1951

S2.E1 ∙ The Big Jump

Wed, Sep 10, 1952

A man threatens to jump from a 9th-floor building ledge by ten o'clock.

7.8 /10

S2.E2 ∙ The Big Sorrow

Wed, Sep 24, 1952

Just hours after the sudden death of his partner Ben Romero, Joe must set aside his emotions to help track down a pair of desperate escaped convicts who are headed towards Los Angeles.

8.1 /10

S2.E3 ∙ The Big Elevator

Wed, Oct 08, 1952

Friday and Smith investigate the death of a woman found in a hospital elevator.

0 /10

Upper middle-class teenagers in Los Angeles are going crazy. They trash a movie theater, beating up the manager and pushing a young man through a plate glass window. Sergeant Friday must get to the bottom of what is causing this to happen.

7 /10

S2.E5 ∙ The Big Trio

Wed, Nov 19, 1952

The police department braces for an increase in traffic accidents over the holiday weekend.

0 /10

S2.E6 ∙ The Big Imposter

Wed, Dec 03, 1952

7.1 /10

S2.E7 ∙ The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas

Wed, Dec 17, 1952

Friday and Smith search for a missing boy. The first sign that the case is serious is when blood is found. Further probing reveals the boy's parents had purchased him a .22-caliber rifle for Christmas -- and the weapon is missing, removed from its wrapped package.

7.7 /10

S2.E8 ∙ The Big Cop

Wed, Dec 31, 1952

0 /10

S2.E9 ∙ The Big Grandma

Wed, Jan 07, 1953

Friday and Jacobs look for an elderly woman who has been passing bad checks just three different months a year for nearly 10 years.

7.5 /10

S2.E10 ∙ The Big Whiff

Wed, Jan 14, 1953

0 /10

S2.E11 ∙ The Big Show

Wed, Jan 21, 1953

A lady reports an abandoned baby at a bus depot. Officers Friday and Smith investigate, and realize her story doesn't quite hold water.

7.8 /10

S2.E12 ∙ The Big Safe

Wed, Jan 28, 1953

Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.

0 /10

S2.E13 ∙ The Big Church

Wed, Feb 04, 1953

0 /10

S2.E14 ∙ The Big Hate

Wed, Feb 11, 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. Called to interrogate him, Friday and Smith remain skeptical.

7.6 /10

S2.E15 ∙ The Big Shakedown

Wed, Feb 18, 1953

0 /10

S2.E16 ∙ The Big Rose

Wed, Feb 25, 1953

Friday and Smith search for a woman who left her children with her sister.

0 /10

S2.E17 ∙ The Big Building

Wed, Mar 04, 1953

0 /10

S2.E18 ∙ The Big Run

Wed, Mar 11, 1953

Friday peruses the elusive armed robber Mark Hoffman after the man repeatedly escapes from both State and military prisons. Can Friday convince the man to surrender or will he go down in a hail of bullets.

8.7 /10

S2.E19 ∙ The Big Break

Wed, Mar 18, 1953

Friday leads a team in a raid on the house of a very dangerous armed robber, which results in a bloody shootout.

7.5 /10

S2.E20 ∙ The Big Light

Wed, Mar 25, 1953

Henry Wilson, a Hollywood movie director, has been killed by a falling arc light. Was it really an accident? To answer this question, Friday and Smith go Hollywood with a wonderful excuse to visit the studios. But the two men do not fail to mix business with pleasure and they will wind up solving the mystery.

8 /10

S2.E21 ∙ The Big Waiter

Wed, Apr 01, 1953

0 /10

S2.E22 ∙ The Big Test

Wed, Apr 08, 1953

A man claims that his friend was killed by bandits in Mexico. Friday and Smith don't believe his story.

7.7 /10

S2.E23 ∙ The Big Lay-Out

Wed, Apr 15, 1953

Joe Friday's old friend and his wife suspect their son is using drugs so they ask the police sergeant to look into it as a favor. As Joe and his partner check it out they suspect the son is also a dealer.

0 /10

S2.E24 ∙ The Big Fire

Wed, Apr 22, 1953

0 /10

S2.E25 ∙ The Big Ray

Wed, Apr 29, 1953

0 /10

S2.E26 ∙ The Big Frank

Wed, May 06, 1953

A man is pulled from his car, beaten and robbed. The criminal apparently makes his escape in the man's car. Friday and Smith have to find him.

8 /10

S2.E27 ∙ The Big Lease

Wed, May 13, 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.

8.1 /10

S2.E28 ∙ The Big Hands

Wed, May 20, 1953

Friday and Smith are assigned to investigate the strangulation of an unidentified woman in a hotel room. With no leads and no clues, and no idea of who she is, they must start from scratch to find her killer.

7.4 /10

S2.E29 ∙ The Big Fourth

Wed, May 27, 1953

0 /10

S2.E30 ∙ The Big Market

Wed, Jun 03, 1953

Friday and Smith investigate a pornography ring that sells magazines at local schools.

8.8 /10

S2.E31 ∙ The Big Friend

Wed, Jun 10, 1953

0 /10

S2.E32 ∙ The Big Barrette

Wed, Jun 17, 1953

Friday and Smith have considerable physical evidence but very few genuine leads to help them solve the mysterious beating death of a well-liked young woman.

8 /10