Recap / Dragnet

Radio Series Some Titles have alternate names, these are displayed with Title/Alternate Title.

Season 1: 1949 season

1. Production #1 Robbery / George Slocum, Thief (missing episode)
2. Production #2 Homicide / The Nickel Plated Gun
3. Production #4 Robbery / The Werewolf
4. Production 4 Homicide / Quick Trigger Gunmen
5. The Helen Corday Murder / Who Killed Helen Corday?
6. The Red Light Bandit / The Impostor
7. Attempted City Hall Bombing
8. Missing Persons - Juanita Lasky / The Big Missing
9. Benny Trounsel - Narcotics
10. Maniac Murderer / A Mad Killer at Large
11. Sixteen Days of Jewel Thefts / Master Jewel Thief
12. Police Academy - Mario Koski / The Blitz Bandits
13. Auto Burglaries - Myra the Redhead
14. Eric Kelby - Buried Body in Nursery / Missing Woman
15. Sullivan Kidnapping - The Wolf
16. James Vickers - Cop Killing
17. Brick-Bat Slayer
18. Tom Laval - Truck Hi-jackers
19. Second Hand Killer (missing episode)
20. The Big Buy - Narcotics (missing episode)
21. The Big Lamp / Conrad Buckley - Anthracene (missing episode, but remade as a TV adaptation in 1950s)
22. The Big Drink / Hugh Taylor - Wife Murderer (missing episode)
23. Casco And Breen / Forgery - Johnny Casco, Marty Breen (missing episode)
24. The Big Bar / Robbery-Murder - Juan Pedillo, Wesley Guttridge (missing episode)
25. Bunco - Harry Girard (missing episode)
26. Mrs. Rinard, Albert Barry – Mother-in-Law Murder
27. Spring Street Gang - Juveniles
28. George Quan – The Jade Thumb Rings
29. The Garbage Chute Murder – Laura Barkley
30. .22 Rifle for Christmas
31. The Roseland Roof Murders

Season 2: 1950 season

1. Max Tyler – Escaped Convict / The Big Escape
2. The Big Man Part 1 (Narcotics)
3. The Big Man Part 2 (Narcotics)
4. Claude Jimmerson - Child Killer: The detectives are on the search for two girls, ages 7 and 11, who went missing, and the search grows more urgent when a dog is found beaten to death.
5. The Big Girl
6. The Big Grifter
7. The Big Kill
8. The Big Thank You
9. The Big Boys
10. The Big Gangster Part 1
11. The Big Gangster Part 2
12. The Big Book
13. The Big Watch
14. The Big Trial
15. The Big Job
16. The Big Badge
17. The Big Knife
18. The Big Pug
19. The Big Key
20. The Big Fake
21. The Big Smart Guy
22. The Big Purse
23. The Big Mink
24. The Big Grab
25. The Big Frame
26. The Big Bomb
27. The Big Gent Part 1
28. The Big Gent Part 2
29. The Big Dare
30. The Big Actor
31. The Big Youngster
32. The Big Chance
33. The Big Check
34. The Big Poison
35. The Big Make
36. The Big Pair
37. The Big Death
38. The Big 38
39. The Big Quack
40. The Big Grandma
41. The Big Meet
42. The Big Church
43. The Big Mother
44. The Big Parrot
45. The Big Betty
46. The Big Car
47. The Big Picture
48. The Big Break
49. The Big Family

Season 3: 1951 season

Season 4: 1952 season

Season 5: 1953 season

Season 6: 1954 season

Season 7: 1955 season

Season 8: 1956 season

Season 9: 1957 season

1950s series

Season One: 1951- 1952

1. The Human Bomb: An ex-convict plans to take his grudge on the city of Los Angeles out on city hall, where he has hidden a bomb in his clothing and plans to detonate it if his exact demands aren't met within a half hour.
2. The Big Actor: The search for stolen prescriptions from a local hospital leads to a Hollywood actor who has become addicted to heroin.
3. The Big Death: The hunt for two escaped murderers – known for being bloodthirsty for revenge – has Friday and new partner Jacobs on a frantic search before they strike again.
4. The Big Mother: The trail of the kidnapping of a newborn baby leads to a grieving mother who had recently lost her own baby.
5. The Big Cast: A young man cooly and calmly denies his involvement in the death of a missing man. Friday is determined to crack the man's rock-solid story through relentless questioning.
6. The Big Speech: Friday and Jacobs investigate a heist involving thousands of dollars of prescription medications after a pharmacist is found brutally beaten.
7. The Big Parrot: The bodies of a rich couple and their pet parrot are found after their house is burned to the ground after a robbery. The detectives search for answers.
8. The Big Moody: The murder of a rich man has Friday and Jacobs investigating.
9. The Big Blast: A divorced mother is killed while she slept while the young boy is unharmed.
10. The Big Trial: The victim in a hit-and-run drunk driving crash fails to appear in court, leading Friday on a search for the woman.
11. The Big September Man: Friday and Jacobs investigate the brutal beating death of a young secretary and initially finger a mentally-ill homeless man. But the story of a supposed eyewitness, a fundamentalist Christian, begins to not make much sense.
12. The Big Phone Call: A jeweler's claim that he was robbed doesn't jibe with Friday when he reviews his income statements. The man keeps trying to contact his wife for help, but is repeatedly unable to reach home.
13. The Big Casing: Murder or suicide? That's what Friday and Jacobs have to determine when they are called to an apartment where a young man reports the death of his wife.
14. The Big Lamp: After a safe burglar is acquitted in connection with a big heist, Friday and Jacobs bide their time until the crook regains his courage to strike again. This time, the officers are ready with a new plan to make sure he doesn't get away with his crime twice.

Season Two: 1952- 1953

1. .22-Rifle For Christmas: Friday and Smith go on a frantic search for a pair of young boys who have gone missing in the days before Christmas. Also missing: a .22-caliber rifle, which one of the boys' fathers had hoped to give his son as a Christmas present.
2. The Big Church: A lonely woman has been receiving threatening letters from an unknown stalker. As the letters become more salacious, suspicion turns to a middle-aged man who attends the same church she recently joined. Is there a predator within the ranks of a respected church, or will Friday and Smith find there is much more to the story?
3. The Big Barrette: A beautiful 21-year-old woman is found beaten to death and there are virtually no clues ... except for a missing rhinestone that fell loose from a barrette. The trail hits several dead-ends but another attempted strongarm robbery involving a young, petite woman may finally lead to some answers.

Season Three: 1953- 1954

1. The Big Hit-and-Run Killer: A bakery delivery truck is involved in a deadly hit-and-run accident. The bakery owner tells the detectives that a man named Paul used the truck but the initial leads go nowhere. Will the driver be found or the bakery owner be left holding the bag?

Movie (September 4, 1954)

• Dragnet (1954): Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith hunt down the killer of a mobster, Miller Starkie by investigating Max Troy, the 2nd in Command.

Season Four: 1954- 1955

1. The Big Present: A burglar has hit local grocery stores, and the only clues Friday and Smith have to go on are that the suspect can fit through a small window pane that's been removed ... and that he leaves a milk bottle at the scene of the crime.
2. The Big Rod: The detectives search for a hit-and-run driver that killed a pregnant woman. Once it is determined a souped-up car may have been involved, Friday and Smith get help from the National Hot Rod Association in the search for the driver responsible.
3. The Big Family: Friday and Smith investigate a possible suicide of a successful businessman with seemingly everything going for him. But the investigation reveals there's much more to the story than meets the suicide note.

Season Five: 1955- 1956

Season Six: 1956- 1957

Season Seven: 1957- 1958

Season Eight: 1958- 1959

The Big Counterfeit: Counterfeit bills are circulating in the community and the bills need to be confiscated for evidence ... or do they? Friday and Smith suspect something is very wrong when the identity of the police officer at work taking the money isn't on the police roster and set out to stop this imposter.

1960s series

1966 TV Movie

• Dragnet 1966: Originally the pilot for the 1960s series but was not broadcast until January 27, 1969, during the third season. Joe Friday and Bill Gannon are called back from vacation for a missing persons case, two female models and a war widow have vanished-having been last seen by a person named J. Johnson. While investigating, Friday and Gannon find a dead man in a vacant lot that may be J. Johnson. A side story involves Gannon is trying to avoid a forced retirement due to health concerns.

Season One: Dragnet 1967

1. "The LSD Story": A new drug called lysergic acid diethylamide or more commonly known as LSD has turned up in Los Angeles, as Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Bill Gannon are working with limited resources to try and stop LSD from getting into the hands of Juveniles. Originally aired January 12, 1967.
2. "The Big Explosion": Friday and Gannon investigate after explosives and detonation devices were stolen from a consumers storage area. The devices lead to the home of a Neo-Nazi who has big plans for the explosives. Originally aired January 19, 1967.
3. "The Kidnapping": Miss Ohrmund, the personal assistant of a wealthy business owner named Adele Vincent, has come to a bank as Adele Vincent has been kidnapped and the kidnapper is requesting $75,000 for the safe release of Adele Vincent. Originally aired February 9, 1967.
4. "The Interrogation": A rookie police officer, Paul Culver,who is working undercover, has been identified by a liquor store owner as an armed robber who held him up but Culver swears he is innocent. Originally aired February 9, 1967.
5. "The Masked Bandits": Four men wearing full red face masks have been holding up cocktail lounges and driving away in an old red Cadillac. A tip from a waitress locates a juvenile who is part of the robberies with Friday and Gannon hoping to get more information from him to find the rest of the masked men. Originally aired February 16, 1967.
6. "The Bank Examiner Swindle": Elderly people are being cheated out of their savings by two men who pose as bank examiners, saying that they are trying to catch crooked tellers. Originally aired February 23, 1967.
7. "The Hammer": An apartment manager named Alex Troy had been beaten to death with a hammer. The clues at the scene point to a person named 'Fred' that was playing cards with the victim at the time of his death. Originally aired March 2, 1967.
8. "The Candy Store Robberies": A person has been robbing candy stores that are named Rachelles. One unique detail is the robber never held up the same Rachelles candy story twice. Originally aired March 9, 1967.
9. "The Fur Job": A warehouse full of high quality furs were stolen from a salesman's vault. After getting a tip that the thieves are looking to sell the furs, Friday and Gannon go undercover to be the buyers. Originally aired March 16, 1697.
10. "The Jade Story": A woman has reported that a thief broke into her home and stole her jade jewelry worth at least $200,000. As Friday and Gannon start to investigate, they start to suspect that the woman hasn't been telling the full truth about the burglary. Originally aired March 23, 1967

11. "The Shooting": An patrol officer is shot during a traffic stop. As Friday and Gannon start to investigate they discovered the people who shot the officer had just robbed a liquor store when the office was shot. However, issues arise as the officer cannot remember the shooting. Originally aired March 30, 1967

12. The Hit and Run Driver
13. The Bookie
14. The Subscription Racket
15. The Gun
16. The Big Kids
17. The Bullet

Season Two: Dragnet 1968

1. The Grenade
2. The Shooting Board
3. The Badge Racket
4. The Bank Jobs
5. The Big Neighbor
6. The Big Frustration
7. The Senior Citizen
8. The Big High
9. The Big Ad
10. The Missing Realtor
11. The Big Dog
12. The Pyramid Swindle
13. The Phony Police Racket
14. The Trial Board
15. "The Christmas Story": A plastic doll representing the baby Jesus is missing from a manger scene at a Latino church, and Friday and Gannon search to find the doll before Christmas Eve Mass.
16. The Big Shipment
17. The Big Search
18. The Big Prophet
19. The Big Amateur
20. The Big Starlet
21. The Big Clan
22. The Little Victim
23. The Squeeze
24. The Suicide Attempt
25. The Big Departure
26. "The Big Investigation": A look at background checks of Los Angeles Police Academy candidates is spotlighted by an investigation by Friday and Gannon into the past of a promising young academy candidate who has an unexplained six-month gap in his law enforcement career.
27. The Big Gambler
28. The Big Problem

Season Three: Dragnet 1969

1. Public Affairs: DR-07
2. Juvenile: DR-05
3. Community Relations: DR-10
4. Management Services: DR-11
5. Police Commission: DR-13
6. Homicide: DR-06
7. Robbery: DR-15
8. Public Affairs: DR-12
9. Training: DR-18
10. Public Affairs: DR-14
11. Narcotics: DR-16
12. Internal Affairs: DR-20
13. Community Relations: DR-17
14. Homicide: DR-22
15. BOD: DR-27
16. Narcotics: DR-21
17. Administrative Vice: DR-29
18. The Joy Riders
19. Frauds: DR-28
20. Juvenile: DR-19
21. Burglary: DR-31
22. Vice: DR-30
23. Forgery: DR-33
24. Juvenile: DR-32
25. Juvenile: DR-35
26. Frauds: DR-36
27. Intelligence: DR-34

Season Four: Dragnet 1970

1. Personnel: The Shooting
2. Homicide: The Student
3. SIU: The Ring
4. DHQ: Medical
5. Burglary: Mister
6. Juvenile: The Little Pusher
7. Homicide: Cigarette Butt
8. DHQ: Missing Person
9. Burglary Auto: Courtroom
10. Internal Affairs: Parolee
11. Burglary Auto: Juvenile Genius
12. Bunco: $9,000
13. Narco: Missing Hype
14. Burglary: Helpful Woman
15. Homicide: Who Killed Who
16. Burglary: The Son
17. AID: The Weekend
18. Narco: Pill Maker
19. Burglary: The Dognappers
20. Missing Persons: The Body
21. Forgery: The Ranger
22. DHQ: Night School
23. IAD: The Receipt
24. Robbery: The Harassing Wife
25. Burglary: Baseball
26. DHQ: The Victims

2003 series

Season One

1. The Silver Slayer
2. The Big Ruckus
3. All That Glitters
4. Well Endowed
5. The Cutting of the Swath
6. The Brass Ring
7. The Artful Dodger
8. Sticks and Stones
9. Redemption
10. Let's Make a Deal
11. For Whom the Whistle Blows
12. The Little Guy

Season Two: L.A. Dragnet

1. Daddy's Girl
2. Coyote
3. 17 in 6
4. The Magic Bullet
5. Slice of Life
6. Abduction
7. Frame of Mind
8. Retribution
9. Riddance
10. Killing Fields