Episodes
The Big Pipe
September 2, 1955
A young woman is beaten to death with a led pipe and left in an empty office.
The Big Chet
September 9, 1955
The Big No Rain
September 16, 1955
The Big Lift
September 23, 1955
An organized gang of shoplifters is looting large department stores in the city.
The Big Confession
September 30, 1955
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.
The Big Gap
October 7, 1955
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.
The Big Look
October 14, 1955
A woman is dragged from her home and badly beaten by an unknown attacker.
The Big Glasses
October 21, 1955
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.
The Big Bird
October 28, 1955
Sgt. Friday investigates a robber who only targets pet stores and homes that have pet birds.
The Big Laugh
November 4, 1955
A con man makes lonely women fall for his charms, then steals their money and disappears.
The Big Smoke
November 11, 1955
An elderly couple is brutally beaten and the trail leads police to a former handy man.
The Big Bounce
November 18, 1955
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 Big Shot
November 25, 1955
A night club owner is shot down and there are no witnesses to the crime.
The Big Locker
December 2, 1955
Friday and Smith happen to catch a man trying to sell a stolen ring at a pawn shop.
The Big Note
December 9, 1955
An anonymous note leads Friday and Smith to a group of teenage drug users and their neglectful parents.
The Big Genius
December 16, 1955
Friday and Smith investigate what seems to be the perfect crime.
The Big Reminisce
December 30, 1955
During a quiet New Year's shift, Friday and Smith remember some of their past cases and why it is they became cops.
The Big Tour
January 6, 1956
The Big Sisters
January 13, 1956
An elderly woman fakes a burglary report so she can get attention from the police and the media.
The Big Ruling
January 20, 1956
The Big Fall Guy
January 27, 1956
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robbery suspect that has robbed two stores.
The Big Set
February 3, 1956
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.
The Big Child
February 10, 1956
A two-year-old child after drinking bleach from under the sink. Friday and Smith are unable to locate the mother for questioning.
The Big Slug
February 17, 1956
A liquor store owner is shot and killed during a botched robbery, but police can find no trace of the fatal bullet.
The Big Daughter
February 24, 1956
Friday and Smith investigate a missing persons report.
The Big No Suicide
March 2, 1956
Friday gets a call from a former mental patient who is threatening to kill himself and his family.
The Big Siege
March 9, 1956
Police find themselves in a stand-off when an armed bank robber takes a woman hostage in her home.
The Big Mama
March 16, 1956
The Big Revision
March 23, 1956
Friday and Smith hit a blank wall when a burglary suspect refuses to admit where he hid his stash.
The Big Ex-Blonde
March 30, 1956
Friday goes undercover to catch brothers who steal people's money by posing as real-estate agents.
The Big Bobo
April 6, 1956
A police officer is suspended from duty when he is accused of taking a bribe in exchange for a prisoner's release.
The Big Rush
April 13, 1956
Two bandits turn cop killer when they gun down an off-duty policeman during a tavern hold-up.
The Big Setup
April 20, 1956
An informant tips off police to a shipment of heroin coming into the country. Friday goes under cover to bust open the ring.
The Big Deal
April 27, 1956
Friday and Smith are investigating a rash of car thefts. The stolen cars are being sold with forged pink slips.
The Big Wish
May 4, 1956
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.
The Big Hat
May 11, 1956
A young man is found hiding in an empty train car with the strangled body of an older woman next to him.
The Big Housemaid
May 18, 1956
The Big Gift
May 25, 1956
The Big Salvage
June 1, 1956
