Dragnet · S2 · E24
The Big Fire
A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.
About this episode
A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.
Season 2
1The Big Jump
30 minSep 11, 1952
A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.
2The Big Sorrow
30 minSep 25, 1952
Friday must cope with the sudden death of his partner as he and his new partner track a pair of escaped convicts.
3The Big Elevator
30 minOct 9, 1952
Friday and Smith search for the person who left a dead woman in a hospital elevator.
4The Big Seventeen
30 minNov 6, 1952
Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.
5The Big Trio
30 minNov 20, 1952
Friday and Smith investigate three traffic accidents in one night.
6The Big Imposter
30 minDec 4, 1952
A missing young boy is found and returned to his grandfather, but the case gets complicated when the grandfather suspects that the boy is not his own grandson.
7The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas
30 minDec 18, 1952
Two small boys are missing, there are blood stains on the ground and a gun meant as a Christmas present is gone.
8The Big Cop
30 minJan 2, 1953
Friday has to catch a bad cop who has been dealing with the mob.
9The Big Grandma
30 minJan 8, 1953
An elderly woman is passing bad checks, but no one suspects her because she looks harmless.
10The Big Whiff
30 minJan 15, 1953
A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.
11The Big Show
30 minJan 22, 1953
A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.
12The Big Safe
30 minJan 29, 1953
Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.
13The Big Church
30 minFeb 5, 1953
A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.
14The Big Hate
30 minFeb 12, 1953
Gordon Miller, a young pianist, is found near an abandoned freight car holding the dead body of a woman in his arms. He claims he has killed her.
15The Big Shakedown
30 minFeb 20, 1953
Friday is looking for a crooked cop.
16The Big Rose
30 minFeb 26, 1953
Friday and Smith are looking for a missing woman that left her three children with her sister.
17The Big Building
30 minMar 5, 1953
A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can find no trace of her.
18The Big Run
30 minMar 12, 1953
Two elderly women are struck down by a hit-and-run driver.
19The Big Break
30 minMar 19, 1953
Friday and Smith track down an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous.
20The Big Light
30 minMar 26, 1953
Friday and Smith must decide between accident or murder when a crewman working on a movie set is killed by a falling light.
21The Big Waiter
30 minApr 2, 1953
An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim's abused wife.
22The Big Test
30 minApr 9, 1953
A young man reports that he was robbed by bandits on horseback while he was down in Mexico.
23The Big Lay-Out
30 minApr 16, 1953
A friend of Friday's asks him for help when he discovers that his son has been using drugs, and may be selling them as well.
24The Big Fire
30 minApr 23, 1953Now viewing
A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.
25The Big Ray
30 minApr 30, 1953
A man suddenly becomes ill and dies after eating his dinner at home.
26The Big Frank
30 minMay 7, 1953
While investigating a routine robbery with Friday, Smith suffers a critical gunshot wound. Sergeant Friday is out for vengeance.
27The Big Lease
30 minMay 14, 1953
An elderly widower is missing, so Friday and Smith retrace his actions before his disappearance. Things point to a long vacation until the story of Mrs. Banner, who rented the man's house, doesn't add up.
28The Big Hands
30 minMay 21, 1953
Friday and Smith suspect a psycho killer when they find a woman with a broken neck in a hotel room.
29The Big Fourth
30 minMay 28, 1953
Several babies are stolen in the city.
30The Big Market
30 minJun 4, 1953
A bandit starts robbing people at local markets.
31The Big Friend
30 minJun 11, 1953
Friday and Smith are torn between two suspects when a man reports that his wife has been strangled.
32The Big Barrette
30 minJun 18, 1953
Friday and Smith search for the brutal killer of a 21-year-old woman.
33The Big Dance
30 minJun 25, 1953
Friday and Smith are looking for two thugs that seem to have disappeared from the city.
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