Dragnet

1. 1. The LSD Story

   Jan 12, 1967

   Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Bill Gannon encounter a freaked-out young LSD user calling himself "Blue Boy"; before long, Blue Boy is "turning on" schoolchildren with the mysterious new drug.

2. 2. The Big Explosion

   Jan 19, 1967

   A neo-Nazi psycho has planted a bomb somewhere in L.A. Friday and Gannon have to find it.

3. 3. The Kidnapping

   Jan 26, 1967

   Friday and Gannon help an employee rescue her kidnapped boss.

4. 4. The Interrogation

   Feb 9, 1967

   A new officer has been arrested for robbing a liquor store while on an undercover assignment.

5. 5. The Masked Bandits

   Feb 16, 1967

   Four bandits wearing red masks commit a series of robberies.

6. 6. The Bank Examiner Swindle

   Feb 23, 1967

   Two con men, posing as bank examiners, are bilking the elderly out of their life savings.

7. 7. The Hammer

   Mar 2, 1967

   An elderly apartment manager is found to have been beaten to death with a hammer.

8. 8. The Candy Store Robberies

   Mar 9, 1967

   Friday and Gannon try to figure out a pattern to a series of candy store hold-ups.

9. 9. The Fur Job

   Mar 16, 1967

   Gannon goes undercover as a buyer in order to trap fur theives.

10. 10. The Jade Story

    Mar 23, 1967

    Over $200,000 worth of Imperial Jade is reported stolen in a burglary, and Friday and Gannon are on the case.

11. 11. The Shooting

    Mar 30, 1967

    A police officer is shot while making a routine check on a pair of paroled convicts that are parked near a liquor store.

12. 12. The Hit and Run Driver

    Apr 6, 1967

    Friday and Gannon use newspapers, radio and TV to seek the public's help in identifying a hit and run driver.

13. 13. The Bookie

    Apr 13, 1967

    Friday goes undercover with the Department's chaplain in order to break up a gambling ring.

14. 14. The Subscription Racket

    Apr 20, 1967

    Friday learns about a scam artist with a novel twist: he uses an authentic Congressional Medal of Honor to solicit magazine subscriptions.

15. 15. The Gun

    Apr 27, 1967

    A Japanese widow is senselessly murdered, leaving her small daughter an orphan. Friday has a hard time controlling his emotions while seeking the killer.

16. 16. The Big Kids

    May 4, 1967

    A gang of juvenile thieves have been stealing petty items in order to gain membership into an exclusive club.

17. 17. The Bullet

    May 11, 1967

    A dead man has been found in a locked room, along with a gun that could not have been the murder weapon.

About

Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.

First aired

1967-01-12

Era

60s

Length

4 seasons · 98 episodes

Genres

Crime, Drama, Mystery

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