Dragnet — Season 3
39 episodesFirst aired 3 September 1953
E1The Big White Rat
Sept 195330m
Friday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring.
- E2
The Big Revolt
Sept 195330m
A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him.
- E3
The Big Bull
Sept 195330m
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
Sept 195330m
Friday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.
- E5
The Big Sophomore
Oct 195330m
A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.
- E6
The Big Pill
Oct 195330m
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.
- E7
The Big Lie
Oct 195330m
- E8
The Big Fake
Oct 195330m
A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.
- E9
The Big Dream
Oct 195330m
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
Nov 195330m
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
Nov 195330m
Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.
- E12
The Big In-Laws
Nov 195330m
Friday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.
- E13
The Big Lilly
Nov 195330m
- E14
The Big Kill
Dec 195330m
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
Dec 195330m
Friday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their money.
- E16
The Big Thief
Dec 195330m
Robbers phone doctors for house calls then assault them and steal their drugs.
- E17
The Big Little Jesus
7.0Dec 195330m
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
Dec 195330m
Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner.
- E19
The Big Trunk
7.0Jan 195430m
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
Jan 195430m
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
10.0Jan 195430m
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
Jan 195430m
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
Feb 195430m
Signs point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road.
- E24
The Big Children
8.0Feb 195430m
Three children are found abandoned, filthy and starving. Friday and Smith charge the mother with neglect.
- E25
The Big Poison
Feb 195430m
An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.
- E26
The Big Quack
Feb 195430m
A man posing as a doctor burgles the house of a woman who is mentally disturbed.
- E27
The Big Winchester
Mar 195430m
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
7.0Mar 195430m
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
10.0Mar 195430m
A woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi.
- E30
The Big Drink
Mar 195430m
- E31
The Big Girl
10.0Apr 195430m
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
Apr 195430m
Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.
- E33
The Big Pug
Apr 195430m
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
7.0Apr 195430m
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
Apr 195430m
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
May 195430m
A check forger is victimizing small businessmen in a particular neighborhood.
- E37
The Big Threat
May 195430m
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
May 195430m
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
10.0May 195430m
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.
