8x1 - The Big Beating

September 23, 1958

Friday and Smith investigate a woman's claim that her neighbors are abusing their child.

8x2 - The Big Sweet Annie

September 30, 1958

Friday investigates a woman's disappearance after a convicted murderer is paroled into her custody.

8x3 - The Big Star

October 7, 1958

Friday and Smith investigate anonymous threats to disfigure a a famous actress.

8x5 - The Big Little Boy

October 21, 1958

The detectives are trying to solve the case of the milk bottle bandit when they catch a break and apprehend a diminutive fifteen year old.

8x6 - The Big Voice

October 28, 1958

A mysterious telephone caller offers a man for a contract killing, and Friday must identify the caller before it's too late.

8x7 - The Big Jukebox

November 4, 1958

Friday goes undercover as a bar owner in order to break up an illegal jukebox operation.

8x8 - The Big Doll

November 11, 1958

As Friday and Smith investigate a woman's death, they are disturbed to find that her daughter is more interested in discussing her collection of dolls.

8x9 - The Big Border

November 18, 1958

Friday and Smith must track a pair of escaped convicts across the Mexican border.

8x10 - The Big Nazi

November 25, 1958

While investigating reports of teenagers involved in a gunfight, Friday and Smith are shocked to find one of the teens involved wearing a Nazi uniform.

8x11 - The Big Hot Rod

December 2, 1958

Friday is on the hunt for a group of teens that are stealing sports cars.

8x12 - The Big Green Monkey

December 9, 1958

Friday and Smith investigate a robbery, and their only clue to the suspect's identity is a green jade monkey.

8x13 - The Big Hype

December 16, 1958

Friday attempts to track down a heroin pusher.

8x14 - The Big Maria

December 23, 1958

Friday and Smith investigate the death of a woman found murdered in a churchyard on Christmas Eve.

8x15 - The Big Donation

December 30, 1958

Two con artists are selling phony magazines subscriptions to unsuspecting suckers.

8x16 - The Big Malcolm

January 6, 1959

Friday and Smith investigate a criminal gang that preys on all-night restaurants.

8x17 - The Big Smart Girl

January 13, 1959

Friday and Smith investigate a series of robberies in fashionable homes.

8x18 - The Big Doctor

January 20, 1959

Friday goes undercover to investigate a bookie operation.

8x19 - The Big Signet

January 27, 1959

Friday and Smith have to find a man selling forged passports and paperwork.

8x20 - The Big Accident

February 3, 1959

An insurance adjuster files a report with Friday about possible fraudulent insurance claims.

8x21 - The Big Mailman

February 10, 1959

Friday works with a postal inspector to catch a gang using the mail to scam money from people.

8x22 - The Big Roll

February 17, 1959

8x23 - The Big Thirteen

February 24, 1959

An elderly man reports a loss of money to the LAPD, then subsequently denies making the report. Friday and Smith must investigate.

8x24 - The Big Sour

March 10, 1959

An elderly couple are beaten and robbed. The key to finding the bandits lies in a paper boy and an alert bartender.

8x25 - The Big Starlet

March 17, 1959

Friday investigates a young starlet under suspicion of check forgery.

8x26 - The Big Holdup

March 24, 1959

A robber called "The Rattlesnake Bandit" takes pleasure in beating and shooting his victims after he takes their money.

8x27 - The Big Name

March 31, 1959

The only clue to a murder investigated by Friday is the tape on a knife handle.

8x28 - The Big Couple

April 7, 1959

Friday and Smith investigate a husband and wife con team that have a long criminal record.

8x29 - The Big Squeeze

April 14, 1959

Friday investigates a robbery that is caused by a blackmail victim's refusal to pay.

8x30 - The Big Picture

April 21, 1959

A young girl commits suicide after she is tricked by a pair of movie talent scouts who are really operating a prostitution ring.

8x31 - The Big Carnation

April 28, 1959

Friday and Smith hunt "The Carnation Kid," a suspect in a series of hotel burglaries.

8x32 - The Big Operator

July 7, 1959

Friday and Smith investigate a the death of a woman found beaten in her car, and suspect that her husband is somehow involved.

8x33 - The Big Bray

July 12, 1959

Friday and Smith investigate a series of food market robberies, where the bandit has been posing as a salesman.

8x34 - The Big Infant

July 19, 1959

Friday and Smith's investigation of a stolen car - containing a sleeping baby - leads them to two juvenile suspects.

8x35 - The Big Appetite

July 26, 1959

Friday and Smith track a burglar who breaks into homes and businesses to steal gourmet food items.

8x36 - The Big .38

August 2, 1959

Cab drivers are being held up, but the descriptions given by the victims don't match.

8x37 - The Big Byron

August 9, 1959

A man reports that his fiance's former boyfriend has taken shots at him.

8x38 - The Big Counterfeit

August 16, 1959

A man impersonating a police officer is going to local businesses and asking for donations for the widows and orphans fund. Smith and Friday set out to stop the con man.

8x39 - The Big Red

August 23, 1959

An informant's tip puts Friday on the trail of a narcotics ring.