Seasons & episodes
S8 · E1The Big Beating 1958-09-23 · 30 min
Friday and Smith investigate a woman's claim that her neighbors are abusing their child.
S8 · E2The Big Sweet Annie 1958-09-30 · 30 min
Friday investigates a woman's disappearance after a convicted murderer is paroled into her custody.
S8 · E3The Big Star 1958-10-07 · 30 min
Friday and Smith investigate anonymous threats to disfigure a a famous actress.
S8 · E4The Big Oskar 1958-10-14 · 30 min
The detectives take a report of valuables stolen from the home of a somewhat eccentric old lady. They begin to suspect something is amiss when she starts talking about how she gets the "scoop" on crimes by being the first to report them to the local newspaper.
S8 · E5The Big Little Boy 1958-10-21 · 30 min
The detectives are trying to solve the case of the milk bottle bandit when they catch a break and apprehend a diminutive fifteen year old.
S8 · E6The Big Voice 1958-10-28 · 30 min
A mysterious telephone caller offers a man $1000 for a contract killing, and Friday must identify the caller before it's too late.
S8 · E7The Big Jukebox 1958-11-04 · 30 min
Friday goes undercover as a bar owner in order to break up an illegal jukebox operation.
S8 · E8The Big Doll 1958-11-11 · 30 min
As Friday and Smith investigate a woman's death, they are disturbed to find that her daughter is more interested in discussing her collection of dolls.
S8 · E9The Big Border 1958-11-18 · 30 min
Friday and Smith must track a pair of escaped convicts across the Mexican border.
S8 · E10The Big Nazi 1958-11-25 · 30 min
While investigating reports of teenagers involved in a gunfight, Friday and Smith are shocked to find one of the teens involved wearing a Nazi uniform.
S8 · E11The Big Hot Rod 1958-12-02 · 30 min
Friday is on the hunt for a group of teens that are stealing sports cars.
S8 · E12The Big Green Monkey 1958-12-09 · 30 min
Friday and Smith investigate a robbery, and their only clue to the suspect's identity is a green jade monkey.
S8 · E13The Big Hype 1958-12-16 · 30 min
Friday attempts to track down a heroin pusher.
S8 · E14The Big Maria 1958-12-23 · 30 min
Friday and Smith investigate the death of a woman found murdered in a churchyard on Christmas Eve.
S8 · E15The Big Donation 1958-12-30 · 30 min
Two con artists are selling phony magazines subscriptions to unsuspecting suckers.
S8 · E16The Big Malcolm 1959-01-06 · 30 min
Friday and Smith investigate a criminal gang that preys on all-night restaurants.
S8 · E17The Big Smart Girl 1959-01-13 · 30 min
Friday and Smith investigate a series of robberies in fashionable homes.
S8 · E18The Big Doctor 1959-01-20 · 30 min
Friday goes undercover to investigate a bookie operation.
S8 · E19The Big Signet 1959-01-27 · 30 min
Friday and Smith have to find a man selling forged passports and paperwork.
S8 · E20The Big Accident 1959-02-03 · 30 min
An insurance adjuster files a report with Friday about possible fraudulent insurance claims.
S8 · E21The Big Mailman 1959-02-10 · 30 min
Friday works with a postal inspector to catch a gang using the mail to scam money from people.
S8 · E22The Big Roll 1959-02-17 · 30 min
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S8 · E23The Big Thirteen 1959-02-24 · 30 min
An elderly man reports a loss of money to the LAPD, then subsequently denies making the report. Friday and Smith must investigate.
S8 · E24The Big Sour 1959-03-10 · 30 min
An elderly couple are beaten and robbed. The key to finding the bandits lies in a paper boy and an alert bartender.