Season 2

E1. The Big Jump

Sep 11, 1952 · 30m

A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.

E2. The Big Sorrow

Sep 25, 1952 · 30m

Friday must cope with the sudden death of his partner as he and his new partner track a pair of escaped convicts.

E3. The Big Elevator

Oct 9, 1952 · 30m

Friday and Smith search for the person who left a dead woman in a hospital elevator.

E4. The Big Seventeen

Nov 6, 1952 · 30m

Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.

E5. The Big Trio

Nov 20, 1952 · 30m

Friday and Smith investigate three traffic accidents in one night.

E6. The Big Imposter

Dec 4, 1952 · 30m

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.

E7. The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas

Dec 18, 1952 · 30m

Two small boys are missing, there are blood stains on the ground and a gun meant as a Christmas present is gone.

E8. The Big Cop

Jan 2, 1953 · 30m

Friday has to catch a bad cop who has been dealing with the mob.

E9. The Big Grandma

Jan 8, 1953 · 30m

An elderly woman is passing bad checks, but no one suspects her because she looks harmless.

E10. The Big Whiff

Jan 15, 1953 · 30m

A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.

E11. The Big Show

Jan 22, 1953 · 30m

A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.

E12. The Big Safe

Jan 29, 1953 · 30m

Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.

E13. The Big Church

Feb 5, 1953 · 30m

A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.

E14. The Big Hate

Feb 12, 1953 · 30m

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.

E15. The Big Shakedown

Feb 20, 1953 · 30m

Friday is looking for a crooked cop.

E16. The Big Rose

Feb 26, 1953 · 30m

Friday and Smith are looking for a missing woman that left her three children with her sister.

E17. The Big Building

Mar 5, 1953 · 30m

A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can find no trace of her.

E18. The Big Run

Mar 12, 1953 · 30m

Two elderly women are struck down by a hit-and-run driver.

E19. The Big Break

Mar 19, 1953 · 30m

Friday and Smith track down an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous.

E20. The Big Light

Mar 26, 1953 · 30m

Friday and Smith must decide between accident or murder when a crewman working on a movie set is killed by a falling light.

E21. The Big Waiter

Apr 2, 1953 · 30m

An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim's abused wife.

E22. The Big Test

Apr 9, 1953 · 30m

A young man reports that he was robbed by bandits on horseback while he was down in Mexico.

E23. The Big Lay-Out

Apr 16, 1953 · 30m

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.

E24. The Big Fire

Apr 23, 1953 · 30m

A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.

E25. The Big Ray

Apr 30, 1953 · 30m

A man suddenly becomes ill and dies after eating his dinner at home.

E26. The Big Frank

May 7, 1953 · 30m

While investigating a routine robbery with Friday, Smith suffers a critical gunshot wound. Sergeant Friday is out for vengeance.

E27. The Big Lease

May 14, 1953 · 30m

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.

E28. The Big Hands

May 21, 1953 · 30m

Friday and Smith suspect a psycho killer when they find a woman with a broken neck in a hotel room.

E29. The Big Fourth

May 28, 1953 · 30m

Several babies are stolen in the city.

E30. The Big Market

Jun 4, 1953 · 30m

A bandit starts robbing people at local markets.