E1 - The Big White Rat

Aired: September 03, 1953

Friday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring.

E2 - The Big Revolt

Aired: September 10, 1953

A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him.

E3 - The Big Bull

Aired: September 17, 1953

Smith takes a personal interest when a strong-arm bandit threatens his family if he doesn't back off the case.

E4 - The Big Betty

Aired: September 24, 1953

Friday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.

E5 - The Big Sophomore

Aired: October 01, 1953

A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.

E6 - The Big Pill

Aired: October 08, 1953

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.

E7 - The Big Lie

Aired: October 15, 1953

E8 - The Big Fake

Aired: October 22, 1953

A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.

E9 - The Big Dream

Aired: October 29, 1953

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress.

E10 - The Big Guilt

Aired: November 05, 1953

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.

E11 - The Big Will

Aired: November 12, 1953

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.

E12 - The Big In-Laws

Aired: November 19, 1953

Friday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.

E13 - The Big Lilly

Aired: November 26, 1953

E14 - The Big Kill

Aired: December 03, 1953

A cop is gunned down at home by a vengeful ex con. Friday must go under cover in prison to obtain a full confession.

E15 - The Big Lover

Aired: December 10, 1953

Friday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their money.

E16 - The Big Thief

Aired: December 17, 1953

Robbers phone doctors for house calls then assault them and steal their drugs.

E17 - The Big Little Jesus

Aired: December 24, 1953

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.

E18 - The Big Eavesdrop

Aired: December 31, 1953

Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner.

E19 - The Big Trunk

Aired: January 07, 1954

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.

E20 - The Big Youngster

Aired: January 14, 1954

Friday and Smith catch a boy who has been vandalising private property, but they discover that the boy's problems begin at home.

E21 - The Big Boys

Aired: January 21, 1954

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.

E22 - The Big Ham

Aired: January 28, 1954

Friday and Smith investigate the death of a young girl that is initially ruled a suicide but turns out to be murder.

E23 - The Big Chance

Aired: February 04, 1954

Signs point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road.

E24 - The Big Children

Aired: February 11, 1954

Three children are found abandoned, filthy and starving. Friday and Smith charge the mother with neglect.

E25 - The Big Poison

Aired: February 18, 1954

An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.

E26 - The Big Quack

Aired: February 25, 1954

A man posing as a doctor burgles the house of a woman who is mentally disturbed.

E27 - The Big Winchester

Aired: March 04, 1954

An elderly man appears to have killed himself with a rifle, but the cops soon learn that it was no accident.

E28 - The Big Shoplift

Aired: March 11, 1954

Friday and Smith are surprised to find a wealthy house wife is a shoplifter, until they discover that she is a kleptomaniac.

E29 - The Big Hit-Run Killer

Aired: March 18, 1954

A woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi.

E30 - The Big Drink

Aired: March 25, 1954

E31 - The Big Girl

Aired: April 01, 1954

Friday and Smith hunt down the bandit queen; a tall, gorgeous woman who is on a rampage of robberies and shootings.

E32 - The Big Mattress

Aired: April 08, 1954

Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.

E33 - The Big Pug

Aired: April 15, 1954

An elderly woman is badly beaten and robbed while on her way to the bank. The trail leads to an ex prize fighter.

E34 - The Big Frame

Aired: April 22, 1954

A man's body is found in the gutter and the only clue is a pair of skid marks found nearby.

E35 - The Big Plant

Aired: April 29, 1954

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.

E36 - The Big Check

Aired: May 06, 1954

A check forger is victimizing small businessmen in a particular neighborhood.

E37 - The Big Threat

Aired: May 13, 1954

A man is beaten and robbed, then the thieves intimidate him and his family so he'll refuse to testify against them.

E38 - The Big Dare

Aired: May 20, 1954

A single mother is stabbed to death in her home. The list of suspects includes her teenage son and her many boyfriends.

E39 - The Big False Make

Aired: May 27, 1954

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.