Season 5

01 The Big Pipe Episode 12nd September 1955 A young woman is beaten to death with a led pipe and left in an empty office. 02 The Big Chet Episode 29th September 1955 03 The Big No Rain Episode 316th September 1955 04 The Big Lift Episode 423rd September 1955 An organized gang of shoplifters is looting large department stores in the city. 05 The Big Confession Episode 530th September 1955 A man walks into the station and tells Friday that he wants to confess to a murder, but the cops have a hard time varifying his story. 06 The Big Gap Episode 67th October 1955 A pawn shop owner alerts Friday and Smith when a man claimed to have purchased an expensive ring that turns out to be junk and then asked the pawn shop owner to sell him a gun. 07 The Big Look Episode 714th October 1955 A woman is dragged from her home and badly beaten by an unknown attacker. 08 The Big Glasses Episode 821st October 1955 A housewife, Ella Ryburn, reports to Friday and Smith that she cannot contact her mother, who is married to Alfred Rudolph Shroder. When he is questioned, Shroder claims his wife left him and that, out of shame, he sold their house and put her items in storage. 09 The Big Bird Episode 928th October 1955 Sgt. Friday investigates a robber who only targets pet stores and homes that have pet birds. 10 The Big Laugh Episode 104th November 1955 A con man makes lonely women fall for his charms, then steals their money and disappears. 11 The Big Smoke Episode 1111th November 1955 An elderly couple is brutally beaten and the trail leads police to a former handy man. 12 The Big Bounce Episode 1218th November 1955 Joe Friday searches for a check forger who has been using the name of the old-time movie villain Parker Allington... who died three years ago. 13 The Big Shot Episode 1325th November 1955 A night club owner is shot down and there are no witnesses to the crime. 14 The Big Locker Episode 142nd December 1955 Friday and Smith happen to catch a man trying to sell a stolen ring at a pawn shop. 15 The Big Note Episode 159th December 1955 An anonymous note leads Friday and Smith to a group of teenage drug users and their neglectful parents. 16 The Big Genius Episode 1616th December 1955 Friday and Smith investigate what seems to be the perfect crime. 17 The Big Reminisce Episode 1730th December 1955 During a quiet New Year's shift, Friday and Smith remember some of their past cases and why it is they became cops. 18 The Big Tour Episode 186th January 1956 19 The Big Sisters Episode 1913th January 1956 An elderly woman fakes a burglary report so she can get attention from the police and the media. 20 The Big Ruling Episode 2020th January 1956 21 The Big Fall Guy Episode 2127th January 1956 Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robbery suspect that has robbed two stores. 22 The Big Set Episode 223rd February 1956 A city councilman is beaten and robbed by two men outside a bar. When he dies from his injuries, Friday and Smith feel pressure to find the killers. 23 The Big Child Episode 2310th February 1956 A two-year-old child after drinking bleach from under the sink. Friday and Smith are unable to locate the mother for questioning. 24 The Big Slug Episode 2417th February 1956 A liquor store owner is shot and killed during a botched robbery, but police can find no trace of the fatal bullet. 25 The Big Daughter Episode 2524th February 1956 Friday and Smith investigate a missing persons report. 26 The Big No Suicide Episode 262nd March 1956 Friday gets a call from a former mental patient who is threatening to kill himself and his family. 27 The Big Siege Episode 279th March 1956 Police find themselves in a stand-off when an armed bank robber takes a woman hostage in her home. 28 The Big Mama Episode 2816th March 1956 29 The Big Revision Episode 2923rd March 1956 Friday and Smith hit a blank wall when a burglary suspect refuses to admit where he hid his stash. 30 The Big Ex-Blonde Episode 3030th March 1956 Friday goes undercover to catch brothers who steal people's money by posing as real-estate agents. 31 The Big Bobo Episode 316th April 1956 A police officer is suspended from duty when he is accused of taking a bribe in exchange for a prisoner's release. 32 The Big Rush Episode 3213th April 1956 Two bandits turn cop killer when they gun down an off-duty policeman during a tavern hold-up. 33 The Big Setup Episode 3320th April 1956 An informant tips off police to a shipment of heroin coming into the country. Friday goes under cover to bust open the ring. 34 The Big Deal Episode 3427th April 1956 Friday and Smith are investigating a rash of car thefts. The stolen cars are being sold with forged pink slips. 35 The Big Wish Episode 354th May 1956 A teenage boy turns himself in and confesses to being an addict, but he refuses to give up the names of his friends who supplied him. 36 The Big Hat Episode 3611th May 1956 A young man is found hiding in an empty train car with the strangled body of an older woman next to him. 37 The Big Housemaid Episode 3718th May 1956 38 The Big Gift Episode 3825th May 1956 39 The Big Salvage Episode 391st June 1956