Seasons & episodes
S2 · E1The Big Jump 1952-09-11 · 30 min
A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.
S2 · E2The Big Sorrow 1952-09-25 · 30 min
Friday must cope with the sudden death of his partner as he and his new partner track a pair of escaped convicts.
S2 · E3The Big Elevator 1952-10-09 · 30 min
Friday and Smith search for the person who left a dead woman in a hospital elevator.
S2 · E4The Big Seventeen 1952-11-06 · 30 min
Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.
S2 · E5The Big Trio 1952-11-20 · 30 min
Friday and Smith investigate three traffic accidents in one night.
S2 · E6The Big Imposter 1952-12-04 · 30 min
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.
S2 · E7The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas 1952-12-18 · 30 min
Two small boys are missing, there are blood stains on the ground and a gun meant as a Christmas present is gone.
S2 · E8The Big Cop 1953-01-02 · 30 min
Friday has to catch a bad cop who has been dealing with the mob.
S2 · E9The Big Grandma 1953-01-08 · 30 min
An elderly woman is passing bad checks, but no one suspects her because she looks harmless.
S2 · E10The Big Whiff 1953-01-15 · 30 min
A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.
S2 · E11The Big Show 1953-01-22 · 30 min
A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.
S2 · E12The Big Safe 1953-01-29 · 30 min
Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.
S2 · E13The Big Church 1953-02-05 · 30 min
A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.
S2 · E14The Big Hate 1953-02-12 · 30 min
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.
S2 · E15The Big Shakedown 1953-02-20 · 30 min
Friday is looking for a crooked cop.
S2 · E16The Big Rose 1953-02-26 · 30 min
Friday and Smith are looking for a missing woman that left her three children with her sister.
S2 · E17The Big Building 1953-03-05 · 30 min
A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can find no trace of her.
S2 · E18The Big Run 1953-03-12 · 30 min
Two elderly women are struck down by a hit-and-run driver.
S2 · E19The Big Break 1953-03-19 · 30 min
Friday and Smith track down an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous.
S2 · E20The Big Light 1953-03-26 · 30 min
Friday and Smith must decide between accident or murder when a crewman working on a movie set is killed by a falling light.
S2 · E21The Big Waiter 1953-04-02 · 30 min
An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim's abused wife.
S2 · E22The Big Test 1953-04-09 · 30 min
A young man reports that he was robbed by bandits on horseback while he was down in Mexico.
S2 · E23The Big Lay-Out 1953-04-16 · 30 min
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.
S2 · E24The Big Fire 1953-04-23 · 30 min
A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.