Season 3
39 episodes
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E1 The Big White Rat
unrated1953-09-03 · 30 min
Friday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring.
E2 The Big Revolt
unrated1953-09-10 · 30 min
A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him.
E3 The Big Bull
unrated1953-09-17 · 30 min
Smith takes a personal interest when a strong-arm bandit threatens his family if he doesn't back off the case.
E4 The Big Betty
unrated1953-09-24 · 30 min
Friday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.
E5 The Big Sophomore
unrated1953-10-01 · 30 min
A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.
E6 The Big Pill
unrated1953-10-08 · 30 min
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.
E7 The Big Lie
unrated1953-10-15 · 30 min
E8 The Big Fake
unrated1953-10-22 · 30 min
A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.
E9 The Big Dream
unrated1953-10-29 · 30 min
Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress.
E10 The Big Guilt
unrated1953-11-05 · 30 min
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.
E11 The Big Will
unrated1953-11-12 · 30 min
Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.
E12 The Big In-Laws
unrated1953-11-19 · 30 min
Friday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.
E13 The Big Lilly
unrated1953-11-26 · 30 min
E14 The Big Kill
unrated1953-12-03 · 30 min
A cop is gunned down at home by a vengeful ex con. Friday must go under cover in prison to obtain a full confession.
E15 The Big Lover
unrated1953-12-10 · 30 min
Friday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their money.
E16 The Big Thief
unrated1953-12-17 · 30 min
Robbers phone doctors for house calls then assault them and steal their drugs.
E17 The Big Little Jesus
unrated1953-12-24 · 30 min
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.
E18 The Big Eavesdrop
unrated1953-12-31 · 30 min
Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner.
E19 The Big Trunk
unrated1954-01-07 · 30 min
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.
E20 The Big Youngster
unrated1954-01-14 · 30 min
Friday and Smith catch a boy who has been vandalising private property, but they discover that the boy's problems begin at home.
E21 The Big Boys
unrated1954-01-21 · 30 min
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.
E22 The Big Ham
unrated1954-01-28 · 30 min
Friday and Smith investigate the death of a young girl that is initially ruled a suicide but turns out to be murder.
E23 The Big Chance
unrated1954-02-04 · 30 min
Signs point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road.
E24 The Big Children
unrated1954-02-11 · 30 min
Three children are found abandoned, filthy and starving. Friday and Smith charge the mother with neglect.
E25 The Big Poison
unrated1954-02-18 · 30 min
An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.
E26 The Big Quack
unrated1954-02-25 · 30 min
A man posing as a doctor burgles the house of a woman who is mentally disturbed.
E27 The Big Winchester
unrated1954-03-04 · 30 min
An elderly man appears to have killed himself with a rifle, but the cops soon learn that it was no accident.
E28 The Big Shoplift
unrated1954-03-11 · 30 min
Friday and Smith are surprised to find a wealthy house wife is a shoplifter, until they discover that she is a kleptomaniac.
E29 The Big Hit-Run Killer
unrated1954-03-18 · 30 min
A woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi.
E30 The Big Drink
unrated1954-03-25 · 30 min
E31 The Big Girl
unrated1954-04-01 · 30 min
Friday and Smith hunt down the bandit queen; a tall, gorgeous woman who is on a rampage of robberies and shootings.
E32 The Big Mattress
unrated1954-04-08 · 30 min
Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.
E33 The Big Pug
unrated1954-04-15 · 30 min
An elderly woman is badly beaten and robbed while on her way to the bank. The trail leads to an ex prize fighter.
E34 The Big Frame
unrated1954-04-22 · 30 min
A man's body is found in the gutter and the only clue is a pair of skid marks found nearby.
E35 The Big Plant
unrated1954-04-29 · 30 min
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.
E36 The Big Check
unrated1954-05-06 · 30 min
A check forger is victimizing small businessmen in a particular neighborhood.
E37 The Big Threat
unrated1954-05-13 · 30 min
A man is beaten and robbed, then the thieves intimidate him and his family so he'll refuse to testify against them.
E38 The Big Dare
unrated1954-05-20 · 30 min
A single mother is stabbed to death in her home. The list of suspects includes her teenage son and her many boyfriends.
E39 The Big False Make
unrated1954-05-27 · 30 min
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.