Dragnet
Dragnet: Season 2

Air Date

September 11, 1952

Episodes

33 episodes

Dragnet

Season 2

Episodes

1. The Big Jump

10.0
September 11, 1952
30 min

A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.

2. The Big Sorrow

8.0
September 25, 1952
30 min

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

October 9, 1952
30 min

Friday and Smith search for the person who left a dead woman in a hospital elevator.

4. The Big Seventeen

November 6, 1952
30 min

Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.

5. The Big Trio

November 20, 1952
30 min

Friday and Smith investigate three traffic accidents in one night.

6. The Big Imposter

December 4, 1952
30 min

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

6.7
December 18, 1952
30 min

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

January 2, 1953
30 min

Friday has to catch a bad cop who has been dealing with the mob.

9. The Big Grandma

7.0
January 8, 1953
30 min

An elderly woman is passing bad checks, but no one suspects her because she looks harmless.

10. The Big Whiff

January 15, 1953
30 min

A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.

11. The Big Show

5.0
January 22, 1953
30 min

A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.

12. The Big Safe

January 29, 1953
30 min

Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.

13. The Big Church

February 5, 1953
30 min

A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.

14. The Big Hate

7.0
February 12, 1953
30 min

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

February 20, 1953
30 min

Friday is looking for a crooked cop.

16. The Big Rose

February 26, 1953
30 min

Friday and Smith are looking for a missing woman that left her three children with her sister.

17. The Big Building

March 5, 1953
30 min

A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can find no trace of her.

18. The Big Run

March 12, 1953
30 min

Two elderly women are struck down by a hit-and-run driver.

19. The Big Break

10.0
March 19, 1953
30 min

Friday and Smith track down an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous.

20. The Big Light

8.0
March 26, 1953
30 min

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

April 2, 1953
30 min

An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim's abused wife.

22. The Big Test

April 9, 1953
30 min

A young man reports that he was robbed by bandits on horseback while he was down in Mexico.

23. The Big Lay-Out

April 16, 1953
30 min

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

April 23, 1953
30 min

A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.

25. The Big Ray

April 30, 1953
30 min

A man suddenly becomes ill and dies after eating his dinner at home.

26. The Big Frank

10.0
May 7, 1953
30 min

While investigating a routine robbery with Friday, Smith suffers a critical gunshot wound. Sergeant Friday is out for vengeance.

27. The Big Lease

May 14, 1953
30 min

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

May 21, 1953
30 min

Friday and Smith suspect a psycho killer when they find a woman with a broken neck in a hotel room.

29. The Big Fourth

May 28, 1953
30 min

Several babies are stolen in the city.

30. The Big Market

June 4, 1953
30 min

A bandit starts robbing people at local markets.

31. The Big Friend

June 11, 1953
30 min

Friday and Smith are torn between two suspects when a man reports that his wife has been strangled.

32. The Big Barrette

June 18, 1953
30 min

Friday and Smith search for the brutal killer of a 21-year-old woman.

33. The Big Dance

June 25, 1953
30 min

Friday and Smith are looking for two thugs that seem to have disappeared from the city.