The BEST episodes written by James E. Moser

#1 - The Big Phone Call

Dragnet (1951) - Season 1 - Episode 12

Friday confronts a jeweler with tape recorded evidence that proves he hired someone to rob his own store.

#2 - The Big Cast

Dragnet (1951) - Season 1 - Episode 5

The police interrogate a suspect whom they believe to have murdered more than a dozen men.

#3 - The Big September Man

Dragnet (1951) - Season 1 - Episode 11

A secretary is beaten to death and the search for the killer leads police to a religious fanatic.

#4 - The Big Hit-Run Killer

Dragnet (1951) - Season 3 - Episode 29

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

#5 - The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas

Dragnet (1951) - Season 2 - Episode 7

Two small boys are missing, there are blood stains on the ground and a gun meant as a Christmas present is gone.

#6 - The Big Shoplift

Dragnet (1951) - Season 3 - Episode 28

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

#7 - The Big Family

Dragnet (1951) - Season 4 - Episode 20

#8 - The Big War

Dragnet (1951) - Season 7 - Episode 28

Friday and Smith attempt to get ahold of the leaders of several street gangs in order to stop an approaching gang war.

#9 - The Big Seventeen

Dragnet (1951) - Season 2 - Episode 4

Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.

#10 - The Big Betty

Dragnet (1951) - Season 3 - Episode 4

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

#11 - The Big Actor

Dragnet (1951) - Season 1 - Episode 2

Friday and Romero track down a drug ring through a small-time television actor who is hooked on heroin.

#12 - The Human Bomb

Dragnet (1951) - Season 1 - Episode 1

A man walks into City hall carrying a live bomb. He threatens to blow up the building if his brother isn't released from jail.

#13 - The Big Lamp

Dragnet (1951) - Season 1 - Episode 14

Friday and Jacobs are out to catch a safe burglar who has been on the loose for seven months.

#14 - The Big Jump

Dragnet (1951) - Season 2 - Episode 1

A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.

#15 - The Big Show

Dragnet (1951) - Season 2 - Episode 11

A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.

#16 - The Big Winchester

Dragnet (1951) - Season 3 - Episode 27

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

#17 - The Big Producer

Dragnet (1951) - Season 4 - Episode 1

A man claims to be a big Hollywood producer, but Friday and Smith discover that he's merely the leader of a pornography ring.

#18 - The Big Mother

Dragnet (1951) - Season 1 - Episode 4

A new-born baby is stolen from a hospital nursery and the trail leads the police to a deranged mother.

#19 - The Big Sorrow

Dragnet (1951) - Season 2 - Episode 2

Friday must cope with the sudden death of his partner as he and his new partner track a pair of escaped convicts.

#20 - The Big Rod

Dragnet (1951) - Season 4 - Episode 18

A pregnant woman is run down by teens out joyriding leaving Sgt Friday and his fellow officer Smith to track down those responsible. They find that kids are uncooperative, refusing to inform on their friends.

#21 - The Big Threat

Dragnet (1951) - Season 3 - Episode 37

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