1. The Big White Rat
Aired: Sep 3, 1953Friday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring.
2. The Big Revolt
Aired: Sep 10, 1953A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find...
3. The Big Bull
Aired: Sep 17, 1953Smith takes a personal interest when a strong-arm bandit threatens his family...
4. The Big Betty
Aired: Sep 24, 1953A gang of con artists checks the obituary section of the daily newspaper, the...
5. The Big Sophomore
Aired: Sep 30, 1953A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.
6. The Big Pill
Aired: Oct 7, 1953Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.
7. The Big Lie
Aired: Oct 14, 19538. The Big Fake
Aired: Oct 21, 1953A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.
9. The Big Dream
Aired: Oct 28, 1953Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles wit...
10. The Big Guilt
Aired: Nov 4, 1953A man is found dead in an alley and it's up to Friday and Smith to find his k...
11. The Big Will
Aired: Nov 11, 1953Joe and Frank investigate the murder of a man who has recently changed his will.
12. The Big In-Laws
Aired: Nov 18, 1953Friday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.
13. The Big Lilly
Aired: Nov 25, 195314. The Big Kill
Aired: Dec 2, 1953A cop is gunned down at home by a vengeful ex con. Friday must go under cover...
15. The Big Lover
Aired: Dec 9, 1953Friday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their...
16. The Big Thief
Aired: Dec 16, 1953A gang of robbers is calling Los Angeles physicians down to hotels and muggin...
17. The Big Little Jesus
Aired: Dec 23, 1953It's Christmas Eve when Father Rojas at the Old Mission Plaza Church in Los A...
18. The Big Eavesdrop
Aired: Dec 30, 1953Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break i...
19. The Big Trunk
Aired: Jan 6, 1954Three men are the suspects in the beating death of a former vaudevillian actr...
20. The Big Youngster
Aired: Jan 13, 1954A statue of the infant Jesus is missing from an impoverished churches crèche.
21. The Big Boys
Aired: Jan 20, 1954Friday and Smith receive a bulletin about an armed four-man gang, two of whom...
22. The Big Ham
Aired: Jan 27, 1954Ross is an actor on the way up, but then his girlfriend is found dead in his ...
23. The Big Chance
Aired: Feb 3, 1954Friday must investigate the disappearance of a uniformed officer on a stretch...
24. The Big Children
Aired: Feb 10, 1954Sgt. Friday and Smith responding to the report of 2 small children, going doo...
25. The Big Poison
Aired: Feb 17, 1954An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.
26. The Big Quack
Aired: Feb 24, 1954The victim of a so-called "mental therapist", a young woman commits suicide a...
27. The Big Winchester
Aired: Mar 3, 1954An apparent suicide turns out to be murder.
28. The Big Shoplift
Aired: Mar 10, 1954There's a spate of recent theft at retail stores in the city and Joe Friday a...
29. The Big Hit-Run Killer
Aired: Mar 17, 1954A truck kills an old lady and her little grandson at a crossing and drives aw...
30. The Big Drink
Aired: Mar 24, 195431. The Big Girl
Aired: Mar 31, 1954The detectives try to track down a tall, beautiful woman who has been terrori...
32. The Big Mattress
Aired: Apr 7, 1954Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.
33. The Big Pug
Aired: Apr 14, 1954An elderly woman is badly beaten and robbed while on her way to the bank. The...
34. The Big Frame
Aired: Apr 21, 1954A man is found dead in the gutter. At first it seems as a hit-run case, but F...
35. The Big Plant
Aired: Apr 29, 1954A housewife disappears and the police suspect her husband but questioning is ...
36. The Big Check
Aired: May 6, 1954Friday and Smith find themselves with a difficult case when a number of busin...
37. The Big Threat
Aired: May 13, 1954Detectives Friday and Smith interview several victims of theft who are afraid...
38. The Big Dare
Aired: May 20, 1954A single mother is stabbed to death in her home. The list of suspects include...
39. The Big False Make
Aired: May 27, 1954Joe Friday interrogates a local gardener who's been arrested for holding up a...