1x1 - No Fat Cops

October 3, 1961

Little Muffin Reisman is kidnaped by John Clark, who thinks that the girl's father, Dr. Ted Reisman, was responsible for his own daughter's death

1x2 - Prime Target

October 10, 1961

1x3 - Death of a Ghost

October 17, 1961

The squad investigates a hit-run driver.

1x4 - To None a Deadly Drug

October 24, 1961

Karl Lippert has two problems, on the lam after a robbery that resulted in murder, he's brought his wife with him, and the police are trying to locate her because she is taking medicine that has accidentally been switched with a deadly poison.

1x5 - The Compulsion to Confess

October 31, 1961

Key men at an electronics firm are being murdered, but no motive can be discerned. Lt. Adams enlists the help of psychiatrist Buel Reed, who explains the killer may actually want to be caught, and can be, if only the clues present can be understood.

1x6 - 'Til Death Do Us Part

November 7, 1961

After a woman's body is found in a fish pond on an industrialist's estate, Adams and his men investigate and discover a complex case involving blackmail and a pair of suspicious suicides.

1x7 - The Butcher

November 14, 1961

1x8 - Wave Goodbye to Grandpa

November 21, 1961

At an old folks home, a woman working undercover for the police is murdered, and the owners of the home are the prime suspects, as they have scammed their residents in the past. When they try to run away, it seems all but certain they're guilty, but Adams believes the killer is one of the home's residents.

1x9 - Sweet Bloom of Death

November 28, 1961

1x11 - Lady Killer

December 12, 1961

The Metropolitan Squad pursues a man who killed a housewife. The killer tricked the housewife to letting him in her house, making her believe he was a friend of her husband. The killer selects his victims after picking up information from people who have given a ride while he hitchhikes. Now, a woman who was assaulted by the killer earlier comes forward as new clues emerge about his M.O. Adams and his men race to find the killer before he can strike again.

1x12 - Blood Money

December 19, 1961

1x13 - I Remember Murder

December 26, 1961

1x14 - The All-American Boy

June 22, 1962

1x15 - Cross the Little Line

January 9, 1962

A drug-addicted girl has a Mexican boyfriend that wants to somehow get her off heroin, and away from the vicious pusher who runs a shabby office in a run down neighborhood. Adams and his squad have a plan to bust the traffickers that involves them both, but The problem for the man is that since he's in America illegally, he fears involvement with the police.

1x16 - To Sell a Human Being

January 16, 1962

1x17 - Care is no Cure

January 23, 1962

1x18 - Policemen Die Alone (Part 1)

January 30, 1962

1x19 - Policemen Die Alone (Part 2)

February 6, 1962

1x20 - Mr. Weltschmerz

February 13, 1962

1x21 - Wings for a Plush Horse

February 20, 1962

1x22 - How Proud the Guilty

February 27, 1962

1x23 - The Torch

March 6, 1962

An outbreak of disastrous fires might be the random work of a pyromaniac, but Adams can't be sure until clues prove that valuable, insured merchandise was somehow spared. It's the work of a professional firebug, decimating stores and property to order for a well organized arson ring.

1x24 - All the Dead Faces

March 13, 1962

An old friend of Adams, Floyd Blaylock, who was his sergeant from the Korean War, is in town and making trouble. Though he is a decorated hero for saving Adams's life, he's deeply scarred from his experiences psychologically and seeks to assuage imagined guilt by committing dangerous acts.

1x25 - The Deadlier Sex

March 20, 1962

Several women are suspects when the body of a notorious bank robber is discovered behind the wheel of his getaway car.

1x26 - Edge of Violence

March 27, 1962

1x27 - Echoes of Hate

April 3, 1962

Chris and Arne Halverson are two fishermen who still harbor a lot of resentment toward Germans, the result of their experiences during World War II. When they discover their sister Inge in German saloon-keeper Karl Muelich's tavern, they proceed to take the place apart

1x28 - The Man with the Other Face

April 10, 1962

Cavelli hasn't heard from his cousin Maria since her marriage to Frank Danielo, so her phone call comes as something of a surprise. So does her message: Danielo is trying to kill her.

1x29 - Thousands and Thousands of Miles

April 17, 1962

The parents of teen-ager Karen Kegler have never approved of her boy friend Ronnie Bryson. But now they are faced with the important decision of accepting him.

1x30 - Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here

April 24, 1962

It looks like routine duty when the Met Squad is assigned to keep the peace during a big fraternal convention—until pretty Louise Pittman falls from a window in the room where she was dancing with other guests.

1x31 - My Brother's Keeper

May 1, 1962

1x32 - A Motive Named Walter

May 8, 1962

1x33 - Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo?

May 15, 1962

1x34 - Judgement at San Belito

May 22, 1962

1x35 - So Dark the Night

May 29, 1962

Fred Kingman has just wheeled his trash barrels out to the front of his house when a car speeds by and someone throws a fire bomb.

1x36 - Walk This Street Lightly

June 5, 1962

Art collector Virgil Payne has opened up a sideline: collecting criminals. Seems Payne is masterminding an armored-car robbery and he is gathering together the specialists in the field.