Episode guide
Dragnet: Season 1
14 episodes · premiered Dec 16, 1951
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- Episode 1: The Human Bomb Dec 16, 1951 · 30m A man walks into City hall carrying a live bomb. He threatens to blow up the building if his brother isn't released from jail.
- Episode 2: The Big Actor Jan 3, 1952 · 30m Friday and Jacobs track down a drug ring through a small-time television actor who is hooked on heroin.
- Episode 3: The Big Death Jan 17, 1952 · 30m Friday poses as a hired killer for a man who wants his wife dead.
- Episode 4: The Big Mother Jan 31, 1952 · 30m A new-born baby is stolen from a hospital nursery and the trail leads the police to a deranged mother.
- Episode 5: The Big Cast Feb 14, 1952 · 30m The police interrogate a suspect whom they believe to have murdered more than a dozen men.
- Episode 6: The Big Speech Feb 28, 1952 · 30m A doctor is beaten and robbed of prescription drugs.
- Episode 7: The Big Parrot Mar 13, 1952 · 30m A couple are robbed and murdered, along with their pet parrot. The killer uses a time bomb to start a fire and cover up his crime.
- Episode 8: The Big Moody Mar 27, 1952 · 30m
- Episode 9: The Big Blast Apr 10, 1952 · 30m A divorced mother is killed in bed by a shotgun while her young boy sleeps beside her.
- Episode 10: The Big Trial Apr 24, 1952 · 30m Friday testifies at the trial of a man accused of a hit-and-run, but the main witness against him suddenly disappears.
- Episode 11: The Big September Man May 8, 1952 · 30m A secretary is beaten to death and the search for the killer leads police to a religious fanatic.
- Episode 12: The Big Phone Call May 22, 1952 · 30m Friday confronts a jeweler with tape recorded evidence that proves he hired someone to rob his own store.
- Episode 13: The Big Casing Jun 5, 1952 · 30m A man claims that his wife committed suicide right in front of him, but the evidence suggests otherwise.
- Episode 14: The Big Lamp Jun 19, 1952 · 30m Friday and Jacobs are out to catch a safe burglar who has been on the loose for seven months.