Aired: 9/3/1953
Friday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring.
Aired: 9/10/1953
A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him.
Aired: 9/17/1953
Smith takes a personal interest when a strong-arm bandit threatens his family if he doesn't back off the case.
Aired: 9/24/1953
Friday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.
Aired: 10/1/1953
A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.
Aired: 10/8/1953
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.
Aired: 10/15/1953
Aired: 10/22/1953
A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.
Aired: 10/29/1953
Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress.
Aired: 11/5/1953
A man is found dead in an alley and it's up to Friday and Smith to find his killer and notify the man's wife.
Aired: 11/12/1953
Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.
Aired: 11/19/1953
Friday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.
Aired: 11/26/1953
Aired: 12/3/1953
A cop is gunned down at home by a vengeful ex con. Friday must go under cover in prison to obtain a full confession.
Aired: 12/10/1953
Friday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their money.
Aired: 12/17/1953
Robbers phone doctors for house calls then assault them and steal their drugs.
Aired: 12/24/1953
A statue of the Child Jesus is stolen from a church. Friday and Smith must find it before the paritioners miss it on Christmas morning.
Aired: 12/31/1953
Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner.
Aired: 1/7/1954
Three men are taken into custody for the murder of a former vaudeville actress who owned a large steamer trunk. The three men maintain innocence.
Aired: 1/14/1954
Friday and Smith catch a boy who has been vandalising private property, but they discover that the boy's problems begin at home.
Aired: 1/21/1954
The cops must stake out a hotel lobby and deal with a drunken desk clerk as they wait for four juvenile armed robbers to show up.
Aired: 1/28/1954
Friday and Smith investigate the death of a young girl that is initially ruled a suicide but turns out to be murder.
Aired: 2/4/1954
Signs point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road.
Aired: 2/11/1954
Three children are found abandoned, filthy and starving. Friday and Smith charge the mother with neglect.
Aired: 2/18/1954
An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.
Aired: 2/25/1954
A man posing as a doctor burgles the house of a woman who is mentally disturbed.
Aired: 3/4/1954
An elderly man appears to have killed himself with a rifle, but the cops soon learn that it was no accident.
Aired: 3/11/1954
Friday and Smith are surprised to find a wealthy house wife is a shoplifter, until they discover that she is a kleptomaniac.
Aired: 3/18/1954
A woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi.
Aired: 3/25/1954
Aired: 4/1/1954
Friday and Smith hunt down the bandit queen; a tall, gorgeous woman who is on a rampage of robberies and shootings.
Aired: 4/8/1954
Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.
Aired: 4/15/1954
An elderly woman is badly beaten and robbed while on her way to the bank. The trail leads to an ex prize fighter.
Aired: 4/22/1954
A man's body is found in the gutter and the only clue is a pair of skid marks found nearby.
Aired: 4/29/1954
A woman disappears and her husband is the prime suspect, but Friday and Smith will have a hard time getting past his fierce guard dogs.
Aired: 5/6/1954
A check forger is victimizing small businessmen in a particular neighborhood.
Aired: 5/13/1954
A man is beaten and robbed, then the thieves intimidate him and his family so he'll refuse to testify against them.
Aired: 5/20/1954
A single mother is stabbed to death in her home. The list of suspects includes her teenage son and her many boyfriends.
Aired: 5/27/1954
Friday begins to question a local gardener, who has been arrested for holding up a grocery store. During the interrogation Friday begins to have strong doubts about the man's confession.
