Season 3

1953 · 39 episodes

Episodes

1The Big White RatFriday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring.
2The Big RevoltA woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him.
3The Big BullSmith takes a personal interest when a strong-arm bandit threatens his family if he doesn't back off the case.
4The Big BettyFriday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.
5The Big SophomoreA teenage boy steals food for his starving family.
6The Big PillFriday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.
7The Big Lie
8The Big FakeA police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.
9The Big DreamFriday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress.
10The Big GuiltA 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.
11The Big WillFriday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.
12The Big In-LawsFriday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.
13The Big Lilly
14The Big KillA cop is gunned down at home by a vengeful ex con. Friday must go under cover in prison to obtain a full confession.
15The Big LoverFriday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their money.
16The Big ThiefRobbers phone doctors for house calls then assault them and steal their drugs.
17The Big Little JesusA statue of the Child Jesus is stolen from a church. Friday and Smith must find it before the paritioners miss it on Christmas morning.
18The Big EavesdropFriday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner.
19The Big TrunkThree men are taken into custody for the murder of a former vaudeville actress who owned a large steamer trunk. The three men maintain innocence.
20The Big YoungsterFriday and Smith catch a boy who has been vandalising private property, but they discover that the boy's problems begin at home.
21The Big BoysThe 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.
22The Big HamFriday and Smith investigate the death of a young girl that is initially ruled a suicide but turns out to be murder.
23The Big ChanceSigns point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road.
24The Big ChildrenThree children are found abandoned, filthy and starving. Friday and Smith charge the mother with neglect.
25The Big PoisonAn elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.
26The Big QuackA man posing as a doctor burgles the house of a woman who is mentally disturbed.
27The Big WinchesterAn elderly man appears to have killed himself with a rifle, but the cops soon learn that it was no accident.
28The Big ShopliftFriday and Smith are surprised to find a wealthy house wife is a shoplifter, until they discover that she is a kleptomaniac.
29The Big Hit-Run KillerA woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi.
30The Big Drink
31The Big GirlFriday and Smith hunt down the bandit queen; a tall, gorgeous woman who is on a rampage of robberies and shootings.
32The Big MattressFriday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.
33The Big PugAn elderly woman is badly beaten and robbed while on her way to the bank. The trail leads to an ex prize fighter.
34The Big FrameA man's body is found in the gutter and the only clue is a pair of skid marks found nearby.
35The Big PlantA woman disappears and her husband is the prime suspect, but Friday and Smith will have a hard time getting past his fierce guard dogs.
36The Big CheckA check forger is victimizing small businessmen in a particular neighborhood.
37The Big ThreatA man is beaten and robbed, then the thieves intimidate him and his family so he'll refuse to testify against them.
38The Big DareA single mother is stabbed to death in her home. The list of suspects includes her teenage son and her many boyfriends.
39The Big False MakeFriday 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.