast

10.0
February 14, 1952
30 min

The police interrogate a suspect whom they believe to have murdered more than a dozen men.

6. The Big Speech

February 28, 1952
30 min

A doctor is beaten and robbed of prescription drugs.

7. The Big Parrot

March 13, 1952
30 min

A couple are robbed and murdered, along with their pet parrot. The killer uses a time bomb to start a fire and cover up his crime.

8. The Big Moody

March 27, 1952
30 min

9. The Big Blast

April 10, 1952
30 min

A divorced mother is killed in bed by a shotgun while her young boy sleeps beside her.

10. The Big Trial

April 24, 1952
30 min

Friday testifies at the trial of a man accused of a hit-and-run, but the main witness against him suddenly disappears.

11. The Big September Man

7.0
May 8, 1952
30 min

A secretary is beaten to death and the search for the killer leads police to a religious fanatic.

12. The Big Phone Call

10.0
May 22, 1952
30 min

Friday confronts a jeweler with tape recorded evidence that proves he hired someone to rob his own store.

13. The Big Casing

10.0
June 5, 1952
30 min

A man claims that his wife committed suicide right in front of him, but the evidence suggests otherwise.

14. The Big Lamp

June 19, 1952
30 min

Friday and Jacobs are out to catch a safe burglar who has been on the loose for seven months.