The Best Episodes of Dragnet Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.8/10(218 votes)

   #1 - The Grenade

   S2:E19/14/1967

   A volatile teenager throws acid on the back of another student (played by a teen-aged Jan Michael Vincent), then crashes a party armed with a live hand grenade.

   Director:Jack Webb

   Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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2. 

   8.6/10(223 votes)

   #2 - The Shooting Board

   S2:E29/21/1967

   Joe tries to stop a burglary at an all night launderette and ends up exchanging fire with the suspect. When SID tries to find the bullet fired at Joe, they come up empty and Joe faces a shooting board with no proof the man ever fired at him.

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3. 

   7.6/10(163 votes)

   #3 - The Badge Racket

   S2:E39/28/1967

   Three con artists have been swindling businessmen from out-of-town by posing as a prostitute and two policemen. The detectives set a trap as Gannon pretends to be a manufacturer from Lincoln Nebraska.

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4. 

   7.8/10(157 votes)

   #4 - The Bank Jobs

   S2:E410/5/1967

   A nervy bank robber uses innocent women to help commit his crimes. Friday and Gannon are nearly sidetracked when one of the victims lies about her involvement and later proves to have a criminal record of her own.

   Director:Jack Webb

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.3/10(173 votes)

   #5 - The Big Neighbor

   S2:E510/12/1967

   Bill invites Joe to dinner and a football game at his home in Eagle Rock. The only problem: Gannon's neighbors keep interrupting the visit with petty, and not-so-petty, problems.

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   7.2/10(150 votes)

   #6 - The Big Frustration

   S2:E610/19/1967

   Sgt. Carl Maxwell, a frustrated fellow detective, goes AWOL; Friday and Gannon have three days to track him down before Maxwell loses his badge for good.

   Director:Jack Webb

   Writer:Unknown

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   8.3/10(186 votes)

   #7 - The Senior Citizen

   S2:E710/26/1967

   A series of daring daylight house burglaries are taking place. Friday and Gannon go undercover in a laundry truck to discover the perp.

   Director:Jack Webb

   Writer:Unknown

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8. 

   7.8/10(241 votes)

   #8 - The Big High

   S2:E811/2/1967

   An elderly businessman, concerned about the welfare of his grandchild, informs Friday and Gannon that his daughter and son-in-law are using marijuana regularly. The young couple make no apologies for their lifestyle, which inevitably leads to disaster.

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   7.8/10(152 votes)

   #9 - The Big Ad

   S2:E911/9/1967

   An ex-con named Steve Deal contacts Friday and Gannon when a classified ad that he placed, offering to do "anything" for money, results in an offer to commit murder. Friday goes undercover as Deal.

   Director:Jack Webb

   Writer:Unknown

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10. 

    7.5/10(175 votes)

    #10 - The Missing Realtor

    S2:E1011/16/1967

    A woman real-estate agent is missing and turns up dead in a vacant home. The detectives suspect her ex-boyfriend. Then credit card bills for purchases made after the woman's death start appearing.

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11. 

    7.9/10(165 votes)

    #11 - The Big Dog

    S2:E1111/23/1967

    Friday and Gannon are on the case to find ... a purse-snatching dog? Making things more difficult, victims give different descriptions of the four-legged thief.

    Director:Unknown

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12. 

    7.6/10(167 votes)

    #12 - The Pyramid Swindle

    S2:E1211/30/1967

    A female con-artist uses an evangelistic approach to lure buyers into her pyramid scheme. The Bunco division can't charge her with false advertising, so they prosecute her for operating a lottery.

    Director:Jack Webb

    Writer:Norman Lessing

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13. 

    7.6/10(152 votes)

    #13 - The Phony Police Racket

    S2:E1312/7/1967

    Friday and Gannon investigate a scam involving a phony LAPD newsletter, which comes with a card for subscribers entitling the bearer to preferential treatment from the police.

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14. 

    7.6/10(134 votes)

    #14 - The Trial Board

    S2:E1412/14/1967

    An officer accused of taking a bribe has chosen Sgt. Friday to represent him at his trial board hearing. Witnesses saw the officer accept the money, but he insists it was for the payback of a loan made years ago.

    Director:Jack Webb

    Writer:Unknown

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15. 

    8.0/10(201 votes)

    #15 - The Christmas Story

    S2:E1512/21/1967

    A statue of the child Jesus was stolen from a church. Joe and Bill have to get it back by Christmas. They have less than 48 hours.

    Director:Jack Webb

    Writer:Unknown

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16. 

    7.4/10(153 votes)

    #16 - The Big Shipment

    S2:E1612/28/1967

    Drugs are found aboard a plane that has crashed in the San Fernando Valley. The pilot is quickly traced, but in order to force him to name his connection, Friday and Gannon ask the press to sit on the story for a few hours.

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17. 

    7.9/10(150 votes)

    #17 - The Big Search

    S2:E171/4/1968

    Two small girls, ages three and five, are missing. Their mother is certain that her ex-husband, an alcoholic, has kidnapped them. However, he is now in recovery and has no knowledge of the girls' whereabouts. The search seems hopeless until Friday and Gannon, acting on information from a former neighbor, follow a hunch.

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18. 

    7.2/10(183 votes)

    #18 - The Big Prophet

    S2:E181/11/1968

    Friday and Gannon confront "Brother" William Bentley at his Temple of the Expanded Mind. They think he is using his new age religion as a front to push drugs to the nearby elementary school.

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19. 

    7.8/10(150 votes)

    #19 - The Big Amateur

    S2:E191/25/1968

    Citizens are full of praise for Officer Gideon C. Dengle - they want to bestow him with awards, honors and home-baked cookies. There's only one problem: there's no such officer in the LAPD.

    Director:Jack Webb

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.7/10(168 votes)

    #20 - The Starlet

    S2:E202/1/1968

    A teenage runaway, intent on becoming a star, has instead wound up in pornographic films. Acting on behalf of the girl's aunt, Friday and Gannon try to find the young "starlet."

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21. 

    7.1/10(152 votes)

    #21 - The Big Clan

    S2:E212/8/1968

    Sgt. Friday is offered a bribe to assist a gypsy family trying to gain control of the gypsy community.

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22. 

    8.0/10(180 votes)

    #22 - The Little Victim

    S2:E222/15/1968

    When a nine-month old child is beaten, Friday and Gannon investigate the parents, who are more concerned about their failing relationship than their baby son.

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23. 

    7.4/10(145 votes)

    #23 - The Squeeze

    S2:E232/22/1968

    An ex-con accused of extortion is interrogated. He calmly and smugly insists that he is innocent, but Friday and Gannon have a surprise for him: taped conversations and a voice analysis device.

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24. 

    7.4/10(138 votes)

    #24 - The Suicide Attempt

    S2:E242/29/1968

    Friday and Gannon learn that a young man has called his mother from Hollywood "to say goodbye." With the help of the man's sister, the two detectives trace the impending suicide to a hotel with over 1,200 rooms.

    Director:Jack Webb

    Writer:Unknown

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25. 

    7.4/10(157 votes)

    #25 - The Big Departure

    S2:E253/7/1968

    Petty theft from drug and hardware stores leads to a group of four teens who are determined to start their own nation on a remote island off the California coast.

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