S5 E1 • The Big Pipe

A young woman is beaten to death with a led pipe and left in an empty office.

Première diffusion : 19 septembre 1955

S5 E2 • The Big Chet

Première diffusion : 8 septembre 1955

S5 E3 • The Big No Rain

Joe and Frank try to find out who badly assaulted a woman in the street. Their two suspects are her husband and a mentally ill man. The woman can't help them because she is in a coma.

Première diffusion : 15 septembre 1955

S5 E4 • The Big Lift

An organized gang of shoplifters is looting large department stores in the city.

Première diffusion : 22 septembre 1955

S5 E5 • The Big Confession

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.

Première diffusion : 29 septembre 1955

S5 E6 • The Big Gap

Première diffusion : 6 octobre 1955

S5 E7 • The Big Look

Friday and his partner Smith race against time to stop a series of brutal beatings of women in the Hollywood area. Just when they think they have their man, things change and very quickly.

Première diffusion : 13 octobre 1955

S5 E8 • The Big Glasses

A worried woman contacts Friday and Smith when her elderly mother mysteriously disappears and suspects her father of foul play, a suspicion that proves to be correct when blood is found at her old house.

Première diffusion : 20 octobre 1955

S5 E9 • The Big Bird

Joe and Frank investigate a series of burglaries in new housing developments where the suspect's signature is the killing of pet birds.

Première diffusion : 27 octobre 1955

S5 E10 • The Big Laugh

A con man makes lonely women fall for his charms, then steals their money and disappears.

Première diffusion : 3 novembre 1955

S5 E11 • The Big Smoke

An elderly couple is brutally beaten and the trail leads police to a former handy man.

Première diffusion : 10 novembre 1955

S5 E12 • The Big Bounce

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. The search takes him to a former extra who has given up show business for crime.

Première diffusion : 17 novembre 1955

S5 E13 • The Big Shot

A night club owner is shot down and there are no witnesses to the crime.

Première diffusion : 24 novembre 1955

S5 E14 • The Big Locker

Friday and Smith happen to catch a man trying to sell a stolen ring at a pawn shop.

Première diffusion : 1 décembre 1955

S5 E15 • The Big Note

An anonymous note leads Friday and Smith to a group of teenage drug users and their neglectful parents.

Première diffusion : 8 décembre 1955

S5 E16 • The Big Genius

Première diffusion : 15 décembre 1955

S5 E17 • The Big Reminisce

During a quiet New Year's shift, Friday and Smith remember some of their past cases and why it is they became cops.

Première diffusion : 29 décembre 1955

S5 E18 • The Big Tour

Première diffusion : 5 janvier 1956

S5 E19 • The Big Sisters

An elderly woman fakes a burglary report so she can get attention from the police and the media.

Première diffusion : 12 janvier 1956

S5 E20 • The Big Ruling

Première diffusion : 19 janvier 1956

S5 E21 • The Big Fall Guy

Première diffusion : 26 janvier 1956

S5 E22 • The Big Set

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.

Première diffusion : 2 février 1956

S5 E23 • The Big Child

A two-year-old child after drinking bleach from under the sink. Friday and Smith are unable to locate the mother for questioning.

Première diffusion : 9 février 1956

S5 E24 • The Big Slug

A liquor store owner is shot and killed during a botched robbery, but police can find no trace of the fatal bullet.

Première diffusion : 16 février 1956

S5 E25 • The Big Daughter

Première diffusion : 23 février 1956

S5 E26 • The Big No Suicide

Première diffusion : 1 mars 1956

S5 E27 • The Big Siege

Police find themselves in a stand-off when an armed bank robber takes a woman hostage in her home.

Première diffusion : 8 mars 1956

S5 E28 • The Big Mama

Première diffusion : 15 mars 1956

S5 E29 • The Big Revision

Friday and Smith hit a blank wall when a burglary suspect refuses to admit where he hid his stash.

Première diffusion : 22 mars 1956

S5 E30 • The Big Ex-Blonde

Première diffusion : 29 mars 1956

S5 E31 • The Big Bobo

A police officer is suspended from duty when he is accused of taking a bribe in exchange for a prisoner's release.

Première diffusion : 5 avril 1956

S5 E32 • The Big Rush

Two bandits turn cop killer when they gun down an off-duty policeman during a tavern hold-up.

Première diffusion : 12 avril 1956

S5 E33 • The Big Setup

An informant tips off police to a shipment of heroin coming into the country. Friday goes under cover to bust open the ring.

Première diffusion : 19 avril 1956

S5 E34 • The Big Deal

Friday and Smith attempt to solve a series of car thefts but are getting nowhere until they learn that the car thieves are selling the stolen cars illegally.

Première diffusion : 26 avril 1956

S5 E35 • The Big Wish

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.

Première diffusion : 3 mai 1956

S5 E36 • The Big Hate

A young man is found hiding in an empty train car with the strangled body of an older woman next to him.

Première diffusion : 10 mai 1956

S5 E37 • The Big Housemaid

Première diffusion : 17 mai 1956

S5 E38 • The Big Gift

Première diffusion : 24 mai 1956

S5 E39 • The Big Savage

Première diffusion : 31 mai 1956