
Episodes List

Ep.1 The Big Jump
Air Date: 1952-09-11
A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.

Ep.2 The Big Sorrow
Air Date: 1952-09-25
Friday must cope with the sudden death of his partner as he and his new partner track a pair of escaped convicts.

Ep.3 The Big Elevator
Air Date: 1952-10-09
Friday and Smith search for the person who left a dead woman in a hospital elevator.

Ep.4 The Big Seventeen
Air Date: 1952-11-06
Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.

Ep.5 The Big Trio
Air Date: 1952-11-20
Friday and Smith investigate three traffic accidents in one night.

Ep.6 The Big Imposter
Air Date: 1952-12-04
A missing young boy is found and returned to his grandfather, but the case gets complicated when the grandfather suspects that the boy is not his own grandson.

Ep.7 The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas
Air Date: 1952-12-18
Two small boys are missing, there are blood stains on the ground and a gun meant as a Christmas present is gone.

Ep.8 The Big Cop
Air Date: 1953-01-02
Friday has to catch a bad cop who has been dealing with the mob.

Ep.9 The Big Grandma
Air Date: 1953-01-08
An elderly woman is passing bad checks, but no one suspects her because she looks harmless.

Ep.10 The Big Whiff
Air Date: 1953-01-15
A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.

Ep.11 The Big Show
Air Date: 1953-01-22
A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.

Ep.12 The Big Safe
Air Date: 1953-01-29
Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.

Ep.13 The Big Church
Air Date: 1953-02-05
A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.

Ep.14 The Big Hate
Air Date: 1953-02-12
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.

Ep.15 The Big Shakedown
Air Date: 1953-02-20
Friday is looking for a crooked cop.

Ep.16 The Big Rose
Air Date: 1953-02-26
Friday and Smith are looking for a missing woman that left her three children with her sister.

Ep.17 The Big Building
Air Date: 1953-03-05
A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can find no trace of her.

Ep.18 The Big Run
Air Date: 1953-03-12
Two elderly women are struck down by a hit-and-run driver.

Ep.19 The Big Break
Air Date: 1953-03-19
Friday and Smith track down an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous.

Ep.20 The Big Light
Air Date: 1953-03-26
Friday and Smith must decide between accident or murder when a crewman working on a movie set is killed by a falling light.

Ep.21 The Big Waiter
Air Date: 1953-04-02
An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim's abused wife.

Ep.22 The Big Test
Air Date: 1953-04-09
A young man reports that he was robbed by bandits on horseback while he was down in Mexico.

Ep.23 The Big Lay-Out
Air Date: 1953-04-16
A friend of Friday's asks him for help when he discovers that his son has been using drugs, and may be selling them as well.

Ep.24 The Big Fire
Air Date: 1953-04-23
A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.

Ep.25 The Big Ray
Air Date: 1953-04-30
A man suddenly becomes ill and dies after eating his dinner at home.

Ep.26 The Big Frank
Air Date: 1953-05-07
While investigating a routine robbery with Friday, Smith suffers a critical gunshot wound. Sergeant Friday is out for vengeance.

Ep.27 The Big Lease
Air Date: 1953-05-14
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.

Ep.28 The Big Hands
Air Date: 1953-05-21
Friday and Smith suspect a psycho killer when they find a woman with a broken neck in a hotel room.

Ep.29 The Big Fourth
Air Date: 1953-05-28
Several babies are stolen in the city.

Ep.30 The Big Market
Air Date: 1953-06-04
A bandit starts robbing people at local markets.

Ep.31 The Big Friend
Air Date: 1953-06-11
Friday and Smith are torn between two suspects when a man reports that his wife has been strangled.

Ep.32 The Big Barrette
Air Date: 1953-06-18
Friday and Smith search for the brutal killer of a 21-year-old woman.

Ep.33 The Big Dance
Air Date: 1953-06-25
Friday and Smith are looking for two thugs that seem to have disappeared from the city.