S2 E1 • The Grenade

A surly teenager throws acid on the back of another student (played by a teen-aged Jan Michael Vincent), then crashes a party armed with a live hand grenade.

Première diffusion : 14 septembre 1967

S2 E2 • The Shooting Board

Joe stops at an all night launderette to buy cigarettes and interrupts a burglar working the coin changer. When he shouts ""Freeze,"" the criminal comes up shooting. Joe returns fire, hitting the man, who flees with the help of his girlfriend. He's later found dead. When SID tries to find the bullet fired at Joe, they come up empty and Joe faces a shooting board with no proof the man ever fired at him. A great surprise ending.

Première diffusion : 21 septembre 1967

S2 E3 • The Badge Racket

Three con artists have been swindling businessmen from out-of-town by posing as a prostitute and two policemen. The detectives set a trap as Gannon pretends to be a manufacturer from Lincoln Nebraska.

Première diffusion : 28 septembre 1967

S2 E4 • The Bank Jobs

A nervy bank robber uses innocent women to help commit his crimes. Friday and Gannon are nearly sidetracked when one of the victims lies about her involvement and later proves to have a criminal record of her own.

Première diffusion : 5 octobre 1967

S2 E5 • The Big Neighbor

In this lighthearted, well-written episode, Bill invites Joe to dinner and a football game at his home in Eagle Rock. The only problem: Gannon's neighbors keep interrupting the visit with petty, and not-so-petty, problems.

Première diffusion : 12 octobre 1967

S2 E6 • The Big Frustration

Sgt. Carl Maxwell, a frustrated fellow detective, goes AWOL; Friday and Gannon have three days to track him down before Maxwell loses his badge for good.

Première diffusion : 19 octobre 1967

S2 E7 • The Senior Citizen

A series of daring daylight house burglaries are taking place; perpetrated by an octegenarian who uses the wedding and obituary notices in the paper to select his victims.

Première diffusion : 26 octobre 1967

S2 E8 • The Big High

An elderly businessman, concerned about the welfare of his grandchild, informs Friday and Gannon that his daughter and son-in-law are using marijuana regularly. The young couple make no apologies for their lifestyle, which inevitably leads to disaster.

Première diffusion : 2 novembre 1967

S2 E9 • The Big Ad

An ex-con named Steve Deal contacts Friday and Gannon when a classified ad that he placed, offering to do ""anything"" for money, results in an offer to commit murder. Friday goes undercover as Deal.

Première diffusion : 9 novembre 1967

S2 E10 • The Missing Realtor

A woman real-estate agent is missing and turns up dead in a vacant home. The detectives' one suspect - the woman's ex-boyfriend - is cleared; then credit card bills for purchases made after the woman's death start appearing.

Première diffusion : 16 novembre 1967

S2 E11 • The Big Dog

A purse-snatching dog? This is the case Friday and Gannon must solve. Making things more difficult, victims give different descriptions of the four-legged thief.

Première diffusion : 23 novembre 1967

S2 E12 • The Pyramid Swindle

A female con-artist uses an evangelistic approach to lure buyers into her pyramid scheme. The Bunco division can't charge her with false advertising, so they prosecute her for operating a lottery.

Première diffusion : 30 novembre 1967

S2 E13 • The Phony Police Racket

Friday and Gannon investigate a scam involving a phony LAPD newsletter, which comes with a card for subscribers entitling the bearer to preferential treatment from the police.

Première diffusion : 7 décembre 1967

S2 E14 • The Trial Board

An officer accused of taking a bribe has chosen Sgt. Friday to represent him at his trial board hearing. Witnesses saw the officer accept the money, but he insists it was for the payback of a loan made years ago.

Première diffusion : 14 décembre 1967

S2 E15 • The Christmas Story

A statue of the child Jesus was stolen from a church. Joe and Bill have to get it back by Christmas. They have less than 48 hours. Briefly appearing in this episode is Barry Williams, best known as Greg Brady on the 1970s sitcom THE BRADY BUNCH.

Première diffusion : 21 décembre 1967

S2 E16 • The Big Shipment

Drugs are found aboard a plane that has crashed in the San Fernando Valley. The pilot is quickly traced, but in order to force him to name his connection, Friday and Gannon ask the press to sit on the story for a few hours.

Première diffusion : 28 décembre 1967

S2 E17 • The Big Search

Two small girls, ages three and five, are missing. Their mother is certain that her ex-husband, an alcoholic, has kidnapped them. However, he is now in recovery and has no knowledge of the girls' whereabouts. The search seems hopeless until Friday and Gannon, acting on information from a former neighbor, follow a hunch.

Première diffusion : 4 janvier 1968

S2 E18 • The Big Prophet

Friday and Gannon are convinced that ""Brother"" William Bentley's Temple of the Expanded Mind is just a sham - a front for Bentley to sell LSD to the students of a nearby elementary school.

Première diffusion : 11 janvier 1968

S2 E19 • The Big Amateur

Citizens are full of praise for Officer Gideon C. Dengle - they want to bestow him with awards, honors and home-baked cookies. There's only one problem: there's no such officer in the LAPD.

Première diffusion : 25 janvier 1968

S2 E20 • The Starlet

A teenage runaway, intent on becoming a star, has instead wound up in pornographic films. Acting on behalf of the girl's aunt, Friday and Gannon try to find the young ""starlet.""

Première diffusion : 1 février 1968

S2 E21 • The Big Clan

Sgt. Friday is offered a bribe to assist a gypsy family trying to gain control of the gypsy community.

Première diffusion : 8 février 1968

S2 E22 • The Little Victim

When a nine-month old child is beaten, Friday and Gannon investigate the parents, who are more concerned about their failing relationship than their baby son.

Première diffusion : 15 février 1968

S2 E23 • The Squeeze

An ex-con accused of extortion is interrogated. He calmly and smugly insists that he is innocent, but Friday and Gannon have a surprise for him: taped conversations and a voice analysis device.

Première diffusion : 22 février 1968

S2 E24 • The Suicide Attempt

Friday and Gannon learn that a young man has called his mother from Hollywood ""to say goodbye."" With the help of the man's sister, the two detectives trace the impending suicide to a hotel with over 1,200 rooms.

Première diffusion : 29 février 1968

S2 E25 • The Big Departure

Petty theft from drug and hardware stores leads to a group of four teens who are determined to start their own nation on a remote island off the California coast.

Première diffusion : 7 mars 1968

S2 E26 • The Investigation

Friday and Gannon are screening applicants for the Police Academy. One seems to have all the right qualifications, except that six months are missing from his application.

Première diffusion : 14 mars 1968

S2 E27 • The Big Gambler

Over $100,000 has been embezzled from an industrial company. An investigation of the employees leads Friday and Gannon to a habitual gambler.

Première diffusion : 21 mars 1968

S2 E28 • The Big Problem

Community relations is the theme, as Friday and Gannon try to narrow the gap between the Department and the citizens it is sworn ""to protect and to serve."" The gap is especially wide between African-Americans and the primarily Caucasian LAPD, as demonstrated when a young - and slightly militant - black man barracades himself in his apartment rather than submit to a traffic warrant.

Première diffusion : 28 mars 1968

S2 E29 • Episode 29