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* DisproportionateRetribution: Jessie Gaynor kills Carl Hamlin for shooting her bible then throwing it in the fireplace.

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* BattleTrophy: The 9mm that the fatal shot was fired from was a German Luger that Mrs. Gaynor's late husband brought back from WWII.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Jessie Gaynor kills Carl Hamlin for shooting her bible then throwing it in the fireplace.fireplace, though she does get convicted of a reduced charge of manslaughter.



* LockedRoomMystery: Carl Hamlin is found dead in the study of Jessie Gaynor's house, a recently-fired .38 revolver by his body. The door was locked and barricaded from the inside, and all the windows are locked. But the bullet that killed Hamlin was fired from a 9mm semi-automatic pistol, so Friday and Gannon have to figure out who killed Hamlin and how..



* NeverSuicide: At first it appears to be suicide but when the bullet is pulled from Carl's body, it turns out Mrs. Gaynor killed him. He then rearranged the room while dying to make it look like suicide.

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* NeverSuicide: At first it appears to be suicide but when the bullet is pulled from Carl's body, body doesn't match the gun found, it becomes a murder case. It turns out Mrs. Gaynor killed him.shot him and he ran into the study. He then rearranged the room while dying to make it look like suicide.
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* LockedInARoom: Carl Hamlin locked himself in the study and dies. Friday has to break the window from the outside to get in as has sealed the room.

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* LockedInARoom: Carl Hamlin locked himself in the study and dies. Friday has to break the window from the outside to get in as has sealed the room.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Jessie Gaynor kills Ray Murray for shooting her bible then throwing it in the fireplace.
* LockedInARoom: Ray Murray locked himself in the study and dies. Friday has to break the window from the outside to get in as has sealed the room.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Jessie Gaynor kills Ray Murray Carl Hamlin for shooting her bible then throwing it in the fireplace.
* LockedInARoom: Ray Murray Carl Hamlin locked himself in the study and dies. Friday has to break the window from the outside to get in as has sealed the room.room.
* OutOfFocus: Ray Murray is more of the driving force, with Friday and Gannon in the background.



* [[PsychoExGirlfriend Psycho Ex-Husband]]: Ray Murray and Nora Hamlin are separated but not divorced. He starts harassing Nora for her to take him back, even saying he will kill himself for her.

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* [[PsychoExGirlfriend Psycho Ex-Husband]]: Ray Murray Carl and Nora Hamlin are separated but not divorced. He starts harassing Nora for her to take him back, even saying he will kill himself for her.
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This was the final episode of the first season of Dragnet 1967.

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This was the final episode of the first season of Dragnet 1967.the 1960s Dragnet.
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* NeverSuicide: At first it appears to be suicide but when the bullet is pulled from Carl's body, it turns out Mrs. Gaynor killed him. He then rearranged the room to make it look like suicide.

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* NeverSuicide: At first it appears to be suicide but when the bullet is pulled from Carl's body, it turns out Mrs. Gaynor killed him. He then rearranged the room while dying to make it look like suicide.
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First Aired - May 11, 1967

Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Bill Gannon are working in the homicide division. Friday and Gannon respond to a late night call at the house of Jessie Gaynor. Her daughter, Nora Hamlin, is staying with her due to a separation from her husband. A gunshot heard from a locked study where Carl Hamlin's body is discovered. At first it is assumed that the husband killed himself but when Ray Murray from SID tells them that the bullet doesn't match the gun it turns into a murder case.

This was the final episode of the first season of Dragnet 1967.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Jessie Gaynor kills Ray Murray for shooting her bible then throwing it in the fireplace.
* LockedInARoom: Ray Murray locked himself in the study and dies. Friday has to break the window from the outside to get in as has sealed the room.
* NeverSuicide: At first it appears to be suicide but when the bullet is pulled from Carl's body, it turns out Mrs. Gaynor killed him. He then rearranged the room to make it look like suicide.
* [[PsychoExGirlfriend Psycho Ex-Husband]]: Ray Murray and Nora Hamlin are separated but not divorced. He starts harassing Nora for her to take him back, even saying he will kill himself for her.
* ShotForShotRemake: This episode was a remake of ''The Big Bible'' episode from the radio series.

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