Dragnet — Season 3

01 The Big White Rat

Sep 3, 195330m

Friday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring.

02 The Big Revolt

Sep 10, 195330m

A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him.

03 The Big Bull

Sep 17, 195330m

Smith takes a personal interest when a strong-arm bandit threatens his family if he doesn't back off the case.

04 The Big Betty

Sep 24, 195330m

Friday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.

05 The Big Sophomore

Oct 1, 195330m

A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.

06 The Big Pill

Oct 8, 195330m

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.

07 The Big Lie

Oct 15, 195330m

08 The Big Fake

Oct 22, 195330m

A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.

09 The Big Dream

Oct 29, 195330m

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress.

10 The Big Guilt

Nov 5, 195330m

A man is found dead in an alley and it's up to Friday and Smith to find his killer and notify the man's wife.

11 The Big Will

Nov 12, 195330m

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.

12 The Big In-Laws

Nov 19, 195330m

Friday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.

13 The Big Lilly

Nov 26, 195330m

14 The Big Kill

Dec 3, 195330m

A cop is gunned down at home by a vengeful ex con. Friday must go under cover in prison to obtain a full confession.

15 The Big Lover

Dec 10, 195330m

Friday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their money.

16 The Big Thief

Dec 17, 195330m

Robbers phone doctors for house calls then assault them and steal their drugs.

17 The Big Little Jesus

Dec 24, 195330m★ 7.0

A statue of the Child Jesus is stolen from a church. Friday and Smith must find it before the paritioners miss it on Christmas morning.

18 The Big Eavesdrop

Dec 31, 195330m

Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner.

19 The Big Trunk

Jan 7, 195430m★ 7.0

Three men are taken into custody for the murder of a former vaudeville actress who owned a large steamer trunk. The three men maintain innocence.

20 The Big Youngster

Jan 14, 195430m

Friday and Smith catch a boy who has been vandalising private property, but they discover that the boy's problems begin at home.

21 The Big Boys

Jan 21, 195430m★ 10.0

The cops must stake out a hotel lobby and deal with a drunken desk clerk as they wait for four juvenile armed robbers to show up.

22 The Big Ham

Jan 28, 195430m

Friday and Smith investigate the death of a young girl that is initially ruled a suicide but turns out to be murder.

23 The Big Chance

Feb 4, 195430m

Signs point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road.

24 The Big Children

Feb 11, 195430m★ 8.0

Three children are found abandoned, filthy and starving. Friday and Smith charge the mother with neglect.

25 The Big Poison

Feb 18, 195430m

An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.

26 The Big Quack

Feb 25, 195430m

A man posing as a doctor burgles the house of a woman who is mentally disturbed.

27 The Big Winchester

Mar 4, 195430m

An elderly man appears to have killed himself with a rifle, but the cops soon learn that it was no accident.

28 The Big Shoplift

Mar 11, 195430m★ 7.0

Friday and Smith are surprised to find a wealthy house wife is a shoplifter, until they discover that she is a kleptomaniac.

29 The Big Hit-Run Killer

Mar 18, 195430m★ 10.0

A woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi.

30 The Big Drink

Mar 25, 195430m

31 The Big Girl

Apr 1, 195430m★ 10.0

Friday and Smith hunt down the bandit queen; a tall, gorgeous woman who is on a rampage of robberies and shootings.

32 The Big Mattress

Apr 8, 195430m

Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.

33 The Big Pug

Apr 15, 195430m

An elderly woman is badly beaten and robbed while on her way to the bank. The trail leads to an ex prize fighter.

34 The Big Frame

Apr 22, 195430m★ 7.0

A man's body is found in the gutter and the only clue is a pair of skid marks found nearby.

35 The Big Plant

Apr 29, 195430m

A woman disappears and her husband is the prime suspect, but Friday and Smith will have a hard time getting past his fierce guard dogs.

36 The Big Check

May 6, 195430m

A check forger is victimizing small businessmen in a particular neighborhood.

37 The Big Threat

May 13, 195430m

A man is beaten and robbed, then the thieves intimidate him and his family so he'll refuse to testify against them.

38 The Big Dare

May 20, 195430m

A single mother is stabbed to death in her home. The list of suspects includes her teenage son and her many boyfriends.

39 The Big False Make

May 27, 195430m★ 10.0

Friday begins to question a local gardener, who has been arrested for holding up a grocery store. During the interrogation Friday begins to have strong doubts about the man's confession.