Seasons & Episodes
The LSD Story
Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Bill Gannon encounter a freaked-out young LSD user calling himself "Blue Boy"; befor
The Big Explosion
A neo-Nazi psycho has planted a bomb somewhere in L.A. Friday and Gannon have to find it.
The Kidnapping
Friday and Gannon help an employee rescue her kidnapped boss.
The Interrogation
A new officer has been arrested for robbing a liquor store while on an undercover assignment.
The Masked Bandits
Four bandits wearing red masks commit a series of robberies.
The Bank Examiner Swindle
Two con men, posing as bank examiners, are bilking the elderly out of their life savings.
The Hammer
An elderly apartment manager is found to have been beaten to death with a hammer.
The Candy Store Robberies
Friday and Gannon try to figure out a pattern to a series of candy store hold-ups.
The Fur Job
Gannon goes undercover as a buyer in order to trap fur theives.
The Jade Story
Over $200,000 worth of Imperial Jade is reported stolen in a burglary, and Friday and Gannon are on the case.
The Shooting
A police officer is shot while making a routine check on a pair of paroled convicts that are parked near a liquor store.
The Hit and Run Driver
Friday and Gannon use newspapers, radio and TV to seek the public's help in identifying a hit and run driver.
The Bookie
Friday goes undercover with the Department's chaplain in order to break up a gambling ring.
The Subscription Racket
Friday learns about a scam artist with a novel twist: he uses an authentic Congressional Medal of Honor to solicit magaz
The Gun
A Japanese widow is senselessly murdered, leaving her small daughter an orphan. Friday has a hard time controlling his
The Big Kids
A gang of juvenile thieves have been stealing petty items in order to gain membership into an exclusive club.
The Bullet
A dead man has been found in a locked room, along with a gun that could not have been the murder weapon.
The Grenade
A volatile teenager throws acid on the back of another student (played by a teen-aged Jan Michael Vincent), then crashes
The Shooting Board
Joe tries to stop a burglary at an all night launderette and ends up exchanging fire with the suspect. When SID tries to
The Badge Racket
Three con artists have been swindling businessmen from out-of-town by posing as a prostitute and two policemen. The det
The Bank Jobs
A nervy bank robber uses innocent women to help commit his crimes. Friday and Gannon are nearly sidetracked when one of
The Big Neighbor
Bill invites Joe to dinner and a football game at his home in Eagle Rock. The only problem: Gannon's neighbors keep int
The Big Frustration
Sgt. Carl Maxwell, a frustrated fellow detective, goes AWOL; Friday and Gannon have three days to track him down before
The Senior Citizen
A series of daring daylight house burglaries are taking place. Friday and Gannon go undercover in a laundry truck to dis
The Big High
An elderly businessman, concerned about the welfare of his grandchild, informs Friday and Gannon that his daughter and s
The Big Ad
An ex-con named Steve Deal contacts Friday and Gannon when a classified ad that he placed, offering to do "anything" for
The Missing Realtor
A woman real-estate agent is missing and turns up dead in a vacant home. The detectives suspect her ex-boyfriend. Then
The Big Dog
Friday and Gannon are on the case to find ... a purse-snatching dog? Making things more difficult, victims give differe
The Pyramid Swindle
A female con-artist uses an evangelistic approach to lure buyers into her pyramid scheme. The Bunco division can't char
The Phony Police Racket
Friday and Gannon investigate a scam involving a phony LAPD newsletter, which comes with a card for subscribers entitlin
The Trial Board
An officer accused of taking a bribe has chosen Sgt. Friday to represent him at his trial board hearing. Witnesses saw
The Christmas Story
A statue of the child Jesus was stolen from a church. Joe and Bill have to get it back by Christmas. They have less tha
The Big Shipment
Drugs are found aboard a plane that has crashed in the San Fernando Valley. The pilot is quickly traced, but in order t
The Big Search
Two small girls, ages three and five, are missing. Their mother is certain that her ex-husband, an alcoholic, has kidna
The Big Prophet
Friday and Gannon confront "Brother" William Bentley at his Temple of the Expanded Mind. They think he is using his new
The Big Amateur
Citizens are full of praise for Officer Gideon C. Dengle - they want to bestow him with awards, honors and home-baked co
The Starlet
A teenage runaway, intent on becoming a star, has instead wound up in pornographic films. Acting on behalf of the girl'
The Big Clan
Sgt. Friday is offered a bribe to assist a gypsy family trying to gain control of the gypsy community.
The Little Victim
When a nine-month old child is beaten, Friday and Gannon investigate the parents, who are more concerned about their fai
The Squeeze
An ex-con accused of extortion is interrogated. He calmly and smugly insists that he is innocent, but Friday and Gannon
The Suicide Attempt
Friday and Gannon learn that a young man has called his mother from Hollywood "to say goodbye." With the help of the ma
The Big Departure
Petty theft from drug and hardware stores leads to a group of four teens who are determined to start their own nation on
The Investigation
Friday and Gannon are screening applicants for the Police Academy. One seems to have all the right qualifications, exce
The Big Gambler
Over $100,000 has been embezzled from an industrial company. An investigation of the employees leads Friday and Gannon
The Big Problem
Community relations is the theme, as Friday and Gannon try to narrow the gap between the Department and the citizens it
Public Affairs - DR-07
Joe and Bill appear on the TV talk show "Speak Your Mind" debating the topic "The Police, Who Needs Them?" with a profes
Juvenile - DR-05
Joe and Bill are working the night watch of Juvenile division. They handle a run away boy from New York, an underage mar
Community Relations - DR-10
Joe and Bill attend a meeting of the East LA Graduates Union, attempting to recruit recent minority high school graduate
Management Services - DR-11
Joe and Bill are called back to work because of an emergency. It's April 4, 1968, and Dr Martin Luther King has been ass
Police Commission - DR-13
There is a police crackdown on dishonest tow truck operators. Joe and Bill are assigned to investigate 6 complaints agai
Homicide - DR-06
Joe and Bill review the progress report of a homicide (thus the name of the episode). Joe has invited Bill and his wife
Robbery - DR-15
Joe and Bill are working the robbery desk. They handle a variety of complaints about a truck hijacking, a bank robbery a
Public Affairs - DR-12
Joe and Bill are assigned to help arrange a press conference for the President of the United States at LAX.
Training - DR-18
Joe and Bill are temporarily assigned as instructors at the Police Academy. They are teaching a class of women cadets. J
Public Affairs - DR-14
Joe and Bill have been asked by a store owner to help him form a crime prevention group of neighborhood story owners. Mo
Narcotics - DR-16
Someone is selling LSD to teens. Joe and Bill are asked to speak to a local High School group that want to form an anti
Internal Affairs - DR-20
Joe and Bill investigate a charge of police brutality against a patrolman. The patrolman was attempting to stop someone
Community Relations - DR-17
Joe and Bill are sent to a Community Relations conference at Lake Arrowhead with other police officers. Their task is to
Homicide - DR-22
Joe and Bill are called to an apartment where the building manager has found a young woman bound and dead. The extremely
B.O.D. - DR-27
Joe and Bill are assigned to the Business Office Division. A priest is in the division to observe its operation. Joe and
Narcotics - DR-21
The Captain ask Joe and Bill to investigate having dogs trained to sniff out narcotics. They contact a dog trainer to tr
Administrative Vice - DR-29
Joe has a new partner, Lt. Chris Drucker, while Bill recovers from the flu. Joe and Chris go undercover as a pair of cas
The Joy Riders
A 15-year-old car thief is given a tour of the jail in an attempt to impress him of the consequences for choosing crime.
Frauds - DR-28
Joe and Bill investigate someone who has fraudulently obtained disability checks. This person has been renting apartment
Juvenile - DR-19
Joe and Bill are asked to investigate allegation of child abuse by his mother. The story deals with the difficulty of ha
Burglary - DR-31
A costumed thief calling himself "The Crimson Crusader" has been stealing comic books, movie posters and publicity photo
Vice - DR-30
The Captain assigns Joe and Bill to find the location of a high stakes poke operation that has been preying on visitors.
Forgery - DR-33
An actress' pay checks have being stolen and someone have cashed them. Joe and Bill visit the actress' apartment and fin
Juvenile - DR-32
A child has been bitten by a dog and the child is allergic to the anti-rabies shot. Joe and Bill have less than two hour
Juvenile - DR-35
An infant girl is found in a garbage can; Joe and Bill use the child's blanket to track down the mother.
Frauds - DR-36
Someone is embezzling from Summers Department Store by opening up false credit card accounts at the store. Joe and Bill
Intelligence - DR-34
At a night school alumni party, Joe is approached to join the Fielder Militia, a right wing group. They want Joe to help
Personnel - The Shooting
Joe and Bill are assigned to the Medical Services Division. Two policemen have been shot. Joe and Bill must notify the w
Homicide - The Student
A sniper shoots a man and a woman as they are leaving a printing plant. Joe and Bill narrow down the suspects to a colle
S.I.U. - The Ring
Joe and Bill are working the Special Investigation Unit. Informant “Black 10” asks for a meeting with Joe and Bill a
D.H.Q. - Medical
Joe and Bill are working a medical detail at a hospital. They handle an old man whose hobby is sitting in hotel lobbies,
Burglary - Mister
An old woman has all her possessions including her cane stolen by her grandson, "Mister Daniel Lumis". Joe and Bill try
Juvenile - The Little Pusher
Joe and Bill are working Juvenile Narcotics Division and find a 12 year old under the influence of narcotics. They go to
Homicide - Cigarette Butt
Joe and Bill investigate a dead body found in a rundown apartment building. A half eaten peanut butter sandwich and a kn
D.H.Q. - Missing Person
Joe and Bill investigate a missing high school student. They find that both the student and her older sister are missing
Burglary Auto - Courtroom
Joe and Bill are in court as arresting officers of three burglars. One of the prosecution witnesses is out of town and h
Internal Affairs - Parolee
The warden of a Colorado prison has notified the department that an inmate is about to be paroled, but there is a hold f
Burglary Auto - Juvenile Genius
Burglaries are happening and the thieves are leaving a red cloth at each crime scene. Joe and Bill respond to another br
Bunco - $9,000
Charlie Feeney, a wino police informant, calls Joe and claims he was swindled out of $9,000. The problem is the money wa
Narco - Missing Hype
A teenage Hype from a nice home has missed his parole officer meeting. Joe and Bill are asked to locate the teenager bef
Burglary - Helpful Woman
A woman befriends elderly people and then steals from them. Joe and Bill contact a radio personality and ask to have him
Homicide - Who Killed Who?
There is a multiple homicide at a rooming house. When Joe and Bill arrive, they find two dead in the lobby near a broken
Burglary - The Son
A victim of a burglary calls and tells Joe she forgot to report one of the items that was stolen. A pawn shop reports re
A.I.D. - The Weekend
Bill's wife is out-of-town, and Bill invites Joe home for the weekend. They have dinner, Bill concocts a hideous sandwic
Narco - Pill Maker
A narcotic called "uppers" is being sold to juveniles. Joe and Bill must find who is making the pills and shut the opera
Burglary - The Dognappers
Dogs are disappearing from cars parked at the El Centro shopping center. Joe and Bill suspect that the dogs are being st
Missing Persons - The Body
Joe and Bill investigate the identity of a dead 23 year old woman found under the Venice Pier. They check missing person
Forgery - The Ranger
Friday and Gannon interrogate a Park Ranger who is alleged to have forged checks and committed credit card fraud.
D.H.Q. - Night School
Joe is enrolled in night school and busts a classmate for possession of marijuana. The professor threatens to give Joe a
I.A.D. - The Receipt
Two of the department's veteran homicide detectives are accused of stealing $800 from a dead man. Joe and Bill investiga
Robbery - The Harassing Wife
Joe and Bill investigate a holdup at a small neighborhood grocery store. Joe gets a tip from a woman that the robber was
Burglary - Baseball
A furniture store has been burglarized overnight and the thief took $1900 from a locked safe. The store's secretary find
D.H.Q. - The Victims
Joe and Bill investigate a series of victims. An elderly man has been stabbed to death in his hotel room. An elderly is
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