The Big Pipe

S05 E01 • Friday, Sep 2, 1955 • Sep 2 • 30m

A young woman is beaten to death with a led pipe and left in an empty office.

The Big Chet

S05 E02 • Friday, Sep 9, 1955 • Sep 9 • 30m

The Big No Rain

S05 E03 • Friday, Sep 16, 1955 • Sep 16 • 30m

The Big Lift

S05 E04 • Friday, Sep 23, 1955 • Sep 23 • 30m

An organized gang of shoplifters is looting large department stores in the city.

The Big Confession

S05 E05 • Friday, Sep 30, 1955 • Sep 30 • 30m

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.

The Big Gap

S05 E06 • Friday, Oct 7, 1955 • Oct 7 • 30m

A pawn shop owner alerts Friday and Smith when a man claimed to have purchased an expensive ring that turns out to be junk and then asked the pawn shop owner to sell him a gun.

The Big Look

S05 E07 • Friday, Oct 14, 1955 • Oct 14 • 30m

A woman is dragged from her home and badly beaten by an unknown attacker.

The Big Glasses

S05 E08 • Friday, Oct 21, 1955 • Oct 21 • 30m

A housewife, Ella Ryburn, reports to Friday and Smith that she cannot contact her mother, who is married to Alfred Rudolph Shroder. When he is questioned, Shroder claims his wife left him and that, out of shame, he sold their house and put her items in storage.

The Big Bird

S05 E09 • Friday, Oct 28, 1955 • Oct 28 • 30m

Sgt. Friday investigates a robber who only targets pet stores and homes that have pet birds.

The Big Laugh

S05 E10 • Friday, Nov 4, 1955 • Nov 4 • 30m

A con man makes lonely women fall for his charms, then steals their money and disappears.

The Big Smoke

S05 E11 • Friday, Nov 11, 1955 • Nov 11 • 30m

An elderly couple is brutally beaten and the trail leads police to a former handy man.

The Big Bounce

S05 E12 • Friday, Nov 18, 1955 • Nov 18 • 30m

Joe Friday searches for a check forger who has been using the name of the old-time movie villain Parker Allington... who died three years ago.

The Big Shot

S05 E13 • Friday, Nov 25, 1955 • Nov 25 • 30m

A night club owner is shot down and there are no witnesses to the crime.

The Big Locker

S05 E14 • Friday, Dec 2, 1955 • Dec 2 • 30m

Friday and Smith happen to catch a man trying to sell a stolen ring at a pawn shop.

The Big Note

S05 E15 • Friday, Dec 9, 1955 • Dec 9 • 30m

An anonymous note leads Friday and Smith to a group of teenage drug users and their neglectful parents.

The Big Genius

S05 E16 • Friday, Dec 16, 1955 • Dec 16 • 30m

Friday and Smith investigate what seems to be the perfect crime.

The Big Reminisce

S05 E17 • Friday, Dec 30, 1955 • Dec 30 • 30m

During a quiet New Year's shift, Friday and Smith remember some of their past cases and why it is they became cops.

The Big Tour

S05 E18 • Friday, Jan 6, 1956 • Jan 6 • 30m

The Big Sisters

S05 E19 • Friday, Jan 13, 1956 • Jan 13 • 30m

An elderly woman fakes a burglary report so she can get attention from the police and the media.

The Big Ruling

S05 E20 • Friday, Jan 20, 1956 • Jan 20 • 30m

The Big Fall Guy

S05 E21 • Friday, Jan 27, 1956 • Jan 27 • 30m

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robbery suspect that has robbed two stores.

The Big Set

S05 E22 • Friday, Feb 3, 1956 • Feb 3 • 30m

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.

The Big Child

S05 E23 • Friday, Feb 10, 1956 • Feb 10 • 30m

A two-year-old child after drinking bleach from under the sink. Friday and Smith are unable to locate the mother for questioning.

The Big Slug

S05 E24 • Friday, Feb 17, 1956 • Feb 17 • 30m

A liquor store owner is shot and killed during a botched robbery, but police can find no trace of the fatal bullet.

The Big Daughter

S05 E25 • Friday, Feb 24, 1956 • Feb 24 • 30m

Friday and Smith investigate a missing persons report.

The Big No Suicide

S05 E26 • Friday, Mar 2, 1956 • Mar 2 • 30m

Friday gets a call from a former mental patient who is threatening to kill himself and his family.

The Big Siege

S05 E27 • Friday, Mar 9, 1956 • Mar 9 • 30m

Police find themselves in a stand-off when an armed bank robber takes a woman hostage in her home.

The Big Mama

S05 E28 • Friday, Mar 16, 1956 • Mar 16 • 30m

The Big Revision

S05 E29 • Friday, Mar 23, 1956 • Mar 23 • 30m

Friday and Smith hit a blank wall when a burglary suspect refuses to admit where he hid his stash.

The Big Ex-Blonde

S05 E30 • Friday, Mar 30, 1956 • Mar 30 • 30m

Friday goes undercover to catch brothers who steal people's money by posing as real-estate agents.

The Big Bobo

S05 E31 • Friday, Apr 6, 1956 • Apr 6 • 30m

A police officer is suspended from duty when he is accused of taking a bribe in exchange for a prisoner's release.

The Big Rush

S05 E32 • Friday, Apr 13, 1956 • Apr 13 • 30m

Two bandits turn cop killer when they gun down an off-duty policeman during a tavern hold-up.

The Big Setup

S05 E33 • Friday, Apr 20, 1956 • Apr 20 • 30m

An informant tips off police to a shipment of heroin coming into the country. Friday goes under cover to bust open the ring.

The Big Deal

S05 E34 • Friday, Apr 27, 1956 • Apr 27 • 30m

Friday and Smith are investigating a rash of car thefts. The stolen cars are being sold with forged pink slips.

The Big Wish

S05 E35 • Friday, May 4, 1956 • May 4 • 30m

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.

The Big Hat

S05 E36 • Friday, May 11, 1956 • May 11 • 30m

A young man is found hiding in an empty train car with the strangled body of an older woman next to him.

The Big Housemaid

S05 E37 • Friday, May 18, 1956 • May 18 • 30m

The Big Gift

S05 E38 • Friday, May 25, 1956 • May 25 • 30m

The Big Salvage

S05 E39 • Friday, Jun 1, 1956 • Jun 1 • 30m