The Big Cup

1The Big Cat

30 minSep 27, 1956

A circus man reports that a tiger escaped from his truck and is now on the loose in Los Angeles.

2The Big Misses

30 minOct 11, 1956

A frightened wife tells Friday and Smith that she's worried her husband is planning to pull a hold-up.

3The Big Beer

30 minOct 18, 1956

4The Big Net

30 minOct 25, 1956

A group of police women act as decoys to draw a stick-up man out into the open.

5The Big Convertable

30 minNov 1, 1956

A man forges checks to keep himself and his wife in an expensive lifestyle, but he goes too far when he buys a slick convertable.

6The Big Limp

30 minNov 8, 1956

A teenage boy under arrest admits to police that his brother is planning to rob a loan company.

7The Big Tattoo

30 minNov 15, 1956

Friday and Smith are looking for a robber with an unusual tattoo.

8The Big Odd

30 minNov 22, 1956

Friday and Smith investigate a gambling racket.

9The Big Bill

30 minNov 29, 1956

Friday and Smith investigate reports of counterfeit money appearing all over the city.

10The Big Search

30 minDec 6, 1956

A distraught father reports that his teenage daughter is missing, and things look more bleak when her murdered pet is discovered in her room.

11The Big Talk

30 minDec 13, 1956

A watch salesman reports that he was robbed by two men whom he drank with the night before.

12The Big Doting Mother

30 minDec 20, 1956

13The Big Handcuffs

30 minDec 27, 1956

14The Big Father

30 minJan 3, 1957

A father works as a day burglar so he can buy presents for his kids, now living with his ex wife.

15The Big Switch

30 minJan 10, 1957

16The Big Steal

30 minJan 17, 1957

Friday and Smith investigate a rash of burglaries.

17The Big Manikin

30 minJan 24, 1957

A woman reports that her husband has failed to come home after going out with is business partner.

18The Big No Tooth

30 minJan 31, 1957

A bandit carrying a sawed-off shotgun is robbing hotels in the down town area.

19The Big Skip

30 minFeb 7, 1957

A man is reported missing, by two different women, the description matches, but the names are different. He is married to these two and has apparently skipped out on both. Friday searches for him at various places.

20The Big Fin

30 minFeb 14, 1957

A tourist leaves her purse in the back of a cab and it's up to Friday and Smith to track it down.

21The Big Game

30 minFeb 21, 1957

22The Big Coins

30 minFeb 28, 1957

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robber/arsonist that takes nothing of value and then sets the house on fire.

23The Big Close

30 minMar 7, 1957

Friday and Smith reopen a closed case because a tip leads them to believe they have the wrong person.

24The Big Tie

30 minMar 14, 1957

Friday and Smith investigate the former employee of a tie manufacturing company.

25The Big Cup

30 minMar 21, 1957Now viewing

A howling dog leads to the unearthing of the battered body of an old woman in her garden.

26The Big Truck

30 minMar 28, 1957

Friday and Smith investigate the hit and run of a little girl.

27The Big Saint

30 minApr 4, 1957

Friday and Smith try to prove that a salvage yard operator is using his business to fix up stolen cars.

28The Big Match

30 minApr 11, 1957

An auction house is held up and the only clue to the bandits lies in a dropped matchbook.

29The Big Help

30 minApr 18, 1957

30The Big Celebration

30 minApr 25, 1957

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a thief whose victims are attending weddings and funerals.

31The Big Cry Baby

30 minMay 2, 1957

32The Big Lesson

30 minMay 9, 1957

Friday and Smith are on the trail of three masked men responsible for over thirty robberies.

33The Big Soldier

30 minMay 16, 1957

34The Big Make

30 minMay 23, 1957

A bakery owner and his daughter are shot down during a robbery.