The BEST episodes of Dragnet (1951) season 5
Every episode of Dragnet (1951) season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dragnet (1951) season 5!
"This is the city, Los Angeles, California. I work here, I carry a badge." The granddaddy of all TV cop shows which ran on NBC from 1951-1959. Jack Webb starred as Sgt. Joe Friday, a plainclothes detective who solved crimes for the Los Angeles Police Department. Ben Alexander played Friday's partner, Officer Frank Smith. The story lines were taken from real life case files of the LAPD and the names were always changed to protect the innocent.
#1 - The Big Ex-Blonde
Season 5 - Episode 30 - Aired 3/29/1956
#2 - The Big Fall Guy
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 1/26/1956
#3 - The Big Set
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/2/1956
A city councilman is beaten and robbed by two men outside a bar. When he dies from his injuries, Friday and Smith feel pressure to find the killers.
#4 - The Big Child
Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/9/1956
A two-year-old child after drinking bleach from under the sink. Friday and Smith are unable to locate the mother for questioning.
#5 - The Big Slug
Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/16/1956
A liquor store owner is shot and killed during a botched robbery, but police can find no trace of the fatal bullet.
#6 - The Big Daughter
Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 2/23/1956
#7 - The Big No Suicide
Season 5 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/1/1956
#8 - The Big Siege
Season 5 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/8/1956
Police find themselves in a stand-off when an armed bank robber takes a woman hostage in her home.
#9 - The Big Mama
Season 5 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/15/1956
#10 - The Big Revision
Season 5 - Episode 29 - Aired 3/22/1956
Friday and Smith hit a blank wall when a burglary suspect refuses to admit where he hid his stash.
#11 - The Big Ruling
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/19/1956
#12 - The Big Bobo
Season 5 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/5/1956
A police officer is suspended from duty when he is accused of taking a bribe in exchange for a prisoner's release.
#13 - The Big Rush
Season 5 - Episode 32 - Aired 4/12/1956
Two bandits turn cop killer when they gun down an off-duty policeman during a tavern hold-up.
#14 - The Big Setup
Season 5 - Episode 33 - Aired 4/19/1956
An informant tips off police to a shipment of heroin coming into the country. Friday goes under cover to bust open the ring.
#15 - The Big Deal
Season 5 - Episode 34 - Aired 4/26/1956
Friday and Smith attempt to solve a series of car thefts but are getting nowhere until they learn that the car thieves are selling the stolen cars illegally.
#16 - The Big Wish
Season 5 - Episode 35 - Aired 5/3/1956
A teenage boy turns himself in and confesses to being an addict, but he refuses to give up the names of his friends who supplied him.
#17 - The Big Hate
Season 5 - Episode 36 - Aired 5/10/1956
A young man is found hiding in an empty train car with the strangled body of an older woman next to him.
#18 - The Big Housemaid
Season 5 - Episode 37 - Aired 5/17/1956
#19 - The Big Gift
Season 5 - Episode 38 - Aired 5/24/1956
#20 - The Big Savage
Season 5 - Episode 39 - Aired 5/31/1956
#21 - The Big Smoke
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/10/1955
An elderly couple is brutally beaten and the trail leads police to a former handy man.
#22 - The Big Chet
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/1955
#23 - The Big No Rain
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/1955
Joe and Frank try to find out who badly assaulted a woman in the street. Their two suspects are her husband and a mentally ill man. The woman can't help them because she is in a coma.
#24 - The Big Lift
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/22/1955
An organized gang of shoplifters is looting large department stores in the city.
#25 - The Big Confession
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/1955
A man walks into the station and tells Friday that he wants to confess to a murder, but the cops have a hard time varifying his story.