1951

S3.E2 ∙ The Big Revolt

Wed, Sep 09, 1953

A woman reports her husband missing, Friday and his partner are assigned to find him.

7 /10

S3.E4 ∙ The Big Betty

Wed, Sep 23, 1953

A gang of con artists checks the obituary section of the daily newspaper, then uses the information they gather to prey on the grief-stricken families of those who have recently died.

7.4 /10

S3.E11 ∙ The Big Will

Wed, Nov 11, 1953

Joe and Frank investigate the murder of a man who has recently changed his will.

7.6 /10

S3.E16 ∙ The Big Thief

Wed, Dec 16, 1953

A gang of robbers is calling Los Angeles physicians down to hotels and mugging and robbing them of drugs and valuables. Sergeants Friday and Smith are called in to put a stop to this.

8.1 /10

It's Christmas Eve when Father Rojas at the Old Mission Plaza Church in Los Angeles discovers that the statue of the Infant Jesus is stolen from the crib. The statue's worth is only a few dollars, but it is of great sentimental value for the parish. Friday and Smith promise to try to get it back before mass on Christmas Day, but this means that they have less than 24 hours to catch the thief.

7.9 /10

S3.E18 ∙ The Big Eavesdrop

Wed, Dec 30, 1953

0 /10

S3.E19 ∙ The Big Trunk

Wed, Jan 06, 1954

Three men are the suspects in the beating death of a former vaudevillian actress found in her apartment. The possible reason for her murder could be among the contents of an old steamer trunk which she kept locked in her room. Surveillance equipment is used to solve the mystery.

7.5 /10

S3.E20 ∙ The Big Youngster

Wed, Jan 13, 1954

A statue of the infant Jesus is missing from an impoverished churches crèche.

0 /10

S3.E21 ∙ The Big Boys

Wed, Jan 20, 1954

Friday and Smith receive a bulletin about an armed four-man gang, two of whom are army deserters, who have committed a series of robberies and auto thefts in San Francisco and are on their way to Los Angeles.

7.2 /10

S3.E22 ∙ The Big Ham

Wed, Jan 27, 1954

Ross is an actor on the way up, but then his girlfriend is found dead in his apartment. A suicide note is found, but things start to point to it being a homicide.

7.4 /10

S3.E23 ∙ The Big Chance

Wed, Feb 03, 1954

Friday must investigate the disappearance of a uniformed officer on a stretch of highway.

7.7 /10

S3.E24 ∙ The Big Children

Wed, Feb 10, 1954

Sgt. Friday and Smith responding to the report of 2 small children, going door-to-door, begging for food. The catch? The kids are known as residents in a very high class neighborhood, living right next door.

8.2 /10

S3.E25 ∙ The Big Poison

Wed, Feb 17, 1954

0 /10

S3.E26 ∙ The Big Quack

Wed, Feb 24, 1954

The victim of a so-called "mental therapist", a young woman commits suicide after being robbed of her furs and jewels. It is up to Friday and Smith to trace the man and to stop him from striking any more.

0 /10

S3.E27 ∙ The Big Winchester

Wed, Mar 03, 1954

An apparent suicide turns out to be murder.

7.7 /10

S3.E28 ∙ The Big Shoplift

Wed, Mar 10, 1954

There's a spate of recent theft at retail stores in the city and Joe Friday and his partner are on the case. The detectives question a salesgirl from a big department store downtown, but she denies any involvement. They talk to a witness who saw another woman leave a parcel containing an expensive fur coat at a local bus station. Friday then talks to a teenage girl who saw a woman discard boxes of new items in a vacant lot. The girl knows the woman's identity and soon the officers are interrogating the shoplifter, a doctor's wife with a lot of time on her hands.

7.6 /10

S3.E29 ∙ The Big Hit-Run Killer

Wed, Mar 17, 1954

A truck kills an old lady and her little grandson at a crossing and drives away. The owner of the truck asserts that he let a man called Paul borrow the truck for one hour, but he doesn't know the last name of this man or where he lives. The police must investigate all circumstances, but should Friday and Smith really spend lots of resources on trying to find a man they hardly believe exists at all?

7.3 /10

S3.E30 ∙ The Big Drink

Wed, Mar 24, 1954

0 /10

S3.E31 ∙ The Big Girl

Wed, Mar 31, 1954

The detectives try to track down a tall, beautiful woman who has been terrorizing the city by robbing men, beating them up and in some cases shooting them. Their job is made more difficult by the fact that there are many inconsistencies in the victims' reports.

7.5 /10

S3.E32 ∙ The Big Mattress

Wed, Apr 07, 1954

0 /10

S3.E33 ∙ The Big Pug

Wed, Apr 14, 1954

0 /10

S3.E34 ∙ The Big Frame

Wed, Apr 21, 1954

A man is found dead in the gutter. At first it seems as a hit-run case, but Friday and Smith become suspicious when all witnesses from the night before give exactly the same story. Usually witnesses are at variance in some respects.

7.3 /10

S3.E35 ∙ The Big Plant

Wed, Apr 28, 1954

A housewife disappears and the police suspect her husband but questioning is made difficult by the man's guard dogs.

0 /10

S3.E36 ∙ The Big Check

Wed, May 05, 1954

Friday and Smith find themselves with a difficult case when a number of businesses report receiving forged checks.

0 /10

S3.E37 ∙ The Big Threat

Wed, May 12, 1954

Detectives Friday and Smith interview several victims of theft who are afraid to press charges against the man responsible. The police must convince them they won't receive retribution.

6.9 /10

S3.E38 ∙ The Big Dare

Wed, May 19, 1954

0 /10

S3.E39 ∙ The Big False Make

Wed, May 26, 1954

Joe Friday interrogates a local gardener who's been arrested for holding up a grocery store. While questioning the suspect, Friday begins to doubt the man's guilt, even though he's identified as the robber by the woman who manages the store, and sets out to discover why the gardener has confessed to a crime he apparently did not commit.

7.3 /10