Season 3

1. The Big White Rat

1953-09-03 · 30m

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

2. The Big Revolt

1953-09-10 · 30m

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

3. The Big Bull

1953-09-17 · 30m

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

4. The Big Betty

1953-09-24 · 30m

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

5. The Big Sophomore

1953-10-01 · 30m

A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.

6. The Big Pill

1953-10-08 · 30m

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

7. The Big Lie

1953-10-15 · 30m

8. The Big Fake

1953-10-22 · 30m

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

9. The Big Dream

1953-10-29 · 30m

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

10. The Big Guilt

1953-11-05 · 30m

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.

11. The Big Will

1953-11-12 · 30m

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.

12. The Big In-Laws

1953-11-19 · 30m

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

13. The Big Lilly

1953-11-26 · 30m

14. The Big Kill

1953-12-03 · 30m

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

15. The Big Lover

1953-12-10 · 30m

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

16. The Big Thief

1953-12-17 · 30m

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

17. The Big Little Jesus

1953-12-24 · 30m

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.

18. The Big Eavesdrop

1953-12-31 · 30m

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

19. The Big Trunk

1954-01-07 · 30m

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.

20. The Big Youngster

1954-01-14 · 30m

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

21. The Big Boys

1954-01-21 · 30m

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.

22. The Big Ham

1954-01-28 · 30m

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

23. The Big Chance

1954-02-04 · 30m

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

24. The Big Children

1954-02-11 · 30m

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

25. The Big Poison

1954-02-18 · 30m

An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.

26. The Big Quack

1954-02-25 · 30m

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

27. The Big Winchester

1954-03-04 · 30m

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

28. The Big Shoplift

1954-03-11 · 30m

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

29. The Big Hit-Run Killer

1954-03-18 · 30m

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

30. The Big Drink

1954-03-25 · 30m

31. The Big Girl

1954-04-01 · 30m

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

32. The Big Mattress

1954-04-08 · 30m

Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.

33. The Big Pug

1954-04-15 · 30m

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

34. The Big Frame

1954-04-22 · 30m

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

35. The Big Plant

1954-04-29 · 30m

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.

36. The Big Check

1954-05-06 · 30m

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

37. The Big Threat

1954-05-13 · 30m

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

38. The Big Dare

1954-05-20 · 30m

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

39. The Big False Make

1954-05-27 · 30m

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.