S3 E1 • The Big White Rat

Friday and Smith investigate the report of a drug ring.

Première diffusion : 3 septembre 1953

S3 E2 • The Big Revolt

A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him.

Première diffusion : 10 septembre 1953

S3 E3 • The Big Bull

Smith takes a personal interest when a strong-arm bandit threatens his family if he doesn't back off the case.

Première diffusion : 17 septembre 1953

S3 E4 • The Big Betty

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

Première diffusion : 24 septembre 1953

S3 E5 • The Big Sophomore

A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.

Première diffusion : 1 octobre 1953

S3 E6 • The Big Pill

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.

Première diffusion : 8 octobre 1953

S3 E7 • The Big Lie

In this episode, Edith Curtis (Virginia Brissac) contacts the police and calmly informs them that her son has been killed. Detectives Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) are puzzled by the woman's calm demeanor and embark on an investigation into her troubled past in an attempt to uncover the truth.

Première diffusion : 15 octobre 1953

S3 E8 • The Big Fake

A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.

Première diffusion : 22 octobre 1953

S3 E9 • The Big Dream

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress.

Première diffusion : 29 octobre 1953

S3 E10 • The Big Guilt

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.

Première diffusion : 5 novembre 1953

S3 E11 • The Big Will

Joe and Frank investigate the murder of a man who has recently changed his will.

Première diffusion : 12 novembre 1953

S3 E12 • The Big In-Laws

Friday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.

Première diffusion : 19 novembre 1953

S3 E13 • The Big Lilly

Following an unknown tip, detectives Smith (Ben Alexander) and Friday (Jack Webb) investigate the death of a woman, Hazel Rockman. Her next-door neighbor and landlady offer contradictory and evasive evidence to her death, suggesting that she either took her own life or was murdered by her husband. Once the detectives establish the cause of Hazel's death, they must run against time to save her husband from committing suicide.

Première diffusion : 26 novembre 1953

S3 E14 • The Big Kill

A cop is gunned down at home by a vengeful ex con. Friday must go under cover in prison to obtain a full confession.

Première diffusion : 3 décembre 1953

S3 E15 • The Big Lover

Friday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their money.

Première diffusion : 10 décembre 1953

S3 E16 • The Big Thief

Doctors making house calls are being targeted by armed robbers posing as man and wife.

Première diffusion : 17 décembre 1953

S3 E17 • The Big Little Jesus

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.

Première diffusion : 24 décembre 1953

S3 E18 • The Big Eavesdrop

Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner.

Première diffusion : 31 décembre 1953

S3 E19 • The Big Trunk

Friday and Smith investigate a woman found dead in her hotel room.

Première diffusion : 7 janvier 1954

S3 E20 • The Big Youngster

Friday and Smith catch a boy who has been vandalising private property, but they discover that the boy's problems begin at home.

Première diffusion : 14 janvier 1954

S3 E21 • The Big Boys

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.

Première diffusion : 21 janvier 1954

S3 E22 • The Big Ham

Ross is an actor on the way up, but then his girlfriend is found dead in his apartment. A suicide note is found, but things start to point to it being a homicide.

Première diffusion : 28 janvier 1954

S3 E23 • The Big Chance

Signs point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road.

Première diffusion : 4 février 1954

S3 E24 • The Big Children

Sgt. Friday and Smith redoing to the report of 2 small children, going door-to-door, begging for ford. The catch? The kids are known as resident in a very tony neighbourhood, as living right next door.

Première diffusion : 11 février 1954

S3 E25 • The Big Poison

An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.

Première diffusion : 18 février 1954

S3 E26 • The Big Quack

A man posing as a doctor burgles the house of a woman who is mentally disturbed.

Première diffusion : 25 février 1954

S3 E27 • The Big Winchester

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

Première diffusion : 4 mars 1954

S3 E28 • The Big Shoplift

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

Première diffusion : 11 mars 1954

S3 E29 • The Big Hit-Run Killer

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

Première diffusion : 18 mars 1954

S3 E30 • The Big Drink

A woman is found dead in an empty lot. The body is discovered to belong to the wife of Mr. Ellis (Claude Akins). Detectives Smith (Ben Alexander) and Friday (Jack Webb) take on the task to find the facts behind the death. Mr. Ellis drowns himself in liquor as a way to drink down his sorrow. However, this behavior soon lands him in trouble as a suspect of the tragedy.

Première diffusion : 25 mars 1954

S3 E31 • The Big Girl

Friday and Smith hunt down the bandit queen; a tall, gorgeous woman who is on a rampage of robberies and shootings.

Première diffusion : 1 avril 1954

S3 E32 • The Big Mattress

Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.

Première diffusion : 8 avril 1954

S3 E33 • The Big Pug

An elderly woman is badly beaten and robbed while on her way to the bank. The trail leads to an ex-prize fighter.

Première diffusion : 15 avril 1954

S3 E34 • The Big Frame

A man's body is found in the gutter and the only clue is a pair of skid marks found nearby.

Première diffusion : 22 avril 1954

S3 E35 • The Big Plant

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.

Première diffusion : 29 avril 1954

S3 E36 • The Big Check

A check forger is victimizing small businessmen in a particular neighborhood.

Première diffusion : 6 mai 1954

S3 E37 • The Big Threat

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

Première diffusion : 13 mai 1954

S3 E38 • The Big Dare

A single mother is stabbed to death in her home. The list of suspects includes her teenage son and her many boyfriends.

Première diffusion : 20 mai 1954

S3 E39 • The Big False Make

A store manager identifies a robbery suspect, but Friday and Smith think that the suspect is the wrong man.

Première diffusion : 27 mai 1954