1. The Big Jump
Aired: Sep 11, 1952A man threatens to jump from a 9th-floor building ledge by ten o'clock.
2. The Big Sorrow
Aired: Sep 25, 1952Just hours after the sudden death of his partner Ben Romero, Joe must set asi...
3. The Big Elevator
Aired: Oct 8, 1952Friday and Smith investigate the death of a woman found in a hospital elevator.
4. The Big Seventeen
Aired: Nov 5, 1952Upper middle-class teenagers in Los Angeles are going crazy. They trash a mov...
5. The Big Trio
Aired: Nov 19, 1952The police department braces for an increase in traffic accidents over the ho...
6. The Big Imposter
Aired: Dec 3, 1952A missing young boy is found and returned to his grandfather, but the case ge...
7. The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas
Aired: Dec 17, 1952Friday and Smith search for a missing boy. The first sign that the case is se...
8. The Big Cop
Aired: Jan 1, 1953Friday has to catch a bad cop who has been dealing with the mob.
9. The Big Grandma
Aired: Jan 7, 1953Friday and Jacobs look for an elderly woman who has been passing bad checks j...
10. The Big Whiff
Aired: Jan 14, 1953A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.
11. The Big Show
Aired: Jan 21, 1953A lady reports an abandoned baby at a bus depot. Officers Friday and Smith in...
12. The Big Safe
Aired: Jan 28, 1953Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.
13. The Big Church
Aired: Feb 4, 1953A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.
14. The Big Hate
Aired: Feb 11, 1953Gordon Miller, a young pianist, is found near an abandoned freight car holdin...
15. The Big Shakedown
Aired: Feb 19, 1953Friday is looking for a crooked cop.
16. The Big Rose
Aired: Feb 25, 1953Friday and Smith search for a woman who left her children with her sister.
17. The Big Building
Aired: Mar 4, 1953A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can...
18. The Big Run
Aired: Mar 11, 1953Friday peruses the elusive armed robber Mark Hoffman after the man repeatedly...
19. The Big Break
Aired: Mar 18, 1953Friday leads a team in a raid on the house of a very dangerous armed robber, ...
20. The Big Light
Aired: Mar 25, 1953Henry Wilson, a Hollywood movie director, has been killed by a falling arc li...
21. The Big Waiter
Aired: Apr 1, 1953An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim...
22. The Big Test
Aired: Apr 8, 1953A man claims that his friend was killed by bandits in Mexico. Friday and Smit...
23. The Big Lay-Out
Aired: Apr 15, 1953Joe Friday's old friend and his wife suspect their son is using drugs so they...
24. The Big Fire
Aired: Apr 22, 1953A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out o...
25. The Big Ray
Aired: Apr 30, 1953A man suddenly becomes ill and dies after eating his dinner at home.
26. The Big Frank
Aired: May 7, 1953A man is pulled from his car, beaten and robbed. The criminal apparently make...
27. The Big Lease
Aired: May 14, 1953An elderly widower is missing, so Friday and Smith retrace his actions before...
28. The Big Hands
Aired: May 21, 1953Friday and Smith are assigned to investigate the strangulation of an unidenti...
29. The Big Fourth
Aired: May 28, 1953Several babies are stolen in the city.
30. The Big Market
Aired: Jun 4, 1953A bandit starts robbing people at local markets.
31. The Big Friend
Aired: Jun 11, 1953Friday and Smith are torn between two suspects when a man reports that his wi...
32. The Big Barrette
Aired: Jun 18, 1953Friday and Smith have considerable physical evidence but very few genuine lea...
33. The Big Dance
Aired: Jun 25, 1953Friday and Smith are faced with a lack of clues, except for a matchbook when ...