Air date: 1953-09-03

Runtime: 30 min

Friday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring.

Air date: 1953-09-10

Runtime: 30 min

A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him.

Air date: 1953-09-17

Runtime: 30 min

Smith takes a personal interest when a strong-arm bandit threatens his family if he doesn't back off the case.

Air date: 1953-09-24

Runtime: 30 min

Friday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.

Air date: 1953-10-01

Runtime: 30 min

A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.

Air date: 1953-10-08

Runtime: 30 min

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.

Air date: 1953-10-15

Runtime: 30 min

Air date: 1953-10-22

Runtime: 30 min

A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.

Air date: 1953-10-29

Runtime: 30 min

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress.

Air date: 1953-11-05

Runtime: 30 min

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.

Air date: 1953-11-12

Runtime: 30 min

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.

Air date: 1953-11-19

Runtime: 30 min

Friday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.

Air date: 1953-11-26

Runtime: 30 min

Air date: 1953-12-03

Runtime: 30 min

A cop is gunned down at home by a vengeful ex con. Friday must go under cover in prison to obtain a full confession.

Air date: 1953-12-10

Runtime: 30 min

Friday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their money.

Air date: 1953-12-17

Runtime: 30 min

Robbers phone doctors for house calls then assault them and steal their drugs.

Air date: 1953-12-24

Runtime: 30 min

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.

Air date: 1953-12-31

Runtime: 30 min

Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner.

Air date: 1954-01-07

Runtime: 30 min

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.

Air date: 1954-01-14

Runtime: 30 min

Friday and Smith catch a boy who has been vandalising private property, but they discover that the boy's problems begin at home.

Air date: 1954-01-21

Runtime: 30 min

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.

Air date: 1954-01-28

Runtime: 30 min

Friday and Smith investigate the death of a young girl that is initially ruled a suicide but turns out to be murder.

Air date: 1954-02-04

Runtime: 30 min

Signs point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road.

Air date: 1954-02-11

Runtime: 30 min

Three children are found abandoned, filthy and starving. Friday and Smith charge the mother with neglect.

Air date: 1954-02-18

Runtime: 30 min

An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.

Air date: 1954-02-25

Runtime: 30 min

A man posing as a doctor burgles the house of a woman who is mentally disturbed.

Air date: 1954-03-04

Runtime: 30 min

An elderly man appears to have killed himself with a rifle, but the cops soon learn that it was no accident.

Air date: 1954-03-11

Runtime: 30 min

Friday and Smith are surprised to find a wealthy house wife is a shoplifter, until they discover that she is a kleptomaniac.

Air date: 1954-03-18

Runtime: 30 min

A woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi.

Air date: 1954-03-25

Runtime: 30 min

Air date: 1954-04-01

Runtime: 30 min

Friday and Smith hunt down the bandit queen; a tall, gorgeous woman who is on a rampage of robberies and shootings.

Air date: 1954-04-08

Runtime: 30 min

Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.

Air date: 1954-04-15

Runtime: 30 min

An elderly woman is badly beaten and robbed while on her way to the bank. The trail leads to an ex prize fighter.

Air date: 1954-04-22

Runtime: 30 min

A man's body is found in the gutter and the only clue is a pair of skid marks found nearby.

Air date: 1954-04-29

Runtime: 30 min

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.

Air date: 1954-05-06

Runtime: 30 min

A check forger is victimizing small businessmen in a particular neighborhood.

Air date: 1954-05-13

Runtime: 30 min

A man is beaten and robbed, then the thieves intimidate him and his family so he'll refuse to testify against them.

Air date: 1954-05-20

Runtime: 30 min

A single mother is stabbed to death in her home. The list of suspects includes her teenage son and her many boyfriends.

Air date: 1954-05-27

Runtime: 30 min

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.