Season 2
Episodes
1. The Big Jump
1952-09-11
A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.
2. The Big Sorrow
1952-09-25
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
1952-10-09
Friday and Smith search for the person who left a dead woman in a hospital elevator.
4. The Big Seventeen
1952-11-06
Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.
5. The Big Trio
1952-11-20
Friday and Smith investigate three traffic accidents in one night.
6. The Big Imposter
1952-12-04
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
1952-12-18
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
1953-01-02
Friday has to catch a bad cop who has been dealing with the mob.
9. The Big Grandma
1953-01-08
An elderly woman is passing bad checks, but no one suspects her because she looks harmless.
10. The Big Whiff
1953-01-15
A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.
11. The Big Show
1953-01-22
A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.
12. The Big Safe
1953-01-29
Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.
13. The Big Church
1953-02-05
A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.
14. The Big Hate
1953-02-12
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
1953-02-20
Friday is looking for a crooked cop.
16. The Big Rose
1953-02-26
Friday and Smith are looking for a missing woman that left her three children with her sister.
17. The Big Building
1953-03-05
A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can find no trace of her.
18. The Big Run
1953-03-12
Two elderly women are struck down by a hit-and-run driver.
19. The Big Break
1953-03-19
Friday and Smith track down an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous.
20. The Big Light
1953-03-26
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
1953-04-02
An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim's abused wife.
22. The Big Test
1953-04-09
A young man reports that he was robbed by bandits on horseback while he was down in Mexico.
23. The Big Lay-Out
1953-04-16
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
1953-04-23
A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.
25. The Big Ray
1953-04-30
A man suddenly becomes ill and dies after eating his dinner at home.
26. The Big Frank
1953-05-07
While investigating a routine robbery with Friday, Smith suffers a critical gunshot wound. Sergeant Friday is out for vengeance.
27. The Big Lease
1953-05-14
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
1953-05-21
Friday and Smith suspect a psycho killer when they find a woman with a broken neck in a hotel room.
29. The Big Fourth
1953-05-28
Several babies are stolen in the city.
30. The Big Market
1953-06-04
A bandit starts robbing people at local markets.
31. The Big Friend
1953-06-11
Friday and Smith are torn between two suspects when a man reports that his wife has been strangled.
32. The Big Barrette
1953-06-18
Friday and Smith search for the brutal killer of a 21-year-old woman.
33. The Big Dance
1953-06-25
Friday and Smith are looking for two thugs that seem to have disappeared from the city.