A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.
2: The Big Sorrow
Sep 25, 1952
Friday must cope with the sudden death of his partner as he and his new partner track a pair of escaped convicts.
3: The Big Elevator
Oct 9, 1952
Friday and Smith search for the person who left a dead woman in a hospital elevator.
4: The Big Seventeen
Nov 6, 1952
Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.
5: The Big Trio
Nov 20, 1952
Friday and Smith investigate three traffic accidents in one night.
6: The Big Imposter
Dec 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.
7: The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas
Dec 18, 1952
Two small boys are missing, there are blood stains on the ground and a gun meant as a Christmas present is gone.
8: The Big Cop
Jan 2, 1953
Friday has to catch a bad cop who has been dealing with the mob.
9: The Big Grandma
Jan 8, 1953
An elderly woman is passing bad checks, but no one suspects her because she looks harmless.
10: The Big Whiff
Jan 15, 1953
A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.
11: The Big Show
Jan 22, 1953
A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.
12: The Big Safe
Jan 29, 1953
Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.
13: The Big Church
Feb 5, 1953
A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.
14: The Big Hate
Feb 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.
15: The Big Shakedown
Feb 20, 1953
Friday is looking for a crooked cop.
16: The Big Rose
Feb 26, 1953
Friday and Smith are looking for a missing woman that left her three children with her sister.
17: The Big Building
Mar 5, 1953
A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can find no trace of her.
18: The Big Run
Mar 12, 1953
Two elderly women are struck down by a hit-and-run driver.
19: The Big Break
Mar 19, 1953
Friday and Smith track down an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous.
20: The Big Light
Mar 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.
21: The Big Waiter
Apr 2, 1953
An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim's abused wife.
22: The Big Test
Apr 9, 1953
A young man reports that he was robbed by bandits on horseback while he was down in Mexico.
23: The Big Lay-Out
Apr 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.
24: The Big Fire
Apr 23, 1953
A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.
25: The Big Ray
Apr 30, 1953
A man suddenly becomes ill and dies after eating his dinner at home.
26: The Big Frank
May 7, 1953
While investigating a routine robbery with Friday, Smith suffers a critical gunshot wound. Sergeant Friday is out for vengeance.
27: The Big Lease
May 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.
28: The Big Hands
May 21, 1953
Friday and Smith suspect a psycho killer when they find a woman with a broken neck in a hotel room.
29: The Big Fourth
May 28, 1953
Several babies are stolen in the city.
30: The Big Market
Jun 4, 1953
A bandit starts robbing people at local markets.
31: The Big Friend
Jun 11, 1953
Friday and Smith are torn between two suspects when a man reports that his wife has been strangled.
32: The Big Barrette
Jun 18, 1953
Friday and Smith search for the brutal killer of a 21-year-old woman.
33: The Big Dance
Jun 25, 1953
Friday and Smith are looking for two thugs that seem to have disappeared from the city.
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