E1 - The Big Jump

Aired: September 11, 1952

A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.

E2 - The Big Sorrow

Aired: September 25, 1952

Friday must cope with the sudden death of his partner as he and his new partner track a pair of escaped convicts.

E3 - The Big Elevator

Aired: October 09, 1952

Friday and Smith search for the person who left a dead woman in a hospital elevator.

E4 - The Big Seventeen

Aired: November 06, 1952

Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.

E5 - The Big Trio

Aired: November 20, 1952

Friday and Smith investigate three traffic accidents in one night.

E6 - The Big Imposter

Aired: December 04, 1952

A missing young boy is found and returned to his grandfather, but the case gets complicated when the grandfather suspects that the boy is not his own grandson.

E7 - The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas

Aired: December 18, 1952

Two small boys are missing, there are blood stains on the ground and a gun meant as a Christmas present is gone.

E8 - The Big Cop

Aired: January 02, 1953

Friday has to catch a bad cop who has been dealing with the mob.

E9 - The Big Grandma

Aired: January 08, 1953

An elderly woman is passing bad checks, but no one suspects her because she looks harmless.

E10 - The Big Whiff

Aired: January 15, 1953

A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.

E11 - The Big Show

Aired: January 22, 1953

A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.

E12 - The Big Safe

Aired: January 29, 1953

Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.

E13 - The Big Church

Aired: February 05, 1953

A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.

E14 - The Big Hate

Aired: February 12, 1953

Gordon Miller, a young pianist, is found near an abandoned freight car holding the dead body of a woman in his arms. He claims he has killed her.

E15 - The Big Shakedown

Aired: February 20, 1953

Friday is looking for a crooked cop.

E16 - The Big Rose

Aired: February 26, 1953

Friday and Smith are looking for a missing woman that left her three children with her sister.

E17 - The Big Building

Aired: March 05, 1953

A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can find no trace of her.

E18 - The Big Run

Aired: March 12, 1953

Two elderly women are struck down by a hit-and-run driver.

E19 - The Big Break

Aired: March 19, 1953

Friday and Smith track down an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous.

E20 - The Big Light

Aired: March 26, 1953

Friday and Smith must decide between accident or murder when a crewman working on a movie set is killed by a falling light.

E21 - The Big Waiter

Aired: April 02, 1953

An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim's abused wife.

E22 - The Big Test

Aired: April 09, 1953

A young man reports that he was robbed by bandits on horseback while he was down in Mexico.

E23 - The Big Lay-Out

Aired: April 16, 1953

A friend of Friday's asks him for help when he discovers that his son has been using drugs, and may be selling them as well.

E24 - The Big Fire

Aired: April 23, 1953

A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.

E25 - The Big Ray

Aired: April 30, 1953

A man suddenly becomes ill and dies after eating his dinner at home.

E26 - The Big Frank

Aired: May 07, 1953

While investigating a routine robbery with Friday, Smith suffers a critical gunshot wound. Sergeant Friday is out for vengeance.

E27 - The Big Lease

Aired: May 14, 1953

An elderly widower is missing, so Friday and Smith retrace his actions before his disappearance. Things point to a long vacation until the story of Mrs. Banner, who rented the man's house, doesn't add up.

E28 - The Big Hands

Aired: May 21, 1953

Friday and Smith suspect a psycho killer when they find a woman with a broken neck in a hotel room.

E29 - The Big Fourth

Aired: May 28, 1953

Several babies are stolen in the city.

E30 - The Big Market

Aired: June 04, 1953

A bandit starts robbing people at local markets.

E31 - The Big Friend

Aired: June 11, 1953

Friday and Smith are torn between two suspects when a man reports that his wife has been strangled.

E32 - The Big Barrette

Aired: June 18, 1953

Friday and Smith search for the brutal killer of a 21-year-old woman.

E33 - The Big Dance

Aired: June 25, 1953

Friday and Smith are looking for two thugs that seem to have disappeared from the city.