Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
Sep 3, 1953 - 30m
Friday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring.
Sep 10, 1953 - 30m
A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him.
Sep 17, 1953 - 30m
Smith takes a personal interest when a strong-arm bandit threatens his family if he doesn't back off the case.
Sep 24, 1953 - 30m
Friday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.
Oct 1, 1953 - 30m
A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.
Oct 8, 1953 - 30m
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.
Oct 15, 1953 - 30m
No overview available.
Oct 22, 1953 - 30m
A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.
Oct 29, 1953 - 30m
Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress.
Nov 5, 1953 - 30m
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.
Nov 12, 1953 - 30m
Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.
Nov 19, 1953 - 30m
Friday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.
Nov 26, 1953 - 30m
No overview available.
Dec 3, 1953 - 30m
A cop is gunned down at home by a vengeful ex con. Friday must go under cover in prison to obtain a full confession.
Dec 10, 1953 - 30m
Friday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their money.
Dec 17, 1953 - 30m
Robbers phone doctors for house calls then assault them and steal their drugs.
Dec 24, 1953 - 30m
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.
Dec 31, 1953 - 30m
Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner.
Jan 7, 1954 - 30m
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.
Jan 14, 1954 - 30m
Friday and Smith catch a boy who has been vandalising private property, but they discover that the boy's problems begin at home.
Jan 21, 1954 - 30m
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.
Jan 28, 1954 - 30m
Friday and Smith investigate the death of a young girl that is initially ruled a suicide but turns out to be murder.
Feb 4, 1954 - 30m
Signs point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road.
Feb 11, 1954 - 30m
Three children are found abandoned, filthy and starving. Friday and Smith charge the mother with neglect.
Feb 18, 1954 - 30m
An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.
Feb 25, 1954 - 30m
A man posing as a doctor burgles the house of a woman who is mentally disturbed.
Mar 4, 1954 - 30m
An elderly man appears to have killed himself with a rifle, but the cops soon learn that it was no accident.
Mar 11, 1954 - 30m
Friday and Smith are surprised to find a wealthy house wife is a shoplifter, until they discover that she is a kleptomaniac.
Mar 18, 1954 - 30m
A woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi.
Mar 25, 1954 - 30m
No overview available.
Apr 1, 1954 - 30m
Friday and Smith hunt down the bandit queen; a tall, gorgeous woman who is on a rampage of robberies and shootings.
Apr 8, 1954 - 30m
Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.
Apr 15, 1954 - 30m
An elderly woman is badly beaten and robbed while on her way to the bank. The trail leads to an ex prize fighter.
Apr 22, 1954 - 30m
A man's body is found in the gutter and the only clue is a pair of skid marks found nearby.
Apr 29, 1954 - 30m
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.
May 6, 1954 - 30m
A check forger is victimizing small businessmen in a particular neighborhood.
May 13, 1954 - 30m
A man is beaten and robbed, then the thieves intimidate him and his family so he'll refuse to testify against them.
May 20, 1954 - 30m
A single mother is stabbed to death in her home. The list of suspects includes her teenage son and her many boyfriends.
May 27, 1954 - 30m
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.
