Season 3

1. The Big White Rat

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

1953-09-03 • 30 min

2. The Big Revolt

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

1953-09-10 • 30 min

3. The Big Bull

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

1953-09-17 • 30 min

4. The Big Betty

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

1953-09-24 • 30 min

5. The Big Sophomore

A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.

1953-10-01 • 30 min

6. The Big Pill

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

1953-10-08 • 30 min

7. The Big Lie

1953-10-15 • 30 min

8. The Big Fake

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

1953-10-22 • 30 min

9. The Big Dream

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

1953-10-29 • 30 min

10. The Big Guilt

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.

1953-11-05 • 30 min

11. The Big Will

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.

1953-11-12 • 30 min

12. The Big In-Laws

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

1953-11-19 • 30 min

13. The Big Lilly

1953-11-26 • 30 min

14. The Big Kill

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

1953-12-03 • 30 min

15. The Big Lover

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

1953-12-10 • 30 min

16. The Big Thief

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

1953-12-17 • 30 min

17. The Big Little Jesus

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.

1953-12-24 • 30 min

18. The Big Eavesdrop

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

1953-12-31 • 30 min

19. The Big Trunk

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.

1954-01-07 • 30 min

20. The Big Youngster

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

1954-01-14 • 30 min

21. The Big Boys

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.

1954-01-21 • 30 min

22. The Big Ham

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

1954-01-28 • 30 min

23. The Big Chance

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

1954-02-04 • 30 min

24. The Big Children

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

1954-02-11 • 30 min

25. The Big Poison

An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.

1954-02-18 • 30 min

26. The Big Quack

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

1954-02-25 • 30 min

27. The Big Winchester

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

1954-03-04 • 30 min

28. The Big Shoplift

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

1954-03-11 • 30 min

29. The Big Hit-Run Killer

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

1954-03-18 • 30 min

30. The Big Drink

1954-03-25 • 30 min

31. The Big Girl

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

1954-04-01 • 30 min

32. The Big Mattress

Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.

1954-04-08 • 30 min

33. The Big Pug

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

1954-04-15 • 30 min

34. The Big Frame

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

1954-04-22 • 30 min

35. The Big Plant

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.

1954-04-29 • 30 min

36. The Big Check

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

1954-05-06 • 30 min

37. The Big Threat

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

1954-05-13 • 30 min

38. The Big Dare

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

1954-05-20 • 30 min

39. The Big False Make

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.

1954-05-27 • 30 min