Episodes
1. The Big Jump
10.0
September 11, 1952
30 min
A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.
Guest Stars:
Milburn Stone
2. The Big Sorrow
8.0
September 25, 1952
30 min
Friday must cope with the sudden death of his partner as he and his new partner track a pair of escaped convicts.
Guest Stars:
Cliff Arquette
3. The Big Elevator
October 9, 1952
30 min
Friday and Smith search for the person who left a dead woman in a hospital elevator.
4. The Big Seventeen
November 6, 1952
30 min
Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.
Guest Stars:
Herbert Ellis, Willis Bouchey, Herb Vigran
5. The Big Trio
November 20, 1952
30 min
Friday and Smith investigate three traffic accidents in one night.
Guest Stars:
Gil Stratton, Cliff Arquette, Vic Perrin, Don Gibson, Virginia Gregg
6. The Big Imposter
December 4, 1952
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.
Guest Stars:
Smith Cho, Helen Kleeb
7. The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas
6.7
December 18, 1952
30 min
Two small boys are missing, there are blood stains on the ground and a gun meant as a Christmas present is gone.
Guest Stars:
Milburn Stone, Olan Soule, Virginia Christine
8. The Big Cop
January 2, 1953
30 min
Friday has to catch a bad cop who has been dealing with the mob.
Guest Stars:
Walter Reed, Herb Vigran, Virginia Christine
9. The Big Grandma
7.0
January 8, 1953
30 min
An elderly woman is passing bad checks, but no one suspects her because she looks harmless.
Guest Stars:
Dorothy Abbott
10. The Big Whiff
January 15, 1953
30 min
A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.
Guest Stars:
Vic Perrin, Robert Clarke, Lee Marvin
11. The Big Show
5.0
January 22, 1953
30 min
A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.
Guest Stars:
Virginia Gregg, Frank Mills
12. The Big Safe
January 29, 1953
30 min
Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.
Guest Stars:
Junius Matthews, Eddie Firestone, Aaron Spelling
13. The Big Church
February 5, 1953
30 min
A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.
14. The Big Hate
7.0
February 12, 1953
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.
Guest Stars:
George Sawaya, Herb Vigran, Sam Edwards
15. The Big Shakedown
February 20, 1953
30 min
Friday is looking for a crooked cop.
Guest Stars:
Frances Bavier, Paul Bryar
16. The Big Rose
February 26, 1953
30 min
Friday and Smith are looking for a missing woman that left her three children with her sister.
Guest Stars:
George Sawaya, John Larch
17. The Big Building
March 5, 1953
30 min
A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can find no trace of her.
Guest Stars:
John Larch
18. The Big Run
March 12, 1953
30 min
Two elderly women are struck down by a hit-and-run driver.
Guest Stars:
Dorothy Abbott, Art Gilmore, Paul Bryar
19. The Big Break
10.0
March 19, 1953
30 min
Friday and Smith track down an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous.
20. The Big Light
8.0
March 26, 1953
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.
Guest Stars:
Herb Vigran
21. The Big Waiter
April 2, 1953
30 min
An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim's abused wife.
Guest Stars:
Carolyn Jones, Robert Bray
22. The Big Test
April 9, 1953
30 min
A young man reports that he was robbed by bandits on horseback while he was down in Mexico.
23. The Big Lay-Out
April 16, 1953
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.
Guest Stars:
Harry Bartell
24. The Big Fire
April 23, 1953
30 min
A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.
Guest Stars:
John Qualen, Frances Rafferty
25. The Big Ray
April 30, 1953
30 min
A man suddenly becomes ill and dies after eating his dinner at home.
Guest Stars:
Olive Carey
26. The Big Frank
10.0
May 7, 1953
30 min
While investigating a routine robbery with Friday, Smith suffers a critical gunshot wound. Sergeant Friday is out for vengeance.
Guest Stars:
Jack Kruschen
27. The Big Lease
May 14, 1953
30 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Paul Bryar, Russ Conway
28. The Big Hands
May 21, 1953
30 min
Friday and Smith suspect a psycho killer when they find a woman with a broken neck in a hotel room.
Guest Stars:
Helen Kleeb, Tom McKee, Frank Mills
29. The Big Fourth
May 28, 1953
30 min
Several babies are stolen in the city.
Guest Stars:
Virginia Christine, Art Gilmore, Virginia Gregg
30. The Big Market
June 4, 1953
30 min
A bandit starts robbing people at local markets.
Guest Stars:
Martin Milner, William Boyett, Art Gilmore
31. The Big Friend
June 11, 1953
30 min
Friday and Smith are torn between two suspects when a man reports that his wife has been strangled.
Guest Stars:
Kenneth Tobey, Paul Richards
32. The Big Barrette
June 18, 1953
30 min
Friday and Smith search for the brutal killer of a 21-year-old woman.
Guest Stars:
Allene Roberts, Olan Soule, Stacy Harris, Dan Riss, Joseph Mell
